Showing posts with label Huawei. Show all posts
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Friday, 25 October 2013

Huawei Ascend P6 officially launched in India for Rs. 29999


Huawei has officially launched the Ascend P6, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India. It was announced back in June and went on sale in India online earlier this week. It packs a packs a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display based on in-cell LCD screen technology with responsive touch that works even when wearing gloves, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) with new Emotion UI. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with BSI sensor, F2.0 aperture and 4cm macro and 1080P full HD video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The phone is just 6.18mm thick and weighs just 120 grams.
It has multi-screen AirSharing capability, panoramic shoot, Themes, enhanced Easy Panel with profile selection and packs a 2000 mAh battery with Automated Discontinuous Reception (ADRX) and Quick Power Control (QPC) battery optimization and power saving technology similar to the Ascend Mate.
Huawei Ascend P6 specifications
  • 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) capacitive touch screen display based on in-cell LCD screen technology
  • 1.5 GHz quad-core Huawei  K3V2 processor
  • Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
  • 8MP camera with BSI sensor, F2.0 aperture,  4cm macro lens
  • 1080P full HD video recording and playback
  • 5-megapixel front-facing camera with auto facial-enhancing capabilities
  • 6.18 mm thick and weighs 120 grams
  • 2GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory via microSD
  • 3G HSPA+, dualband WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n,  Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS
  • 2000 mAh battery
The Huawei Ascend P6 comes in black, white colors with matching color cases and is priced at Rs. 29,999 (MRP). We already know that the MOP of the device is Rs. 25,750. It would be available across all the leading mobile stores and also through e-commerce portals in India.
We unboxed the smartphone recently. Check out the unboxing below.

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Huawei Ascend P6 Unboxing

Nearly four months after its global launch, Huawei has finally brought the Ascend P6 to India. The Android smartphone is priced at Rs. 25,750. What makes this phone stand out in the massive Android market, is its absolute slim design. Aesthetics compliment the extremely light body that weighs mere 120 gms. It is one of the biggest launches by Huawei in 2013 and is expected to get a successor only next year !
Huawei Ascend P6 Unboxing-4
FoneArena has shown you several glimpses of the phone from International events, now the box is right here with us for the unboxing. Lets see what accompanies the slim phone.

The box is a plain white thin package. with branding in silver print.
The phone sits comfortably in a tray that slides out without much struggle.
The packing is elegantly done to match the theme of the phone. The pretty white handset is wrapped neatly in factory plastic.
The back plastic sheet is wisely printed with signs indicating the slot names and method of access.
The Ascend P6 comes with 8 GB inbuilt memory but also offers a micro SD card slot. P6 supports a micro sim. Both slots are placed adjacent to each other.
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An interesting and unusual aspect about the phone is the placement and utilisation of the 3.5 mm audio jack. It is placed on the bottom side of the spine and is covered with a sim slot opener pin. Genius to add the pin inside the phone, for the sake of the sim slot. However this tool might not be of much use as it will be easy to lose the pin while using headphones, with no other alternate space to fix the pin in.
The pin can be used to open the SIM and the micro SD card slot.
SIM and micro SD slot trays.
The Ascend P6 once powered up, shows the beautiful Emotion UI on the homepage. The phone runs on 1.5GHz Quad-core CPU K3V2E processor and has a 2GB RAM. The P6 comes set with Android 4.2.2
Ascend P6 sports the 5MP front camera with 720P video recording capability.
Bottom side of the screen sports the branding and the three touch, onscreen buttons.
Top side of the phone has the USB slot.
Bottom side has a signature cylindrical curve that makes it easier to rest the phone in hand while typing with single hand.
One side spine has the pin and the audio jack.
The other side spine is where all the slots and other necessary buttons. Sim, memory card slots are accompanied with the volume and power button on the same side.
Ascen P6 phone box has another bunch of boxes. One is filled with user guide and other booklets.
The box includes a translucent back cover – for the White Ascend P6. A very useful accessory that is well built and clearly well tailored to fit the 4.7 inch touch screen phone.
The cover is a worthy accessory in the box to protect the beautiful white colour of the device. The rare side 8MP camera supports 4cm macro view, which means pictures taken of objects at a closer distance from the camera, will be clearer than cameras who do not support this feature.
The cover is very light weight and thin. It does not take away from the phone, its USP of being the slimmest and lightest android phone.
Also in the box are a pair of good quality headsets. Colour is white, to suit the handset shade.
Two pin charger with USB cable. All of the accessories are made with good quality material.
All the inbox material from the Huawei Ascend P6 Android 4.2.2 phone that is priced at …..
Huawei sold about 32 million Smartphones last year. In 2011 the number was 20 million. The ICT company’s target for smartphone sales in 2013 is to reach 60 million smartphones.
The markets that have proved to be profitable for Huawei smartphones, so far are China, Japan, UK, Sweden, Russia and Latin American countries. Huawei now hopes to tap Indian consumers interest too with its soon to be launched Ascend P6 and economy range phones in the G and Y series.

