Huawei Ascend Y550

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 13 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

5
Average:

3
Bad:

2

Pros:

Excellent battery life
Highly customisable UI
Low cost 4G

Cons:

Dull design
Mediocre screen

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Last revision on April 8, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Excellent battery life
Highly customisable UI
Low cost 4G

Reviewers Didn't Like

Dull design
Mediocre screen
Tiny internal storage

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Expert reviews and ratings

A $99 smartphone really should be a whole lot worse than this. Huawei's Ascend Y550 doesn't look or feel ‘cheap', unless it's sitting next to one of the aluminium premium devices. It sports a quad-core Cortex A53 1.2GHz CPU, with a 480 x 854 screen, upon...

By PC Authority on March 04, 2015

The Huawei Ascend Y550 isn't a top-performing phone but offers decent insides and 4G at a low...

By Trusted Reviews on January 23, 2015

When you pick up the Huawei Ascend Y550 you will notice that even though it has a plastic shell it does feel solid, suggesting that it should take the odd knock or too without any problems . Size wise it fits nicely into the mini category of smartphones...

By MobilePhones on November 24, 2014

Cast your mind back to January 2013 and you may remember the Huawei Ascend G330 . It looked like this..The moment I unboxed the Y550 it instantly reminded me of the G330 above. Sure, the Y550 is a bit bigger and has a larger screen (4.5″ on the Y550 with...

By CoolSmartphone on November 12, 2014

Even with its affordable price, the Huawei Ascend Y550 offers little to get excited about. If you're after a budget Android phone, you'd be wise to look...

By cnet on November 07, 2014

With 3G quickly becoming “old tech”, it's time to make way for the new. The Huawei Ascend Y550 is a budget smartphone that features 4G LTE technology, a zippy 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm processor and a 4.5 inch IPS display. It all sounds great on paper,...

By Tech-Reviews UK on January 26, 2015

It seems that there's a new phone getting released every week, and it's easy to get confused as all the manufacturers attempt to grab your attention with snappy marketing and bewildering spec-sheets.Amidst all the noise it can be very difficult to work...

By geeksquad.co.uk on December 26, 2014

Buy it for the right reasons Despite some pretty uninspiring first impressions, the Huawei Ascend Y550 actually packs a lot of nice and even some distinctive power-user features into a low-to-mid range specced device. There's obvious work that could...

By Recombu on November 26, 2014

The Huawei Ascend Y550 offers 4G connectivity at a bargain price, but is it too good to be true? Agent Lee finds out.Huawei IS now well established in the UK with ITS range of affordable smartphones and its latest offering, the Ascend Y550, is aiming to...

By geeksquad.co.uk on October 25, 2014

Huawei has announced the Ascend Y550, a new budget device that it hopes will make it easier for everyone to get on to 4G. The budget end of the smartphone ladder has been really interesting of late: devices like the Moto E and Moto G have really...

By Pocket-lint on September 04, 2014

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