After visiting iHub last week, I bought one as well to take back to Holland. The safcom agent was muttering about the phone locked to the safcom network but this proved to be false. Actually I am very happy with it, it even replaced my HTC desire. It's smaller and the battery lasts slightly longer. And my colleagues are jealous :)

In the uk it sells for 200 £ ...

One missed opportunity is that commodity apps aren't installed on the homescreen by default. My non-tech friend was struggling with finding SMS mail and the camera. She almost brought the phone back to the shop to get a Nokia.

sent from my Huawei Ideos

On 9 Mar 2011 05:20, "Phares Kariuki" <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
> What everyone seems to be forgetting is the cost! Common sense has it that
> if you want a smartphone with great battery life that can do your dishes and
> laundry, you should be prepared to pay for it. The phone costs 8,500 bob and
> ships with 1,000 KES of airtime that you can sell as soon as it's handed to
> you! It's a great deal. What are the alternatives in the same price range?
> For smart phones? *NONE*. Feature phones don't even ship with similar
> features...
>
> The phone may not be the best, or made with the sexiest hardware, but it
> gets more people using smartphones, which is good. If someone who was price
> sensitive experiences the device, he/she will save to buy a better device...
> in theory anyway...
>
>
> --
> With Regards,
>
> Phares Kariuki
>
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