Review: Huawei Ascend
Photos
Images from the 3-megapixel camera on the Huawei Ascend were atrocious. They were among the worst I've ever seen from a device that I would call a smartphone. It looked like the camera ate a handful of Skittles and then threw up on each picture, they were so speckled with color noise. Even outdoors on a bright, sunny day, my pictures were extremely fuzzy and spotty with rampant colors. Indoors, things fell apart completely. The camera has no flash, so pictures taken in even a slightly dim space (like the picture of my dog below) look like they were shot in the dark. These pictures might be suitable for picture messaging, if your recipients promise not to view them full screen. For any other use, I would be embarrassed to share these shots.
Video
After seeing the still images it was no surprise that the video camera also did a poor job. Videos looked like home movies from the 1960s. Details disappeared into colorful blobs, and the camera could not adapt quickly to changes in lighting conditions.
3GPP / MPEG-4 format (viewable with QuickTime)
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