As usual Apple are keeping quiet about the types of bargains which will be on offer during the event, but we imagine they will be giving away some type of gift bag in the form of the Chinese “Hong Bao”, which is traditionally given during to the celebrations.

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Yesterday in Rome, Italy, Huawei presented an arsenal of Android products to journalists and bloggers.  After some further investigation from Windows Phone Italy, it was discovered that the Huawei Ascend W1 will also be released in Italy as well as Asia, after it’s officially announced at CES 2013.

If company sources are accurate, the company plans to have the Huawei Windows Phone 8 handset available to Italian consumers by March 2013. While we have not heard anything on price points or carriers which it will be made available, we expect more information to be released at CES 2013.

The Ascend W1 is also believed to eventually hit other parts of Europe, and perhaps even eventually touch down in the United States. As far as hardware is concerned, it is expected to have a Dual-core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, 4GB of storage and 512MB of RAM. This makes it more of a mid-range phone like the HTC 8s and Nokia Lumia 820. A more premium Ascend W2 is also expected to eventually release to potentially compete against the HTC 8X and Nokia Lumia 920.

What are your thoughts on this phone?  Is it something you would be interested in?

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Yesterday, we talked about a rumor about Sprint’s version of the HTC One X. And today, it’s about another device from the company’s One series, the HTC One S. The folks over at TmoNews appear to have got their hands on a web document which shows off the release date of the One S on T-Mobile’s network as April 22^nd.

As you can see in the above image, it’s written “sell the HTC One S on launch day”. Therefore if it’s the real thing, it might be meant for associates or retail employees. But the above said day is a Sunday, which is certainly an odd day for a phone to be launched. But the carrier has released mobile phones on Sundays in the past, so it’s not too odd.

The HTC One X and One V will reportedly be available in Asia on April 2^nd. So the rumored 22^nd of April launch date is a possibility and you might agree that T-Mobile could use a new flagship phone as soon as possible. The Galaxy S Blaze 4G is cool, but we believe that many customers will go after the pretty looking One S, which when launched will be one of the most powerful phones on T-Mobile.

Just a refresher, the One S boasts a 4.3-inch qHD AMOLED display, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense 4.0, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and an 8-megapixel rear camera with the company’s highly praised F/2.0 lens.

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