Huawei announced 2 new smartphones: Ascend Mate 7 and Ascend G7

Every big OEMs have announced their latest flagship smartphones at IFA 2014. Huawei also unveiled their smartphones: Asend Mate 7 and Ascend G7

Huawei Ascend Mate 7 has following specs:

• 6″ 1080p display covered by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 with very thin bezels
• Huawei Kirin 925 Octa-core CPU (1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 and 1.3GHz Cortex-A7)
• 16GB (with 2GB RAM) and 32GB (with 3GB RAM) built-in storage with expansion slot
• 95% metal construction and 7.9mm thick, weighs 185g (front panel enjoys an impressive 83% body-screen ratio)
• 4100 mAh battery with 2 days battery backup
• Android 4.4 KitKat with Huawei’s EMUI 3.0 on-top
• 13MP rear camera (only capable of shooting 1080p and not 4K) and 5MP front facing camera (limited to 720p video recording)
• Fingerprint scanner (8-bit grey level detection and 360 degree readability, can be used with wet hands) on rear side below camera with “instant single-touch” sensor used for unlocking device and making payments.

 Ascend G7 is a small screen sized offering from Huawei at 5.5″. 

 

 Other features include:

• 5.5″ 720p resolution display with 267 ppi with 7.6mm thick 
• 13MP rear facing camera and 5MP front facing camera
• 16GB internal memory, 2GB RAM
• Snadragon 1.2GHz Cortex-A53 processor
• 3000 mAh battery and weighs 165g
• Android 4.4 KitKat with Huawei’s EMUI 3.0

 

Gadget Announcement Roundup!

 

• HTC launched One M8 for Windows a week ago. It is almost identical to its android twin except for the software which is latest Windows Phone 8.1.1. It has same Snapdragon 801, 2gb ram with 32gb onboard storage and Verizon exclusive for now.

 

• HTC Desire 510 is a mid-range smartphone with 64-bit 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor inside, android 4.4 KitKat with HTC’s blinkfeed on top of latest HTC Sense. It is packed will all connectivity and sensors all backed up by 2100 mAh removable battery. It will launch in two colors Terra White and Meridian Grey with Dot-View case support.

 

• Huawei Ascend P7 was launched already but the company is planning for its sapphire glass version announcement. It will be limited in quantity but you can expect higher price tag. Sapphire glass is making all hive recently with its strong and almost virtually unbreakable news, which you can see for yourself on Marquees Brownlee Video. Big companies like Apple are showing interest to implement it in their future smartphone.

• LG G Watch R is the latest announcement from LG smartwatch family. The face of watch is of course round like that of Moto 360 which is yet to be announced officially. The looks of G Watch R is more of classic Casio Watches and materials used are also premium with leather straps which holds durable stainless steel frame. Other features include:
  • 1.2 GHz Snapdragon 400, 
  • 512 MB RAM, 
  • 4 GB internal storage, 
  • 410 mAh battery and
  • Dust and Water resistant.

 

• Samsung Gear S is Samsung’s new curved display smartwatch with their Tizen OS. This watch is unique to others in a way that it can accept sim cards to make phone calls too, ya you heard it right. Other features include:
  • 1 GHz dual core processor,
  • 512 MB RAM,
  • 4 GB internal storage,
  • 300 mAh battery,
  • Quad band 2G/3G, bluetooth 4.1, wifi a/b/g/n, GPS/GLONASS and USB 2.0,
  • Sim card slot and 
  • IP67 certified for water and dust resistant.

 

Smartphones in South Asia (Updated)

Asian Countries Smartphone Manufacturers are slowing gaining pace in the competition. The build quality are great, hardware components such as CPU and screen are from renowned company. One thing that is common in these smartphones is the Operating System. Android is the core OS to all the devices manufactured here. This also plays the vital role for Android to reach 85% of Market share. These smartphones, although uses top-notch specs, are cheaper than other High-End Smartphones found in other parts of the world.

Lets take a look at some of these with links for full details.

• Oppo: The Chinese Company who launched Oppo find 7/7A. ($499/$599) http://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_find_7-6214.php
• Xiaomi: The Chinese Company who launched Mi4. This company produce the high end smartphones at the lowest price possible. ($320) http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_4-6518.php
• Huawei: The Chinese Company who launched Ascend P7. ($499) http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_ascend_p7-6124.php
• Micromax: The Indian Company who launched Canvas Gold. ($333) http://www.gsmarena.com/micromax_a300_canvas_gold-6452.php
• Lava: The Indian Company who launched Xolo 8X-1000. ($229) http://www.gsmarena.com/xolo_hive_8x_1000-6556.php
• OnePlus: Last but not the least, its OnePlus with its 2014 flagship killer smartphone OnePlusOne ($299) www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_one-6327.php