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Huawei announces dual-core Android-powered Ascend G330 phone

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Huawei announces dual-core Android-powered Ascend G330 phone
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Huawei has confirmed the UK release of the successor to its Ascend G300 handset, a phone we raved about earlier in the year for offering so much bang for the buck.

Huawei's Ascend G330 will be available in the very near future exclusively on TalkTalk Mobile, then will appear on other networks in early 2013.

Expected to go on sale for the same £100 prepay price as the G300 or free on contracts starting at £10 / month, the Ascend 330 will benefit from a new 1GHz dual-core processor and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

Like its predecessor, the G330 offers specs that you might expect on more expensive models, such as a WVGA (800x480) display, 5-megapixel autofocus camera with flash, memory card expansion up to 32GB, and a removable 1,500mAh battery.

On the Ascend G330, you get access to BBC iPlayer out of the box and preloaded content from EA, plus Huawei's own HAP 5.1 Android interface that gives quick access to core functions from the unlock screen.

We'll be putting the phone to the test shortly, so watch this space.

Jonathan Morris
Jonathan Morris
From starting out as a games tester for Mastertronic, Virgin and Sega in the late 1980s, it may seem odd to then ditch everything to write about mobile phones that, at the time, lasted 20 minutes between charges. He always had a hunch mobiles would become quite popular, but possibly didn't realise how powerful (and, ironically, returning to 20 minutes between charges). Jonathan's job is to continue advising on the best hardware to buy, in order to enjoy games that have advanced considerably since those long days and nights testing Double Dragon on the C64.