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Huawei Ascend G 300 review

Our Rating :
Price when reviewed : £100
inc VAT

Large screen and okay performance at a bargain price

Specifications

Android 2.3.6, 4.0in 480×800 display

The Huawei G 300 has a fantastic specification for a £100 smartphone, but our initial impression of it wasn’t good. Its screen was nowhere near bright enough and it was painfully slow. After we’d turned off PowerSaver and automatic brightness the Ascend G 300 became much quicker and more responsive.

Huawei Ascend G300

The Ascend G 300 has a 1GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of storage – of which 2GB is available to the user – and a 5-megapixel camera. This easily puts some of the more expensive devices to shame. Indeed, it rendered the BBC News homepage in 12 seconds, which is quicker than the Sony Xperia P.

It also has a decent screen resolution of 800×480, which means onscreen icons and text are smoothly rendered, unlike some other budget Android smartphones with lower resolutions, such as the LG Optimus L3.

Huawei Ascend G300

Once unnecessary power-saving features have been disabled, the user interface is smoother, quicker and more responsive, but not as much as some other phones, such as the Xperia P or Galaxy Ace 2. Even so, it’s perfectly acceptable for a £100 smartphone.

Huawei Ascend G300

We also like the initial unlock screen, which lets you enter straight in to phone, camera and message modes in addition to the home screen when you unlock. This is incredibly handy if you want to make a call in a hurry.

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Details

Price£100
Rating****
AwardBudget Buy

Hardware

Main display size4.0in
Native resolution480×800
CCD effective megapixels5-megapixel
FlashLED
GPSyes
Internal memory2048MB
Memory card included0MB
Operating frequenciesGSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Wireless dataHSDPA
Size122.5x63x10.5
Weight130g

Features

Operating systemAndroid 2.3.6
Microsoft Office compatibilityWord, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF
FM Radioyes
Accessoriesstereo headset, charger
Talk time5 hours
Standby time15 days

Buying Information

Price on contractN/A
Prepay price£100
SIM-free supplierwww.vodafone.co.uk
Contract/prepay supplierwww.vodafone.co.uk
Detailswww.vodafone.co.uk

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