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Huawei’s First Windows Phone 8 Phones Coming To Walmart This May

HUAWEI WINDOWS PHONE 8

Huawei’s first Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the Huawei W1, is coming to Walmart this month.

The Huawei W1 features a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 4” IPS LCD touch screen, and 5MP camera (with 0.3MP front-facing camera), LED flash, 4X digital zoom, auto focus and a quick access button.

You can find technical specs and additional details on the W1 here.

[Image courtesy: Huawei]

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