Huawei unveils Ascend P7 in Paris

Huawei wants to go upmarket on the terminals. Ascend P7 unveiled in Paris, it offers an interesting compromise for 4G: Android KitKat, 5-inch display and camera performance for 449 euros.

Now sponsor the Paris-Saint-Germain, Huawei has chosen Paris (Mutuality) for the global launch of its new smartphone Ascend P7 mid / high range but the Chinese manufacturer readily compare the iPhone 5s and Samsung S5. Will be found among others in June in Orange at a price of 449 euros (without commitment).

This is a great model thin: 139.8 mm x 68.8 mm x 6.5 mm. But a little heavier than iPhone 5s (124g against 112) and especially limited memory: only 16 GB (more than 2 GB of RAM) but with a possible extension on micro-SD.

Both locations are in fact provided, and micro-SIM micro-SIM/micro-SD. We must therefore choose between dual SIM and SIM memory plus extension. The processor is a Huawei Hisilicon Kirin 910T, quad-core 1.8 GHz (GPU ARM Mali-450).

P7 operates under the latest Android 4.4.2 KitKat wrapper with Huawei Emotion in a much improved version 2.3 and which manages an advanced power saving mode.

Among its strengths, its screen size (5 inches) 1920 x 1080 with very narrow lateral edges. The rear camera is a 13 megapixel plus an impressive 8 megapixel front which is exceptional and allows Huawei to position its P7 as the ideal device for selfies groufies which love and the Chinese in particular. This positioning allows him to discount the sale of 10 million worldwide against P7 5 million for P6 launched one year ago.