Huawei this morning from London announced the Ascend P6 smartphone, a ridiculously thin 4.7-inch Android device.
The thinness is Huawei's lead bullet point here, with the phone measuring in at a mere 6.18 mm. It's sporting a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs Android 4.2.2. The LCD display proclaims to have "MagicTouch" -- basically meaning you can rock gloves with this guy.
Camera-wise, the Ascend P6 has an 8-megapixel shooter out back with an f/2.0 aperture. It's also sporting a full 5-megapixel camera out front, so your duckface pics will have a higher resolution than ever before.
We're live from the launch event in London. Be sure to check our liveblog!
The whole thing is powered by a 2,000 mAh battery. Huawei also has its own user interface on board. It'll come in black, white and pink, with matching cases. Expect it in China this month, and Western Europe in July from Vodafone, Telefonica, Orange, H3G, O2, Carphone Warehouse, TalkTalk, Media Markt & Saturn, TIM and online.
Source: Huawei
Elegant and edgy, the new HUAWEI Ascend P6 is the world’s slimmest smartphone
At 6.18mm slim, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 is impossibly beautiful and always intuitive
London, United Kingdom, June 18, 2013: Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today unveiled the HUAWEI Ascend P6, the world’s slimmest smartphone measuring 6.18mm. The smartphone features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and a sleek metallic body. With its 4.7-inch high definition in-cell display, industry-leading 5MP front-facing camera, and outstanding software, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 is the embodiment of elegance with an edge.
“The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is a star among smartphones with its industry-leading design, high-quality camera, and intuitive user interface, Huawei’s proprietary Emotion UI,” said Richard Yu, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Consumer Business Group. “Building on the success of our Ascend P series of fashion smartphones, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 provides unsurpassed technology and a design that is simply stunning.”
HUAWEI Ascend P6 is ultra slim at 6.18mm and weighs just about 120g. While it is small enough to slip into the tiniest of pockets or clutch bags, the stylish HUAWEI Ascend P6 is designed to be seen and coveted! It features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.2.2 operating system, 2000mAh battery, 4.7-inch HD in-cell LCD screen technology, and ‘MagicTouch’ for enhanced screen responsiveness even when wearing gloves.
As the flagship smartphone of the Huawei Ascend P series, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 embodies a cutting edge design for the fashion conscious. The smartphone’s brushed metallic look with a naturally curved base is both elegant and intuitive. Impossibly beautiful, the Ascend P6 balances fashionable features and user-friendly functions.
Perfect for ‘selfies’, the HUAWEI Ascend P6’s industry-leading 5MP front-facing camera and auto facial-enhancing capabilities create model-gorgeous shots you’ll want to share. Its 8MP rear-facing BSI camera with F2.0 aperture and 4cm macro view also enables 1080P full HD video recording and playback. With Huawei’s proprietary IMAGESmart software, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 turns even the most novice photographer into a professional, with contrast and color enhancement, auto scene recognition, object tracing focus, and instant facial beauty support.
The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is even more intuitive and able to be customized with Huawei’s Emotion UI. Inspired by people, for device users worldwide, Huawei has gathered input from over 5 million consumers to help us optimize the latest version of Emotion UI. The proprietary user interface includes updates to Uni-Home including enhanced security, Huawei’s Me Widget, MagicTouch, and SmartReading. New to Huawei’s Emotion UI are the panoramic shoot and facial recognition photography functions.
Huawei’s unique Automated Discontinuous Reception (ADRX) and Quick Power Control (QPC) battery optimization and power saving technology improves performance by more than 30%, compared with smartphone batteries of equal size. With its multi-screen AirSharing capability, you can connect to a range of devices to boost your productivity at work or play by easily sharing documents or enhance your gaming experience with minimal lag time.
The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is available in black, white and pink with matching color cases. It will begin shipping to China from June and to Western Europe from July through Vodafone, Telefonica, Orange, H3G, O2, Carphone Warehouse, TalkTalk, Media Markt & Saturn, TIM and online via Amazon and CDiscount with other markets to follow.
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Huawei announces the Ascend P6
Hi, yesterday at London the crowd was going crazy to welcome Ascend P6. Such a great phone, the response was all positive.
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If this phone had a bigger battery I'd be interested alot more.
We will never see this phone (THE MAN doesnt want this company to sell anything in this country)
Let's specific next time about which country is THE MAN from. AC is an international site as it is in the World Wide Web.
But... everyone lives in the US, right? :P
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All new designs are welcomed to the Android fold and granted not a phone that is going to please all people.
This is not for me but a nice design and some good features for those offered this via an upgrade by their providers
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I'm gonna say it: it looks like an iPhone, especially the edges.
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What's the screen resolution? It says it's high-def, but does that mean 720x1280, or 1080x1920, or what?
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I believe it's 720
With the skin and the design this phone looks to be aimed at woman.
The back, and the sides of this device reek of the iPhone 5. I'll pass, and wait for the Note 3!
This phone is going to appeal to the casual users. I am mostly thinking it would appeal to the female audience.
very nice looking device and the specs are awesome
but that 2000mah battery is a deal-breaker for me
a 6.1 screen and quad processor require AT LEAST 3000mah!
shame....
where are the buttons? dont see them at all so i'm assuming either side of the Huawei logo like HTC did with the One. Also, the likeness to the iphone really turns me off from these devices. even the icons have that "look" but i guess not so much with iOS 7 coming. i'm android fan through and through so i guess it just bothers me that with all the creative juices in this world, why don't they have original icons? or even an original shape of the top of the phone. ugh!
whoops
This device is really sexy!!
That's what she said.
That's a pretty small battery but I guess that's a trade off for being thin...
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I can't be alone in hoping companies would stop trying to release thinner phones and use an extra bit of thickness to put in a massive battery instead.
Im right there with you!
+1 Give me more mm's of battery!!!!!
I would be more than happy for a phone the size of the Nexus 4 for example, but with a larger capacity battery ala Motorola Maxx or CPU technology being developed more for economical battery use rather than speed
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They'll get there eventually.
But that battery and 8mpx job spells mid range, And there's no way it will come with more than 16GB onboard, which you'll actually be lucky if you get in the first place.
Huawei were showing promise when the announced the P1 and D1, but they've been dragging their heels the whole time, even if they came up with a top phone, they have to solve the problem of their inability to get it to market.
Huawei might just be the Hyundai of mobile devices.
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"has its own user interface on board"... Why! Why damn you!
Quite good, but... Another shovel. Why?
There are no 4 inch devices with 720p/1080p res. and good hardware.
What are the marketing deps being payed for?
You share the wants and needs of the minority regarding smartphones. Proven millions of times over. Even iOS was forced to grow to keep it's customers happy. A high end 4" Android device would be a niche market success at best, and much more likely a flop.
Put me in the minority as well. I'd love a high end 4" device.
Suck it up and be happy with 4.3 inchers. Somehow the good ones on that size aren't making it to U.S. bit they do exist.
i really want this phone!