$51.35 through Big W’s online store is the cheapest price we’ve seen so far for the basic prepaid X1 (a solid if ageing Android handset), beating last month’s $60 offer at ALDI even when you add in postage (around $4). Like that deal, it’s network-locked to Optus. [Big W via OzBargain]
The nice thing about Huawei’s newest MediaPad Android tablet is that one model comes preloaded with Ice Cream Sandwich. The less nice thing (“passion pink” colour option aside) is that there’s no plans to release them in Australia, according to Huawei officials.
We’ve already seen dirt cheap Android phones from Crazy John’s and Telstra. Now Optus is joining the party, scoring an exclusive on the new Huawei Ideos X1, which goes on sale from July 1 for $99 outright.
It’s catch-up week at Optus, it seems. Following its plunge into terabyte broadband plans, it has now launched into another growing product category: prepaid WiFi modems that let you share a 3G connection with multiple devices.
