mglover070588:
The phone is made by Huawei who as far as I know are quite big in telecommunications, just not on mobile phones.
The phone is reviewed well here:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/mobile...-Smartphone/p1
I have had it a week and it is good, not quite as good as an iphone, but then an iphone for 18 months doesn't cost £450
In my opinion it is much better than an iPhone simple because it runs the Android OS. which will be the dominate platform for mobile phones within the next 2 years. Already you are seeing new android phones being released or announced weekly meaning the support for the OS will be fantastic.
Plus if, like me, you write software for mobile devices, you will find an Android phone is quite open and the SDK for it will run on pretty much anything... no nasty lock-in like you see on Apple products.
In every way that matters, this phone will be as good as an iPhone for most people and for those who like to tinker, it is much better than an iPhone.