Huawei Ascend Y550 UK SIM-Free Smartphone - Black (4G, 4.5-inch, 1.2 GHz quad core, 5MP and 2MP cameras, Android 4.4, 4 GB Storage + MicroSD)

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If you plan on reading articles on Web pages, watching a lot of video or browsing recent photo uploads on Flickr, then it's well worth going for a phone with a higher resolution display. Despite the quite good additions about data management, phone management, memory management and CPU management, all apps start to install on the internal 4GB, and that fills up pretty quickly. The skin makes a bunch of visual changes to Android, most notably removing the app tray, forcing you to keep all your apps and widgets on the multiple homescreens. There are different battery types and some of the most commonly used in mobile devices are the lithium-ion (Li-Ion) and the lithium-ion polymer battery (Li-Polymer). Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a technology that provides wireless data connections between various devices within a short range.

KitKat on the Y550, which is the most recent version of KitKat available -- impressive on a budget phone, which often use older versions of Android. Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) The SAR rating shows the amount of electromagnetic radiation absorbed by the human body when using a mobile device, expressed in W/kg. Fresh out of the box the Huawei Ascend Y550 has a pretty tasteful skin, not something we can say about all Huawei phones. Information about the communication technologies supported by the device and their respective uplink and downlink bandwidth. Navigating the interface can often be slightly stuttery however, and I found when entering text, it would sometimes freeze up for a moment, which can become frustrating.Given the undemanding low-res screen and low-powered processor, I expect you'll be able to get at least a good day of use from the phone, if not more. Operating system Operating system is the system software, which manages and controls the functioning of the hardware components of the device.

Nine themes come preinstalled, so the feature isn’t a total dead loss – it just hasn’t been exploited as well as it has on some other Huawei phones. Why you'd need a dedicated app for that, rather than just the button on the side of the phone is a mystery only Huawei can answer.I was also impressed by the “do not disturb” feature, which you can schedule and add certain “important” contacts to. There are several network technologies that enhance the performance of mobile networks mainly by increased data bandwidth. While we’re yet to see how all that many 2015-generation chipset phones perform in stamina terms, the Huawei Ascend Y550 is a sign of a longer-lasting future. is a Chinese telecommunications company and hardware manufacturer founded in 1987 and headquartered in Shenzhen.