Samsung and Lenovo are leading smartphone vendors in China, Apple ranks 6th
Since Samsung is the incontestable leader of the global smarpthone market (32.7% of all shipments in Q1 2013), it’s no surprise that the South Korean company is also the largest smartphone vendor in China. However, its market share isn’t as high as worldwide there. According to Analysys International, Samsung shipped 17.3% of all smartphones in [...]
Huawei Ascend P2 launching in the UK in June, priced at €449 in Germany
Announced by Huawei back in February at MWC 2013, the new Ascend P2 smartphone will be released in the UK starting June – and Three is going to be the first British network to sell it. Running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the P2 will support Three’s future LTE network, and currently works on DC-HSDPA. Its [...]
6.18 mm Huawei P6-U06 gets caught in the wild, still wants to become the world’s thinnest smartphone
If it will ever get official, and if no other device manages to somehow leapfrog it in the meantime, the Huawei P6-U06 is going to be the next holder of the “world’s thinnest smartphone” title. The handset will hopefully be called something more memorable when it gets ready for release, Ascend P6 perhaps? We first [...]
6.18 mm Huawei P6-U06 leaks on its way to becoming the world’s thinnest smartphone
Last week, the Oppo R809T became official, but failed to impress in the slimness category. Previously, we had been led to believe that it would become the new holder of the ‘world’s thinnest smartphone’ crown, but it didn’t. That award still goes to Alcatel’s One Touch Idol Ultra. But things may change pretty soon. Huawei [...]
Samsung shipped 70 million smartphones in Q1 2013, almost twice as many as Apple. Nokia and BlackBerry not in top five
Samsung has managed to ship a record of about 70 million smartphones in the first quarter of 2013 (January – March). The South Korean company unveiled its Q1 2013 financial results this morning, but it didn’t provide exact sales numbers. However, Strategy Analytics says that 69.4 million Samsung smartphones have been shipped during the quarter, [...]
Huawei A199 gets official as China Telecom’s Ascend G710
Remember the Huawei Ascend G710 that was leaked in February? Well, that hasn’t been announced just yet – but something incredibly similar is now known as the Huawei A199 in China. The A199 has become official today, and it comes with a 5-inch 720p HD touchscreen, a quad-core 1.5 GHz Huawei K3V2 processor, 2 GB [...]
Huawei Ascend W2 specs possibly leaked – 4.3″ HD screen, 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU, 8 MP camera, WP8
Huawei apparently isn’t happy with just one Windows Phone on the market. The Chinese company launched the Ascend W1 in January as its first ever handset running Microsoft’s latest mobile effort. The Ascend W1 is not a flagship offering, though. It’s low-end and its main claim to fame is how cheap it is considering what’s [...]
Casing for upcoming 6.3 mm aluminum Huawei Edge leaked?
Huawei has already announced its flagship smartphone for the beginning of 2013, the Ascend D2. Apparently though, the Chinese company is hard at work on another high-end handset that it will launch in the second half of the year. So it looks like Huawei has been inspired by Sony’s method of releasing two different flagships [...]
Cheap Huawei Ascend G510 with Android Jelly Bean announced by Vodafone UK
Vodafone UK is launching a new and affordable Android smartphone manufactured by Huawei. Called Huawei Ascend G510, the handset is the first in the UK to come with Huawei’s own Emotion UI – which sits atop of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Since it’s affordable, the G510 is not a high-end device. Its features include: a [...]
New Huawei 6.3mm thick 4.9” 1080p flagship with 1.8 GHz K3V3 Cortex A15 CPU, Mali T604 GPU in the works
According to rumors that spread through multiple Chinese websites this morning, Huawei is already working on a new top of the line device to compete with Samsung’s Galaxy S4. The new Huawei flagship will come with next generation 1.8 GHz K3V3 quad-core ARM Cortex A15 based CPU, Mali T604 GPU, 2GB of RAM, 4.9” 1080p [...]
MetroPCS intros new Huawei Premia 4G (M931) affordable Android smartphone
MetroPCS has expanded its line-up of cheap 4G LTE handsets with the addition of a new device made by Huawei. Called Premia 4G (model number M931), the handset sadly runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich – but at least you have to pay only $149.99 to get it (no contract required). The Premia 4G features [...]
Huawei Ascend Mate priced at €499 in Europe
The giant Huawei Ascend Mate – currently available only in China – is seemingly coming to Europe soon. Amazon Germany has priced the Ascend Mate at €499 ($649) – which is higher than the handset’s price if you’re buying it from China ($575). The retailer doesn’t say when the Mate will be in stock. German [...]
T-Mobile Prism II by Huawei gets leaked press renders, has low-end specs but runs Android Jelly Bean
Remember the T-Mobile Prism, made by Huawei? It was introduced in May 2012 as a cheap Android smartphone by the magenta carrier, and it was released later that month for just $19.99 on contract. Many months have passed since then though, and now it seems that Huawei and T-Mobile have been secretly working on a [...]
Huawei Ascend Plus for TracFone and Ascend G710 get leaked images, first spec details
Huawei has announced quite a few new smartphones over the past month or so, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to stop in the near future. In fact, the Chinese company seems to be working on at least two more devices to be launched soon: the Ascend G710 and the Ascend Plus. The Huawei Ascend [...]
First LG and Huawei Firefox phones get photographed
Yesterday the first phones running Mozilla’s new Firefox OS were unveiled, and they were made by ZTE and Alcatel. However, those aren’t the only companies that are getting ready to use this new mobile operating system. In fact, as we told you yesterday, LG and Huawei are set to join in the fun at a [...]
UK: Huawei Ascend W1 to be an O2 exclusive, out on March 7. Free from £13.50 per month, £119 on PAYG
The Huawei Ascend W1 will be in stores at O2 in the UK starting on March 7. For about a couple of weeks now we’ve known that the Chinese company’s first Windows Phone would be headed to that particular operator. However, up until today no details about pricing or a release date have been available. [...]
Mozilla Firefox OS debuts with phones from ZTE (Open), Alcatel (OneTouch Fire). LG and Huawei will follow
Mozilla has officially showcased the first two smartphones to run Firefox OS. As expected, these are made by ZTE and Alcatel. They are both small, low-end devices made for emerging markets. The ZTE smartphone is called ZTE Open. Its features include a 3.5 inch HVGA display, HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, GPS, 3.2MP rear camera, 1GHz [...]
Huawei Ascend P2 is finally official with 4.7″ 720p screen, 1.5 GHz quad-core CPU, 13 MP camera
OK, the wait is over. Mobile World Congress is upon us, and although it hasn’t officially started yet (that will happen tomorrow), companies left and right are starting to announce things. Take Huawei, for example. For the second year in a row it held its press conference on the Sunday before MWC. Last year it [...]
Huawei Ascend W1 passes the FCC headed to TracFone’s Net10
The Huawei Ascend W1 is definitely headed to places that aren’t in Africa, and where it won’t be branded 4Afrika. That much is clear. Also a fact – the entry-level Windows Phone 8 device is going to be sold in the US as well. However, where exactly it will be offered might surprise you as [...]
Huawei GL07S announced by Emobile in Japan, might be an Ascend P2 variation
In Japan, carrier Emobile has announced a new Huawei device, the adorably named GL07S. Obviously this won’t ever make it to any other market except Japan, for that’s the normal state of things over there. But this is very interesting to us from another point of view. See, the GL07S may be based on the [...]
