The Huawei Ascend Mate is an Android OS powered phablet, which has got all the high-end specifications and solid hardware under the hood,
Huawei Ascend Mate runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS with Emotion UI on top of it, sporting a larger 6.1-inch 720p display with Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a home-baked quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz, 2GB of RAM to keep things running, equipped with an 8 megapixel camera on back side to record 1080p HD videos, a front-facing 1.3 megapixel shooter, microSD card slot for memory expansion up to 32GB, micro USB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, a powerful 4,050mAh battery to provide up to two days of ordinary usage on a single charge, dual MIC noise reduction technology, Dolby sound system and stereo recording, an Augmented Reality navigation app a whole host of the Google services, and all the regular features of an Android device.
Full Technical Specifications of Huawei Ascend Mate
Network | |
| 2G | GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz |
| 3G | HSDPA 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz |
System Properties | |
| Operating System | Google Android Android 4.1 Jelly Bean |
| CPU | 1.5GHz Huawei Hass K3V2 Quad-Core Processor |
| GPU | Yes |
| RAM | 2GB DDR2 |
Display | |
| Type | HD IPS+ LCD Capacitive Touchscreen |
| Size | 5-inch |
| Colors & Resolution | 16M Colors & 1280X 720 Pixels |
| Pixel Density | 241 PPI |
Design | |
| Form Factor | Candybar |
| Dimensions | 163.5 x 85.7 x 9.9 mm |
| Weight | 198 grams |
Input/ User Interface | |
| Input | – Magic Touch – Accelerometer – Proximity Sensor – Light Sensors – Touch Sensitive Controls |
Camera | |
| Primary (Rear-Facing) | – 8 Megapixels – LED Flash – Auto focus – Panorama mode – Smile sensor, Image Stabilization, Geotagging |
| Video Recording Capability | – 1080 HD Video Recording Capability @ 30fps – 1920×1080 pixels |
| Secondary (Front-Facing) | – 1.3 Megapixels |
Memory | |
| Internal Storage | 8GB |
| Expandable Storage | Up To 32GB (via microSD Expansion) |
Connectivity | |
| Bluetooth | 4.0 + A2DP, EDR |
| USB | microUSB 2.0 |
| HDMI | No |
| WLAN | – 802.11 Wi-Fi a/b/g/n – Wi-Fi Hotspot – DLNA |
| GPS | Yes |
| 3G | Yes |
| NFC | No |
| Radio | No |
| Headset | 3.5mm Audio Jack |
Browser & Messaging | HTML 5. WAP 2.0, Adobe Flash SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
Battery | |
| Capacity | Li-Ion 4,050mAh Standard Battery |
| Standby Time | – |
| Talk Time | – |
Music & Video | |
| Audio Formats | MP3, FLAC, APE, AAC, MKA, MIDI, M4A, AMR, WAV |
| Video Formats | MP4, 3GP, MOV, MKV, AVI, FLV, MPEG |
Other Features | Google Play Store Dual MIC Noise Reduction Technology Dolby Sound System, Stereo Recording Smart Reading Functionality Wikipedia and Google Search pages, Swift Sharing QPC/ADRX Smart Power-Saving Technology Google Talk, Gmail, Google Maps, Google + Facebook, MySpace, Twitter Text to Speech, Google Voice Search Adobe Flash Digital Compass |
Colors | White |
Price & Availability
The Huawei Ascend Mate will first hit the Chinese markets sometime in February and it is rumored to be priced at $480.