CES 2012: Huawei to unveil worlds thinnest Ascend P1 S smarthphone.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

Huawei has announced two new smartphones, the Ascend P1 S and the Ascend P1. They will be unveiling them at CES at 8 a.m. PST.

Delivering the ultimate in elegance and speed with a 1670 mAh/1800 mAh battery, the Huawei Ascend P1/P1 S series provides the fastest multi-tasking, video replay and gaming experience in its class.

The Ascend P1 S will be the world's thinnest smartphone, measuring in at 6.68 mm thin. The P1 is the same phone, just a tad thicker (most likely for the LTE markets).

The specs for the P1/P1 S sound very intruguing:

• 4.3-inch Super AMOLED qHD (960 540)
• 1.5 GHz dual-core processor
• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• 8MP rear camera with 1080p recording
• 1.3MP front-facing camera with 720p recording
• Bluetooth 3.0
• 1GB RAM
• 4GB ROM
• Quadband (GSM/GPRS/EDGE)
• Pentaband (UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA)

The phones will be available in a plethora of colors including metallic black, ceramic white an cherry-blossom pink. They will be available  in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, the Middle East and China in Q2 2012 at the earliest.