So...I went and picked up the Huawei Mercury at the local corporate Cricket store yesterday morning...after calling every single one in the Phoenix valley area. Was $249 and does NOT come with either a sd card OR headphones. The sd card is not such a big deal since I do still have the one from my Ascend..and the headphones are fine since it has a 3.5 mm jack instead of the little p.i.t.a. jack that came with the Ascend.
With those two letdowns being said, everything else is COMPLETELY as expected, possibly even exceeding my expectations. The 4 inch screen is crystal clear and the resolution makes everything look as crisp and fresh as can be. I have already loaded the phone up with apps and widgets and it hasn't even thought about slowing down i.e. scrolling speed, browsing, app launch, etc. The UI has some Cricket touches but you can tell that Huawei worked really hard to make it as streamlined and user friendly as possible. The 8 mp camera with LED flash takes quite possibly the most clear pictures I have ever seen on a phone...and the front camera works AMAZING for Skype..the sound quality for voice calls and Skype is great as well. The speaker isn't as loud as I would have expected, but nothing the Volume+ app can't fix (only setting it to +2 makes a world of difference).
As far as the memory/processor/video capabilities, I have had no problem playing any of the 3D games, or OpenFeint games like Guerilla Bob and Pocket Legends...The default Music app has some changes that I'm sure most will like, comes with app2sd already default and a built in task manager, and has more than enough space in the phone RAM to keep this phone running smoothly and efficiently. To put the battery life into perspective, I started at 85% around 12:30 and used Wifi, Skyped, downloaded, played games, and listened to Pandora the ENTIRE time and it didn't hit 10% until 6:30 am...I'm sure if you are just using it regularly the battery has potential to last at least 2 days without charging...especially once the brainiacs get this thing rooted. There is also a built in Power-Save mode that you can use if the battery gets low to keep it going even longer until you are able to get to an outlet.
All in all, on a 1-10 scale I would rate this phone a 9. Everything on it is absolutely amazing and it's almost better than I had expected it to be. I would recommend this phone to ANYONE with prepaid...don't end up kicking yourself in the behind because you doubt the phone... If any of you have any questions or want to see pictures just let me know!
With those two letdowns being said, everything else is COMPLETELY as expected, possibly even exceeding my expectations. The 4 inch screen is crystal clear and the resolution makes everything look as crisp and fresh as can be. I have already loaded the phone up with apps and widgets and it hasn't even thought about slowing down i.e. scrolling speed, browsing, app launch, etc. The UI has some Cricket touches but you can tell that Huawei worked really hard to make it as streamlined and user friendly as possible. The 8 mp camera with LED flash takes quite possibly the most clear pictures I have ever seen on a phone...and the front camera works AMAZING for Skype..the sound quality for voice calls and Skype is great as well. The speaker isn't as loud as I would have expected, but nothing the Volume+ app can't fix (only setting it to +2 makes a world of difference).
As far as the memory/processor/video capabilities, I have had no problem playing any of the 3D games, or OpenFeint games like Guerilla Bob and Pocket Legends...The default Music app has some changes that I'm sure most will like, comes with app2sd already default and a built in task manager, and has more than enough space in the phone RAM to keep this phone running smoothly and efficiently. To put the battery life into perspective, I started at 85% around 12:30 and used Wifi, Skyped, downloaded, played games, and listened to Pandora the ENTIRE time and it didn't hit 10% until 6:30 am...I'm sure if you are just using it regularly the battery has potential to last at least 2 days without charging...especially once the brainiacs get this thing rooted. There is also a built in Power-Save mode that you can use if the battery gets low to keep it going even longer until you are able to get to an outlet.
All in all, on a 1-10 scale I would rate this phone a 9. Everything on it is absolutely amazing and it's almost better than I had expected it to be. I would recommend this phone to ANYONE with prepaid...don't end up kicking yourself in the behind because you doubt the phone... If any of you have any questions or want to see pictures just let me know!
All in all, on a 1-10 scale I would rate this phone a 9. Everything on it is absolutely amazing and it's almost better than I had expected it to be. I would recommend this phone to ANYONE with prepaid
