Huawei M886 Mercury

  • Released 2011, December
    139g, 13mm thickness
    Android 2.3.3
    4GB 512MB RAM storage, microSD slot
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  • 4.0"
    480x854 pixels
  • 8MP
    720p
  • 512MB RAM
    Snapdragon S2
  • 1900mAh
    Li-Po

Huawei M886 Mercury - Specs

Network Technology CDMA / EVDO
2G bands CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
3G bands CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
Speed EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Launch Announced 2011, December. Released 2011, December
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 122 x 61 x 13 mm (4.80 x 2.40 x 0.51 in)
Weight 139 g (4.90 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches, 44.1 cm2 (~59.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~245 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8655T Snapdragon S2
CPU 1.4 GHz Scorpion
GPU Adreno
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 4GB 512MB RAM
Main Camera Single 8 MP, AF
Features LED flash, HDR
Video 720p@30fps
Selfie camera Single VGA
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
 Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP, EDR
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio Stereo FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
 MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
MP4/H.264 player
Organizer
Document viewer
Photo viewer/editor
Voice memo/dial/commands
Predictive text input
Battery   Removable Li-Po 1900 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 380 h
Talk time Up to 6 h 30 min
Misc Colors Black
SAR 0.77 W/kg (head)     1.12 W/kg (body)    
Price About 110 EUR

Huawei M886 Mercury - User Reviews

  • It is a Huawei smartphone without phone?

  • how can i unlock it it works on cricket usa

  • I've had 3 phone of this same brand, can't get tired of it as yet. this phone takes nice picture.....kiant complain

  • I'm dead

  • No.

  • i have it for a few years and no problems nice phone

  • Can you see emojis

  • Its an alright phone but if you drain that battery 100% its gonna be a while before it comes back on:p

  • I have know problems with my mercury, and I had it for 2 years....people who don't know how to operate it correctly always have problem's!!!

  • My huawei has a problem it shows a red light on the. Little bar that next to the front camera and my home key and back key and the options keyand the search key don't work please help!!!!!!

  • i have mercury mtab2 iinstal aprogram the program delete evry thing in my tablet ant it dont tern on the scren is black what i have to do?????

  • I love my mercury i don't have a problem with it and is a refurbish phone. I have done lot of hacking with it. And once i get tired of all the apps and viruses that we got from the internet i just do the factory reset and it gets just like new.

  • happens to me makes me

  • My Mercury keeps freezing and I don't have a anything on it..it keeps saying(HUAWEI LAUNCHER FORCE CLOSE) and it does about 5 times a day

  • This is a extremely terrible phone. The construction is cheap, display is weak, battery lasts only a few hours, the camera pixels are not what is advertised. Our review of this phone gets only a half star. You can read the complete review at www.lc

  • Excellent phone, I have had it for over a year with zero difficulties or problems. Excellent camera.

  • This phone wouldd never compete orr be in the same league as even the iphone 4. Saying it competes with the iphone 5 is just delusional.

  • I had this phone for two years & never had any problems with it. Loveee it!

  • yep

  • nothing

  • I just got my 2nd defective mercury just yesterday. Ready to throw it through a window! What a POS! can only get 2 replacements under warrenty in a year. Well, I sure hope my phone subscriber makes this right! Every other time I try to access my photos, I literally have to RESET MY PHONE! The 1st warrenty replacement was due to the flash turning itself on & staying on until the battery was removed. Only problem with that, was as soon as the battery made contact with the phone, the flash turned BACK ON! can you say FIRE HAZARD? My carrier is not open tomorrow, they BETTER. Make this right on Monday, or who knows what will happen! Complete B.S.! I have gone through two of these DEFECTIVE phones in 6 months! Come on HUAWEI, make this RIGHT!

