Huawei Ascend Mate, a 6,1" Android smartphone-tablet hybrid attacking the supremacy of the Samsung Note 2

Behold again the Chinese Huawei respond to the success of Samsung with the launch of hybrid Galaxy Notes 2, with a smartphone 6,1 "that exceeds the 5,5" barrier and thus becomes the largest smartphone model on the market. The new Huawei Ascend Mate is equipped with a IPS LCD Plus display 6,1 ”huge that ensures a resolution of 720 × 1280, which through Magic Touch technology in winter it allows access even with gloves. Ascend Mate runs Android Jelly Bean v4.1 which presents its own interface Huawei Emotion UI. Running on a platform formed around a Huawei K3V2 chipset, 1,5GHz Quad Core processor and 2GB RAM, Huawei Ascend Mate can satisfy the demands of the most demanding user, the only drawback is the non-ergonomic size of the device. Having a significantly larger screen than most other models, the Ascend Mate presents an option to display the mini-keyboard in an edge of the screen to be able to type with one hand.

Internal memory can be expanded with a 32GB microSD card up to 32GB, providing enough space for music, games, high resolution movies and photos taken with 8MP camera with FullHD shooting 1080p integrated and which also has the HDR function or the front camera that can shoot HD 720p (being one of the rare models that has two HD cameras). In terms of autonomy, the Huawei Ascend Mate is quite good compared to its main competitor, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, the huge 4050mAh battery ensuring a standby time of over 200 hours, giving it an advantage in mountain trips where the charger is useless and there are no other charging sources. The new Chinese model will be present on store shelves starting in February, and we will follow the impressions of users and the reaction of competitors.