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Huawei Ascend W1 Review

Score: 54.7 / 100

Huawei Ascend W1 is a mid-level phone released back in the year 2013, counting with a medium 4 inches screen, a good performance 1200 megahertz Dual-Core CPU, a 5 megapixels back facing camera and a 0.3 MP front side camera.

This cellphone ships with a great performance Dual-Core processor clocking at 1200 megahertz, bundled in a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 chip and 512 MB RAM. Graphic calculations often uses a lot of processing time, so this phone also has an Adreno 305 GPU ticking at 450 megahertz to take some work out of the processor. The Huawei Ascend W1 comes with a decent 4 GB internal storage, which is enough for most users considering it also has a slot for SD memory cards to store photos and videos.

Huawei made this phoneavailable just in multiple color options: black, blue, red and white. This phone isn't very light for a device this size, weighting 4.59 ounces. Although this phone is very thin and comfortable it's not even close to being one of the thinnest cellphones on sale, with a thickness of 0.4".

This phone is equipped with a very good 800 x 480 4 inches display, providing this device with a detailed graphical experience. This display uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and can detect multiple fingers at the same time.

This phone has two cameras, a 5 megapixels back side camera and a 0.3 MP front side camera. This camera also counts with some nice features like flash, auto-focus and geo tagging.

This phone counts with wi-fi capability (but it can't provide it to other devices around, acting as a wireless router), 4G (HSPA+) connection type, that is not as fast as LTE or LTE-A 4G networks and 3G fast connectivity, over HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This device works with a SIM card for GSM networks.

This phone comes with a 1950 mAh medium capacity replaceable battery that can keep it running for many hours, although you will probably find yourself looking for a place to charge it if you use it heavily. According to Huawei, this phone has an estimated talk time of 11.2 hours and a stand by time of 319 hs.

This phone also comes with a few cool features as Bluetooth (enables communication with other bluetooth cellphones and accessories) and GPS Geolocation, and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.

Huawei is offering this phone for 249 dollars, which is a very high price for a phone this level. This device is a great option for you no matter if you are looking for a cellphone mainly for internet broswing and social networks or will use it for gaming.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Huawei
Operating System (OS):Windows Phone 8
Dimensions:4.90 x 2.50 x 0.40 inchesMetric12.45 x 6.35 x 1.02 cmImperial
Weight:4.59 ouncesMetric130.12 gImperial
Colors:Black, Blue, Red and White
Release date:2013-01-08
Price:$ 249.00

Display

Screen Type:IPS LCD
Size:4 inchesMetric10.2 cmImperial
Resolution:480 x 800 pixels
Pixel density:233 pixels per inchMetric91.73 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230
Processor:Krait (Dual-Core 1200 MHz)
RAM Memory:512 MB (533 MHz)
Graphics Processor:Adreno 305 (450 MHz)
Internal Memory:4 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB)

Battery

Removable:Yes
Capacity:1950 mAh
Stand-by Time:319 hours
Talk Time:11.2 hours

Camera

Back camera:5 megapixels
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:0.3 megapixels
Camera features:Auto-Focus and Geo Tagging

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
SIM Card Type:SIM
UMTS Bands:850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
Technologies:HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 2.1
GPS:Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor