Huawei launches Y series Android Go smartphones in May

At this year’s Mobile World Congress, Huawei announced that it would be releasing a smartphone running Android Go, and announced that it would be released in the first half of 2018. Now, Huawei South Africa General Manager Zhao Likun has confirmed that the device will be announced. It was launched as part of the entry-level Y series .

Likun also announced that Huawei’s first Android Go devices will be launched in May . He said the device will be called “Y Series 2018.” President of Sales and Marketing Jim Xu also confirmed that the entry-level smartphone will come with 16GB of onboard storage and 1GB of RAM . These specifications should be enough to keep the smartphone working properly for ” at least two years ,” the executive said.

As for the possible name of Huawei’s Android Go smartphone, FunkyHuawei.club examines the firmware file and says the device will be named “Huawei Y5 Lite 2018” after it was found to run on the Android Go version of Oreo. This was previously reported by XDA-Developers when they predicted that it would occur. The device comes pre-installed with lite versions of popular Google services such as Assistant Go, Maps Go, YouTube Go, Search Go, and Gmail Go.

The smartphone is also revealed to be powered by MediaTek MT6737m chipset . This is also present in the Nokia 3, which has dual SIM support and an 854×480 resolution screen. There is no information about the price of the smartphone, but it should fall around $100.

A few days later, the Y5 Lite also visited the FCC and images were spotted of a removable back panel exposing a non-removable battery, dual SIM card slots, microSD card slot, and a single camera module. Based on the dimensions, the device screen should be in the range of 4 to 4.5 inches . Huawei isn’t the first company to launch an Android Go device, with Nokia, Lava, and ZTE already betting on the game.