Strangely enough, it’s actually the front camera that stands out among its peers while the rear one is rather bog-standard. I'm a big fan of some of their higher-end devices and likewise this is a reassuringly solid construction which feels good in the hand. Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year. 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.

SIM card The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) is used in mobile devices for storing data authenticating the subscribers of mobile services. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.I could just about stretch my thumb over to use it one-handed, although you'll want to use two to type anything more than a quick sentence.

In our video loop test, which involves playing an MP4 video on look until the battery drains down to nothing, the Huawei Ascend Y550 lasted for 12 hours 15 minutes.

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. For example, haptic ‘vibrate’ feedback is engaged in the keyboard as standard, but as the motor feels as though it’s slightly out of sync with key presses, it feels as though the keyboard is lagging. It’ll do 4G / LTE and, when you flick all the right toggle switches, set the default storage to “SD card”, protect some apps and check the memory usage … you can have a fairly usable experience. Some processors have a level 0 cache memory, which is accessed quicker than the L1, L2, L3, and so one cache memories.

Front camera Modern smartphones have one or more front cameras and their positioning has led to various design concepts – pop-up camera, rotating camera, notch, punch hole, under-display camera, etc. If you're more used to the iPhone -- which also doesn't have an app tray -- you might feel a little more at home. That 4GB of internal storage is pretty disappointing, but there is a microSD slot hidden under the removable rear cover, along with a microSIM port and a removable 2000mAh battery.Browser A web browser is a software application for accessing, fetching, displaying and navigating through information on the World Wide Web. Part of the customisation made in the Huawei Y330’s custom interface is that screen transitions glide with a bit more inertia than in standard Android 4. The L2 (level 2) cache memory is slower than L1, but has a larger capacity, instead, which allows it to cache more data.

Not everyone will want a phone that’ll slow down, only to have to fiddle with settings themselves in this app and then continually re-check it to ensure that their phone is running well. I’ve taken two photos here, both WITHOUT the flash on and you’ll be surprised to find out that the FIRST one is taken WITH HDR ON. Huawei is a global leader in information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. System on Chip (SoC) A system on a chip (SoC) includes into a single chip some of the main hardware components of the mobile device.I'm not personally keen on this change as it makes it difficult to keep your homescreens neat and organised. In my brief hands-on time, the screen seemed fairly bright with decent colours, although icon edges didn't have the sort of clarity you'd enjoy on higher-resolution panels. This SAR rating shows the maximum level of exposure to electromagnetic radiation taken when the device is placed next to the ear. There are also non-satellite technologies for locating mobile devices such as the Enhanced Observed Time Difference, Enhanced 911, GSM Cell ID.