We’ve known about the Huawei Ascend W2 since April and then the Windows Phone Blog was seen introducing it early this month. Now Huawei has officially announced the device and also revealed that it will be hitting India soon enough.
Since no exact release date has been given, we weren’t expecting to hear any mention of the price either. But no need to get your hopes up, an ‘upcoming model’ tag is still clinging to the Ascend W1 which made an appearance in India back in August. Meanwhile, Russia and the Netherlands will be welcoming the smartphone before we roll in to December.
The Ascend W2 has a 1.4GHz dual core Snapdragon MSM8230 processor at its heart and works on 512MB of RAM. A 4.3-inch WVGA display with IPS technology is nailed across its front and there’s a 5MP camera with 720p video recording capability on the back panel. In China where it is already available, it supports TD-SCDMA and UMTS networks.
The three capacitive buttons lined up below the display are backlit with colors which reflect the theme chosen by the user. The handset is said to get its kicks from Windows Phone 8 and have 8GB of internal memory space as well as a microSD card slot, though we’re not sure about the last mentioned specification.
This one doesn’t seem like much of an upgrade compared to its predecessor, but whatever works for Huawei right? The 1700mAh battery hiding under the hood can apparently pack in up to 9.5 hours of talk time. Again, we don’t know if this is on 3G or 2G networks. Huawei will be selling the Ascend W2 in color options of blue, black, red and yellow.
Quick look at key specs:
– Windows Phone 8 OS
– Dual core 1.4GHz chip
– 512MB RAM, 8GB ROM
– 4.3-inch touchscreen
– 5MP camera
– 1700mAh battery