Huawei Ascend Teardown
Tools
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Background and Identification
The Huawei Ascend is the first phone in the Huawei Ascend series. It was released in October 2010 for Cricket Wireless and December 2012 for MetroPCS. By the summer of 2012, the Huawei Ascend was also available on the European market. The first Huawei Ascend is identified by the model number M860.
The Huawei Ascend runs on the Android 2.1 operating system and features a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display. The HVGA capacitive touch screen is not multitouch capable. The phone includes a 2.5mm headphone jack and no 3.5mm jack, which is standard. The Ascend includes a 3.2-megapixel main camera and no selfie camera. The phone includes 512 MB of flash memory and 256 MB of RAM. It includes a 2 GB microSD card that can be expanded up to 16 GB with separate 16 GB microSD cards.
The Huawei Ascend includes the name “Huawei” in capital letters in the center of the phone’s top bezel. The phone includes the Android three-button navigation system with a ‘home’ button in the center of the phone’s bottom bezel (indicated with a house-shaped button), a ‘back’ button on the left side of the ‘home’ button (indicated with an arrow pointing to the left), and a ‘show-all-open-applications’ button on the right side of the ‘home’ button (indicated by a square).
Technical Specifications
Details:
- Body Color: Blue
Cellular:
- Technology: CDMA2000 1X
- Phone Navigation Buttons: trackball
- Type: Smartphone
- Band: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800 / AWS 1700/2100
- Mobile Broadband Generation: 3G
- Phone Form Factor: touch
- Service Provider: MetroPCS
- Operating System Family: Android
- Operating System: Google Android 2.1
- Input Device: Touch screen
Phone Features:
- Polyphonic Ringer: Yes
- Short Messaging Service (SMS): Yes
- Voice Dialing: Yes
- Phone Functions: Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert
- Additional Features: Multitasking
Messaging and Internet:
- Cellular Messaging Services: MMS, SMS
- Messaging & Data Features: Text messages, Instant messages, Picture messages, E-Mail, Voice mail
- Mobile Services: MetroBACKUP, MetroNavigator, MetroSTUDIO
- Messaging Services: MMS, SMS
Communications:
- Communication Features: Internet browser, mobile Email client
- Data Transmission: EV-DO
- Wireless Interface: Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11
- Bluetooth Profiles: Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP)
Display:
- Display Resolution: 320 x 480 pixels
- Diagonal Size: 3.5 in
- Diagonal Size (metric): 8.9 cm
- Smartphone Diagonal Size: 3.5 in
- Color Support: color
Organizer:
- Personal Information Management: alarm clock, calculator, calendar, stopwatch
- Alarm Clock: Yes
Camera:
- Focus Adjustment: automatic
- Features: video recording
Media Player:
- Supported Digital Audio Standards: MP3
Memory:
- Supported Flash Memory Cards: microSDHC - up to 16 GB
- User Memory: 256 MB
Battery:
- Standby Time: 250
- Talk Time: Up to 300 min
- Run Time Details:
- Talk (CDMA): up to 300 min
- Standby (CDMA): up to 250 hrs
Flash Memory:
- Installed Size: 2 GB
- Max Supported Size: 16 GB
- Supported Flash Memory Cards: microSDHC
- Form Factor: microSD
- User Memory: 256 MB
Optical Sensor:
- Sensor Resolution: 3.2 megapixels