Huawei’s new 6-inch phablet is coming to our shores

Huawei’s local PR arm has given us a heads up that the company’s recently announced 6-inch phablet, the Ascend Mate7 is heading to the PH really soon. Aside from the rather large 6-inch full HD display, the Ascend Mate7 also boasts an integrated fingerprint reader on the back of the device.

Huawei Ascend Mate7

• Octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 925 processor (1.8GHz quad-core Cortex-A15, 1.3GHz quad-core Cortex-A7)
• Mali-T628 GPU
• 2/3GB of RAM
• 6-inch, full HD IPS display with Gorilla Glass 3, 1920 x 1080 resolution
• 16/32GB of storage, expandable via microSD
• 13-megapixel rear camera with AF, LED flash
• 5-megapixel front camera
• 3G, LTE
• WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS, USB OTG, NFC
• Android 4.4 KitKat with Emotion UI 3.0
• 4100mAh battery

The fingerprint reader on the back also allows you to unlock your device faster than other similar smartphones, and the rather large 4100mAh battery will ensure more than a day’s worth of use because of its sheer size. No local price has been set for the Mate7 aside from the statement that the Mate7 is “armed with more surprising high-end features at reasonable price.”