Vodafone Exclusive for 3 months the Huawei Ascend G300

[url]http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/huawei-ascend-g300[/url]

The Ascend G300 is aimed at the lower end of the mobile market and packs a single-core 1GHz ArmV7 MSM7227A processor, 512MB of RAM, 4-inch WVGA touch screen, 5MP camera, Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread (with an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich coming later this year), 2.5GB of internal storage and a microSD card slot.*

full specs: [url]http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=3406&view=1&c=huawei_ascend_g300_huawei_u8815[/url]

4 inch screen for £100 PAYG from Friday 13th

The Huawei onslaught begins. This is a very well specified Android smartphone if it were valued at twice the price. As it is, at £100 on PAYG it represents astonishing value. Expect this price to halve within 12 months. We'll no doubt be finding Huawei smartphones in packets of Corn Flakes eventually :)

Now, I am really interested in their top end flagship models. What price will these hit the streets at? I wouldn't expect them to be premium priced, not if Huawei are going to cut the legs away from under the established. They need to make a mark and do so with compelling propositions. This is a great start at the bottom end. Will they repeat it at the top end?

That's a lot of smartphone for £100... I'm certainly curious as to whether it's actually a decent phone or not!

so unlocking, any ideas?

I wouldn't bet any money on it but the early batches [I]may[/I] just be unlocked. That was the case with the Lumia 710, which are now sold locked on PAYG.

Didn't vodafone make a huge song and dance about the fact that all their handsets would be supplied unlocked a few years back? Have they gone back on that now?

depends, I know of one handset sold from the London Flagship store on payg that is unlocked, working with an AT&T sim

IIRC that song and dance re unlocked it referred to Contract phones only. I am told that the Nokia Lumia 710 that I picked up (£150 PAYT) unlocked is now selling locked on PAYT and unlocked on Contract.