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Huawei shoots for gold with 6.1" Ascend Mate - "the largest screen smartphone" gets the largest 4050 mAh battery

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Huawei shoots for gold with 6.1
Huawei's conspicuous 6.1" smartphone we saw leaked a few months ago just materialized as the "largest screen smartphone" Ascend Mate, and, really, at this size, who can argue with that claim. For comparison, the looming Galaxy Note II has a 5.5" display.

The game is to replace your phone, tablet, laptop, camera and so on, with one converging device, but we'll leave to Mr Market to decide whether this can be done via a 6.1" smartphone successfully enough, be it one with "a screen-to-body ratio of 73% – the highest in the industry."

Apparently Huawei couldn't ring the manufacturer which produces Full HD displays at that size, and made do with 1280 x 720 pixels HD resolution for the IPS screen. The screen also sports the "Magic Touch" tech, allowing you to use it with gloves on. 

Huawei shoots for gold with 6.1" Ascend Mate - "the largest screen smartphone" gets the largest 4050 mAh battery
The upside of the "mere" HD resolution is that there aren't as many pixels to push for the GPU, and a homebrew 1.5 GHz quad-core Hi-Silicon K3V2 processor is powering the handset, which should mean no slouch, as the K3V1 in the Ascend D was pretty fast in the first place. You also get an 8 MP rear camera with HDR, 1 MP at the front, pentaband HSPA radio, and dual-antenna design for improved reception.

The phone can be considered compact for the screen, thanks to the on-screen navigation buttons, and the 163.5 mm x 85.7 mm x 9.9 mm (6.5" x 3.4" x 0.4") chassis, but will still feel awkward to hold with one hand at that size, and at 198g of weight. The obligatory one-hand phablet UI is here, too, cramping the keyboard and dialpad left or right so you can reach them with your thumb without being Shaq.

On the plus side, Huawei has equipped it with the largest ever stock battery in a smartphone at 4050 mAh, so that you can keep watching'em movies on the subway for 10 hours, promises the company. With that screen size, it will be a shame if you don't come next month, when the phone will be launching in Huawei's homeland.

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1. Android4u posted on 07 Jan 2013, 16:15 4 2

Wait for gnote 3

30. Wiki_jaan posted on 10 Jan 2013, 23:14

me too waiting..... i postponed note2 for n3

2. andro. posted on 07 Jan 2013, 16:16 4 1

Seeing as 1080p is the standard this year even on screens Huawei are at a loss at the start with a screen this big and 720p. Judgement should definietly be reserved till the device is properly unveiled and reviewed but its an unfortuate negative start,you can be fully sure the Gnote 3 will be 1080p for instance.

9. BadAssAbe posted on 07 Jan 2013, 16:55 4 1

Really? 1080P is overrated. Anyone who says otherwise is a idiot that fell for apple's marketing. Most laptops are 720p and I hear noone complaining about them. 720P is more than enough on anything smaller than 10in's.

I rather have 720 with great battery life
than
1080 with less battery life

24. Mobilephile posted on 08 Jan 2013, 00:16

I second...1080P is overrated. what next 1600? 1900? From a normal arm lengths distance, the difference is undetectable by the viewable eye. Everyone is buying into the media hype and marketing

27. RORYREVOLUTION posted on 08 Jan 2013, 15:18

Normally I would agree with you but when you are pushing up to the 6-7 inch display marker, having a 1080p display would benefit it greatly. I don't personally have a problem with the Note 2's display or resolution but at 6.1 inches and it being 2013, yea they should have put a 1080p display on this and battery life won't be an issue with it having a 4050 mAh battery. I personally would buy a Nexus 7 over this as the display size is getting way too close and the fact that this phone's UI looks bad.

28. BadAssAbe posted on 09 Jan 2013, 16:33

I read all these post on my Motorola Xoom and not once did i have to zoom in to read the small text.
720P 10.1in Screen

1080 on 10in, okay
anything smaller not needed

3. raphael007 posted on 07 Jan 2013, 16:21

I really don't see the use of the bigger screen if the details are not crisper. As far as the brand itself I will have to see how it does against samsung. i love my Galaxy note 2, this would have o be very more, much ,more interesting to have me regret buying it just a month ago.

