Huawei Ascend Mate: The smartphone with the largest screen in the world!

Huawei just launched the smartphone with the largest screen in the world, the HUAWEI Ascend Mate, at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The HUAWEI Ascend Mate features a huge 6.1-inch HD display, a 1.5 GHz Hi-Silicon quad-core processor and a 4050 mAh battery. Together with Huawei's proprietary Quick Power Control (QPC) and Automated Discontinuous Reception (ADRX) battery efficiency technology and fast sharing technology, the HUAWEI Ascend Mate is proof that bigger is better. More about the Huawei Ascend Mate after the jump.

"The HUAWEI Ascend Mate breaks barriers to deliver a supercharged entertainment, communication and creative experience for all your personal and professional needs," said Richard Yu, CEO, Huawei Consumer Business Group. "The HUAWEI Ascend Mate is an industry-leading smartphone and showcases our innovation as we continue to make great technology available to more people globally."

HUAWEI Ascend Mate has a screen-to-body ratio of 73% – the highest in the industry – which maximises your viewing pleasure for emails, documents, video or games. The 6.1-inch HD IPS+ LCD screen has a resolution of 1280 x 720 for unsurpassed clarity and colour accuracy, and 'Magic Touch' which provides enhanced screen responsiveness even with gloves. The Ascend Mate is slim and stylish, designed to fit comfortably in a single hand at just 6.5mm thin at its narrowest part.

HUAWEI Ascend Mate features a 4050 mAh battery and Huawei's Hi-Silicon 1.5 GHz quad-core processor. With Huawei's QPC and ADRX smart power-saving technology, the smartphone provides up to two days of ordinary useage on a single charge. It has the fastest battery charging capability of smartphones in its range, which saves over 30% of battery charging time.

Together with global roaming functionality, the HUAWEI Ascend Mate supports five frequency bands making this smartphone perfect for international travellers. Its dual-antenna design supports high power data transmission and is optimised with maximum ratio combining method, to increase network reception by up to 2.5dB and providing an increase of 20 to 30% of overall network coverage.

Operating on Android 4.1 and featuring an 8.0-megapixel AF rear-facing camera with HDR and 1.0-megapixel HD front-facing camera, HUAWEI Ascend Mate also provides dual MIC noise reduction technology, Dolby sound system and stereo recording. HUAWEI Ascend Mate features an Augmented Reality navigation application to help reach your destination, 'smart reading' functionality allowing quick reference to dictionaries, Wikipedia and Google Search pages, and 'swift sharing' to upload pictures, videos and other files two- to three-times faster than other smartphone users in a Wi-Fi environment.

Huawei Ascend Mate Specifications
6.1-inch HD (1280x720) IPS+ LCD display (241ppi)
1.5GHz quad-core Huawei K3V2 processor
Corning Gorilla Glass with Emotion UI
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
2GB of RAM
microSD card slot up to 32GB
8MP autofocus camera with LED flash
1080p@30fps video recording
1.0MP front camera
Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP
microUSB v2.0 / 3.5mm audio jack
HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Dual MIC noise reduction technology
Dolby sound system and stereo recording
Quad-band GSM 850 /900 /1800 /1900MHz
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Li-Ion 4050mAh battery
163.5 x 85.7 x 9.9mm (dimension)
198g (weight)
Color: Crystal Black, Pure White

Huawei Ascend Mate Price and Availability
The HUAWEI Ascend Mate will be on sale in China and other countries in February 2013. No word on pricing and availability in the rest of the world yet.

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