This tablet's is equipped with a 4 inch screen.This measures out to 233 PPI pixels-per-inch (PPI), which is about average for a tablet display.

It boasts a battery with a capacity of 2000 mAh, a tiny battery capacity for a 8 inch tablet. Battery capacity is the most accurate indicator of actual battery life.

This tablet houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 system on a chip. Its clock speed is 1.2 , which is much slower than average for a tablet processor. With a 2 processors, this tablet will be more effective at multitasking compared to tablets with single core CPUs.
With 512 MB of RAM, it's a bit lacking in memory, and will not perform as well as tablets with more RAM.

The Huawei Ascend W1 has two cameras, a 0.3 megapixel front camera and a 5 megapixel rear camera.