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Huawei Promises to Deliver Phone to Best Apple, Samsung

By - Source: BestBoyZ | B 25 comments

6.1-inch Ascend Mate phablet rumored to be in the works.

Huawei has issued bold statements regarding a smartphone that will beat the competition from both Apple and Samsung during the second half of 2013.

German site BestBoyZ met the company in China, where Huawei Chief Marketing Officer Shao Yang stressed the firm's lofty plans for the latter stages of next year.

"If our R&D people have not made a mistake, then we will have something in the second half of 2013 that's better than Apple and Samsung," he claimed.

As for Huawei's plans for early 2013, the company confirmed to BestBoyZ that at CES 2013 it'll unveil a 5-inch smartphone with a 1080p display, joining the emerging market for 5-inch handsets.

Huawei also confirmed that it'll announce a Windows Phone 8 device at the event, which is rumored to be the Ascend W1. It's also said to be working on the 6.1-inch Ascend Mate phablet, which is set to go against Samsung's Galaxy Note 3. The latter will also launch its Galaxy S4 next year.

In terms of Apple's products for 2013, the company is said to be working on the iPhone 5S and iPhone 6, as well as its inevitable successor to the iPad 4 and iPad Mini.


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    Vorador2 , December 18, 2012 7:57 PM
    What the hell. A 6.1 inch phone? How the hell you can hold it to your ear without looking like an enormous douche?
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    TunaSoda , December 18, 2012 7:21 PM
    Yawn... Huawei? Who???
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    kensingtron , December 18, 2012 7:28 PM
    If Huawei's Chief Marketing Officer Shao Yang said anything else he would be fired.
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    jacobdrj , December 18, 2012 7:28 PM
    Build quality has to be ROCK SOLID. Camera has to be fantastic. Upgrade support has to be there for at least a year of current Android/WP operating system versions. Battery life has to be excellent, and screen quality/resolution needs to be top notch... Finally, the price has to be great... Free under contract, and under 300 with pre-paid.

    It will take at least 2 premium attempts at the smartphone, more likely 3, to get this to work...
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    john15v16 , December 18, 2012 7:29 PM
    Wow, that's politician pie-in-the-sky style speak... BIG promises, no details...
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    wavetrex , December 18, 2012 7:35 PM
    Don't underestimate Huawei, all their products I've seen so far are good quality, functional, problem free.

    My country's internet for example is powered 90% by their networking products, and it works very well.
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    Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer , December 18, 2012 7:39 PM
    Wacom stylus or I don't care. :p 
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    Vorador2 , December 18, 2012 7:57 PM
    What the hell. A 6.1 inch phone? How the hell you can hold it to your ear without looking like an enormous douche?
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    joytech22 , December 18, 2012 8:05 PM
    To fit into the best it'll need the following:
    - 4.7" Display or larger (to a limit of 5.5" for me)
    - At least 16GB MINIMUM built in
    - Storage Expansion capabilities
    - 720p display, or 1080p
    - 2GB of RAM for futureproofing
    - Qualcomm S4 Pro or Exynos Cortex A-15 or Nvidia Tegra Wayne (Tegra 4)
    - Durable for the class of device it is (able to take a few harsh bumps away from the display
    - Huge battery, at LEAST 2600mAh
    - Fantastic camera at LEAST on par with the S3's but with much better low-light sensitivity
    - A DECENT BLOODY MICROPHONE WHILE RECORDING WITHOUT DISTORTION
    - Decently loud un-tinny sounding loud speaker
    - Clear, Loud ear speaker
    - Light Sensor and decent front camera (most are decent though)
    - Removable Battery
    - International 4G Support

    And last but not least..
    - Stock Android Experience with no bloatware.
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    icemunk , December 18, 2012 8:08 PM
    Huawei is a large company with 150,000 employees, and $32 billion in revenue last year. I wonder if they'll be allowed into the US market though..
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    hate machine , December 18, 2012 8:19 PM
    wavetrexDon't underestimate Huawei, all their products I've seen so far are good quality, functional, problem free.My country's internet for example is powered 90% by their networking products, and it works very well.


    Don't you mean counterfeit Cisco Hardware and Software with Huawei branded on it? :p 
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    hate machine , December 18, 2012 8:21 PM
    icemunkHuawei is a large company with 150,000 employees, and $32 billion in revenue last year. I wonder if they'll be allowed into the US market though..


    Both ZTE and Huawei have very close ties to the Chinese Government and a few months ago there was a report out there saying they programmed backdoors and other malicious "features" into their smartphones and networking hardware. Not saying it is true but who knows...
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    ikyung , December 18, 2012 8:50 PM
    This isn't much of a surprise. It's only a matter of time before a Chinese company beats out Samsung and Apple in terms of hardware. They have the factories, cheap labor, and MANY other places to cut costs of manufacturing a smartphone.

    Read an article not too long ago that stated Foxconn workers make an average of 5-8$ per ipad assembly. While it would cost 25-30$ for a Korean worker and 38-40$ for an American worker. That is already 20-30$ saved in labor costs they can use to add in any type of hardware from RAM, better CPU, screens, etc.
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    teh_chem , December 18, 2012 8:56 PM
    If that's what they're saying then they're already going to fail. Besting Apple has nothing to do with hardware specifications.

    And please stop using the term "phablet." It's too similar to fapping...
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    faust_67 , December 18, 2012 9:12 PM
    @ hate machine Do you really think that US, Japonese, European companies don't put "malicious features" in their products? Actually there is no need for that, everybody puts all the information the goverment needs on facebook or twitter. Look how easy it was for the FBI to get access to general Petraeus email.
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    kensingtron , December 18, 2012 9:20 PM
    teh_chemIf that's what they're saying then they're already going to fail. Besting Apple has nothing to do with hardware specifications. And please stop using the term "phablet." It's too similar to fapping...


    Isn't fapping why its called a phablet
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    twelve25 , December 18, 2012 9:34 PM
    The only way I am using a 6" phone is if they can get the foldable LCD tech out there. I saw a guy using one of the big Samsungs on the train and it looked like he had a Kindle fire on his face.

    normal style phone that folds out to 6" tablet would be killer. The modern clamshell phone if you will. But I would want to be able to use the phone without unfolding it to tablet size.
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    vkg1 , December 18, 2012 9:53 PM
    Just because they have larger screens and come from country where labor is cheaper than in West does not mean they will be "More Samsung than Samsung".

    Samsung will be the perfect balance between the Chinese stuff and the American stuff. It will be like how modern Hyundai's are better than both German cars and Chinese cars.
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    nebun , December 18, 2012 10:47 PM
    at 5 inches it should be called a mini tablet not a smart-phone....
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    guerrero , December 18, 2012 11:10 PM
    Theyre making phones that dont even fit in your pocket anymore
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    anhxeom , December 18, 2012 11:29 PM
    The title of this article gave me a headache!
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