The Huawei U2801 is a

mobile phone A mobile phone, cellular phone, cell phone, cellphone, handphone, hand phone or pocket phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell, or just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link whi ...

manufactured by

Huawei Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ( ; ) is a Chinese multinational technology corporation headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It designs, develops, produces and sells telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics and various sma ...

Inc. and is sold in Canada by Wind Mobile and formerly by Mobilicity. In

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

was made by Orinoquia, a company formed jointly by the Venezuelan government and sold by

Movilnet CANTV () is the state-run telephone and internet service provider in Venezuela. It was one of the first telephone service enterprises in the country, founded in 1930. The largest telecommunications provider in Venezuela, it was privatized in 19 ...

as Orinoquia U2801.

History

Wind Mobile and Mobilicity added the Huawei U2801 to their respective lineups in late 2011 as an affordable phone. At Wind, it replaced the Huawei U1250 as the operator's basic candy bar feature phone.

Features

The Huawei U2801 is a simple POS phone with some multimedia features. It has a 3.5mm headphone jack for listening to MP3 audio files. The dedicated music key opens the Music menu, allowing one to select which files or station they would like to listen to. While in the Music menu, the rewind, fast forward and play/pause functions can be accessed by pressing on the left, right and selection buttons, respectively. A very basic camera is included for taking quick pictures and videos. The pictures can have a size of up to 0.3 megapixels, while the camcorder is limited to a low

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resolution of 176x144 pixels. There is no dedicated camera button, but the camera may be accessed by pressing the right key on the clock screen or by selecting Camera on the main menu. The selection button is used to take pictures or to start and stop video recording.

Networks

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...

, the Huawei U2801 is sold at Wind Mobile. It is also compatible with many networks in that country, including GSM and AWS-based HSPA+. Once unlocked, it may also be used on

Rogers Wireless Rogers Wireless Inc. is a Canadian wireless telephone company headquartered in Toronto, providing service nationally throughout Canada. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications. The company had revenues of just under $15.1 billi ...

Chatr Chatr Mobile (stylized as chatr) is a Canadian mobile virtual network operator owned by Rogers Communications Canada targeting entry-level customers. It is one of three wireless brands owned by Rogers Communications, including Rogers Wireless, a ...

, Fido, Vidéotron Mobile, Mobilicity and

Eastlink Wireless Eastlink Wireless is a Canadian mobile network operator owned by Eastlink. Its built network serves the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, with additional coverage areas provided in New Brunswick, Ontario and Alberta communities ...

. In

was made by Orinoquia, a company formed jointly by the Venezuelan government and sold at

as Orinoquia U2801.

Criticism

After the Huawei U2801 was first launched, many people were accidentally

pocket dialling Pocket dialing (also known as pocket calling or butt dialing) is the accidental placement of a phone call while a person's mobile phone or cordless phone is in the owner's pocket or handbag. The recipient of the call typically hears random backg ...

911 due to the SOS feature that can be accessed by pressing the top right corner button. Then to call, just press the top left corner button. This dangerous feature that could not be turned off, which resulted in many complaints to Huawei. Huawei fixed this problem by removing the SOS feature. the updated U2801 has both left and right corner buttons as

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, it was released in 2014.

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