Huawei Ascend P6 official ahead of formal launch

By Anupam Saxena | Updated: 18 June 2013 19:24 IST

Ahead of its official launch in London, Huawei has accidentally released the press release detailing the features and specifications of the Ascend P6 smartphone.

The super slim phone comes with a 4.7-inch in-cell LCD screen that has a resolution of 720x1280 pixels. It's powered by Huawei's in-house chipset that has a 1.5GHz quad-core Cortex-A9 processor and 2GB of RAM. It includes an 8-megapixel rear camera with a BSI sensor capable of recording 1080p video and a 5-megapixel front facing camera. The phone runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and features Emotion UI layer on top. It offers 8GB of internal storage expandable via microSD card and has a 2000 mAh battery.

The Huawei Ascend P6 sports a slender profile at just 6.18mm and weighs 120 grams. The phone seems to have a boxy look with a curve on the bottom edge. The right side of the smartphone features the power button, volume rocker with the SIM card slots. The other side looks to have a headphone jack on the bottom. The smartphone is expected to come in White, Pink and Black colours.

The phone offers dual-SIM with dual stand-by support in addition to HSPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM radio.

The phone's specifications had leaked a few days back complete with its thickness and the resolution of its cameras. Screenshots of the phone's user interface were also leaked. Huawei earlier posted a teaser video for the device as well. Adding to the hype around the product launch, the CEO of the company, Richard Yu recently shared a teaser photograph of the device on his Facebook page as well.

The Huawei Ascend P6 will be available in China this month followed by a rollout in Western Europe and other regions. There's no word yet on the phone's launch in India, though the company did launch the Huawei Ascend Mate in India earlier on Tuesday.

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