Hands-in With Huawei's Self-proclaimed "World's Most Powerful Smartphone" Ascend

[Marcus Yam]

The Ascend D2 is Huawei's jump into the world of high-end superphones.

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[iam2thecrowe]

careful there, i see a lawsuit coming, it has rounded corners.

 

[jn77]

There was an article on 60 minutes on Huawei. I guess the question should be this........ Are we more concerned about the US Gov. or Chinese Gov. using back doors provided by the manufacturers to hack our cell phones under "Illegal search and seizure".

I know the Chinese Gov does not care and technically the US Gov does not care either.

 

[dosdecarnitas]

Another Lawsuit, only apple can manufature white phones

 

[blubbey]

'the D2 sports a 443 PPI display with a 1080 x 1920 resolution crammed into 5-inches.'

Seriously. Someone put a display with even half that density into a monitor please. Aren't ~22" 1080p monitors only about 100ppi? 4k monitors are long overdue.

 

[edogawa]

[citation][nom]blubbey[/nom]'the D2 sports a 443 PPI display with a 1080 x 1920 resolution crammed into 5-inches.'Seriously. Someone put a display with even half that density into a monitor please. Aren't ~22" 1080p monitors only about 100ppi? 4k monitors are long overdue.[/citation]

Couldn't agree more.

 

[jn77]

How is Apple going to Sue...... they don't and never will make a 6.1 inch Iphone.....lol then again it does look like an Iphone with the round corners......LOL....... oh and the band around it is silver/alluminum....... 2 things they can sue for.

 

[Estix]

Maybe I'm just being cynical here, but it's way too hard for me to get excited about another ARM-based phone.

I don't really care if it's the fastest, because I don't care if I get 30 FPS playing angry birds, or if I get 300.

Unless the phone actually adds more real capabilities, like USB ports (and can act as a proper USB host), or some other real features, it's still just a phone, or at best, an internet appliance.

I know I don't speak for everyone. I just want a phone that can, when I need it to, act like a real laptop.

I'd love to be able to plug into a projector and use it for a presentation; I'd love to be able to run a proper version of SQL server or IIS or Apache. I'd really love to be able to play Diablo (2) or such.

I've been an Android fan for a few years now, but I just can't muster any enthusiasm for another phone that's arbitrarily better at pointless things.

Phone makers; please make me an x86-based Windows or Linux phone, I know you can.

 

[danwat1234]

"1.5GHz K3V2 quad core CPU created by Huawei itself"
It seems like it is a quad core Arm Cortex A-9 chip, not A-15..
http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/02/27/hisilicon-unveils-quad-core-cortex-a9-k3v2-processor-hi3620/

 

[IndignantSkeptic]

When is our Steam game collection finally going to work on Android is what I want to know.

 

[hytecgowthaman]

It support windows 8 or 7 or xp.
I'm like to use full os in this mobile because of the display .
if it has usb3.0 (not mini port) because many usb monitor are available. it can support hdds and ssds. because cost = customers satisfied.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]hytecgowthaman[/nom]It support windows 8 or 7 or xp.I'm like to use full os in this mobile because of the display .if it has usb3.0 (not mini port) because many usb monitor are available. it can support hdds and ssds. because cost = customers satisfied.[/citation]

I can't imagine 7/8/XP working well on such a small screen without some changes made to them.