Lenovo and Huawei haven’t taken much time to introduce their answer to Xiaomi’s recently unveiled budget phablet Hongmi Note (internationally known as Redmi Note). Lenovo has announced the new S898T, while Huawei has come up with a new version of Honor 3X.

Talking about Lenovo S898T first, the smartphone features a 5.3-inch 720p HD display, 1.4GHz octa-core MediaTek processor, 13MP rear camera and 5 MP front camera. It also packs 3G, microSD card slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and Android 4.2.2. Like Xiaomi, Lenovo will also be releasing two variants of S898T, one with 1GB RAM/ 8GB internal storage for 788 yuan and other with 2GB RAM/ 16GB internal storage for 988 yuan.

Coming to Huawei, the new Honor 3x also packs 1.4 GHz octa-core MediaTek processor, 13MP rear camera, and 5MP front camera but there is only one version unlike both Xiaomi and Lenovo, which comes with 2GB of RAM, 5.5-inch HD display, 8GB of internal storage, microSD card slot and 3000 mAh battery. It will cost 998 yuan.