After announcing the Ascend P6 in 2013, Huawei is back with a new Android smartphone. Here's our full review on Huawei Ascend P7.
Huawei has recently introduced the Ascend P7 at a launch event in Paris. Here is our full Huawei Ascend P7 review.
Huawei Ascend P7's Price and release date
The price of the Ascend P7 is quite reasonable for a flagship smartphone. Huawei has undercut its competitors with a recommended retail price of €449, Sim-free in the UK.
The smartphone will be launched in May 2014 according to Huawei while Orange said that the Ascend P7 will reach stores on 7 June.
Hauwei Ascend P7's design and Build
The Ascend p7 is very similar to p6, It's extremely thin at 6.5mm but there is a lots of function packed into the smartphone unlike the smaller brother that is 6.1mm.
Compared to its predecessor, the main difference is that the P7 is larger in physical size. This is due namely to a larger screen, a common trait in smartphones.
It still retains the rounded edge at the bottom and has Gorilla Glass 3 on both the front and back. Like before there is a brushed aluminium frame running around the edge of the smartphone.
For a phone with a large screen, it's amazingly light and easy to use. Though i only analyse the blue/black model but it will also be available in white and pink options.
The device have spun effect that goes outward, centered on the Huawei logo. It looks great but you can't really see it unless it reflects light in the right way and you're really looking for it. Although the P7 looks stunning, that glass rear
cover does have a downside. Like the Nexus 4, there's nothing on the back to stop the glass from touching whatever you put the phone on. This will make the phone to slide off on most surface and can cause damages on the device body.
Huawei Ascend P7's Hardware and performance
The Ascend P7 matches many other flagship smartphones on the market because of the 5inch screen. It is big but a fair size in terms of balancing how comfortably you can reach and use it with one hand and offering space for tasks like gaming, playing video and web browsing.
Just like every other flagship we've seen this year, the Ascend P7 has a Full HD resolution, it looks like we'll have to wait for the LG G3 or beyond for something higher res (if we even need it). The screen looks great and has excellent viewing angles. A small downside is that it seems to need the brightness set at the upper end of the scale for comfortable viewing(this is especially needed outdoors when it's bright and sunny).
Under the hood is a Kirin 910T 1.8GHz quad-core processor coupled with 2GB of RAM.
After a good time of testing, the P7 definitely runs smoother than the P6 which is a good start. However, it's not a completely silky experience. We'll give the full details about this in the software section below.
In the multi-core test of Geekbench 3 the Ascend p7 scored 1870, which is actually a way off the leaders which get around 1000 points more. It's worth noting that this includes the Nexus 5 smartphone which is more cheaper.
The device is dual-SIM but one of the draws doubles up as a microSD card slot. So you can either have two Simcards or just one with some extra storage. Internal storage is a quite standard16GB.
Huawei Ascend P7's Cameras
Huawei advertise its cameras as the best around and things aren't different when it comes to the Ascend P7. The company said the Ascend P6's camera was better than the Samsung Galaxy S4's and iPhone 5's.The P7 has a 13Mp camera at the rear with a 4th generation Sony sensor and a DSLR-level processor. Huawei claims it's great at shooting in low light and for snappy shots.
Well the company has made a cracker of a camera with the Ascend P7. The device have the ability to taking high quality photos in different lighting conditions,
whether you're outside in bright sunlight or in a dark room.
Though there's no dedicated camera button but you can double press the volume key to launch the
camera and take a photo from,sleep or switch it to a shutter button.
There's an 8Mp front facing camera with a five-piece lens and Huawei has decided to coin the phrase 'groufies' (group selfies), this is essentially a group panorama taken with the front camera – a central photo then one either side by turning the device.
Huawei Ascend P7's Software - Android KitKat and Emotion
As we expect, Huawei has loaded the Ascend P7 with Android 4.4.2 KitKat which is the latest version of Google's mobile operating system.
There are downsides to Huawei's Android skin such as the lack of proper app menu, so the homescreen panels must house them instead in iOS style. The good part of it is that; it seems much nippier than before – this was the main downside to the P6 as a smartphone. This is also likely down to the new 1.8GHz processor which we mentioned earlier.
What we like about Emotion UI is the amount of customisability on offer. There are lots of themes to choose from and download but you
can tweak all kinds of aspects to really personalise the software.
These include homescreen panel transitions, icons and fonts.
During our hands-on time we noticed that Huawei has done some work speeding up its
laggy interface
– this was the main downfall of its predecessor, the Ascend P6.
The device often vibrate when you drag down the notification bar generally things get a bit sticky when you're running a lot of apps and tasks. We've also had issues such as the P7 refusing to open Twitter by tapping the icon.
Huawei Ascend P7's Battery life
The battery is rated at 2500mAh and is non-removable. In addition, it has an ultra power saving mode which can supposedly make the device last for up to 24hours on 10 percent of charge. It works in a pretty much identical way to the S5 in that you get a black and white interface and basic functions like text messages and calls.
When we use it for checking taking a few photos, social networks and other normal smartphone duties,
the device is fairly low on power come the evening. With lighter use, the P7 will last for some days but as we said, most users will find it offering the now classic one day. All day battery life may be impressive on a budget phone like the Moto E but on a flagship device like the P7 we want more.
