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Globe’s CloudFone Ice is a Huawei U8500

Saw this newspaper ad by Globe this afternoon and found two unfamiliar handsets being featured, one of which is a very affordable Android phone called CloudFone Ice.

Alongside it is another qwerty handset named CloudFine Temptation.

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I’m not very familiar with the name of the handset and not sure if this is a new offering but based on the comments and emails sent to me today, it looks like a new one.

I quick search on the CloudFone directed me to a page on GSMArena identifying it as the Huawei U8500. Now that phone sounds familiar to me as I’ve seen it at CommunicAsia 2011 back in June (just did not bother tinkering a lot with it since it’s an entry-level phone).

The Huawei U8500 has a 3.2″ display (320×480 pixels) running on Android 2.1 (there’s Froyo 2.2 update available here) and has WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, 3G/HSDPA, Bluetooth, GPS, FM Radio and 3.15MP camera with up to 32GB storage via microSD card.

No details on the processor, internal storage or RAM but considering this is an entry-level handset, don’t expect something above-average.

Globe offers the CloudFone Ice free with Plan 499 or only Php4,990 on a prepaid kit. Nevertheless, it’s pretty much one of the most affordable Android phone in the market now (along with the Cherry Mobile Eclipse 2.2 and the Alcatel OneTouch Duo 890D).

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

33 Responses

  1. Avatar for nica mota nica mota says:

    ok nmn ung cam nia,,mlinaw sia,,but pag gabi mdyo malabo.pero pag me lightz ok sia,,

  2. Avatar for Name: danrey Name: danrey says:

    Ok raman pero ang cam pero ang games lag gyud cya.

  3. Avatar for michelle quiao michelle quiao says:

    what about the camera feature? it says it has 3.5 megapixel cam. compare to samsung champ it has 1.3 meagapixel cam pero ang linaw ng kuha. im planning to buy this phone. concern ko lang is the camera kung okay ba talaga kung worth it ba. hope may mag cooment . TIA!

    • Avatar for michelle michelle says:

      hello po san po pwd bumili ng housing po ng cloudfone..ice…basg n po ksi ung mirror ng fone q..plz,,,,

  4. Avatar for pabs pabs says:

    I just bought mine at globe via a postpaid plan at 599 unli last april. It looks and feels good. Call quality is excellent. But my complaint is it lags in all department. I ‘ll keep the plan but I think I will have to buy a new phone probably the Lumia 610. Tsk tsk…

  5. Avatar for rica mananquil rica mananquil says:

    where i can find the 3g when im about to call for another 3g done…

  6. Avatar for roniboy roniboy says:

    alcatel onetouch glory 918n 5999 lang android phone din..check this out!

  7. Avatar for jhallen jhallen says:

    san nakakabili ng cloudfone ice

  8. Avatar for lailalai lailalai says:

    am almost convinced to get this phone but my worry is where to find a service center for it if ever there would be problems. please help…

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