Not many smartphones from the up and coming Chinese device maker Huawei have made it to the U.S. so far -- with the notable exception of the company's partnership with Google that brought the 2015 Nexus 6P into existence. But now, Huawei has a new smartphone that's launching on our shores at the end of January: the Honor 5X.

Similar in name to the Nexus 5X, the Honor 5X is less exciting from a hardware point of view than, say, the Huawei Mate 8 -- which is still unavailable in the U.S. But its asking price may thrill the cost-conscious Android consumer.

As Android Police reported, the Huawei Honor 5X will be available for purchase in the U.S. starting Jan. 31. The company hasn't partnered with U.S. carriers for the launch, so to get the Chinese "No Nonsense" Android device you'll have to order it directly from Huawei's U.S. website or on Amazon, the latter of which is already open for preorders.

While specs fans will undoubtedly grouse at the mid-range hardware and features of the Huawei Honor 5X, the device stacks up as a pretty good deal for an unlocked GSM Android phone when you consider the $199 sticker price.

The Huawei Honor 5X comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p HD IPS display, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 running at 1.5GHz with 2GB of RAM. While that Snapdragon isn't the newest or fastest available, it is a 64-bit octa-core.

The only internal storage option available is 16GB, but it comes with a microSD slot for expansion up to 128GB.

On the back, Huawei put a standard 13-megapixel shooter, and there's a 5-megapixel front-facing camera for selfies. The device is LTE-capable, Dual SIM (supporting nano and micro SIM cards) but will only work on AT&T, T-Mobile, or a subsidiary GSM-based network in the U.S.

It runs Android 5.1 out of the box, but that comes with Huawei's EMUI 3.1 customized interface, which reportedly includes a good amount of bloatware with little else, feature-wise, to make up for it.

However, the build quality is great for a $200 Android smartphone, with a solid but light aluminum unibody frame that's available in silver, grey, or gold. And it comes with a fast fingerprint scanner that can unlock in half a second, with shortcuts you can set to automatically launch the camera or call specific contacts while unlocking with just a touch.

This is likely just the beginning of Huawei's foray into the U.S. market, and we can expect more well built but cheap Android devices to continue to make the journey to the U.S. through this year and beyond.