New smartphone has 4.5 inch LCD screen with 720p touchscreen with resolution 1280x720 pixels (326ppi).

It is powered by a Huawei 1.4 GHz K3V2 quad-core CPU with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB ROM.

The smartphone has 8 megapixel main camera with dual-LED flash. The 2,150 mAh battery, coupled with the Huawei's own Battery Saving Technology, consumes up to 30% less energy and is said to ensure a long service life of 360 hours standby and about 11 hours of talk time.

Other features such as Bluetooth 3.0, DLNA, WiFi Direct, GPS/AGPS, and a card slot for expanding the memory up to 32 GB via microSD complete the comprehensive package.

The Ascend G 615, which comes initially with Android 4.0 only but which will soon after launch is said to receive the Jelly Bean update. The G615 will be available in Black and White and uses miniSIMs. The price of the smartphone is about 300 euros.