Huawei Claims Ascend D2 "World's Most Powerful Smartphone"
Powered by 1.5GHz K3V2 quad core CPU.

Huawei has announced what it claims to be the world's most powerful smartphone in the form of the 5-inch Ascend D2. Previously confirmed to be making an appearance during CES 2013, the device is the successor to the D1 Quad.
It's powered by a 1.5GHz K3V2 quad core CPU created by Huawei itself, while the operating system will be Google's Android Jelly Bean 4.1. It also sports a 443 PPI display with a 1080 x 1920 resolution.
The Ascend D2, which is both dust and water resistant, will feature intelligent power control, which ensures users can receive up to six days of standby, according to the Chinese smartphone manufacturer.
A 13-megapixel camera is situated on the back with light ability, accompanied by advanced control including the ability to alter the smartphone's color temperature. Powering the screen will be a 3,000 mAh battery, which supposedly charges 25 percent faster than the Samsung Galaxy S3.
Huawei confirmed a January launch for the Ascend D2 in China, with a global release expected to follow soon after.
What's this sorcery you speak of?
What's this sorcery you speak of?
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Well the specs sound nice, but what is the price?
Other then that, it looks really good spec wise!
Or brainwashing you into thinking it does, when it gets swamped by every quad out there.
Sure it will, mate, sure it will....
*puts on tinfoil hat*
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And if it is? Oh my GAWD, da Chineeeze know I like candy corn! Let us storm their beaches and take back what's ours!
I hope you realize that's how ridiculous you sound. No ONE cares what porn you watch, or how you read up on the Kardashians.
1. how powerful and how efficient is the CPU, compared to the current market offerings?
2. to what degree will device be developer-friendly?
3. how much actual developer support will get (depending on the actual availability and popularity of the phone)?
If Huawei opens up their source code for the hardware (something that Android based manufacturers are supposed to do, but they don't always do), leaves the OS as close to AOSP as possible AND sells this device worldwide unlocked for a fair price, this could be the next big thing for quite some time.
OTOH, if Huawei keeps the cards too close to the vest, it will lose, regardless of the specs of the phone.
All they need to do is make it available, open/unlocked, and market it around.
Now, are the phones actually dirty? No idea. But to just shrug it off and say that anyone concerned about being spied on is being "ridiculous"? That's just asinine.
and still be topping charts because of optimizations.
You watch too much TV Tin Man.
If only the Chinese had Obama's phone - they'd have the nuclear launch codes and attack us. Oh wait, no they wouldn't - we're their largest customer of products and goods.
The days of Cold War style spy tactics are rapidly diminishing - and even if it wasn't, they're not going to bug a fucking phone. You think our government would be unaware that spyware is loaded on phones they trust with their most sensitive material?
And at this rate, why aren't accusing those traitorous iPhones of having such spy soft/hardware? They're assembled in China, are they not?
P.s. They're coming for your guns - I'm sure that'll freak you out beyond belief. Better go check your underground bunker to make sure everything is still there.
You know very well Hpnotiq there are people who need full auto machine guns with 40 round clips and a grenade launcher to go deer hunting.
They wouldn't "bug a phone", unless/until they discover particular phones/devices that belong to a specific person. They could harvest data much like Google does, only they don't do it for advertising purposes. Then they could sift through information and find good targets. It has happened before with compromised laptops.
Also, this somehow ties into firearms. No idea how, I never brought it up. But since he brought it up, I must say, he's probably right. The government IS packed full to the brim with the most trustworthy and honorable people on the planet. Only they should have firearms, that way they can better protect us... from ourselves.
Never in history has a well-armed government and an unarmed populace of sheeple ever ended poorly. That's why the North Korean population is doing so awesome, the armed government there is making sure they don't do anything foolish. In the USA we have it even better - heck if it came down to it, you could just vote the bullets right out of their mags! Oh wait, by then we'd have willingly voted away our right to vote. Bleeeeeet! Bleeeeeeet!