The Huawei Ascend W1 is Huawei's first device to run
Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone 8 is the second generation of the Windows Phone mobile operating system from Microsoft. It was released on October 29, 2012, and, like its predecessor, it features a flat user interface based on the Metro design language. It was su ...
. It was announced at the 2013
Consumer Electronics Show
CES (; formerly an initialism for Consumer Electronics Show) is an annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Held in January at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester, Nevada, United States, the event typi ...
(CES). It was released in January 2013 as the least expensive Windows Phone in the Chinese market.
Because of the limited memory available on this phone, certain applications and features will not be able to run.
For African markets, the phone is named as "Huawei 4Afrika" as part of Microsoft's 4Afrika Initiative.
Huawei's Windows Phone 4Afrika leads Microsoft's latest push on the continent , The Verge
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Mobile phones introduced in 2013
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