Huawei Vision Pro Reviews

We repeatedly compared the Huawei Vision to a year-old package. Similarities with the HTC Desire S are too many to ignore. The unibody design is just the tip of the iceberg. The two handsets are nearly identical on the inside too. It almost feels like Huawei were skimming through the competition until someone pointed at the Desire S and said "Let's do that one". And yes, we can think of quite a few year-old phones that can do as well or better than the Huawei Vision. But the Vision itself isn't exactly brand new. It's our bad actually. We had it lying around for a while and it got pushed down the pecking order over and over. Anyway, the Huawei Vision is well-built, good-looking and reasonably spec'd but that does not a smartphone hit make. The good news for Huawei is that they've got the smartphone hits duly covered as of late. Which means the Vision could safely focus on the lower midrange and not worry about what's to come.

Aside from the somewhat ill-advised custom user interface and the painfully slow camera, the Huawei Vision appears to be a pretty desirable phone. It's strong, has an attractive design and uses the premium materials that have until now been missing from the manufacturer's phones. Available on £25-a-month contracts, it has a lot of strong competition, including the Sony Ericsson Xperia ray and HTC Desire S. We think it may need to undercut them to win this fight, but equally this is a phone many people will want after seeing and feeling it.