Huawei Ascend P7 review

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Huawei Ascend P7 review
A flagship for Huawei, but not for the market

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Huawei Ascend P7 review

The Ascend P7 can provide some pleasing results.

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Huawei Ascend P7 review

The P7 does well to capture a high level of detail.

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At 7.2MB this is a large photo

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A selfie taken from the front camera

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Using the front camera with Huawei's beauty mode on full.

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Huawei Ascend P7 review

The flash is a good performer indoors. It doesn't nuke away colour, keeping warmth and skin tone intact.

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This was quite a gloomy sunset, but the P7's HDR mode saved the day.

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There's no specific macro mode, but the P7 does a good job of focusing here.

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