Huawei Ascend P2 hands-on

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Just ahead of Huawei's press event, Huawei's treated us to an early viewing of its new 8-milimeter smartphone, the Ascend P2. With Android 4.1, a quad-core 1.5GHz processor and a 720p 4.7-inch display, it joins the likes of the [Ascend Mate](http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/huawei-ascend-mate-hands-on-at-ces-2013/) and [D2](http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/huawei-ascend-d2-official-5-inch-1080p-display-1-5ghz-quad-cor/) in forming the Chinese manufacturer's smartphone family in 2013. And boy, it's a slender, feather-light phone with a glossy backing that come sin both black and white. Design-wise, like those [leaks](http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/06/huawei-ascend-p2-flaunts-svelte-profile-in-more-leaked-shots/), it looks an awful lot like its predecessor. Its notable feature is the highest-speed LTE connection seen so far in a smartphone, up to 150Mbps. We also got to play wiht Huawei's Emotion UI, which can draw on the 1GB of storage housed inside. There's plenty of storage, with 16GB inside. The right side houses a volume switch and a physical camera button -- these were a bit plasticky, but has a nice matte finish. The other side is where the power button belong, with both the headphone and micro-USB charging port found there.

We'll have a hands-on video up soon.

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