Which smartphone is worth the purchase? We pit Apple's new iPhone 6 against the Huawei Ascend P7 to see which is better.
In terms of design and display, the Huawei Ascend P7 has a flat screen and sharp edges, but the biggest advantage is the thickness. The P7 measures at 140x69x6.5 mm and weighing only 124 grams. For a device with 5 inches screen display, those measurements are phenomenal. It delivers extraordinary resolution at 1080×1920 pixels with density of 441ppi and it is protected by Sapphire glass, making it extremely resistant to scratches.
The iPhone 6 will be shipped with Sapphire glass protection and the smartphone is completely revamped, in which has round edges and curvier design. The new iPhone features a 4.7 inch screen display with a resolution of 750×1334 pixels and density of 326ppi.
For the hardware and OS, the Huawei Ascend P7 has a quad core processor, clocked at 1.8GHz and supported by 2 GB of RAM memory. The device comes with 16 GB built in storage, but has a microSD slot for additional 64 GB of memory space. The iPhone 6 has a 64bit A8 chipset, but there is no information regarding the actual specs of the processor. The only information Apple has shared is that it will be approximately 30% more powerful than the processor found in the iPHone 5C.That device packed a dual core 1.3GHz processor with 1 GB RAM memory.
The P7 comes with the Android 4.4 KitKat installed. Additionally, Huawei has installed the Emotion UI for more customizable and easier to navigate user experience. The iPhone 6 runs on the latest iOS 8, an extremely elegant, yet simple OS with several new features.
For battery and camera specs, the Huawei Ascend P7 has anon removable Li-Po 2500 mAh battery that last 14 hours of talk time and last 422 hours on standby mode. The iPhone 6 comes equipped with a 1800 mAh battery that should up to 12 hours on standby mode.
The Huawei smartphone is equipped with an 8-MP front facing camera. The rear camera is also decent, a 13-MP sensor. The iPhone 6 on the other hand, features an 8-MP rear facing camera and a 1.2-MP front facing sensor.
The Huawei Ascend P7 cost $550 for the off contract version, while the iPhone 6 SIM free version cost $650.
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