Huawei has today announced the MediaPad X2 as part of its MWC release, and it's either a giant phone or a small tablet, depending on your outlook. The successor to the MediaPad X1 has seen a bump in the internal hardware, with the big story being the Ultra-octa Kirin CPU. It's got full cellular capabilities, and if you look at it from the perspective of a tablet, it's impressive....
'Timeless design' and 'smart within' frame Huawei's unannounced wearable for Mobile World Congress. As journalists and industry members alike start hitting Barcelona Airport for MWC 2015, they'll be greeted by a large number of ad placements from Huawei for a watch that, frankly, we weren't expecting just yet. The "Huawei Watch," as the ad calls it, is circular and shown off in three...
A new budget device with an intriguing pricing scheme We're live in London where Huawei's Honor brand has launched its latest device, the Holly. In keeping with the tradition of previous Honor devices the Holly promises a mix of an affordable price and good hardware for it. Honor's European adventure is now 100 days old and the latest challenge to conventional pricing is the...
Huawei may not be as well-known as other Chinese manufacturers like Lenovo and Xiaomi, but the vendor is doing remarkably well in the smartphone segment. The brand witnessed an increase in revenue by 30 percent to $12.2 billion, making 2014 the first year for Huawei with revenues of over $10 billion. The Chinese manufacturer has managed to sell over 75 million smartphones in 2014 — a...
Huawei has announced that it is rolling out the latest version of its user interface, EMUI, to Honor 6 devices across Europe. A more modern user interface is included in EMUI 3.0 that Huawei claims is its "most user friendly and seamlessly integrated interface to date." In terms of features, there's continuous home screen scrolling, adjustable grids, resizable widgets and context-...
Huawei's latest device, the Honor 6 Plus, has been available for a few weeks now (in limited markets) but here at CES 2015 we've actually had an opportunity to get our hands on it. The Honor 6 Plus is a step above the Honor 6, and comes in at the equivalent of about $320 unlocked. It packs a metal and glass body, 5.5-inch 1080p display, quad-core processor and 3GB of RAM. But that's not...
The Huawei Honor 6 Plus smartphone that was first announced in mid-December is now available for sale on the oppomart website for $399 without a contract. The phone's standout feature is its two rear 8MP cameras that allow users to take 13MP images. The oppomart site currently is selling just the white colored model of the Huawei Honor 6 Plus with 16GB of onboard storage. Huawei...
Chinese manufacturer Huawei has seen its smartphone sales rise by almost a third in 2014 to $11.8 billion, according to a report by Reuters. The publication cites a shared internal memo, showing the company's continued growth in the competitive industry. The division shipped about 75 million smartphones in 2014, according to the year-end memo to employees sent by Richard Yu, the...
Huawei's low-cost smartphone strategy appears to be paying off. According to a new report, the Chinese manufacturer has increased sales of its Honor lineup from 1 million to 20 million units in one year, which no doubt contributed to its rise to the fourth largest smartphone seller in the world. According to Reuters, Huawei has managed this success through adopting an online-only...
Huawei decided to take a stance against bezels with the Ascend Mate 7, and it looks like the Chinese manufacturer is continuing the trend with the Ascend GX1. Boasting a 6-inch 720p display and an 80.5 percent screen to body ratio, the Ascend GX1 is now available for sale in China to the equivalent of $255 (1590 Chinese Yuan). Other hardware specs of the Ascend GX1 include a 1.2 GHz...
The first device in the new-for-Europe Honor brand mixes high-end specs and an affordable price point Huawei's continued push in Europe has recently seen the launch of the Honor brand, and with it the Honor 6. It's an interesting proposition, in so much as it's offering a high-end Android smartphone at a low price thanks to avoiding carrier partnerships. The Honor 6 is available...
Xiaomi has become the fourth biggest seller of smartphones worldwide, according to a new report from the research firm Gartner. Xiaomi pushed its way into the top five of all smartphone companies during the third quarter of 2014 with sales of 18.8 million units. It only sold 3.6 million units for the same period a year ago. According to Gartner, overall sales of smartphones went up...
Combining a wearable item that so many people use with a technology fewer people are using every day Wearables, fitness trackers and smartwatches are all the rage, and Huawei wasn't to be left in the dust when it announced the TalkBand B1. Yes it's a fitness band, with a companion app that tracks your steps, calories and sleep — but one little extra thing the TalkBand does (tipped by...
Huawei's Ascend Mate 2 will be receiving Android 5.0 Lollipop during the first half of 2015. It was recently announced that the device, which runs Android 4.3, would not get the upgrade to KitKat, so this is good news for Ascend Mate 2 users. Huawei says that they have reexamined their upgrade strategy in light of user feedback. The upgrade to Lollipop will be made directly from...
Huawei just confirmed that the Ascend Mate 2 will not be updated to Android 4.4 KitKat. The device runs Huawei's Emotion 2 UI on top of Android and was launched at an affordable $299 price tag unlocked. In a blog post, Huawei said: We've received word that unfortunately we will not be updating the Mate2 to Android KitKat. Our Mate2 is the first of many products we'll continue to...
Huawei has launched its Honor – yes, the American spelling – brand in Europe officially and with it the Honor 6 as the launch device. The top line is that the Honor 6 packs some excellent hardware into a nice design at a great price point. In the UK, for example, the Honor 6 can be yours for £249.99 with zero carrier involvement. So, the specs. Like the Ascend series, the Honor 6...
According to Chinese certification agency TENAA, Huawei is set to launch a 64-bit entry-level handset to take on the likes of the Redmi Note in the country. Dubbed the Honor 4X, the device is listed with a 5.5-inch 720p and a Snapdragon 410 CPU. Xiaomi has seen a huge amount of success in its home market China, where it overtook Samsung to become the largest handset manufacturer...
Only software stands in the way of Huawei emerging as a rival to the big names in Android Huawei might not be a big brand name in the U.S., but the Chinese manufacturer has claimed its place as the world's No. 3 handset maker, and its products are improving all the time. Huawei's latest oversized smartphone, the Ascend Mate 7, shows that while there's much room for improvement on the...
After launching the Honor 6 in the country last month, Huawei is now turning its attention to the budget segment with the launch of the Honor Holly. Set to go on sale starting October 16 for Rs. 6,999 ($118), the Honor Holly features a 5-inch 720p display and dual-SIM connectivity. Other specs of the device include 1 GB RAM, 1.3 GHz MediaTek CPU, 16 GB internal memory, 8 MP rear...
Huawei has announced today that the Ascend Mate2 is now available for purchase on Newegg. The handset is available in your choice of black or white, and retails for $300.00. The Ascend Mate2 features a quad-core 1.6 GHz, along with a massive 3900mAh battery. Huawei is billing the handset's ability to stream several movies in a row, surf the web for hours, and listen to up to 100...