The Huawei Ascend Mate was launched at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January and has then evaded the Indian market until now. Today, the company has launched its ambitious phablet device with a massive 6.1 inch screen at a price tag of Rs. 24,900, just weeks after Samsung continued their trend of releasing phablet devices with the Galaxy Mega series. The Indian market seems to have likened to the big screen phenomena and the Ascend Mate is hoping to address at least a part of it. The device just landed in our labs and here is our ritualistic unboxing video below –
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The Ascend Mate is packaged in a seemingly small box but as it is revealed, we see that the whole device almost spans the height and width of the box, which is a testament in itself to the massive scale of the device. Here are the box contents –
Includes a travel charging adapter, a stereo headset with mic, user manuals and the standard micro USB cable. It was good to note that all the box contents were of high quality. Here is a quick look at the back of the device –
A quick recap of the specifications –
- 6.1-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla glass protection
- 1.5 GHz quad-core Hi-Silicon K3V2 processor
- Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
- 8MP auto focus rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording
- 1MP HD front-facing camera
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
- 2GB RAM, 8GB of internal memory, expandable memory card slot
- 3G, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, dualband WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, GPS
- 4050 mAh battery
You can check out our review too, which might help in letting you know more about the device. Some more photos –
