Huawei is a name perhaps more usually associated with 3G USB modems, but it also makes smartphones albeit as an OEM for other companies. It has been quietly selling smartphones under its own name for a while though, and the U8510 IDEOS X3 Blaze is the latest.
The Huawei Blaze is certainly cheap, but this isn't a particularly pejorative description, since it still has a commendable specification for the price.Huawei announced last year that it intends to be a top five mobile manufacturer in the US some time within the next three years and its strategy seems to be based on shipping more affordable smartphones, rather than costly premium models that compete with the iPhone and its ilk.
"Affordable" is certainly a diplomatic description of the Huawei Blaze, but a more meaningful one might be "cheap", since it's currently available for an
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