By Todd Haselton |
Huawei is reportedly under a national security review after allegations that the company’s mobile equipment is capable of spying on Americans. As a result of those accusations and fears, SoftBank and Sprint are reportedly going to promise not to deploy the Chinese tech firm’s equipment…
By Brandon Russell |
Additional shots of Huawei’s upcoming Ascend Mate have leaked out, showing off a neatly curved rear shell and that enormous 6.1-inch screen. The pictures don’t really show off the device’s true scale. Remember that the biggest smartphone out right now, Samsung’s popular Galaxy Note II,…
By Todd Haselton |
We last saw Huawei’s Ascend D2 after it leaked as it made its way through the FCC. Now we have several new photos of the device, which we’re expecting will make its official debut during the Consumer Electronics Show in just a couple of weeks.…
By Sean P. Aune |
Are you ready for a phone with a 6.1-inch screen? Well, you’d better be because that is exactly what the Huawei Ascend Mate is packing. Huawei CEO Richard Yu made an appearance yesterday at the company’s retail store in Guangzhou, and apparently he couldn’t resist…
By Brandon Russell |
Photos of Huawei’s Ascend D2 have leaked ahead of the company’s official CES announcement in January. The pictures, though, don’t really tell us all that much. It looks like any old smartphone, in white, with a camera (of course), and no physical home button. These…
By Todd Haselton |
Eastman Kodak today announced it has agreed to sell its portfolio of imaging patents to a consortium of tech firms that was originally organized by two patent licensing firms, Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corporation. The consortium and Intellectual Ventures will purchase the patents and licenses…
By Todd Haselton |
Earlier this month a story revealed that the United States House Intelligence committee had found devices from Chinese phone makers ZTE and Huawei could be used to spy on Americans. The story was originally written by The Wall Street Journal and both firms denied the accusation…
By Todd Haselton |
This is getting crazy. I love Samsung’s Galaxy Note II, but 5.5 inches is about as large as I’m going to allow in any smartphone i carry, and I still think that can sometimes be too cumbersome. Apparently, however, Huawei wants to push the boundaries a…
By Brandon Russell |
Here is a pretty attractive looking press shot of Huawei’s upcoming Ascend W1, which we learned all about earlier this morning. It’s blue. And it’s not a Lumia 920, or 900, or HTC Windows Phone 8X. Blue is in, guys. You want to offer a…
By Killian Bell |
Huawei is gearing up to launch its first Windows Phone 8 smartphone according to leaked images of the device that have surfaced online. Called the Ascend W1, the smartphone looks rather similar to the new HTC 8X, and it’s expected to make its official debut…
By Brandon Russell |
In response to a Monday report suggesting Huawei may be a threat to America’s national security, the company has come out with a press releases lambasting the unfair verdict. The Chinese telecom company said the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence’s findings were baseless and…
By Killian Bell |
Two Chinese telecommunications firms that have been trying to expand in the United States have been labeled a national security threat by a congressional investigation. Huawei and ZTE may have violated U.S. laws, according to the report, which advises government departments and companies to avoid…
By Killian Bell |
The Huawei Ascend D1 Quad is now available to purchase from the Chinese company’s online store for ¥2,699 (approx. $425). The flagship handset was first announced at Mobile World Congress back in January — where it was known simply as the “Ascend D” — and…
By Todd Haselton |
Huawei’s Ascend D1 Quad XL may be the company’s pride during IFA, but it also announced a mid-range Huawei Ascend G 600 device. It packs a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 4GB of storage, 768MB of RAM, a 4.5-inch 960 x 540-piel display, Bluetooth 3.0, an 8-megapixel…
By Todd Haselton |
Huawei introduced its original MediaPad earlier this year and, now, it has launched a watered-down version of the device. The tablet runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and is powered by a 1.2GHz processor. We like the aluminum unibody design, which reminded us a lot…
By Todd Haselton |
We swung by Huawei’s booth during IFA in Berlin to quickly check out several of its new products, among them is the flagship Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL. It packs 8GB of storage, 1GB of RAM, a 1.4GHz quad-core processor, support for 32GB microSD cards,…
By Todd Haselton |
One of Huawei’s lower-end smartphones that was unveiled during IFA in Berlin was the Ascend G 330. It offers mostly run-of-the-mill features such as a dual-core 1GHz processor, Android 2.3 (with an update to Ice Cream Sandwich) and has 4GB of storage, 512MB of RAM,…
By Mark Hearn |
Sure, we’ve already seen the Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD in action, but there’s nothing like seeing approval from the FCC to reassure that things are moving along smoothly. As a reminder, the Huawei MediaPad 10 features a 10.1-inch (1920 x 1200) IPS display, a 1.2GHz…
By Mark Hearn |
It looks like Google’s Nexus 7 will soon be receiving some competition from Huawei in the 7-inch tablet market. The China-based company recently revealed its MediaPad 7 Lite tablet. Unfortunately, very few details have been revealed about the specs of this forthcoming tablet. From the…
By Ralph Llerenas |
The MediaPad 10 was first announced at Mobile World Congress in February – after a leak a few days earlier – but specs were few and far between. Since then more details have come out, and there are rumors of a potential release next month,…
By Killian Bell |
The Huawei Ascend P1 is coming to the U.K. next month, and it will be available on Vodafone with a two-year contact at just £26 (approx. $41) per month — with nothing to pay upfront. The device comes with Android Ice Cream Sandwich pre-installed, a…
By Mark Hearn |
When Huawei first revealed its Ascend D Quad at Mobile World Congress, it was billed as the “world’s fastest smartphone.” However, the smartphone market has seen a vast flood of hardware improvements and the Chinese phone maker’s flagship phone’s hardware has become somewhat standard. While…
By Killian Bell |
Huawei announced just over a month ago that the company would be releasing its own Android user interface and application suite to rival the likes of Samsung TouchWiz and HTC Sense. And today, the company has released its Emotion UI to customers in its homeland…
By Killian Bell |
Huawei’s Ascend D Quad has been coming to do battle with the Samsung Galaxy S III and the HTC One X at the top of the Android food chain for many months now, but it seems the Chinese company is struggling to get it out…
