Last year Huawei gave us the world's slimmest and the world's most powerful smartphones in the form of the Ascend P1 S and Ascend D Quad, and now the Huawei Ascend P2 has stolen the "world's fastest smartphone" crown.In short, Huawei loves a good record breaker (which means it will absolutely love TechRadar), probably due to the fact it generates additional hype around its smartphone launches.The Chinese firm is firmly setting its sights on the mid range and high end mobile market, as it tries to shake off the budget tag it's developed for itself over recent years.It all started at CES 2013 when the Ascend D2 and the huge Ascend Mate took centre stage, and the Ascend P2 now slides in below these two to fill the mid-range void in the line up.The natural successor to the Ascend P1, the Ascend P2's release date is set for the second quarter of this year and it will cost €399 (around £345/$525/AU$510).For the money you'll get a 4.7-inch 1280 x 720 display with 315 ppi, 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 13MP rear camera, 1.3MP front camera, Android Jelly Bean (version 4.1), 4G, NFC and a 2,420mAh battery.Huawei has managed to cram all that tech into a relatively slender frame with the Ascend P2 measuring 136 x 67 x 8.4mm, and weighing a comfortable 122g.The handset sits nicely in the hand, with the flat back and curved edges of the handset allowing you to grasp it properly, although the all-plastic finish does detract a
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