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Huawei Ascend P1 S unveiled with a bang: the world’s thinnest smartphone
Huawei just brought its biggest guns to CES 2012, and in the smartphone world a big gun is a thin smartphone. The Huawei Ascend P1 S is officially the world’s slimmest smartphone at the unbelievable 0.26-inches (6.68mm), easily beating the 7.1mm thick Motorola Droid Razr. 

And if you ever thought there was a gap between Chinese phone makers and first tier companies like Samsung, you’d better rethink as the Ascend P1 S has cutting-edge hardware with TI’s OMAP 4460 dual-core chip with the Cortex-A9 based processor clocked at 1.5GHz and aided by SGX 540 graphics.

The Huawei Ascend P1 S has a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels and that resolution might be the only compromise. The handset is running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, so you’re not losing anything in terms of software. 

Huawei Ascend P1 S unveiled with a bang: the worldâs thinnest smartphone
Huawei Ascend P1 S unveiled with a bang: the worldâs thinnest smartphone
Huawei Ascend P1 S unveiled with a bang: the worldâs thinnest smartphone
On the back, the Ascend P1 S has an 8 megapixel backside-illuminated (BSI) camera allowing 1080p video recording, while up front there’s a 1.3 megapixel snapper. Huawei has managed to squeeze in an 1800mAh battery, and the usual set of connectivity options.

Additionally, Huawei is announcing the younger sibling model - the Huawei Ascend P1, which is almost identical, but has a slightly thicker 0.3-inch (7.69mm) body.

The two handsets are arriving in metallic black, ceramic white and cherry-blossom pink in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, Australia, the Middle East and China in the second quarter of 2012.

source: Huawei via TheUnwired


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1. kshell1 posted on 09 Jan 2012, 06:12 4

plz come to sprint O.o

9. lp_522 posted on 09 Jan 2012, 06:55 4

PLEAASE. We need something else than the Epic Touch!

13. kshell1 posted on 09 Jan 2012, 07:11 1 1

i know i had the epic touch and loved it til the 2.3.6 update they rolled out bricked it. samsung claimed they couldnt fix it so know i have to wait on my parents income tax :/

26. simplyj posted on 09 Jan 2012, 10:43 3 3

What are you, 12?

Learn how to unbrick the phone you bottom feeder.

31. kshell1 posted on 09 Jan 2012, 11:50 2 1

im 15 dumbass and i would unbrick it but i don't have a windows computer or a mac due to the fact they aren't exactly cheap. i use my phone for nearly everything that a computer can.

32. KingKurogiii posted on 09 Jan 2012, 11:57 2

you have a smartphone but there's no Mac or PC in your home? that's pretty messed up.

34. simplyj posted on 09 Jan 2012, 13:06 1 3

lol windows computers not cheap, lol!! poorfag

39. kshell1 posted on 10 Jan 2012, 10:24

they are not cheap when your 15 and only 1 person working in your house -_-

40. KingKurogiii posted on 10 Jan 2012, 10:35

hmm..how much is your data a month?

2. zuckerboy posted on 09 Jan 2012, 06:14 9 9

copy of sgs2

27. Cwebb posted on 09 Jan 2012, 10:44 2 1

Only, you know, BETTER

35. ledbetterp3 posted on 09 Jan 2012, 15:23 1 2

Wtf!? How is this a copy of the SGSII!? You are retarded... If you look at my previous posts, you'd know I'm a pretty peaceful guy, but you confused me, and I get mad when confused. Sgs2 owners are annoying thinking their phone is the best and anything that beats it is copying it. You guys are beginning to look like mindless iPhone users....

36. KingKurogiii posted on 09 Jan 2012, 15:27 3

"I get mad when confused" made me lawl. xD

37. ledbetterp3 posted on 09 Jan 2012, 15:29 1

I just thumbed myself down... Anyways, design doesn't matter, they aren't copying UI, they're using stock UI. They're shipping with ICS rather than gingerbread. Totally different processors. Sgs2 uses samloed+ wvga resolution, this uses samoled qhd resolution. Totally different devices, other than design, which IMO, matters the least.

3. drahmad posted on 09 Jan 2012, 06:24 2 3

great

4. drahmad posted on 09 Jan 2012, 06:24 3 4

i wish it were a wp7 phone

5. KingKurogiii posted on 09 Jan 2012, 06:26

well Huawei has just popped on the map for me. o:

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6. Sniggly posted on 09 Jan 2012, 06:39 4 11

That's a f**king SGS2. The hump on the bottom, the shape of the corners, placement and orientation of the camera... I mean, holy s**t. Huawei can f**k off.

7. protozeloz posted on 09 Jan 2012, 06:47 3

meh as long as there wont be any lawsuits I don't see any Samsung fan confusing it with an S2 or a user thinking is an S2 but yeah phone looks alike

and with a reasonable price and good support... the big guns might have some competition

8. droidnator posted on 09 Jan 2012, 06:55

Competition is always good for the consumer... So what if it resembles SGS II a bit. Let there be chinese high-end Android manufacturers, that is definitely good for the market!

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