Huawei is one of the few Chinese brands that’s making waves
in the mobile phone industry today. In CES 2013, the company wowed the public
with three amazing smartphones which include the gigantic Ascent Mate that
features the industry’s largest phablet screen at 6.1 inches, the competitively
priced quad-core Ascend D2 and of course the W1 the company’s first Windows
powered smartphone.
And just today, Huawei announced two more devices to add to
its growing family of smart gadgets. The first is smartphone is rumored to be
announced during this year’s Mobile World Congress and will be the smaller
brother of the Ascend D2. Appropriately the phone is to be named as the Ascend
D2 mini and will feature a 4.0-inch display, an 8 megapixel camera, 1GB of RAM,
a dual-core processor and will run on Android Jelly Bean.
Another smartphone that is schedule for release in the
coming future is the Huawei 4Afrika. The Huawei 4Afrika will be slightly
modified version of the W1 announced earlier in CES. According to reports, the
phone will have relatively the same hardware as the W1. This includes the W1’s
4.0-inch LCD screen with a resolution of 800x480 pixels, its 1.2GHz dual-core
processor, 512 of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, a micro-SD expansion slot and
the 5MP rear camera.
Software-wise, the Huawei 4Afrika will come with custom apps
designed by local African developers for Africa which is intended to drive the
African public to the use of affordable smartphones. This phone is scheduled to
go on sale later this month in several countries including Egypt, Ivory Coast,
Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa.
With the way things are going, it seems Huawei plans to
establish a strong presence in the world market as a solid, reliable and
affordable brand of phones. Do you think they stand a chance against well-known
brands like Samsung, Sony or LG? Do tell us by leaving a comment below.
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