4. Hammerfest posted on 07 Jan 2013, 16:26 3

I love the huge area of wasted space on the bottom of the device where the buttons SHOULD be, but they decide to go with soft buttons (which can and do freeze up, and change position)...

Id be more friendly to soft buttons if they actually extended the screen down into the area where the buttons SHOULD go instead of wasting precious screen space on the damn things...

Soft buttons: dumbest idea ever (thanks to poor execution)

8. gboo2565 posted on 07 Jan 2013, 16:42

Spot on Hammerfest

5. darkkjedii posted on 07 Jan 2013, 16:26 1 2

Man android users even prejudiced against android, if it isn't Htc Samsung or Motorola.

6. gazmatic posted on 07 Jan 2013, 16:27 3

Apparently if it's not Samsung it isn't worth it.... Tsk tsk tsk

7. motty posted on 07 Jan 2013, 16:31

Hmmmm,,,

10. techguy22 posted on 07 Jan 2013, 17:01 1

no thanks. not HTC or sammy dont care. motorola where are you ? :(
and 720P on 6.1 ah

11. joseph98 posted on 07 Jan 2013, 17:02

Is the 6.1 inch screen is accounted for with the touch bottons on the screen since there is no physical botons like the galaxy note II pure 5.5 inch?
If yes then we are only using about 5.7 - 5.8 inch only.
I will stick with my note II for now. Sorry but I love my S-Pen and don't think I just need a larger phone with less features.

12. jbitounis posted on 07 Jan 2013, 17:15

This is getting ridiculous, OEMs are totally missing the point. On the plus side, I know what smartphone I'll be buying to my grandmother.

13. speckledapple posted on 07 Jan 2013, 17:25

Loving the battery size but i think the gnote 3 is more of my speed when it comes out. Looks like they arent playing games anymore. Let's hope they can support it as well.

14. kevjohn posted on 07 Jan 2013, 17:40

I was seriously considering getting this, ugly bezel and all. The lack of expandable storage is a 100% deal-breaker for me though. Guess I'll have to pony up the $300-400 extra dollars for the GN2 after all.

18. darkkjedii posted on 07 Jan 2013, 19:00

It has an sd card slot.

26. kevjohn posted on 08 Jan 2013, 11:50

According to the spec sheets on this site, it doesn't.

19. darkkjedii posted on 07 Jan 2013, 19:03

U should check it out when it comes out in a few months. I saw it, but u couldn't hold it, it was behind glass. Tomorrow is the actual start of CES, it'll be more hands on tomorrow.

15. dragonscourgex posted on 07 Jan 2013, 17:42

Too big for me. I'm sure some will like it. Design is lacking in my opinion also.

16. InspectorGadget80 posted on 07 Jan 2013, 18:42

JAW DROPPING AT THE BATTERY. But sadden buy the 720P hd resolution when everyone else gets a 1080P Includes the NOTE III later this year

17. marchels14 posted on 07 Jan 2013, 18:48 1

Nothing can break gn2 it is the best phablet in the market and 6.1 is too big five inches is the best size for a phone.

20. darkkjedii posted on 07 Jan 2013, 19:04

I think u had better reserve judgement. This thing is a beast and its gorgeous n person.

21. Twisted247 posted on 07 Jan 2013, 20:07

For being that damned big they needed the 1080p display along with a really good camera front and back to sell this thing. not to mention having their inhouse processor wont help engage sells.

22. Wiki_jaan posted on 07 Jan 2013, 21:46

now samsung should do something better s4 n note3

23. steelicon posted on 08 Jan 2013, 00:13

Not so fast! The LARGEST capacity battery for a phone is... the INNOS D9 / Cloudfone Thrill 430X with 4160mAh.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7xBL-CoIha0/UK7CkRMNt4I/AAAAAAAATaQ/4gDqF0w6-tI/s1600/cloudfone+thrill+430x+iloilo+philippines.jpg

25. GeekMovement posted on 08 Jan 2013, 01:09

Their Ascend D2 is definitely way better.

29. oldmandaddy posted on 09 Jan 2013, 23:40

this is going to be Samsung killer in the next three years.

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