6 inch 1080p is plain weird , unless you go for 200$ but the price won't be friendly at all. That SoC would be nice if they would use it in anything above 150$. That's the only reason to make your own SoC , offer more than others can to gain share and image at no cost . Sadly all except Apple are doing it for higher margins and that's just incompetence. Glad to see they haven't gone with huge upper and lower bezels, was worried after the Nexus that they will go with Apple's roadkill design here too.
Really appreciate Huawei sticking to a 1080p screen as opposed to battery hogging and performance killing 2K displays. This will have great battery life and performance if the SOC is relatively efficient.
I hope Samsung goes the Sony route with the GS7. Sony's implementation of "4K" in their Z5 Premium is pretty darn brilliant. Everything is rendered at 1080p except for "some" content that supports 4K, like pictures and videos.
The 2k displays aren't battery hogging, and aren't performance killing if you put decent graphics in it instead of an mp4, haven't you been reading Anandtech?
I doubt they stream radio outside of North America/Western Europe/some countries in Asia. You're stucked to FM in many countries if you are outside of big cities.
Holy crap I'm excited... This device is going to be VERY exciting to see and hear reviews from. Still remember that footnote about the 920-935 having a "bad one" of the ISP (LOL), But that's vastly improved here, ain't it?
If you havent read it still comes with the apalling so called emotion ui. I have the new G8 with the snapdragon 616 and 3 gb of ram and even then the phone is usless at doing basic tasks like web browsing, gaming is a total no go. Even something as generic as Subway Surfer is a laggy mess. I would not touch this even with a barge pole.
Looking forward to 4000mAh battery like this, and for competition and evolution in this area. I thought the 3700mAh battery of the Moto X Force was good, but this is even better. Huawei, now come out with a shatterproof screen and low price for unlocked US phone and you'll leap over Moto X Force which is being held back as Verizon-exclusive Droid Turbo 2 in US.
Specs seem very compelling. (my Lumia 1520 has a 6" 1920x1080 screen... it is gorgeous....no need for Huawei to have gone 2560X1440... just extra processing that I don't is truly appreciated on a 6" screen).
I like the color selection, silver, platinum, gold, bronze.
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satai - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
Give me root and I am probably in.zeeBomb - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
I like how they are saying, Andrei, its capable of 24bit images, but really its still 8bit that can shoot 8x3 photos.jjj - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
6 inch 1080p is plain weird , unless you go for 200$ but the price won't be friendly at all.That SoC would be nice if they would use it in anything above 150$. That's the only reason to make your own SoC , offer more than others can to gain share and image at no cost . Sadly all except Apple are doing it for higher margins and that's just incompetence.
Glad to see they haven't gone with huge upper and lower bezels, was worried after the Nexus that they will go with Apple's roadkill design here too.
zeeBomb - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
Its a new SoC...give it some time to mature.LiverpoolFC5903 - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
Really appreciate Huawei sticking to a 1080p screen as opposed to battery hogging and performance killing 2K displays. This will have great battery life and performance if the SOC is relatively efficient.lilmoe - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
I hope Samsung goes the Sony route with the GS7. Sony's implementation of "4K" in their Z5 Premium is pretty darn brilliant. Everything is rendered at 1080p except for "some" content that supports 4K, like pictures and videos.jasonelmore - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
Those pixels still have to show RGB and still have to be backlit. the power savings is all from the CPU/GPUHanakoIkezawa - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
2k and 1440p are not the same thing.shabby - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
Ya its pretty funny when people think 2k is 1440p, when its actually closer to 1080p, or lets just call it 1080p anyway.s.yu - Saturday, December 5, 2015 - link
The 2k displays aren't battery hogging, and aren't performance killing if you put decent graphics in it instead of an mp4, haven't you been reading Anandtech?StormyParis - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
No more FM radio ? I really liked it and used it surprisngly often on my (original) Ascend Mate.fackamato - Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - link
People stream radio these days (higher quality is a bonus).oliwek - Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - link
I doubt they stream radio outside of North America/Western Europe/some countries in Asia. You're stucked to FM in many countries if you are outside of big cities.StormyParis - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
$200 for an extra 1GB RAM and 96GB flash is a lot. Huapplei ?zeeBomb - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
I think the sensor focal equil. Is like 25mm...21x19 or somethingzeeBomb - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
Holy crap I'm excited... This device is going to be VERY exciting to see and hear reviews from. Still remember that footnote about the 920-935 having a "bad one" of the ISP (LOL), But that's vastly improved here, ain't it?Well, time to join the hype.
Lavkesh - Thursday, November 26, 2015 - link
If you havent read it still comes with the apalling so called emotion ui. I have the new G8 with the snapdragon 616 and 3 gb of ram and even then the phone is usless at doing basic tasks like web browsing, gaming is a total no go. Even something as generic as Subway Surfer is a laggy mess. I would not touch this even with a barge pole.gc2488 - Friday, November 27, 2015 - link
Looking forward to 4000mAh battery like this, and for competition and evolution in this area. I thought the 3700mAh battery of the Moto X Force was good, but this is even better. Huawei, now come out with a shatterproof screen and low price for unlocked US phone and you'll leap over Moto X Force which is being held back as Verizon-exclusive Droid Turbo 2 in US.HardwareDufus - Saturday, November 28, 2015 - link
Specs seem very compelling. (my Lumia 1520 has a 6" 1920x1080 screen... it is gorgeous....no need for Huawei to have gone 2560X1440... just extra processing that I don't is truly appreciated on a 6" screen).I like the color selection, silver, platinum, gold, bronze.
For Android folks, this looks like a great phone.
JoeMonco - Sunday, November 29, 2015 - link
"The device comes with two possible configurations and price-points: 3GB RAM with 32GB of NAND storage or 4GB RAM with 64GB or 128GB of storage."Pretty sure that's three possible configurations not two.
Ethos Evoss - Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - link
HahahaaaPleease anadtech BATTER this phone AGAIN :) in review..
I can see from this read yeah it is gonna be battered :DDD can't wait :DDD