Earlier this year Huawei became the official global smartphone partner for the Arsenal Football Club globally. Today the company has announced the Ascend P7 Arsenal Edition. It features Arsenal’s iconic club crest in the rear cover under the Gorilla Glass. It also comes with specially designed Arsenal themes, iconic Arsenal wallpapers, scenes of the Emirates, working clock based on the famous Arsenal Clock End and celebrations of the 2014 FA Cup win.
Commenting on the new launch, Richard Ren, President, Huawei Consumer Business Group, Western European Region, said,
We are two powerful brands and this makes Huawei a great match for a club with the global stature of Arsenal. We are enjoying a really successful first six months as Arsenal’s Official Smartphone Partner and are excited to announce the exclusive Arsenal smartphone in time for the new Barclay’s Premier League season. We have a few surprises in the pipeline to make every Arsenal fan’s season the best ever, so watch this space.
The Ascend P7 Arsenal Edition has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD IPS touch-sensitive display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3, powered by Huawei’s own 1.8 GHz quad-core processor with Mali-450 MP4 GPU, Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Huawei own Emotion UI, 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony’s BSI sensor, f/2.0 aperture and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera.
It has LTE support, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 64GB internal memory (exclusively for the Arsenal Edition) and packs a 2500 mAh battery. Huawei has not announced the pricing or availability yet. You can check out more details on the official Arsenal smartphone website.