Huawei Ascend P6 vs Apple iPhone 5

Without doubt, apple has had a lot of success with the slate design of their iPhones – from the iPhone 4 onwards, the design hasn’t really changed.
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For rival manufacturers, the challenge has been to design hardware that is as appealing whilst also providing an easy to use yet functional user interface. In the Ascend P6, Huawei have aimed to do just that but have they been successful? Or does the design cross the fine line between excellent design and “taking inspiration from rivals”?

Huawei-Ascend-P6-Apple-iPhone-5-Front-Size-Comparison
The Ascend P6 follows a similar design to the iPhone 5, with the candybar design dominated by the large display. With the same 4:3 aspect ratio on the screen, the Huawei Ascend P6 looks like a larger version of Apple’s current flagship smartphone.
Huawei-Ascend-P6-Apple-iPhone-5-Back
The back of the Ascend P6 also looks almost identical to the iPhone 5 – from the camera in the top let hand corner to the Huawei logo beneath, the P6 follows an almost identical design style. The key differences are the positioning of the camera flash and the speaker grill – the iPhone speaker grill is at the bottom of the device.
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In order to keep the Ascend P6 as slim as possible (and it’s really slim), Huawei have chosen to go with a unibody design. The SIM card and microSD card are accessible via a tray which requires a SIM removal tool. The removal tool is another key difference between the two – whilst Apple include a SIM removal tool in the retail package, Huawei have found a way to build it into the device itself.
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When using a metal unibody design, manufacturers need to consider mobile signal and antenna strength. Apple was the first to incorporate small antenna strips into the build of their iPhones and with the Ascend P6, Huawei have done the exact same. The exact width of the antenna strip is almost identical as is the placing on the device itself.
Without doubt, Huawei have definitely taken inspiration from rival devices. Every manufacturer is aiming to produce an iPhone-killer device but the Ascend P6 takes this further, by trying to replicate the successful design of the iPhone in a slimmer device with better specifications.

Huawei Ascend P6 Benchmarks


Huawei Ascend P6, the company’s latest flagship smartphone went on sale in India earlier this week. We brought you the unboxing of the device earlier today. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. The Ascend P6 has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display based on in-cell LCD screen technology and is powered by a the Huawei’s own K3v2 processor developed by HiSilicon Technologies from Huawei. It has four 4 ARM Cortex A9 cores based on ARMv7 architecture. The chip is based on 40nm technology. It has a 16-core Vivante GC4000 GPU. Huawei used the same chip in the Ascend Mate that wereviewed earlier this year.
Quadrant Benchmark
Huawei Ascend P6 Quadrant
The Ascend P6 could easily some smartphones including the Ascend Mate in the Quadrant benchmark, but it couldn’t beat the Xperia Z or the Mega 6.3.
AnTuTu Benchmark 3.3
Huawei Ascend P6 AnTuTu 3.3
In the AnTuTu benchmark 3.3 the Ascend P6 scores less than the Ascend Mate and lies behind the S3.
Vellamo 2.0 HTML5
Huawei Ascend P6 Vellamo 2 HTML5
In the Vellamo 2 HTML 5 browser benchmark, the Ascend P6 manages to score 1464 points.
Vellamo 2.0 Metal
Huawei Ascend P6 Vellamo 2 Metal
The Ascend P6 manages to score 423 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal benchmarks that measures the CPU subsystem performance .
Linpack Single Thread
Huawei Ascend P6 Linpack Single Thread
It manages to clock 46.6 MFLOPS in the Linpack single thread benchmark, better than the Ascend Mate.
Linpack Multi-Thread
Huawei Ascend P6 Linpack Multi-Thread
However the smartphone clocks around 148 MFLOPS in the linpack multi-thread benchmark.
NenaMark 2
Huawei Ascend P6 NenaMark2
It tops the NenaMark 2 GPU benchmark by clocking 60.8 fps.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (On screen)
Huawei Ascend P6 GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex HD OnScreen
It managed to clock 7.7 fps in the GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (On screen) benchmark, better than the Note 2.
GFXBench 2.5 Egypt HD (On screen)
Huawei Ascend P6 GFXBench 2.5 Egypt HD OnScreen
It clocked 22 fps in the GFXBench 2.5 Egypt HD (On screen) benchmark and lies behind the Ascend Mate.
Basemark X HD (Onscreen)
Huawei Ascend P6 Basemark X HD OnScreen
It manages to clock just 4.12 fps in the Basemark X HD OnScreen benchmark.
Basemark X HD (Offscreen)
Huawei Ascend P6 Basemark X HD OffScreen
It manages to clock just 1.33 fps in the Basemark X HD OffScreen benchmark. We will bring you the complete review of the smartphone soon, in the mean time check out hands-on images of the Ascend P6.