Huawei puts Ascend Y540 on sale, forgets to announce it

 Huawei, Android

A new budget-minded Huawei handset has been made available without an official announcement. TheAscend Y540 comes with entry-level hardware and retails in Europe for around €100-€110.

For that amount of money you get a Snapdragon 200 chipset with 1.3GHz dual-core processor, one-upping the 1.2GHz clock rate of the Ascend Y530. More significantly, RAM has been doubled to 1GB for improved performance.

A 4.5-inch screen of 480x854 pixel resolution is carried over from the predecessor, and so is the 5MP/0.3MP imaging combo. Built-in storage is tiny at 4GB, but thankfully a microSD slot provides expansion up to 32GB. Connectivity is covered by the uninspiring quad-band GSM support and dual-band 3G package. battery capacity has reached 1950mAh. Android KitKat is on board, and that wraps up the list of changes.