Reviewers Liked
- Built quality
- High quality screen
- Affordable
- Long battery life
- Great call quality
- Expandable storage
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Average camera
- Slow web browsing
- No sat nav out of box
Huawei Ascend W1
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Expert reviews and ratings
By Engadget
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72
This very good Windows Phone 8 device is hampered by a lack of storage and a lackluster camera, but good performance may tempt speed...
By Expert Reviews
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100
An excellent Windows phone with a good camera and stunning battery life, all for a great price...
By NotebookCheck
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86
Huawei Ascend W1 Huawei wants to mingle in the still new Windows Phone 8 market with its brand new Ascend W1. The manufacturer's debut is successful. The bright IPS screen is a seldom item seen in the EUR 200 price range and contributes largely to that....
By TrustedReviews
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90
You don’t get access to as many apps as you do on Android or iOS handsets, but if you can live with this then you'll find that at £110 on Pay As you Go from O2 it represents exceptionally good value for money.
By YugaTech
on
75
To conclude, the Huawei Ascend W1 is a strong Windows Phone offering. It has a solid construction, attractive design, great display, decent camera, and a really good battery life. The only real downside we see here is the 512MB RAM as it limits the amount of applications it can run from the Windows Phone Store.
By micromart.co.uk
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70
Huawei is a new name on British shores, but the Chinese manufacturer wants to be a big player in smartphones. The Ascend W1 is its new Windows Phone 8 handset, and it's the cheapest phone here by some distance: its SIM-free price of £130 undercuts the...
By TechRadar
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70
It may not excel at any of these things, but that's OK. You're not going to buy the Huawei Ascend W1 for power, you're going to buy it for practicality and value for money - and those are the criteria it absolutely wins out on.
By Wired
on
60
As a mid-price gateway to the world of Windows Phone the Huawei Ascend W1 is an efficient, fast and capable way in. But the camera isn't quite up to scratch, the screen could be a bit sharper, and it has its work cut out to distinguish itself from the small but growing range of mid-price Windows rivals such as the Nokia Lumia 620...
By Stuff NZ
on
80
Just remember to keep in mind that you'll need to pay a little bit extra for a microSD card at some point in the future, and that Windows Phone 8 still has some work to do, particularly when it comes to the Windows Phone app store.
By Mobile Choice
on
70
At £199, Huawei’s Ascend W1 is a respectable entry into the world of budget-friendly Windows Phone 8 devices. It’s stylish and solidly built with fantastic battery life and a compact-but-crisp four-inch screen, but Huawei hasn’t gone the extra mile like...
By uk.hardware.info
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The high-end smartphones from the big manufacturers are of course the most ground-breaking and exciting products. However, not everyone has the budget for buying them separately, and getting tied to a two or three-year subscription isn't always the...
By uk.hardware.info
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The Windows Phone 8 phones that we've reviewed so far - the Nokia Lumia 920, Lumia 820 and the HTC 8X - were all high-end phones with high-end prices. More affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphones are starting to appear, and today Hardware.Info is taking...
By Good Gear Guide
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The Huawei Ascend W1 is a new mid-range Windows Phone that will clearly be targeted at price conscious buyers. It has a 4in screen, a 5-megapixel camera and a microSD card slot for extra memory, but there's no word on an Australian release...
By Recombu
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The Huawei Ascend W1 was announced at CES this year. It's the first device from Huawei running Windows Phone 8 and is available in blue and ruby-pink, ready to take on the Nokia Lumia 820 and HTC 8S. We had some hands-on time with the Huawei Ascend W1 at...
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