Chinese gadget vendor Huawei has confirmed that it will announce a new flagship smartphone called the Ascend D2 at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. The Android-powered handset, which is rumored to feature a 5-inch 1080p display, will make its debut alongside the W1, a second smartphone that will run Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform.
Look at the size of that thing.
When it comes to super-sized smartphones, Samsung’s Galaxy Note II is the hottest “phablet” on the market right now. But other large handsets continue to pop up with a bid to steal its crown. In early 2012, the Huawei Ascend Mate will have a go, and as large smartphones go, this one’s a beast.
In addition to a whopping 6.1-inch 1080p display, the Ascend Mate will offer a 1.8GHz quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM, with a high-capacity 4,000 mAh battery to keep it all running. It’ll measure 9.9mm thick.
T-Mobile’s myTouch line just hasn’t been the same since HTC stopped manufacturing it but nevertheless it lives on. The next iteration is being manufactured by Huawei and has been spotted showing its wares in some candid photos. Not much to get excited about as it’s slated to be a mid-range ‘family’ marketed device. It looks to be running a custom UI on top of Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread) and will be available with or without the slide-out keyboard.
The mid-range affordable myTouch series has passed hands a couple of times and it appears the next installment will be manufactured by Chinese company Huawei. Images of these future myTouch devices popped up over at PocketNow and are identical minus one having a physical keyboard. Dubbed the U8680 and U8730, these two T-Mobile bound devices are said to be rocking Gingerbread and a WVGA (480×800) resolution display. Other than that, not much is revealed.
Mobile World Congress is undoubtebly one of the premiere places to see smartphones, but how about 3,500 smartphones fashioned to metal rods to create a 19-foot tall mythical winged horse? Well, that’s exactly what you’ll find guarding this year’s MWC thanks to Huawei and London’s Machine Shop.
