People willing to sign up for a contract with Vodafone in the UK can avail of the Huawei Ascend P1 for free.
In an attempt to do away with its second class position Huawei has been doing up its Android devices in the hope that they can fare better. The effects can be clearly noticed in their Ascend range of smartphones. Having been released in Canada and Australia, the Huawei Ascend P1 will be competing for attention from the consumers in the United Kingdom in the near future. 
The manufacturer’s Ascend P1 would be sold via Vodafone in the UK from August; though the complete information regarding its availability has yet to be disclosed. Nevertheless one point that has been announced is that for those people who would not have any qualms about being stuck to Vodafone on a long term contract of two years, the Huawei Ascend P1 can be theirs totally free of cost for a monthly subscription of twenty six pounds.
The Ascend P1 boasts of a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED display screen that has a resolution of 960 x 540. It is powered by a dual-core 1.5 GHz 4460 processor, has a 1GB RAM and 4GB of internal storage capacity. Also included are a MicroSD card slot, HSDPA, WI-Fi b/g/n, as well as a 1,670mAh battery. The back facing 8 mega pixels camera is another attraction and it is also fitted with a secondary 1.3 mega pixel front facing one.
In spite of the fact that the Ascend P1 is not as slim as the Ascend P1 S, it still is extremely thin on account of it 7.7mm body. Run on Android’s 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, there is as yet no affirmation that it could be upgraded to the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
The new Ascend P1 would have to face competition from the newly launched ZTE Grand X that also has a display screen size and resolution akin to the Ascend P1; however it is powered by a Tegra 2 processor.
