Huawei Ascend
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The Huawei Ascend is an Android operating system-based smartphone
manufactured by Huawei
, running Android OS 2.1 by default. It has been released in the United States for Cricket Wireless and MetroPCS
unsubsidized (although with Cricket Wireless you must select the Android Plan="AndroidPlan">http://www.mycricket.com/cell-phone-plans, Cricket Plans, as well as with MetroPCS, it requiring the 50 dollar plan, versus the normal 40 dollar plan.).http://www.androidtrek.com/index.php/huawei-ascend
The device features a 3.5" HVGA capacitive touch screen, 2.5mm headphone jack, 3.2 Megapixel camera, as well as an accelerometer
and a compass
. The HVGA capacitive touch screen is not multitouch capable.
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
manufactured by Huawei
Huawei
Huawei is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China...
, running Android OS 2.1 by default. It has been released in the United States for Cricket Wireless and MetroPCS
MetroPCS
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. , formerly known as General Wireless, Inc., is an American mobile phone service provider. It operates the fifth largest mobile telecommunications network in the US, with 8.9 million subscribers as of May 2011...
unsubsidized (although with Cricket Wireless you must select the Android Plan="AndroidPlan">http://www.mycricket.com/cell-phone-plans, Cricket Plans, as well as with MetroPCS, it requiring the 50 dollar plan, versus the normal 40 dollar plan.).http://www.androidtrek.com/index.php/huawei-ascend
The device features a 3.5" HVGA capacitive touch screen, 2.5mm headphone jack, 3.2 Megapixel camera, as well as an accelerometer
Accelerometer
An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration, also called the four-acceleration. This is not necessarily the same as the coordinate acceleration , but is rather the type of acceleration associated with the phenomenon of weight experienced by a test mass that resides in the frame...
and a compass
Compass
A compass is a navigational instrument that shows directions in a frame of reference that is stationary relative to the surface of the earth. The frame of reference defines the four cardinal directions – north, south, east, and west. Intermediate directions are also defined...
. The HVGA capacitive touch screen is not multitouch capable.