  • I bought this phone Christmas 2011 right when it came out and after a while it had software problems. In Aug 2012 I received a text that the manufacturer was recalling the originals. Mine was replaced for free(although the battery was not replaced). Since it was replaced in august 2012 it has been awesome. This is the best phone I've had. You have the option to turn off data when you're not using it, the option of "power saving mode" which also turns off background data. The battery life is good when that is enabled. There is a built in task manager like on PC computers so you can see and kill tasks that are running. The size is great. Setting the wallpaper is a bit more tricky than other phones. The 8MP camera is awesome and the camera has flash. This phone's specs are comparable to the Iphone 5 (but doesnt need stupid itunes updates every month) as far as i can tell. I love it and would definitely recommend it.

  • I had my huawei mercury ice for 2 months and 8 days and it freezes 6-11 times a day by saying (HUAWEI LAUNCHER STOP WORKING) and I don't have anything on it..and when I first got it, it lagged a lot..

  • I had my mercury ice for 2 months and 8 days, and now it keeps freezing and I don't have a anything on it..it keeps saying(HUAWEI LAUNCHER FORCE CLOSE) and it does about 6-11 times a day..

  • I had my mercury for a while and i had NO problems. I have the s3 now only cause i wanted it but mercury is still running smoothly (knock on wood) lol

  • what's the different between Huawei Mercury and Huawei Honor?

  • Love this message phone its a great phone...no problems everything works perfectly... more then happy with my huawei mercury

  • I had the same thing happen and then it fixed itself. A few days later, the same thing happened. Luckily, it is within the 1 year warranty because I have one on the way already. It has happened twicei n the past week, so it's time to solve the problem

  • How can i download a picture from facebook pc to my android huawei phone. I am trying to download pictures to my android huawei phone and it dosent work

  • may i know how much this cost in philippines?

  • I absolutely love this phone! I bought it when it first came out and have not found another one as good. I've dropped it in the water twice now (SUBMERGED)..and it still works just fine. Takes excellent pictures. My only complaint would be that it doesnt offer screen shot capability. Otherwise an absolutely great phone!

  • My ONLY complaint about this phone is that the list of apps doesn't alphabetize itself. Awesome phone, otherwise.

  • i have not had any problems with this phone not even the ones everyone on here is talking about

  • hi , guys is there any one who has any complain about this model i have plan to bye it tomorrow ? I mean this phone has ability to compare with the others cellphone in market ? does it worth compare to the price ? and also i would be highly appreciated if let me know about main manufacturer and guarantee types ? thanking you in advance .

  • My screen froze up on me, it's not damaged or nothing.. I woke up one morning & i couldn't move anything on the screen.... How can i fix the problem?

  • I love the phone, except for 1 thing. I cannot send an attachment to a text message unless I have 4 full bars. any ideas why?

  • Bought one 7 days ago. Shut off while texting, won't power back on. Worried

  • yes, not to be mean but that was a dumb question to ask. instagram is very low maintainence app. my current phone is a very very low end android phone with a 600mhz processor, which is less than half the mercury's processing speed and I can get instagram. So, yes it can.

  • Can this phone get Instagram.

  • Yes it does

  • does this phone support flash player?

  • if you turn ur wifi off itll send all ur pictures and videos! ( :

  • this phone is awesome! use modo player and it plays everything DivX xvid avi mpg4 and mp4 . doesn't freeze up with heavy video load, replaced the sd card with 32 GB card since i don't use music mauve comes pre loaded with Pandora and free WiFi next door . camera is great , not alot of bloat ware, only con is headphone jack broke after 1 month of use . and u have to shut down when u lose internet to get it back

  • Dude this phone rocks great sound never had problem with any of the phone browser is fast plenty if memory it has dts for music and movie's I live this pgone can't wait for the next model

  • No

  • This phone is not that thick

  • I have had this phone for months now no problems with the phone I have used I phones and other smart phone that have more issues than this phone no issue herw I love it

  • were the hell did you buy it for me it cost 219 thats with the first month paid

  • Thaat happened to me too. I bought it the same time . Waste of moneey !

  • This phone died on me, the phone later on heated up when I tried charging it. The flash light blinks but doesnt seem to turn on. I had this phone in very good condition. I dont know why this happened out of nowhere .

