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The Huawei Ascend Y530 wants to impress your grandma

Huawei's latest smartphone boasts two home screens – one for you, and one for non-tech-savvy users

Esat Dedezade

Huawei’s new Y530 might not set your tech-loving heart racing with its specs, but it does aim to make life a little easier for those who can’t separate their Androids from their Apples.

The Y530 runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and offers users with a choice of two Android interfaces. The first will be familiar to any gadgeteer worth their weight in smartphones, as it’s the traditional Android interface (skinned with Huawei’s Emotion UI).

The second option is Huawei’s Simple Android Interface which is aimed at first time smartphone users. It’s got colourful, enlarged icons to help differentiate between the most important functions.

Specs-wise, it’s got a 4.5in (ppi fans look away now) 854×480 display, a 5MP camera, 4GB of expandable storage and a 1700mAh battery.

You can snap one up from Argos now for £150, or wait for the white version to hit the Carphone Warehouse in March.

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Esat has been a gadget fan ever since his tiny four-year-old brain was captivated by a sound-activated dancing sunflower. From there it was a natural progression to a Sega Mega Drive, a brief obsession with hedgehogs, and a love for all things tech. After 7 years as a writer and deputy editor for Stuff, Esat ventured out into the corporate world, spending three years as Editor of Microsoft's European News Centre. Now a freelance writer, his appetite for shiny gadgets has no bounds. Oh, and like all good human beings, he's very fond of cats.