With the splendid Ascend D2 and
massive Ascend Mate out for only a couple of months, plus the snazzy P6 readied for a June 18 introduction,
it would be fair to assume Huawei has a lot on its plate nowadays.
And most of the time, that means
less attention to detail and especially less love for adopters of “old” phones.
But that’s not the way Huawei rolls. Instead, the Chinese have just confirmed
three of their 2012 handhelds, namely the Ascend D1, P1 and Honor 2, will be
getting timely bumps to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
This is big news, mind you, given
the trio is still running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but sadly we don’t
have exact ETAs for their 4.2 upgrades. What we do know is the devices will be
getting all of the JB-specific goodies (Google Now integration, Project Butter performance
enhancements, etc), plus a redesigned version of Huawei's Emotion UI, dubbed
1.6.
The Ascend P1 is the oldest of the
three, having been unveiled to the world in January 2012, during CES. The thing
rocks a super-slim body (7.7 mm thick), but I wouldn’t necessarily call it a
high-end phone anymore, as it only packs a dual-core CPU beneath its hood and
sports a 4.3-inch screen with 960 x 540 pixels resolution.
There’s no question though it will
benefit hugely from an Android 4.2 bump, as will the Ascend D1, unveiled in
February 2012 and available in select Asian and European markets ever since
last summer. The D1 comes in two different flavors, with dual and quad-core
processors, both of which should be getting Jelly Bean around the same time.
Last, but not least, there’s the
Honor 2, which rumor has it will be getting a successor over the next couple of
months. For now, the 4.5-incher looks like a very nice upper mid-ranger,
packing a quad-core 1.4 GHz CPU and boasting a 720p display.
According to Richard Yu, Huawei’s
CEO, these three will not be the company’s only phones to be getting 4.2
updates. However, seeing as he’s declined to name other names, we should
probably just focus on the P1, D1 and Honor 2 for now. What say you, guys, are
you psyched about the incoming software bumps? Surprised to see Huawei taking
things from Android 4.0 straight to 4.2? I know I am.
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