Huawei Ascend P1 officially lands, P1 and D1 LTE in tow:
Four months after we gave you guys a sneak preview of the Ascend P1, Huawei Philippines has finally announced the arrival of their dual-core, SGS2-looking handset. With this late announcement, we can’t help but wonder if this is a case of “too little, too late” for the promising Ascend P1.
As mentioned during our first impression of the phone, this device holds the title as one of the thinnest smartphones in the market at 7.7mm. The 4.3-inch smartphone is packed with a 1.5GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4460 processor with a gigabyte of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. If you need more storage space, you can expand the measly ROM up to 32GB though Micro-SD card.
Huawei Ascend P1 specs:
4.3-inch AMOLED qHD display @256ppi
TI OMAP 4460 Cortex-A9 1.5GHz dual-core
PowerVR SGX540 graphics
1GB RAM
4GB ROM
up to 32GB via microSD
HSPA 14.4Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, HS
GPS with aGPS support
Dolby Mobile 3.0+
FM radio tuner
8MP autofocus rear camera with dual LED light
1080p video recording @ 30fps
1.3MP front-facing camera
Android ICS
Li-Ion 1670mAh battery
Dimensions: 127.4 x 64.8 x 7.7mm
Weight: 110 grams
The Huawei Ascend P1 will be available in stores starting next week and can be had for PhP19,890. It’s a pretty steep price for a mid-range phone if you ask me, so I’m not really sure how this will fare against the other smartphones in the same price range.
In addition to the launch of the Ascend P1, the folks from Huawei also mentioned that the LTE version of this device, as well as its slightly bigger counterpart – Ascend D1 LTE – will be available in the coming months through partner telcos. However, they didn’t mention if these two LTE smartphones can be purchased without a contract.
Ascend D1 specs:
4.5-inch IPS+ HD display @326ppi
TI OMAP 4460 Cortex-A9 1.5GHz dual-core
PowerVR SGX540 graphics
1GB RAM
8GB ROM
up to 32GB via microSD
HSPA+ 21Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, HS
GPS with aGPS support
Dolby Mobile 3.0+
FM radio tuner
8MP autofocus BSI camera
1080p video recording @ 30fps
1.3MP front-facing camera
Android ICS
Li-Ion 1800mAh battery
Dimensions: 129 x 64 x 8.9mm
Weight: 132 grams
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Four months after we gave you guys a sneak preview of the Ascend P1, Huawei Philippines has finally announced the arrival of their dual-core, SGS2-looking handset. With this late announcement, we can’t help but wonder if this is a case of “too little, too late” for the promising Ascend P1.
As mentioned during our first impression of the phone, this device holds the title as one of the thinnest smartphones in the market at 7.7mm. The 4.3-inch smartphone is packed with a 1.5GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4460 processor with a gigabyte of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. If you need more storage space, you can expand the measly ROM up to 32GB though Micro-SD card.
Huawei Ascend P1 specs:
4.3-inch AMOLED qHD display @256ppi
TI OMAP 4460 Cortex-A9 1.5GHz dual-core
PowerVR SGX540 graphics
1GB RAM
4GB ROM
up to 32GB via microSD
HSPA 14.4Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, HS
GPS with aGPS support
Dolby Mobile 3.0+
FM radio tuner
8MP autofocus rear camera with dual LED light
1080p video recording @ 30fps
1.3MP front-facing camera
Android ICS
Li-Ion 1670mAh battery
Dimensions: 127.4 x 64.8 x 7.7mm
Weight: 110 grams
The Huawei Ascend P1 will be available in stores starting next week and can be had for PhP19,890. It’s a pretty steep price for a mid-range phone if you ask me, so I’m not really sure how this will fare against the other smartphones in the same price range.
In addition to the launch of the Ascend P1, the folks from Huawei also mentioned that the LTE version of this device, as well as its slightly bigger counterpart – Ascend D1 LTE – will be available in the coming months through partner telcos. However, they didn’t mention if these two LTE smartphones can be purchased without a contract.
Ascend D1 specs:
4.5-inch IPS+ HD display @326ppi
TI OMAP 4460 Cortex-A9 1.5GHz dual-core
PowerVR SGX540 graphics
1GB RAM
8GB ROM
up to 32GB via microSD
HSPA+ 21Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, HS
GPS with aGPS support
Dolby Mobile 3.0+
FM radio tuner
8MP autofocus BSI camera
1080p video recording @ 30fps
1.3MP front-facing camera
Android ICS
Li-Ion 1800mAh battery
Dimensions: 129 x 64 x 8.9mm
Weight: 132 grams
****** A word from the fine folks of Sun Cellular ******
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Get the Sun BlackBerry All Day 50 for all-day unlimited mobile internet, unlimited social networking, unlimited instant messaging, unlimited BlackBerry browsing and unlimited BBM for only Php50.
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