Huawei Technologies boosted the competition in the smartphone display size and resolution on Monday with two new devices Ascend D2 and Ascend Mate. The new devices are aimed at challenging much bigger rivals, Samsung and Apple.
The Chinese phone manufacturer, which is pushing to expand its market beyond its home country, unveiled the Ascend D2 and Ascend Mate devices on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The company said the Ascend D2 would have a high-definition screen with 443 pixels per inch compared with the top Samsung and Apple phones, with resolutions closer to the 300 pixels per inch range.
The Ascend Mate device has a 6.1 inch display that will make it the biggest-screen smartphone in the world, according to Huawei. Samsung's biggest smartphone to date, the Galaxy Note II, which has a 5.5 inch display.
The company intends to start selling the Ascend D2 in China in January and in Japan and other countries later on.
The Ascend Mate will be available in Chinese market in February and in the rest of the world in the following months.
Huawei also expects the phones to go for sale in Europe and said it is in discussion with U.S. operators about selling them here. It did not disclosed prices for the devices.
The company said the Ascend D2 would have a high-definition screen with 443 pixels per inch compared with the top Samsung and Apple phones, with resolutions closer to the 300 pixels per inch range.
The Ascend Mate device has a 6.1 inch display that will make it the biggest-screen smartphone in the world, according to Huawei. Samsung's biggest smartphone to date, the Galaxy Note II, which has a 5.5 inch display.
"The company is hoping its latest smartphones will offer an alternative for people who have to carry around their tablet computer, laptop, smartphone and camera all at once."Richard Yu, Head of consumer electronics, Huawei
"Our idea is whether we can have one thing for all that"Richard Yu
The company intends to start selling the Ascend D2 in China in January and in Japan and other countries later on.
The Ascend Mate will be available in Chinese market in February and in the rest of the world in the following months.
Huawei also expects the phones to go for sale in Europe and said it is in discussion with U.S. operators about selling them here. It did not disclosed prices for the devices.
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