Huawei phone that can charge other phones

Not my idea of buying a phone.

But if you are in a mood to share juice, then Huawei's Ascend Mate 2 might just be your answer. It is so big (it comes with a 4050 mAh battery) that you can actually connect another phone to it and get it charged.

The Ascend Mate 2 features a 'reverse' charging facility, allowing it to charge other devices.

Huawei's Ascend Mate 2 - The battery stores 3 times the amount of energy stored in an iPhone.


Ascend Mate 2 is a 6.1-inch phone and it charges other phones

Huawei, China's largest cellphone manufacturer, is releasing a phone that can be thought of as the inflight refueling system of the mobile world: it can be used to recharge other phones.

The Ascend Mate 2 has a 6.1-inch screen, making it more than twice as big as an iPhone 5. It's almost the size of a tablet, giving rise to the half-joking term "phablet." It's the successor to a phone of the same size launched last year.

The huge size of the Ascend Mate provides space for a large battery, with roughly three times the amount of energy stored in an iPhone battery. Huawei claims it will last for 3.5 days of "normal" usage, or half that for heavy usage. Through a USB port, this battery can be used to charge smaller phones.


Specifications of the Ascend Mate 2

Phone name	-	Ascend Mate 2
Processor	-	Snapdragon 400, 1.6 GHz quad-core
Graphic processing unit	-	Adreno 306
RAM	-	2 GB
Storage	-	16 GB
Screen size	-	6.1-inch
Thickness	-	9.5mm
Weight	-	202 g
Camera (back)	-	13-megapixel, autofocus, HDR-capable, f/2.0
Camera (front)	-	5-megapixel, f/2.4
Cellular	-	4G LTE, capable of 150Mbps download
Battery	-	4050 mAh, lasts 3 days on normal usage

If all you want is a long-lasting smartphone battery, this is the deal.


TheGreenMechanics: Now, that's what I call a 'phablet'. Move over Samsung Mega!

4G service now available on Mount Everest

No jungle's to deep and no mountain's too high.

That's what two of the global telecommunication giants from China  -  Huawei and China Mobile - did last month. They successfully deployed 4G coverage on Mount Everest, some 5,200 metres above sea level and demonstrated this by streaming live HD video from a Mount Everest base camp to the event venue.

This is pretty impressive, considering the engineering challenges the IT companies faced at 5,200 metres high (17,000 feet). Our own Mount Kinabalu is 4,095 metres (13,435 ft) in height.

Mount Everest is 8,848-metre high and the 4G facility is constructed at 5,200-metre high. Photo by Luca Galuzzi

This is not the first attempt at bringing high-speed broadband to the world's tallest mountain as in 2007, the two companies worked together to provide GSM services ahead of the 2008 Olympics Games torch relay. But it's a first for super-fast connectivity, the 4G LTE.


Concerns on spying?

Huawei has delivered 4G solutions to other parts of the region including EPC (Evolved Packet Core), integrated equipment rooms, BTS (Base Transceiver Station), microwave transmission and 4G devices.

However, Computerworld reported that  the company is still struggling to win approval in the UK and the US, due to its close ties with the Chinese government. Huawei's founder, Ren Zhengfei, is a former Red Army officer, but the company denies receiving any financial support from the government.

Huawei has been banned from doing business in the US and blacklisted from Australia's critical national infrastructure.


TheGreenMechanics:
Our telcos are still far behind in terms of deploying 4G LTE connectivity in this country. Instead of collaborating, they make life difficult for themselves by refusing to share the burden of putting up the network infrastructure.

Well, they shares some communication towers, but that is all.


Source: Computerworld Malaysia

Huawei launches Ascend P6, the world's slimmest smartphone

China's Huawei unveiled its flagship smartphone, the Ascend P6, at its first standalone launch event in London this week, underlining its ambitions to compete with Apple and Samsung in the top tier of mobile technology.


WORLD'S SLIMMEST: The new Huawei Ascend P6 smartphone during launch in London on June 18, 2013


HUAWEI ASCEND P6 SPECIFICATIONS

BODY
               Dimensions: 132.7 x 65.5 x 6.2 mm (5.22 x 2.58 x 0.24 in)
               Weight: 120 g (4.23 oz)

DISPLAY
               Type: Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
               Size: 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.7 inches (~312 ppi pixel density)

MEMORY
               Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB
               Internal 8 GB, 2 GB RAM

COMMUNICATION:
               GPRS Class 10, 32 - 48 kbps EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
               HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
               WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth, NFC
               USB, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go

CAMERA
               Primary 8 MP, autofocus, LED flash
               Secondary 5 MP Video Yes, 1080p@30fps

OPERATING SYSTEM
               Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
               CPU Quad-core 1.5 GHz
               GPS with A-GPS support and GLONASS

BATTERY Li-Po 2000 mAh


LAUNCHED IN LONDON

The company says the device, at 6.18mm thick, is the world's slimmest. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, designed for taking "selfies", or pictures of the owner to be shared on social media networks.

The company picked the launch date - 6/18 (June 18) - to tie in with the smartphone's dimensions. The launch, at an arts venue in North London, takes a cue from Apple and Samsung, both of which have made new product announcements at high profile events for a number of years.

Previously Huawei unveiled its handsets at industry trade shows like Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Huawei, which also makes telecom networking gear, is looking to drive sales of its consumer devices, a sector in which it has only had its own brand for about three years.

The company was the fourth-largest maker of smartphones in the first quarter of 2013, trailing LG Electronics and the two dominant brands Apple and Samsung, according to analyst firm Gartner. The top two sold more than 100 million units between them, while LG sold 10 million and Huawei 9 million, most of which were in its native China.

The Ascend P6 uses Huawei's customised version of Google's Android operating system.

Industry analyst Ben Wood at CCS Insight said that at the right price the Ascend P6 would attract buyers who had not considered Huawei before.

The device is not, at this stage, compatible with the high speed, next generation 4G networks, which are being rolled out across the world.


Image credit: AFP, sourced from: TechCentral