The Huawei Ideos X5 is an Android 2.2 smartphone that has none of the graphical adornments that can complicate the Android interface or cause carrier update delays to a new operating system.
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Display
A 3.8-inch capacitive touch screen shows off a nice WVGA resolution (800x480 pixels).
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Camera
There's a 5-megapixel shooter on the Ideos X5, and it'll capture and play back video at 720p.
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No shutter button
Unfortunately, there's no hardware camera button on either spine.
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Photo quality
Photos were fairly sharp but a little dull until we adjusted the software or flooded the lens with light.
