Huawei Ascend U8185

Overview

An Average Phone With Outdated Operating System

By Natasha

Huawei is among the world’s top ten most innovative companies. It was established in 2001-02 and is located in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. The company has announced the Ascend U8185, a smartphone in June, 2012. The box packs a handset, charger, battery, earphone, USB cable, warranty card and user manual. The details of Huawei Ascend U8185 are given below.

Design and Display

The Ascend U8185 is a bar shaped device that is good to hold and easy to handle. The phone comes with a height of 106mm, width of 56mm and a thickness of 10mm as its dimensions along with a weight of 100 grams. The Ascend U8185 flaunts a TFT display of 2.8-inches which has a resolution of 240x320 pixels. The phone features a single centrally placed hard key and three feather touch soft keys at its bottom.

Hardware and Software

The Ascend U8185 is powered by a 800MHz Cortex A5 processor with Qualcomm MSM7225A snapdragon chip-set and a RAM of 256 MB. The phone has an internal memory of 512 MB which can be expanded up to 32 GB with the help of a micro SD card. The Huawei Ascend U8185 runs on the Android v2.3 Gingerbread operating system.

Telephony and Messaging

Huawei Ascend U8185 operates on GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz and UMTS 900/2100MHz frequency bands. The device's phonebook has the capacity to store a limited number of contacts. The SMS, MMS and email are the messaging and emailing facilities available for the phone.

Camera

Huawei Ascend U8185 has a main camera of 3.2 MP which is featured with a auto-focus and digital zoom. It takes 2048x1536 resolution pictures in day as well as low light conditions. There is no front-facing camera available for the device.

Multimedia

The device has a music player and FM radio for the listening pleasure. The device supports popular audio formats such as MP3, WAV, eAAC+ and AAC+. The phone is also featured with a video player and recorder for the entertainment of users. There are number of polyphonic and MIDI ring-tones available for the Ascend U8185. It comes pre-loaded with various apps like Google play, Whats-app, Google search, Gmail, Maps, Facebook, Twitter and Document viewer.

Connectivity and Battery

The connectivity attributes of the device includes Class 12 GPRS, Class 10 EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hands-free, Bluetooth v4.0 and micro USB v2.0. The A-GPS support is also there for navigation. Huawei Ascend U8185 is fueled by a Li-Ion 1050 mAh battery to ensure better usage time.

Shades

The Ascend U8185 is available in a single color option: Black.

Price

Huawei Ascend U8185 is available at a price tag of Rs.5,849 approximately. Overall, the Ascend U8185 is an average phone with out-dated operating system, small screen size and poor processor. Options to Huawei Ascend U8185 includes the Nokia Asha 502 and Samsung Galaxy Star which provides a featured phone at a reasonable price along with a brand name.