Huawei Ascend Review: Price & Specs of MetroPSC Android Phone

Huawei Ascend Android 2.1 Smartphone goes on sale through MetroPCS with the price tag of just $179. Check out features, specs and review of affordable Huawei Ascend.

Huawei Ascend Android smart phone has been recently launched by MetroPCS Communications, Inc. Huawei Ascend Android 2.1 smartphone comes with the newest technology, and offered at reasonable price of $ 179 only. The Android 2.1 (Éclair) OS powers a characteristic entry-level smart-phone, Huawei Ascend. It contains a nice customizable home screens that can be organized easily and it also gives rapid access to widgets, shortcuts, apps, and social networking sites such as Face book and Twitter.

Huawei Ascend phone also contains 3.5-inch HVGA auto-rotate touchscreen, onscreen QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2 megapixel camera, camcorder, and an easy Wi-Fi connectivity. Users can input text easily with QWERTY keyboard; also they can take and share photos and videos with friends and family. Users will be able to update their Face book status and make some tweets directly from home screen of this new smart-phone without going into various menus.

Users will be able to connect wirelessly to all Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide with its Wi-Fi connectivity. Users can access to over 100,000 apps in the Android Market as well as the games, wallpapers and ringing tones available through the metro App Store with this mobile phone. The talk-time of the Huawei Ascend Android smart phone is up to 5 hours. The Huawei Ascend comes with the $50 per month unlimited plan in which everything from local calling to long distance calling, text and picture messaging, email and data are included. Free GPS with the Metro-Navigator app is also included in it.

Specifications of Huawei Ascend MetroPSC Android Phone:

General Information:

• Brand: Huawei
• Model: Ascend
• Dimensions: 116x62x14 MM
• Form Factor: Bar
• Weight: 135 G
• Touch Screen: Yes, Capacitive Touch Screen
• Operating Frequency: CDMA 800 / 1700 / 2100 / 1900), 1xEV-DO rev.A

Display Details:

• Display Size: 320 x 480 px
• Display Color: 3.5 inches, TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, LCD 262K Colors
• Sensors: Accelerometer, Compass, Proximity Sensor
• Display Features: Multi-touch input method

Camera:

• Camera: 3.2 Mega Pixels Camera with Auto Focus
• Video Resolution: Yes
• Video: Yes
• Video Player: Yes, MP4 Player
• Camera Res.: 2048 x 1536 Pixels
• Zoom: Yes, Digital Zoom

Battery:

• Stand By Time: Up to 250 hours
• Li-ion: 1500 mAH
• Talk Time: Up to 5 hours

Software:

• Games: Yes
• Java: Yes
• Operating System: Android OS, v2.1
• Browser: Yes, HTML

Call Records:

• Phone Book: Practically Unlimited
• Missed Calls: Yes
• Dialed Calls: Yes
• Received Calls: Yes

Message:

• SMS: Yes
• MMS: Yes
• Email: Yes, Supports IMAP, POP3, SMTP
• Social Networking Services: Facebook, Twitter
• Instant Messaging: Google Talk

Memory:

• Memory Slot: Yes, Micro SD Card
• Internal Memory: Yes, 256 MB RAM / 512 MB ROM
• External Memory: Yes, Up to 32 GB

Music:

• Ring Tone: Vibration, MP3, Polyphonic
• Music: Yes, Music Formats: MP3, AAC+, WMA, WAV with 3.5mm Audio Jack
• FM: N/A
• Speaker: Yes
• Headset: Yes

Data:

• Bluetooth: Yes, v2.1 + EDR
• GPRS: No
• Wirless Protocol: Yes, WiFi 802.11b/g
• Port: Yes, Micro USB 2.0
• Edge: No
• GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support
• CPU: Yes, 600 MHz Processor
• Infra Red: No
• 3G: Yes
• Salespack: Handset, Battery, Charger, Earphone, USB Cable, User Manual, Warranty Card

Others:

• Connectivities: PC synchronization, OTA synchronization
• Colours: Black, Blue

Price of Huawei Ascend Android smart phone is $179.

Pros of Huawei Ascend Android smart phone:

Runs on Android 2.1
3.5-inch HVGA auto-rotate touchscreen
QWERTY keyboard provides easy text input
File manager app is a useful addition

Cons of Huawei Ascend Android smart phone:

The Huawei Ascend has awful call quality
It contains a 2.5-millimeter headset jack in place of the 3.5mm standard
There are too many preloaded apps
The dialer interface lacks a call end button