You know what you want in a smartphone. You want it cheap. With a big screen. And 4G. And cheap. Chances are, your friends laughed at you when they heard this. Chances are, you will want to stick the Huawei Impulse 4G in their face, since it's all that.
Announced for AT&T's network, this is actually a rebadged Ideos X5, Huawei's underpowered, but perfectly serviceable machine. In fact, it's quite the snag for an entry-level Android phone, most of which are usually burdened with small touchscreen panels.
Details of the Huawei Impulse 4G include a 3.8-inch capacitive touchscreen display *480 x 800 resolution), a 5.0 megapixel camera module (with LED flash and 720p video capture), aGPS, faux-4G HSPA+, WiFi, Bluetooth and microSD card support. Muscle is provided by a paltry 800MHz CPU, though, but it can still handle Flash content via the browser (just don't expect flawless performance, though).
The body, which measures a reasonable 4.72 x 2.56 x 0.46 inches, looks heavy on the plastic, but isn't that shabby in design. It only runs Android 2.2 Froyo, though, which should still be a decent step-up for ex-feature phone users.
The Huawei Impulse 4G will hit stores September 18, priced at an affordable $29.99.
