Huawei just announced that it will be releasing a new flagship smartphone at IFA Berlin in September this year. At that time, we were almost sure that this new phone was going to be the awaited Mate 8 flagship. However, earlier today Chinese media reported that the company might postpone the release of the Mate 8 to the end of this year, or next year. Instead, it would release another device in the Mate family at IFA.

It is said that the Kirin 950 which is supposed to power the Mate 8 will only be released sometime in October. So, the company could announce a different smartphone at the September event, like an upgraded version of the Mate 7, probably called as the Mate 7 Plus or the Mate 7S.

In fact, we have already seen a couple of renders, which could be of the new smartphone. While we guessed that it could be the new Mate 8, but after considering this report and the striking resemblance to the Mate 7 flagship design, the leaked renders might be of the Mate 7 Plus. The phone is also said to come with surprising new high-end tech. But the report failed to specify any details.

Unfortunately, Huawei has not yet announced any details about its new Mate flagship. So, we will have to wait until we get some concrete information about the upcoming device.

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You may have heard of the company, Hasee, which is the second largest personal computer manufacturer in China. Like most tech giants, Hasee too entered the smartphone industry a few years back, but recently we have not heard much about the company’s smartphone releases.

However, earlier today, spy photos of what looks to be a new Hasee device was leaked online. The device takes its design inspiration from Huawei’s Mate 7. In fact, its impressive to see that the screen to body ratio is low, thanks to its slim bezels. The device looks large, so it could feature a 6-inch display as the Mate 7.

At the back, there is the camera unit, Hasee logo and interestingly a rectangular space which looks like a fingerprint sensor. But we are not quite sure whether its a fingerprint sensor or a rear button. There are no speakers at the back, so it could be at the bottom. The UI on the device looks interesting, and it could be the company’s own custom ROM.

Another Hasee device was leaked today, but its not as good looking as the first one. In fact, from the looks, it could be an entry level device with modest specifications.

Hasee has not yet announced these two devices officially, but it is said that both could run on the new 64-bit Mediatek processors. No details about the RAM, storage, display, camera or battery have been revealed. But stay tuned for more updates.

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At the IFA Conference in Berlin, Huawei not only launched its newest big-screen flagship phone, the Mate 7, but also its newest OS, the Android 4.4.2-based EMUI 3.0.

The Huawei EMUI 3.0 follows a whole new design. It has a flattened but simple UI that is easy to use. Huawei has also made this OS more interactive.

The EMUI 3.0 will officially be available for download on September 30 when owners of the Honor 6 and P7 can upgrade their OS to it. This OS will later be available for the P6/P6S, Mate 2, and 3X as well.

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Huawei at IFA and has just unveiled its latest flagship, the Ascend Mate 7.

The latest addition  to Mate family is officially announced.

Here’s a chart of all  main specs:

Display: 6-inch FHD IPS LCD display, 368PPI

CPU: New Kirin 925 Octa-core  CPU (4 x A15 1.8 GHz quad-core and 4 x A7 1.3 GHz)

GPU: Mail T628

RAM: 2GB

ROM: 16GB with microSD slot (up to 32GB)

Rear camera: 13MP CMOS camera

Front camera: 5MP

Battery: 4100 mAh Li-Polymer

Dimensions: 157mm x 81mm x 7.9mm

Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor, Compass, G-sensor, Gyroscope, Hall sensor, GPS / AGPS

Fingerprint scanner integrated

Features: Bluetooth 4.0, Wifi 802.11 a/b/g/n,NFC support LTE Cat 6 support, NFC support LTE Cat 6 support

OS: Emotion UI 3.0 based on Android 4.4 KitKat

Colors: Obsidian black, Moonlight silver, Amber gold

More info coming soon.

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Two pictures of Huawei Ascend Mate 7 which is supposed to be released on September 14^th at IFA2014 were leaked today. From the pictures we can see it features a big screen with super thin bezels that seems even thinner than the previously leaked MX4. And both the chin parts of the front panel are very short, giving users a lot of screen estate to work with.

The Huawei logo is located in the bottom of the screen, which assures us that Huawei Mate 7 went with on-screen buttons, like any other Huawei premium phones did.

From the back we can see it went with the three-piece design. The middle part should be metal. There’s also a 13-megapixel camera with a single LED flash on the left. Just below the camera, there’s this fingerprint sensor which is slightly dented.

What should be noted is that this phone is already listed on the website of the Ministry for Industry and Information Technology, so its specs are no secret. It comes with a 6-inch 1080p display, a 1.8GHz octa-core CPU, 2G of ram, a 13-megapixels main camera and 5 megapixels for the front-facing one. There also could be a hign-end version, with the display upgraded to 2K and comes with 3G of ram. But it’s all rumors. We’ll see if it’s true.

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