Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G is a complete cellphone launched back in the year 2014, featuring an exceptional 1.6 gigahertz Quad-Core CPU, an enormous 6.1 inches screen, and 2 cameras, a 13 mega-pixels back camera and a 5 megapixels front facing camera. That's all? No, it's just the starting point of this in-depth review.
Huawei decided to build this phone using a high performance Quad-Core processor ticking at 1.6 gigahertz, included in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 system chip with a great 2 GB of RAM. To collaborate with graphic intensive apps, it also has a 450 MHz Adreno 305 graphic processing unit. The Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G counts with a 16 GB interesting internal memory and an external memory card slot, enough to install hundreds of games and applications without worrying about space.
This phone is incredibly slim and good-looking, with a thickness of just 0.37". This phone is a compact cellphone, taking into account that it features a 6.1 inches screen and it has just 6.34 inches long. Huawei offers the Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G in two different color options, black and white. Huawei has made a great job making the Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G weight just 7.13 ounces.
This cellphone is equipped with two cameras, a 13 MP back side camera and a 5 mega-pixels front facing camera. It also films videos up to 1920x1080 (Full HD) at 30 frames per second. Additionally, the camera counts with multiple interesting features: flash, face detection shooting, auto-focus, smile detection shooting, geo tagging and HDR mode.
Huawei equipped this cellphone with a good level 6.1" display, and a resolution of 1280 x 720 (HD), giving this device a good graphic quality. Its display uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch gestures.
This cellphone comes with a 3900 mAh big capacity Li-Ion battery, enough to provide this cellphone with an incredibly long battery life.
This cellphone offers wi-fi capability (which it can share with other devices around, acting as a modem), LTE 4G great performance data connection and also HSPA+ internet connection, which is a slower 4G network and the fastest 3G internet connection, supported by HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This device works with a Micro SIM card for GSM connection and it can connect using both CDMA and GSM networks.
The Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G also features a few nice characteristics such as Bluetooth (enables communication with other devices and accessories) and GPS Navigation, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Compass.
The Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G is being sold for 175 dollars, quite a high price for this kind of phone. This cellphone is a very good choice for you no matter whether you need it for work, need a phone to mainly use social networks, want this phone to take tons of photographs or will use it as a gamer phone. When buying this phone you also get Charge Adapter, Safety Information, Quick Start Guide, Warranty Card and USB Cable.
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Specifications
| Device Type: | Phone |
| Brand: | Huawei |
| Operating System (OS): | Android 4.3 |
| Variant: | See other variants reviews |
| Product code: | MT2-L03 |
| Dimensions: | 6.34 x 3.33 x 0.37 inchesMetric16.1 x 8.46 x 0.94 cmImperial |
| Weight: | 7.13 ouncesMetric202.13 gImperial |
| Colors: | Black and White |
| Scratch Resistant Glass: | Yes |
| Accessories: | Charge Adapter, Quick Start Guide, Safety Information, USB Cable, Warranty Card |
| Release date: | 2014-01-06 |
| Price: | $ 175.00 |
Display | |
| Screen Type: | IPS LCD (16M colors) |
| Size: | 6.1 inchesMetric15.5 cmImperial |
| Resolution: | 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) |
| Pixel density: | 241 pixels per inchMetric94.88 pixels per cmImperial |
| Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
| Chipset: | Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 |
| Processor: | ARM Cortex-A7 (Quad-Core 1600 MHz) |
| RAM Memory: | 2 GB |
| Graphics Processor: | Adreno 305 (450 MHz) |
| Internal Memory: | 16 GB |
| SD Card Slot: | microSD, microSDHC (up to 64 GB) |
Battery | |
| Battery type: | Li-Ion |
| Removable: | Yes |
| Capacity: | 3900 mAh |
| Talk Time: | 25 hours |
Camera | |
| Back camera: | 13 megapixels |
| Flash: | Yes |
| Front camera: | 5 megapixels |
| Max video resolution: | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) |
| Camera features: | Auto-Focus, Face Detection Shooting, Geo Tagging, HDR Mode and Smile Detection Shooting |
Networks | |
| Wi-Fi: | Yes |
| Mobile Hotspot: | Yes |
| SIM Card Type: | Micro SIM |
| LTE (4G) Bands: | 700 (band 17), 850 (band 5), 1700/2100 (band 4), 1900 (band 2) |
| UMTS Bands: | 850, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 |
| GSM Bands: | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
| CDMA Bands: | 1700/2100, 1900 |
| Technologies: | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
Other Features | |
| Bluetooth: | Version 4.0, EDR |
| GPS: | Yes |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |