Today must be Phablet Day in Canada. On the heels of the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Mega with several carriers comes the launch of the Huawei Ascend Mate on WIND Mobile. Much like the Samsung Galaxy Mega, it is billed as a device that combines the best of smartphones and tablets into one. With an ultra-large 6.1 inch screen, […]
Huawei Ascend Mate
Huawei Ascend Mate headed to Vodafone in UK
It has been over six months since we were teased with this 6.1-inch Huawei Ascend Mate phone. Now it is finally making its way to the UK and a major carrier, Vodafone is picking it up. Vodafone’s blog emphasizes the 6.1-inch screen, quad-core 1.5GHz processor, but really talks about the 4050 mAh battery life, as James Powel, UK Product Director […]
CES 2013: Huawei Ascend D2 and Huawei Ascend Mate unveiled
Huawei yesterday unveiled two new smartphones, the 6.1-inch Ascend Mate ‘phablet’ and the 5-inch Full HD (1920×1080) Ascend D2 which looks small next to its larger sibling. Huawei bills the Ascend Mate as “the smartphone with the largest screen in the world” and describes the Ascend D2 as its latest “hero product in Huawei’s Ascend series of smartphones.” Huawei Ascend […]
6.1-inch Huawei Ascend Mate smartphone teased by company executive
Rumours that Huawei was working on a smartphone with a 6.1-inch 1080p display appear to have been validated. Company executive Richard Yu was caught on camera showing off the device, known as the Huawei Ascend Mate, at a Huawei store in China. Just how big does the smartphone feel in one’s hand? The following two pictures give you a sense […]
Huawei executive confirms upcoming phablet with “giant screen”
Samsung effectively created a new device category with the Samsung Galaxy Note, the original “phablet.” Its success with it and its successor, the Samsung Galaxy Note II [product information], has not gone unnoticed and other manufacturers are likely to unveil their own such devices. Back in October, rumours surfaced that Huawei could be among them with its 6.1-inch Ascend Mate. […]
Huawei working on 6.1-inch ‘Ascend Mate’ smartphone?
Another player may be looking to jump into the smartphone-tablet hybrid space. According to a report by Japanese site MyDrivers, Huawei is not only working on a phablet of its own but is looking to raise the stakes by using a 6.1-inch 1080p HD display. There are no pictures but a few specification details surfaced on Huawei’s website. Called the […]