High-end phones hog all the limelight but what if you don't want to drop a cool grand or more on the latest and greatest device? A sensible option is the Huawei Ascend G300.
Huawei? Yes, the massive Chinese telco conglomerate makes phones too, which shouldn't surprise anyone.
What's more, for an eminently sensible $300 you get a snappy 1GHz single-core 3G and Wi-Fi device with a big and sharp 4" screen that has 480 by 800 pixel resolution.
The phone is built well, reasonably stylish and does just about everything you can expect from an Android phone. Also, it easily lasts a day with a 1,500mAh battery.
In fact, the biggest gripe I have with the G300 is that it comes with the now long in the tooth Android 2.3 operating system. With the newer 4.0 having been out since early this year, and Google recently announcing its successor, 4.1 or "Jelly Bean", Huawei really shouldn't ship new devices with hoary old Android versions like this.
