Huawei Ascend P7: A Smartphone With Sapphire Crystal Glitz to Take on iPhone 6

The China-based mobile and telecommunications equipment maker, Huawei is planning to dispatch a sapphire-enclosed version of its flagship Ascend P7 smartphone. Perceptibly, Chairman of the firm, Yu Chengdong has released an image of this handset with sapphire screen on his Weibo account, and clearly exposing that the mobile might be launching at IFA event 2014, which will be held on the 4th of September.

Noticeably, Engadget is also citing a spokesperson of the company, who choose to be anonymous has claimed that the revamped Ascend P7 will go on sale via online retailers in China initially. However, it is envisaged that it could be the first smartphone to feature a sapphire crystal glitz if it is unwrapped at IFA event in Berlin, next week.

Huawei Ascend P7

Here, it seems little obligatory to articulate about the Sapphire material, which is rapidly becoming the next-generation substance for the flagship device manufacturers and it is the second-hardest material, after diamond. It is severe attempts by the firm to protect the mobile from scratch as well as heavy pressure. Although, some reports are also suggesting that the brand is not planning to make any major changes apart from this addition.

However, it was rumored a while ago that the corporation might be inaugurated this device as a Tizen-based smartphones. But, now Chengdong has stated in an interview that it's difficult to coax the customers to buy a Windows and Tizen OS equipped phone and it was not profitable for them also.

Huawei Ascend P7

Hashing out some other features, then this version of Ascend P7 will be procurable with same hardware specifications along with above mentioned screen modification. Hither, if we reminisce you about handset, then it has a 5-inch full-HD display. The smartphone is decked with 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash alongside 8-megapixel of selfie snapper.

The flagship runs on Android KitKat 4.4 and power packed with a quad-core HiSilicon Kirin 910T processor, which is clocked at 1.8GHz frequency. It incorporates 2 GB of RAM along with 16 GB of inbuilt storage that you can extend up to 64 GB via a microSD card. The Mobile, P7 is arrayed with Non-removable Li-Po 2500 mAh battery that looks quite adequate for game junkies'.

Huawei Ascend P7

Notably, some sources are also buzzing that it could beat the iPhone 6 as well as multiple reports are evincing that after Huawei, Apple has also cast up its sleeves to commence iPhone 5S successor with a sapphire display. No doubt, Following the success of the Xiaomi Mi 3, Huawei and Apple are striving hard to get their handsets out as soon as possible.