Electronics manufacturer Huawei is betting on its new smartphone, the Ascend P2 -- a device the company is calling "the world's fastest smartphone."
The super-thin device -- which measures in at a narrow 0.31 inch with a 4.7-inch display -- runs on Android 4.1 and boasts a powerful 1.5GHz quad-core processor. But thanks to its LTE Cat4 chip, which provides Internet data transfer speeds up to 150 megabits per second (Mbps), its data speeds are up to ten times faster than what you can get on the iPhone 5, the company says.
Mashable's Christina Warren gave the P2 a test drive while attending the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona this week. The device is ultra light and fits nicely into the hand, despite it being large. Although it feels similarly to the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone, the interface resembles the iPhone. It's extremely intuitive and easy to navigate.
For a full look at the Ascend P2, check out the video above. Do you think it has what it takes to compete against bigger companies such as HTC and Samsung? Let us know in the comments.
With reporting by Christina Warren