Launched almost a year back in India, the Huawei Ascend P1 was the first 4G LTE capable phone for the country. Though the 4G LTE network was not available all over India and Airtel was the first company to launch 4G in Kolkata followed by Bangalore, Huawei and Airtel made the bold attempt to launch the Ascend P1 in the Indian market. But as a matter of fact, it was still not widely available or talked about. Now, it is official. Huawei has began taking preorders for the new Android Ice Cream Sandwich running smartphone. Bearing the price in India tag of Rs. 12,990, the Huawei Ascend 1 has been listed on online retailer Flipkart's website, with the estimated release date of 3rd week of August.

Powered by 1.5GHz dual-core Cortex A9 processor along with 1 GB of RAM, Huawei's Ascend P1 sports a medium 4.3-inch Super AMOLED qHD screen with a display of 540x960 pixels resolution. Well protected with Gorilla Glass 2, on the rear end of the smartphone is a 8 megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, autofocus and features like Geo-tagging, HDR, face and smile detection. It can capture videos at 1080 pixel @30fps and make video calls using a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera. There's 4 GB internal storage which is expandable up to 32GB using microSD Card slot. Deriving its power from a 1670mAh Li-on battery, the Huawei Ascend P1 specs are in the mid-range category just like its price.


Coming in only the two basic colors - Metallic black and Ceramic white, the Huawei Ascend P1 has all the proper connectivity options in place. There's support for Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, HS USB and microUSB v2.0. The smartphone is equipped with the Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass sensors and users will have access to FM radio and MP3 player. That's all about the features of Huawei Ascend P1. We would like to know your views and reviews of this new Android in India. So speak out your thoughts in comments.