Huawei has recently introduced the Ascend P7 at a launch event in Paris. Here is our full Huawei Ascend P7 review.
Huawei Ascend P7's Price and release date
The price of the Ascend P7 is quite reasonable for a flagship smartphone. Huawei has undercut its competitors with a recommended retail price of €449, Sim-free in the UK.
The smartphone will be launched in May 2014 according to Huawei while Orange said that the Ascend P7 will reach stores on 7 June.
Hauwei Ascend P7's design and Build
The Ascend p7 is very similar to p6, It's extremely thin at 6.5mm but there is a lots of function packed into the smartphone unlike the smaller brother that is 6.1mm.
Compared to its predecessor, the main difference is that the P7 is larger in physical size. This is due namely to a larger screen, a common trait in smartphones.
It still retains the rounded edge at the bottom and has Gorilla Glass 3 on both the front and back. Like before there is a brushed aluminium frame running around the edge of the smartphone.
For a phone with a large screen, it's amazingly light and easy to use. Though i only analyse the blue/black model but it will also be available in white and pink options.
The device have spun effect that goes outward, centered on the Huawei logo. It looks great but you can't really see it unless it reflects light in the right way and you're really looking for it. Although the P7 looks stunning, that glass rear
cover does have a downside. Like the Nexus 4, there's nothing on the back to stop the glass from touching whatever you put the phone on. This will make the phone to slide off on most surface and can cause damages on the device body.
Huawei Ascend P7's Hardware and performance
The Ascend P7 matches many other flagship smartphones on the market because of the 5inch screen. It is big but a fair size in terms of balancing how comfortably you can reach and use it with one hand and offering space for tasks like gaming, playing video and web browsing.
Just like every other flagship we've seen this year, the Ascend P7 has a Full HD resolution, it looks like we'll have to wait for the LG G3 or beyond for something higher res (if we even need it). The screen looks great and has excellent viewing angles. A small downside is that it seems to need the brightness set at the upper end of the scale for comfortable viewing(this is especially needed outdoors when it's bright and sunny).
Under the hood is a Kirin 910T 1.8GHz quad-core processor coupled with 2GB of RAM.
After a good time of testing, the P7 definitely runs smoother than the P6 which is a good start. However, it's not a completely silky experience. We'll give the full details about this in the software section below.
In the multi-core test of Geekbench 3 the Ascend p7 scored 1870, which is actually a way off the leaders which get around 1000 points more. It's worth noting that this includes the Nexus 5 smartphone which is more cheaper.
The device is dual-SIM but one of the draws doubles up as a microSD card slot. So you can either have two Simcards or just one with some extra storage. Internal storage is a quite standard16GB.
Huawei Ascend P7's Cameras
Huawei advertise its cameras as the best around and things aren't different when it comes to the Ascend P7. The company said the Ascend P6's camera was better than the Samsung Galaxy S4's and iPhone 5's.The P7 has a 13Mp camera at the rear with a 4th generation Sony sensor and a DSLR-level processor. Huawei claims it's great at shooting in low light and for snappy shots.
Well the company has made a cracker of a camera with the Ascend P7. The device have the ability to taking high quality photos in different lighting conditions,
whether you're outside in bright sunlight or in a dark room.
Though there's no dedicated camera button but you can double press the volume key to launch the
camera and take a photo from,sleep or switch it to a shutter button.
There's an 8Mp front facing camera with a five-piece lens and Huawei has decided to coin the phrase 'groufies' (group selfies), this is essentially a group panorama taken with the front camera – a central photo then one either side by turning the device.
Huawei Ascend P7's Software - Android KitKat and Emotion
As we expect, Huawei has loaded the Ascend P7 with Android 4.4.2 KitKat which is the latest version of Google's mobile operating system.
There are downsides to Huawei's Android skin such as the lack of proper app menu, so the homescreen panels must house them instead in iOS style. The good part of it is that; it seems much nippier than before – this was the main downside to the P6 as a smartphone. This is also likely down to the new 1.8GHz processor which we mentioned earlier.
What we like about Emotion UI is the amount of customisability on offer. There are lots of themes to choose from and download but you
can tweak all kinds of aspects to really personalise the software.
These include homescreen panel transitions, icons and fonts.
During our hands-on time we noticed that Huawei has done some work speeding up its
laggy interface
– this was the main downfall of its predecessor, the Ascend P6.
The device often vibrate when you drag down the notification bar generally things get a bit sticky when you're running a lot of apps and tasks. We've also had issues such as the P7 refusing to open Twitter by tapping the icon.
Huawei Ascend P7's Battery life
The battery is rated at 2500mAh and is non-removable. In addition, it has an ultra power saving mode which can supposedly make the device last for up to 24hours on 10 percent of charge. It works in a pretty much identical way to the S5 in that you get a black and white interface and basic functions like text messages and calls.
When we use it for checking taking a few photos, social networks and other normal smartphone duties,
the device is fairly low on power come the evening. With lighter use, the P7 will last for some days but as we said, most users will find it offering the now classic one day. All day battery life may be impressive on a budget phone like the Moto E but on a flagship device like the P7 we want more.
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