The chines company “Huawei” is widely tipped to launch the next version of its Mate-series flagships very soon, and with the prevalence of leaks and details having been published online, the picture of what to expect is becoming clearer by the day.
The Mate family have been popular by those in the know for offering a big screen alternative at a good price, and often with killer battery life. With Samsung’s Note faltering, the Mate could be your best big screen buddy.
Let’s dive into what could be one of the greatest phones the Chinese manufacturer has released to date.
- NETWORK
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE
Speed HSPA, LTE
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
- LAUNCH
Announced Not announced yet
Status Rumored
- BODY
Dimensions
Weight
- SIM
Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
- DISPLAY
Type IPS-NEO LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (~490 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Emotion UI
- PLATFORM
OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset Hisilicon Kirin 960
CPU Octa-core 2.6 GHz Cortex-A53
- MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM or 256 GB, 6 GB RAM
- CAMERA
Primary Dual 20 MP, f/2.0, OIS, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
Video [email protected]
Secondary 8 MP, 1080p
- SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- CONNECTIVITY
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
Radio FM radio
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
- FEATURES
Sensors Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser HTML5
Java No
Fast battery charging
DivX/XviD/MP4/H.265/WMV player
MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/Flac player
Document editor
Photo/video editor
- BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Po battery
- COLOUR
White, Gold, Graphite, Brown, Pink, Black
- PRICE
Not yet announced
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