Huawei releases low-cost Ideos X3 and other Androids in Singapore

Huawei is bringing a series of low-cost Android phones to Singapore this month, in the hope of winning over a part of the market that tech-savvy Singapore users often don’t spend too much time checking out.

While we are talking up the Samsung Galaxy S II and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, phones closer to the S$1,000 mark (without contract), Huawei has been banking on the low-cost segment (S$300 to S$500) where Android can play a big part. Hey, the software is free, after all.

This is where the Ideos X3, a followup to the original Ideos, comes in. The new Android phone will cost just S$299 when it ships on June 15, said Huawei executives who launched the phone along with three other low-cost numbers yesterday in Singapore. …