  • I would not recommend this phone to anyone. I bought it in March and it will not charge or turn on. Cellphone repair shops wont touch the phone

  • My phone stopped working after 2 months. No one knows what happen. The phone was never dropped. The phone was replaced with another one. If this one doesn't last I will be shopping for a different phone.

  • its a cool phone but ive had it for 2 days and the gallerie keep foreclosing and i cant watch any videos

  • this keeps on happening to me too!

  • Its just suuper dead leave it on the charger and.it.will cut.on eventually

  • Is this a good phone, I'd there still battery problems ?

  • I've had had this phone for the longest, No problems, browser is fast, Great camera, For people with the issues, You better have insurance ;)

  • I dont likemy mercury,it was fine the way it was then i updated it,and it changed to that stupid muve music, if i wanted a muve music, i would have bought one, now cricket says theres nothing they can do about it, and once you update it,you cant take that update off. that, and i cant send videos at all, this phone sucks.

  • looks like an HTC

  • My friend had the same exact issue and resetting to factory didn't do anything, he took it back to cricket and they tried doing it by software, and they also tried it by holding volume up and power. Neither method would reset the phone back to factory, nor would it delete anything He ended up having to take the phone back and have it replaced.

  • The only issue I have with this phone is the web browser, I have already factory reset it due to this issue, it worked fine for a while then it went back to taking forever to load the browser (it only does it on first load, and when switching apps). It also sometimes causes the launcher to show no icons with a loading screen that lasts up to a minute then goes back to normal. Also when switching back to the browser the page I was on will sometimes revert to another page that I use to have open in another window (that was closed). The blank loading seems to get worse with each bookmark I add.

  • my mercury phone died and wont turn back on.... any ideas or suggestions

  • Ever since I downloaded the firmware update last week, I have had issues trying to type (text, email, search in browser). Sometimes when I select a character, theKEYBOARDcloses ORtheSPACEdeletesTHElastWORDiTYP

  • Ever since I downloaded the firmware update last week, I have had issues trying to type (text, email, search in browser). Sometimes when I select a character, theKEYBOARDcloses ORtheSPACEdeletesTHElastWORDiTYP

  • Ever since I downloaded the firmware update last week, I have had issues trying to type (text, email, search in browser). Sometimes when I select a character, theKEYBOARDcloses

  • This is the best phone I have ever owned. Can't wait for Android 4.0

  • i have owned the m886 for about 3 months now ... was great until recently, yup battery troubles... it lasts forever but once it dies i cannot get it to power on, the only thing that works is (laugh, whatever) just dabbin my tongue on the lil conductors on the battery, gives it the spark it needs to register, that its there i guess... i wanna get a new one seeing its only a few months old .. but it seems like all of them have that problem.... FACTORY RECALL PLOX?

  • The phone broke in only 5 months. Never dropped it and kept it looking new. Tried replacing battery, but nothing seems to work. Very CHEAPLY made product. Stay away from it.

  • The phone broke in only 5 months. Never dropped it and kept it looking new. Tried replacing battery, but nothing seems to work. Very CHEAPLY made product. Stay away from it.

  • ok factory reset well speed browser up, worked for me. Also i couldn't send mms on wi fi. Works fine on 3g. Good luck

  • yes i have the same issue in it drop calls alot

  • No my browser hasn't had that issue , sorry I don't know how to resolve it maybe close apps that are still running using task manager that's what I do and browser and apps run fine

  • I have been having browser issues. It will load the browser but if I close the browser and open another app then go back to the browser it takes 20-30 for the browser to even start loading. Its very aggravating. Anyone having the same issues?

  • Go to settings click on privacy click factory reset click backup click factory reset

  • is this is single sime or dual sim?

  • Mine is doing the SAME THING and it is SO annoying! Does anyone know how to fix this? It didn't do it until I did an upgrade recently... and I tried to undo the upgrade and go back to the backup I had, but it didn't work and I still get this annoying message. :-(

  • I have been having issues lately with the phone. Can anyone help me out? I keep getting this message on the phone that says sorry app SNS (process. Huawei.sns) has stopped unexpectedly try again. I also get App Huawei launcher in process com.huawei launcher 3 is not responding. Also, all of a sudden I am having trouble sending long texts and pictures. It will just say sending forever, and then fails. Anyone have a clue what these issues are about?

