The Huawei Ascend P1 is an Android-based

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manufactured by

Huawei Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ( ; ) is a Chinese multinational technology corporation headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It designs, develops, produces and sells telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics and various smar ...

. It is shipped with the Android 4.0 OS. It has been released in Canada exclusively for

Wind Mobile Freedom Mobile Inc. is a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider owned by Shaw Communications. It has 6% market share of Canada, mostly in urban areas of Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. Freedom Mobile is the fourth-largest wirele ...

and is available with or without a subsidy. The device features a 4.3-inch qHD capacitive touch screen, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 3.5 mm headphone jack, 8-

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rear-facing camera, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, as well as an

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and a

compass A compass is a device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation. It commonly consists of a magnetized needle or other element, such as a compass card or compass rose, which can pivot to align itself with ...

. The QHD capacitive touch screen is

multitouch In computing, multi-touch is technology that enables a surface (a touchpad or touchscreen) to recognize the presence of more than one point of contact with the surface at the same time. The origins of multitouch began at CERN, MIT, University of ...

capable.

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Wind, Huawei and

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promoted the Ascend P1 by hosting a contest where winners had the chance to watch the premiere of ''

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'' and win the advertised smartphone.

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Android (operating system) devices Mobile phones introduced in 2012 Discontinued smartphones P1 {{mobile-phone-stub

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