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Huawei Indonesia released Thursday three new Android devices, including two smartphones, Honor and Vision, and a tablet, MediaPad, at a simultaneous launch titled “Breakthrough Series”.

Honor and Vision both run the latest Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread operating system, while MediaPad is based on Android Honeycomb 3.2 and comes with a 7-inch display.

“This event is part of our move to boost connection with our consumers amid rapid growth in mobile device use,” Huawei Device Indonesia country director Gavin Gu said at the launch in Jakarta.

Gu added that Huawei, known as leading vendor of technology, communication and information solutions, is eyeing a bigger stake in the mobile device industry in Indonesia.

He cited a report from stat company Salingsilang, which highlights the soaring number of Indonesians using microblogging site Twitter, mostly using mobile devices.

The manufacturer so far has released nine devices Indonesia.

Huawei Device Indonesia marketing director Riadi Sugihtani said the newly launched smartphone were meant to “debunk a myth” that gadgets running on Android have a short battery life.

Riadi boasted that his company's smartphones would be able to run up to 16 hours thanks to its state-of-the-art 1930 mAh Li-Ion battery.

There is no word on the pricing of the new devices.

“The devices will be entering the market in coming weeks,” he said. (pdh)

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