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Huawei Mercury

Huawei Mercury
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alaScore 82

102 reviews

Apr, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 102 reviews of Huawei Mercury. The average rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Cell phones for all reviews. Reviews about the sound and usability are overall positive. The price and camera also get good comments. The GPS navigation and reception get critical reviews.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell phones the Huawei Mercury is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 82/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Huawei Mercury

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 62 user reviews of Huawei Mercury from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other Cell phones on Amazon.com. Opinions about the usability and design are overall positive. The camera and price also get good feedback, but some have doubts about the reliability.

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81% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Maurizio Pesce (wired.com)

Review: Huawei Mercury

 

If you already have an iPhone, a Galaxy Nexus or some other head-of-the-class smartphone in your pocket, the Huawei Mercury isn't the phone for you....

Plastic battery cover feels cheap. Limited video codec support: no AVI, DVIX, XVID. Camera is confounding

May, 2012
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Expert review by : Jessica Dolcourt (cnet.com)

Huawei Mercury (Cricket Wireless) review

 

Trickle-down economics is alive and well, especially when it comes to the prepaid market, where no-contract carriers like Cricket can offer phones like the Huawei Mercury. The Mercury first wheeled into our CNET offices as the Huawei Honor , and the...

The Huawei Mercury has Android 2.3 Gingerbread, an 8-megapixel camera, a front-facing camera, a 1.4GHz processor, and good call quality.

Battery life doesn't live up to expectations on the Mercury, you have to remove the battery each time you access the microSD card slot, and data speeds are pokey. The glossy plastic material is a smudge magnet.

With its dual cameras, strong processor, and attention to camera detail, the Huawei Mercury tops Cricket's charts for a non-Muve Music smartphone, but insatiable Web surfers may still want to shop around.

Jan, 2012
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Huawei Mercury (Cricket Wireless)

 

The Mercury's 4-inch glass capacitive touch LCD screen has 854-by-480-pixel resolution, a notch above the more common 800-by-480. It looks sharp and bright, and I had no problem typing on the on-screen keyboard. Since this resolution is also used by...

Good call quality. Sharp display. Nice camera. Terrific plan value

Limited video codec support

The Huawei Mercury is the best prepaid smartphone in America right now.

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Expert review by : Brian K. (phonearena.com)

Huawei Mercury Ice Review

 

Huge brands such as ESPN and Best Buy have tried and failed, but that isn't enough to stop Radio Shack from taking their cuts at the MVNO game. While their service is not limited to smartphones, their “unlimited” data and music offerings are certainly...

Camera can take good pictures in the proper conditions ; At $150 with no contract, the price is right

Touchscreen is unresponsive at times ; Still running Android 2.3 ; The plans don’t offer a compelling reason to sign up with Radio Shack

In the end the Huawei Mercury Ice is a rather unspectacular phone; its performance is sufficient but the operating system outdated and call quality suspect. At just $150 with no contract the price is right, but in the growingly competitive pre-paid...

Sep, 2012
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Consumer review (cnet.com)

"HUAWEI,the worse cell phone manufacture on the market!"

 

HUAWEI is the worse cell phone manufacture on the market. Within a few months of usage, all the features start becoming unusable, until the point the touch screen stop working and you cannot even unlock your phone. If you are lucky and your phone is...

none, cheap and useless

Within a few months of usage, all the features start becoming unusable, until the point the touch screen stop working and you cannot even unlock your phone.

Sep, 2012
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Consumer review (cnet.com)

it's a very good phone

 

the huawei mercury phone is fast & much better than boost mobile you own to your pockets by coming over to cricket

this phone is so much better than boost mobile phones please get this phone

nome right now

Sep, 2012
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Consumer review (cnet.com)

"PC Editors have it ALL wrong"

 

Well, this makes the 3rd Mercury I have been on and once again the screen has issues where I have to touch it 3 or 4 times to get a response. I have had an android phone in the past and this phone has really made me hate android and the Huawei brand....

Battery Life, App Availablity, Operating System

Button Configuration, Speaker Quality, Screen

Aug, 2012
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Consumer review (cnet.com)

Incredible phone and exceptional value

 

I have had the phone about four months. I like it better all the time. A few weeks ago Cricket pushed out an upgrade and it runs smoother than ever. Love the phone

Super fast Great image quality Great sound Apps run well and smoothly

I don't know what

Aug, 2012
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Consumer review (cnet.com)

"I LOVED THIS PHONE BUT..........."

 

I AM MORE MAD AT THE CRICKET STORE AS WELL AS THEIR CORPORATE STORE THAN ANYTHING. HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO GO TO A CORPORATE CRICKET STORE? IT IS WORSE THAN DMV AND THE EMERGENCY ROOM COMBINED. I BOUGHT THIS PHONE JUST 3 WEEKS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED WHICH...

GREAT CAMERA,

ONE DAY IT JUST STOPPED WORKING. THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY SO TOOK IT TO HAVE IT TESTED. I ASKED THE MANAGER AT CRICKET IF HE HAD SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE AND HE TOLD ME "YES HE HAD SEEN IT HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE."

Jun, 2012
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Consumer review (cnet.com)

I LOVED THIS PHONE BUT...........

 

I AM MORE MAD AT THE CRICKET STORE AS WELL AS THEIR CORPORATE STORE THAN ANYTHING. HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO GO TO A CORPORATE CRICKET STORE? IT IS WORSE THAN DMV AND THE EMERGENCY ROOM COMBINED. I BOUGHT THIS PHONE JUST 3 WEEKS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED WHICH...

GREAT CAMERA, CAN DOWNLOAD ALL THE APPS I WANTED CLEAR SCREEN GREAT CLEAR AUDIO COMFORTABLE IN HAND

ONE DAY IT JUST STOPPED WORKING. THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY SO TOOK IT TO HAVE IT TESTED. I ASKED THE MANAGER AT CRICKET IF HE HAD SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE AND HE TOLD ME "YES HE HAD SEEN IT HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE."

Jun, 2012
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