Huawei Ascend GX1

Overview

Mid-Range Extra Large Phablet By Huawei

By Amrit

Huawei, one of China's leading mobile brand announced Ascend GX1, a mid-range phablet in December, 2014. It's an extra-large, fairly affordable running Android that is definitely not designed to cater the flagship- buying users. The box contents include charger, handset, battery, headset, USB cable, user manual and warranty card. Let's take a quick glance at its features and specifications:

Display and Dimensions

It exhibits a gigantic 6-inch screen enhanced by a HD IPS 1280x720 pixels resolution of 16M colors. Its pixel density is 245ppi. From a design perspective it looks sleek and thin, with a simple plastic design. The dual SIM phablet packs some impressively thin bezels considering its massive size. Dimensions are pretty impressive bearing 161x84.5x9.2mm, highlighting almost 81% screen to body ratio. It carries a weight of 173 grams.

Processor and Operating System

Powered by 1.2 GHz Quad- core processor along with 64- bit Snapdragon 410 chipset is mated to 1GB RAM for giving fast performance. It works on Android v4.4 KitKat operating system.

Camera and Storage

The smartphone is equipped with an 8MP autofocus shooter and LED flash at the back along with a 2MP front snapper. The primary camera is quite capable to click HD images while the secondary shooter is fixed to enjoy selfies and video calls. The user can record 1080p videos at 30 frames per second. As far as memory is concerned, it has 8GB of internal storage which can be expanded upto 32GB by using microSD card.

Connectivity and Battery

The handset packs a hefty 3500 mAh battery providing up to 720 minutes of talktime and can be fully charged in just over 4 hours. Talking about connectivity department, the smartphone has space for 2 SIM cards which can be used on multiple networks, along with Bluetooth v4.0, Wi-FI, EDGE and GPRS.

Shades and Price

The dual SIM smartphone is available in White shade and priced at 1590 CNY (INR 16,245).