The Chinese multinational networking and telco equipment
manufacturer is once again strengthening its smartphone product line with the rumoured
W1 – the company’s first phone powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 mobile
operating system. And actually, the W1 would be the first phone on Huawei’s
history that will be powered by an operating system created by Microsoft.
Images of the phone were first seen from evleaks twitter account a few days
ago.
Based on preliminary reports, the W1 will be powered a 1.2
GHz dual-core krait processor, 4.0-inch screen and a 5MP camera with autofocus
and LED flash. It will also have 512MB of RAM and will have an Adreno 225 GPU
on a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset. It’s also nice to know that the W1 will
have support for memory expansion of up to 32GB, which is a very nice improvement
of WP8 over its predecessor.
A more detailed list of the W1's features is shown below.
| 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA |
| Display Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Display Size | 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches (~233 ppi pixel density) |
| Multitouch | Supported |
| Alert types | Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Supported |
| 3.5mm jack | Supported |
| Expandability | microSD, up to 32 GB |
| Internal Memory | 4 GB, 512 MB RAM |
| GPRS/EDGE | Supported |
| Data Speed | HSDPA, HSUPA |
| WLAN | Supported: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n |
| Bluetooth | Supported: v2.1 with A2DP, EDR |
| USB Connection | Supported: microUSB v2.0 |
| Primary Camera | 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
| Camera Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection |
| Video Capability | 720p@30fps |
| Secondary Camera | To be announced |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows Phone 8 |
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 |
| Processor | Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait |
| Graphics | Adreno 225 |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, proximity |
| Messaging | Supported: SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email |
| Browser | With HTML5 Support |
| Radio | To be announced |
| GPS | Supported: with A-GPS support and GLONASS |
| Java | No |
| Colors | Blue |
| Additional Features | SNS integration |
| MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player | |
| MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player | |
| Document viewer | |
| Photo viewer | |
| Voice memo/dial | |
| Predictive text input | |
| Battery | Standard battery, Li-Ion 2000 mAh |
The handset is expected to be announced next month. There is
no information yet about the possible price of the device, but given that it’s
a WP8 device, expect prices to start from $450 (at the most conservative price point). It's also uncertain whether the W1 will reach the Philippines, so for now, Filipino consumers would have to settle with the company's droid phones which includes the Honor, Ascend G300, Vision and of course the MediaPad.
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