After announcing Ascend Y300 – a low end android smartphone — the Chinese company has recently introduced yet another budget android device Ascend G510 in the Pakistani market.
Ascend G510 was planned for a launch earlier this month, but due to the increase in taxes on mobile phones, company had to delay the launch for couple of weeks.
Just to mention, Huawei did a promotion on its official Facebook fan page, where customers pre-ordered Ascend G510 for
a price of Rs. 14,700 and entered in a lucky draw to win 2 Dubai
tickets. This promotion has now ended and orders are being shipped,
though the winners of Dubai tickets are yet to be announced.
Now to a brief review of Ascend G510. I have tried to compare the phone with Y300throughout the post. So if you haven’t read the review of Ascend Y300 – you should better read it first.
Hardware Specifications:
- 4.5 inches IPS Capacitive Touch Screen
- Qualcomm MSM8x25 Snapdragon 1.2GHz dual core processor
- 512MB of RAM and Adreno 203 GPU
- 5 MP camera with auto-focus and 0.3 MP secondary camera
- 4 GB internal storage, up to 32 GB microSD card support
Design:
Ascend G510 follows
the same generic smartphone design, found in nearly all devices
launched by Huawei this year. In terms of design this phone is actually
the bigger brother of Y300. It has slightly rounded corners just like
Y300, and a total plastic body, but the rubbery feel is now replaced
with gloss finish.
The phone dimensions are 134 x 67 x 9.9mm and it weighs around 150
grams. The textured cover makes it comfortable to hold but due to the
glossy plastic it’s a little slippery.
Ascend G510 is
equipped with a BIG 4.5 inch IPS touch screen, which is quite unusual
for phone in this price range. The screen offers 854×480 pixel
resolution with a pixel density of 218 ppi, still the images show quite
vivid and sharp. Sadly the lack of Gorilla glass makes the screen
vulnerable to scratches, So you will have to take extra care of the
screen or even better if you use a screen protector.
Above the screen there is front facing camera, ear speaker, light
sensors and notification LED. Below the screen we have three touch
sensitive keys; back, home and menu.
The physical keys for power/lock and volume are quite oddly placed in Ascend G510,Instead
of the regular top or right side positions the power key is placed on
the left, just above the volume rocker and it takes a little while to
get used to these new positions.
The microUSB port is also located on the left bottom. So on the right
you have got nothing. On the top left we have 3.5mm headphone jack and
on the bottom there is the microphone.
The back side of the phone is equipped with 5MP Camera, LED flash,
speaker and embedded logos of Huawei and DTS. The back cover is actually
not a usual cover but a complete shell. Under it we have slots for Mini
SIM, Battery and microSD card.
The build quality of this phone is nice, but personally I prefer the
rubberized feel of Y300, which provides a comfortable and strong grip.
Moreover the placement of physical keys and the bigger size makes you a
little uncomfortable at first, but after some time you get used to it.
Operting System and UI:
Just like its younger brother, Ascend G510 comes with Android Jelly
Bean 4.1.1 out of box and on top of it runs Emotion UI, Huawei’s
Proprietary User Interface. This UI provides an easy functionality for
the new Android users. Personally I don’t like this interface as its not
much customizable and feels bulky.
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