During the past Mobile World Congress 2012 we had the opportunity to have a first contact with what was then known as the high-end of the Chinese firm Huawei. However, it was not until the celebration of the IFA 2012 in Berlin when they have unveiled the details of launching the Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL.
This touch phone, which will begin to go on sale from the end of next October for a price of 500 euros in free format, is the alternative that the Asian manufacturer maintains to compete with the Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X, Sony Xperia T and, of course, iPhone 5. The arguments that this device has are a very powerful processor, a very generous screen with one of the highest density indices on the market and a well-charged battery so that we do not miss a good autonomy.
But let's go in parts. To begin, the Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL carries a 4.5 inch panel with high definition resolution "" 1280 x 720 pixels "", giving as result a concentration of 330 dots per inch. It also offers an eight megapixel camera with dual LED flash and FullHD video recording options, which records sequences with a scan of 30 frames per second.
The processor of the Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL, for its part, is a unit developed by the Chinese firm itself. It is the Huawei K3V2, a quad-core chip that operates with a 1.2 GHz clock frequency, which gives it the privilege of being one of the most powerful units on the market, at the height of Samsung's reference mobiles. or HTC. It also integrates a one GB RAM memory and a dedicated graphics unit.
With such a processor there will be no problem to move the Google icons, present in this Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL in its Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich version. There is no data about how the update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean would be developed, although taking into account the technical solvency of this device, we have no doubt that it will be one of the mobiles that participates in the update with what Newest from the Mountain View firm.
The Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL also has an integrated memory of eight GB, having the possibility of expanding its capacity with up to an additional 32 GB, as long as we resort to the helpful microSD cards.
As for the battery, the Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL installs a unit of 2,600 milliamps. With this, says the manufacturer, the mobile could develop a day in intensive use of up to fifteen hours, shooting up to 500 hours in case of analyzing the autonomy at rest.
Finally, if we stop to take a look at the connections that the Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL has integrated, we will verify that this smartphone is the most complete. In addition to the regulatory Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, GPS and microUSB, the Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL has compatibility with MHL adapters, which would make it possible to send a high definition signal via HDMI to a prepared TV. It could also be shared via the DLNA wireless system .