  • Ok, I had some battery issues with this phone. However I downloaded easy battery and easy task killer and it kicked those issues. Aside from that it won't allow me to set up my email. Keeps saying unable to open server connection. Besides that I love it. Tons of room, great camera great! It can do abunch more. Fast efficient and I can do pretty much anything I want on it. Need to find a case for it though before it gets broke.

  • hey i just had the same problem on saturday the 14th. i order a new battery thinkin thats what the problem is and i put the battery in and nothing happened. did they say what was wrong or what you should do?

  • its a CDMA Smartphone dude not GSM !! of course its not working on GSM Network (GPRS,EDGE,3G,HSPA,HSPA+)

  • i have the Huawei Mercury and yesterday morning my phone died and now it will not come back on

  • no gprs, no edge ????

  • When this phone works, I love it. But two months after I bought it, the battery software stopped reading the battery as charged, and it wouldn't work. Now--less than a month after being given a replacement, last night I turned the phone off (fully charged, and immediately afterward, the phone would not turn on. NOTHING, NO RESPONSE. No lights of any kind come on. I am right now waiting for the store to open and find out what is the problem.

  • everything is perfect except the 13 mm thickness. if it was less than 10mm i would have bought it

  • Ah, understood. It's CDMA

  • What's the difference between this smartphone and Huawei Honor?

  • have you ever had a battery problem outta our phone ??

  • hello im going to buy the huawei mercury and i want to no about the battery problems because that"s the only problem i saw people talking about .

  • Forgot to say battery life is REALLY good. I worked a 10hour shift at work after the phone was always off its charger for 30min and it still had a charge even after watching something and playing with it every now and then

  • I had the accend and it was a good phone. Dropped it in water and got the zte score as a hold phone while on the waiting list for this one. It sucked to all hell. Had the mercury for a week and LOVE it. Fast great camera has flash do I can watch anything I want online. I love anime so that is a plus, this phone is on par with any phone companies android even better than a lot. Anyone looking for a hot phone has to look at this one

  • Very good Device, Have had the Ascend as well as the zte score and this one is far better than either one, 1.4g processor makes a huge difference as does the 8mp camera, clear pics with either front or rear facing cameras. battery life is on par with all phone like this, I am able to play music all night and still have 50% battery left in the morning. one of the best phones i have ever had.

  • So...the device is just short of iPhone. Many people who pick my up are confused thinking at first its an iPhone. Resolution and backlight is good. Camera shoots front and back though back has no flash and reduced megapix. Does store captures in HDR if interested. VPN actually works. Tethering if an supports it works really well even at 3G. Wireless is "N" CLASS yet I'm at best connecting at about 130 mbps. As with any with this version...the browser cache needs to be flushed every few days. GPS is as quick or quicker than most. However....microphone will get confused and about 3 times now required a settings reset to restore the Mic to where other party can hear you.

  • right this phone is 250 and you get a 50 mail in rebate i work at a phone store and so far we havent had any complains about it

  • It rocks good price,phone 9+camera9+battery8 android+ get one .

  • Its 250.00

  • This phone is p.o.s. ive had it for a month and it will not hold a charge. I have tried everything , new battery, new charger, taking the battery out while its still on, plugging in the charger without the battery. Nothing works! I feel completely ripped off by cricket and Huawei. I have been on other forums and this is apparently a common problem with Huawei products.

  • umm..is this phone really worth 300 dollars?

  • First of all this phone rocks! The camera takes great crystal clear pictures. So far the calls sounds good and the radio rocks. For the price its a good phone, and if I like all good. Deserves a 10!!!!

  • Love it!! The battery life alone is worth every penny!! I am highly impressed with the way Huewai stepped up to the plate with the M886.

