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We have collected 2 reviews of the Huawei Ascend II. Experts rate Huawei Ascend II 5.5/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Huawei Ascend II and Huawei SmartPhones.
It's been a long time since I first laid eyes on the Huawei Ascend II, last spring at CTIA. Compared with the original Huawei Ascend, it's much sleeker and more modern, and, of course, it runs the much more recent Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. See this phone for what it is, and it isn't a bad entry-level device. Android brings a standard for communication, Google services, and applications. Yet the 5-megapixel camera is frankly mediocre and the 600MHz processor is pokey. The price is the Ascend II's saving grace, just a penny at the time of this review, when you buy with a two-year service agreement. If you're buying the Ascend II prepaid, it'll ding your bank account $139.99. The Ascend II is a much sexier model than its predecessor, with a glossy black face, a shiny dark-gray finish along the rim, and a black, matte soft-touch back cover. It's got a rounded top and even more rounded bottom, and it feels nice and grippy in the hand. At 4.6 inches tall by 2.4 inches wide by 0.5 inch thick, it's a more petite, pocketable phone than many current smartphones. It's a nice size, but that does mean a smaller screen.
The original Huawei Ascend was a low-end, free-with-contract smartphone released on a number of different carriers. It sold well because of its low price, but it wasn't a very good device. The Huawei Ascend II for U.S. Cellular addresses some of that phone's issues, but it's a case of too little, too late. The Ascend II won't cost you a dime, but you can get a much better phone if you're willing to spend some cash. Design and Call Quality Like a diet-version of the original, the Ascend II measures 4.6 by 2.4 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weighs 4.1 ounces. It looks and feels nicer than the Ascend, clad all in black with a soft touch plastic back and a shiny plastic ring around the display. The display is the same 3.5-inch, 320-by-480-pixel capacitive touch screen as the last time around, which looks reasonably sharp and bright. There are four haptic feedback-enabled touch keys beneath it, and typing on the on-screen keyboard felt fine. The Huawei Ascend II is a dual-band EVDO Rev A (850/1900 MHz) device with 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi. In New York where we test, U.S. Cellular phones use Sprint's network. Signal reception was fine, and it connected to my WPA2-encrypted Wi-Fi network without a problem. It can also function as a mobile hotspot with the appropriate data plan. Call quality was decent on the Ascend.