Operating system options are usually associated with laptops and desktop computers, but one mobile phone manufacturer is giving consumers the same option as far as their mobile phone is concerned.

The QiGi i6 may look like a typical imitation phone, but does more than just rip-off one of HTC’s more popular models. Buyers have the option of getting either a QiGi i6 with Windows Mobile installed on it or the Android OS under the hood. Aside from the added freedom to customize it with your preferred OS, it comes with a 2.8-inch touchscreen, 2-megapixel camera, a fast 624MHz processor, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and support for up to 4GB additional memory via microSD card. No 3G on this baby, but I guess the inclusion of WiFi will probably suffice in its absence.

Here’s a video showing off how well Android works on it.

With its huge similarity to the HTC Touch and considering that it’s coming from a relatively unknown mobile phone manufacturer, I highly doubt this will become commercially available through the regular channels (read: mall stores and telecom offerings). However, we can’t discount the fact that it’s the first device to give consumers the freedom to choose which OS they want installed on their phone. It’s highly unlikely that the big names in the industry will follow their example, but it would be nice it they did, don’t you think so?