China's biggest telecom equipment maker, Huawei Technologies, and one of its biggest Internet companies, Tencent, are teaming up to offer smartphones based on Google's Android software preloaded with Tencent applications.

The phones, besides tapping the popularity of Tencent services including its QQ instant-messaging program, could also benefit from a low price compared to most Android phones: 1,000 yuan before any operator subsidy, or about $151, according to a Huawei spokeswoman.

The 'HiQQ' phones will come with 19 Tencent applications, including its QQ chat program, a mobile browser and social-networking service Qzone. Tencent had 636.6 million active instant-messaging user accounts at the end of September. Many of its users talk to friends on QQ via mobile phone.

Huawei already sells the two phone models, the U8500 and the C8500, that it plans to release in HiQQ editions early next year, the Huawei spokeswoman said. One will be compatible with third-generation mobile services from operator China Unicom, and the other with China Telecom's 3G services, she said.

The new phones mark an effort by Tencent to increase the time users spend on its services. They also expand the ways in which Huawei is using Android. Huawei already offers Android phonesin and outside of China, including in Europe, and it appears to be promoting them with the same low-price strategy that has boosted its telecom equipment business. Huawei has also has an Android tablet computer, the S7.

中国最大的电信设备制造商华为技术有限公司和中国最大的互联网公司之一腾讯控股有限公司正联手准备推出基于谷歌(Google)Android操作软件的智能手机，并预装腾讯的应用程序。

Huawei TechnologiesHiQQ手机华为的发言人说，这款智能手机可利用腾讯所提供服务(包括即时通讯工具QQ)的人气，此外可能得益于低廉的价格。在运营商提供任何优惠之前，这款手机的售价是1,000元人民币(合约151美元)，比绝大多数基于Android软件的智能手机都便宜。

这款名为“HiQQ”的手机将带有19个腾讯的应用软件，包括QQ聊天工具、移动浏览器和社交网络QQ空间。截至9月末，腾讯的即时通讯活跃账户为6.366亿，其中很多用户都是通过手机在QQ上与朋友聊天。

华为的这位发言人说，华为目前在售的有U8500和C8500两款不同型号的智能手机，计划明年初推出HiQQ版。她说，这两款不同型号的新版手机中，有一个将兼容中国联通的3G服务，另外一个可兼容中国电信的3G服务。

推出新版手机不仅表明腾讯努力增加用户花在自己所提供服务上的时间，还为华为使用Android软件拓宽了路子。华为在中国海内外市场(包括欧洲)都已开始推出基于Android的智能手机。此次推出新版手机，似乎华为还是会用一贯的低价策略进行宣传推广，这种策略曾帮助华为扩大了自己的电信设备业务。另外，华为还有一款基于Android系统的S7平板电脑。