  • i actually love the quality of the camera its alot better than my wifes blackberry and i gotta say that it is better in speed than the first one i owned which was the acsend

  • This phone was designed to rival the evo and evo shift and considering all of its features are better than the evo shift and is only .1ghz slower than the droid razr minus the dual core cpu, i think people should give huawei some slack cause they're movin up. Check out the new huawei ascend p1, its gonna be one of the best droids on the market and is faster than the razr.

  • can this fone work in any cdma network in any country?will like to buy.

  • Anybody who is using this phone please review it, tell us about camera quality, video quality, browsing, telephony, sound quality, battery backup etc. please do reply

  • Huawei is doing better. I think this phone has its own unique-ness. I dont see how people say they copied the iPhone. Apple sucks, why would they want to copy them. Its only so much you can do with the shape of a phone so of course you're gonna get some that look alike. ALSO, if you want to talk about copying, tell me why the iPhone now has a "Status Bar"? -.- (Oh, and under the specifications, it does have an FM Radio)

  • Dude do a comparison of galaxy s 2 vs htc sensation xe or xl and the htc would win. Checkmate

  • very good specifications but I wish we can see this phone in cairo egypt

  • I csnt wait to get mine who cares what the haters say

  • I love it it's even better than my HTC thunderbolt.that's the way to go criket

  • This mobile is d besssssssst mobile in its range..... no other mobile got so much of features in its price range.....overall its a awesome phone ill rate 10 out of 10 for dis phone.....

  • Bought it...switched from verizon to cricket...dropped the phone, holds up well (has double casing though)...love the phone!!! cricket now has $70 discount on websight (may require qualification)...bought mine at reg price...I recommend phone

  • I don't care about it being a prada copy or knock off of whoever. Anyone who is using the phone, how well does it work and if you have dropped it, how well does it hold up? thanks

  • CMDA confuses me, can this Huawei Mercury(Glory) work on 3G,Edge, GPRS networks.

  • have you bought M886 Mercury? How was your experience with this set? What about camera? Does it really 8MP and its result as compared to other phones, awesome or not? what about battery timings with full usage? Its price? Your feedback will be helpful for me because I am also interested in buying Huawei's mobile. Thanks

  • I like it! I really really like it!!!

  • sry dude i dont think any of htc devices can perform as galaxy s2 or even galaxy r ...lol

  • Seems like a great phone. I agree it should have more RAM but thats why you can get a bigger SD and partition it. This will be my second Android. I will be buying it today! I will post a review and video review on youtube!

  • Are you kidding me? If this is a copy of the LG optimus, it's because it's a fricking rectangle with rounded corners and 4 capacitative buttons at the bottom. You guys need to stop obsessing with China ffs.

  • chill guysss. i guess even HTC is better than samsung or any other phone. the reason why samsung is gaining market is that they r bringing in more and more phones every week. all cheap plastic body baaaad hardware. and same design. probably the cheapest hardware i ve ever seen. it even looks stupid chinese all plastic body phone. all bloody plastic and that too cheap. samsung u need to grow up.

  • well, not samsung, but iphone copied from LG prada which came well before first iPhone... CRAPple always claims credit for first 'popular' capacitive touchscreen fone while the truth is they shamelessly copied from LG.

  • WTH~!! Look 90% same as LG OPTIMUS BLACK ?!!! =( China always like to imitate others design...

  • 512mb RAM is not enough :-(

  • dude APPLE COPIED LG's DESIGN! therefore stfu and samsung is better than apple! NOTE!!! iPHONE IS MADE UP OF SAMSUNG AND LG products!! talk like u guys know stuff... tsk tsk

  • wow copying HTC and LG optimus black... Chinese are copycats

  • It doesnt look like iphone.

  • 1st Apple iphone was announced in Jan 2007 Samsung f700 was announced in Feb 2007 So how can apple copy samsung, it it samsung who is well known for copying apple designs. samsung is well know for copycat

  • You mean Samsung Vibrant copy And SHUSH Apple fanboy because Apple is the one who copied Samsung F700 design and copied Xerox OS

  • very good huawei its a nice mobile

  • Another iPhone Copy :)))