By Farhan Gazi

Huawei, well-known global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, unveiled the world’s slimmest smartphone at CES 2012. The Huawei Ascend P1 S is 6.68mm thin and features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED 960 x 540 touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass. It comes with a dual-core 1.5GHz TI OMAP 4460 Cortex-A9 processor and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.

“We’re excited to unveil the world’s slimmest smartphone here at CES 2012,” said Richard Yu, Chairman of Huawei Device. “The Ascend P1 S demonstrates our ongoing commitment to innovating high quality devices that utilise the latest hardware and software technologies.”

The Huawei Ascend P1 S series features a super sleek and narrow 64.8mm body, elegant contours and an effortlessly stylish design. The PPVD back cover coating evenly distributes heat, and provides a strong metallic, three-dimensional design with a delicate texture.

The Ascend P1 S is available in metallic black, ceramic white and cherry-blossom pink with more colours to come to match your personal style wherever you are, whatever you’re doing. Also installed is a 8-megapixel BSI rear-facing and 1.3-megapixel HD front-facing cameras with dual flash LED and HDR effect optimisation.

The Huawei Ascend P1/P1 S will be available in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, Australia, Middle East, and China from April 2012.