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Huawei Ascend G6 4G - Design & Features

Huawei Ascend G6 4G

The Huawei Ascend G6 4G looks like a smaller variant of the Ascend P6/P7 with a 4.5-inch qHD display.

If you have seen the Ascend P6 or the P7, then you wouldn’t be surprised with the design of the Ascend G6 4G. What you will immediately notice is Huawei’s signature curved bottom, which breaks tradition from the typical flattened end and helps give it a unique look.

This deliberate design element has its cons though; the charging port has been shifted to the top while the 3.5mm audio output jack has been moved to the bottom left. This means that the connector will protrude out from the side and makes slipping the phone into pockets a tricky affair.

The matte back texture means that fingerprints and smudges won't be an issue on the Huawei Ascend G6 4G. It also contributes to a better handling experience of the phone.

Holding the Ascend G6 4G will make one realize that the device is really quite light. In fact, it is the lightest among the six phones at just 115g. Despite its lightweight form factor, the Ascend G6 4G still feels sturdy. The build material is plastic, but the sides have a brushed metal finish that feels good and adds a premium touch to the phone. It also helps that the back plate is matte, which means a more assuring grip.

Out of the box, you have about 4.99GB of available storage space although only 1.49GB is reserved for apps. As you can see from the two screenshots, the preloaded apps on the Huawei Ascend G6 4G do not take up much space.

Contrary to its looks, the back plate is actually removable although the battery is not. Located to the right of the embedded battery are the microSD and micro-SIM card slots. The microSD memory card slot can supports cards of up to 32GB in capacity, thus bringing the total storage capacity of the Ascend G6 4G to 40GB (because like most of the compared phones, this too is embedded with 8GB of storage).

You can remove the rear cover to access the microSD and micro-SIM card slots, but the 2,000mAh battery is embedded.

The Ascend G6 4G ships with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OS and a custom interface known as Emotion UI 2.0 Lite. Unlike the typical Android interface, Emotion UI does not have an app drawer; it adopts an iOS-like concept where apps sit on the home screen.

Here are some hardware and software information on the Huawei Ascend G6 4G. This is the default home screen for the Huawei's Emotion UI 2.0 Lite. The Emotion UI Lite does not have an app list launcher; all apps are listed on the home screen panels.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad-core 1.2GHz chipset and 1GB RAM keep the show running smoothly on the Ascend G6 4G; we did not encounter any stutters or lags. Similar to the Desire 610 and G2 Mini, the Ascend G6 4G supports LTE CAT 4 where you can expect maximum download and upload speeds of 150Mbps and 50Mbps respectively.

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