Huawei has managed to make its presence known this year with
a few of its Android-based smart phone. However, it seems that the China-based
company is getting ready to unveil a new Windows Phone device.
Huawei’s expected third-generation of Window Phone 8 devices;
the Ascend W3 has been spotted leaked images. The images of the alleged Huawei
Ascend W3 were leaked from china and were first reported by GSMinsider which
notes that the alleged Windows Phone device will come in two color models –
Blue and Yellow. The leaked images show the Ascend W3’s front panel with Live
Tiles and Huawei logo branding on top beneath the earpiece alongside the
front-facing camera.
The rear panel of the device sports a camera and comes again with a Huawei logo branding in the centre. Presently, there is no word about the innards of the device. However, the site notes that alleged Ascend W3 will support multiple LTE networks in China.
This is not the first Windows Phone that Huawei has manufactured till now. The company had launched Ascend W2 earlier this year at the Mobile Asia Expo 2013. Ascend W2 was the successor to Huawei Ascend W1, which was launched in January.
The Huawei Ascend W2 is powered by a Qualcomm MSM8230 Snapdragon S4 Plus processor with a dual-core clocked at 1.4GHz along with Adreno 305 GPU. It comes with 512MB of RAM and 8GB of inbuilt storage, which can be further expanded by up to 32GB through a microSD card. Huawei Ascend W2 features a 4.3-inch display with a resolution of 480x800 pixels.
On the other hand, the Huawei Ascend W1 comes with a 4-inch LCD display with a resolution of 480x800 pixels with OGS Technology. The device is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8230 processor and 512 MB RAM. It sports a 5-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It includes 4GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 32GB through microSD card. It is backed by a 1950mAh battery.
