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Huawei Ascend XT2 – Entry-level Smartphone Review, Specs and Price

Huawei Ascend XT2 is a budget friendly smartphone from the popular Chinese brand. The device is perfect for those on a budget, coming with low-level specs and features.

Released late last year, the device was launched through AT&T and packs a standard 2GB RAM and 16GB storage space as well. Without further ado, meet the Huawei Ascend XT2.

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Design

Huawei Ascend XT2

The Ascend XT2 has a Metal overall unibodu that’s quite attractive, making it one of the best looking budget smartphone. The dual antenna lines on the device adds to the beauty as well, there’s no fingerprint scanner whatsoever on the device, which is disappointing.

AT&T marked their territory and took the place of the fingerprint scanner, while the rear camera sits at the top with the LED flash beside it. Turning to the side, it measures 8.4mm in thickness and weighs 163g overall. In terms of color, it’s available in only Black.

Display

Huawei Ascend XT2

The bezels on this device might be a turn off for many in 2024. However, it has a massive screen that stretches all the way to the sides as well. Huawei marked their territory at the bottom bezel, as the top houses the speaker grille and selfie camera.

Huawei Ascend XT2

The 5.5-inch HD IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen boasts of 1280 x 720 pixels in resolution. With a pixel per inch density of 267, everything on the screen should be clear enough and sharp for users. Furthermore, the screen stretches up to 71.4% screen to body ratio.

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Hardware and Software

Working underneath is the Snapdragon 435 chip from Qualcomm with octa-core processor and 64-bit CPU architecture. The 8-cores of processor reaches a clock speed of 1.4GHz with 28nm process technology for a smooth ride. Handling graphics is the Adreno 505 graphics processor from Qualcomm.

Ready to handle all your task, is the 2GB RAM space available with a memory speed of 800MHz. For storage, 16GB internal storage space is available as well and upgradeable up to 128GB with a memory card. Overall, The Huawei Ascend XT2 runs on Android 7.0 Nougat operating system with EMUI 5.1 skin on top.

Camera

The 12MP rear shooter has f/2.2 aperture, CMOS Sensor, 1.25um Pixel Size and other quality features. The camera can capture photographs with 4032 x 3024 pixels in dimension and record videos of 1080 pixels at 30 frames per second. The 8MP selfie camera has f/2.0 aperture and captures cute selfies.

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Battery

Powering the Huawei Ascend XT2 is a 4000mAh non-removable Li-Po battery with fast charging technology. With the fast charging feature, it shouldn’t take up to 2.2 hours to fully charge up the battery from 0% to 100%.

 

Huawei Ascend XT2 Full Technical Specifications

General

Device Type Smartphone
Model Huawei Ascend XT2
Announced October, 2017
Released October, 2017
Status Available on Shopping stores

Network

2G Network Yes
3G Network Yes
4G Network Yes
SIM Type Nano
SIM Count Single SIM

Design

Type Metal
Dimensions 153.4 x 76.2 x 8.4 mm
Weight 163g
Protection Yes
Colours Silver

Display

Display Type HD IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Size 5.5-inch
Resolution 1280 x 720 Pixels
Colors 16M colors
Pixel Density 267ppi
Screen-To-Body Ratio 71.4%
Touch Screen Yes
Protection Yes
Features Multi-touch, Scratch Resistant
Secondary Display No

Camera

12MP
Yes
Yes
Autofocus 
Continuous shooting 
Digital zoom 
Exposure compensation 
Face detection 
Geotagging 
HDR 
ISO settings 
Panorama 
Scene mode 
Self-timer 
Touch focus 
White balance settings
Yes, dual-LED
8MP

Software

Android 7.0 Nougat
EMUI 5.1
Yes
Skype Yes
Whatsapp Yes
Facebook Yes
Youtube Yes

Hardware

Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 MSM8940
CPU Octa-Core 1.4GHz
GPU Qualcomm Adreno 505
2GB
Internal Storage 16GB
Yes, up to 128GB

Accelerometer
Proximity
Ambient Light
Compass
Controls Touchscreen, Lock Button, and Volume Key

Connectivity

Yes
Infrared No
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
USB Type Yes, microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC
HDMI
Facial Identification No
No

Battery

Battery Type Li-Po Battery
Capacity 4000mAh
Placement Non-removable
Fast Charging Yes
Standby
Talk Time
Music Play

Media

Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC
Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player
Vibration, Ringtones
MP3, WAV
Yes
Yes

Other Features

– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
– DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer
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