While Apple fans across the globe are eagerly waiting to see ‘force touch’ technology to be incorporated into iOS devices, Huawei stunned the world by making world’s first smartphone with ‘Force Touch’ like technology. The Huawei Mate S is the world’s first smartphone with “Pressure Sensitive” touch display panel. The display will be able to differentiate different levels of pressure on the screen. A simple action is to apply more pressure on the screen to zoom in on a photo. Unfortunately the variant of Mate S with Force Touch tech will not be available at launch. Mate S (non-forcetouch variant) will be available in 30 countries from 15th of September and the standard variant with 32GB of RAM will be priced at 649 euros while 64GB variant will cost 699 euros.
Huawei Mate S comes with a 5.5” FullHD AMOLED display with 2.5D Gorilla Glass layer. The curved back features nanometer injection modeling, the metal shell elevates rigidity. There is a 13mp rear camera (RGBW sensor, optical image stabilization, dual LED flash) and an 8mp front facing camera for selfie lovers. Huawei is providing professional camera mode that allows manual ISO, exposure compensation, exposure time, white balance, focusing adjustments.
Huawei has also incorporated Fingerprint Sense 2.0 tech, an chip level security and single-tap unlock using fingerprint reader. Apart from unlocking the phone or making payments, users can now control notifications, scroll through photos, take selfies, answer phone calls and dismiss alarms by using the fingerprint sensor.
Other features include
- Three built-in microphones with smart directive reception tech for precise voice recording. Interview mode (180° recording), meeting mode (all-direction recording), and regular mode are three modes that can be used during recording voice.
- Wireless printing support (Mopria protocol). 800 printer types across 16 leading brands are supported
- Dual SIM or dual 4G LTE. Supports 13 mainstream frequencies
- Fast charging enabled. 10 minutes of charge gives two hours of talk time.
“Our goal in designing the Huawei Mate S was to develop a smartphone that offers a personalized experience, rather than a commoditized one,” said Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer BG. “The Huawei Mate S is based on insights we gathered about human interaction – most notably that touch is a natural action we take to understand and interact with our world. The Huawei Mate S redefines how we incorporate touch technology into our smartphones, taking a revolutionary approach to touch screen control and ushering in a new era for human-machine interaction.”
Key Specification
- 5” FullHD AMOLED display
- Smart-pressure Sensitive Screen
- Android 5.1 + EMUI 3.1
- Hisilicon Kirin 935, Octa core (4*2.2GHz + 4*1.5GHz), 64-bit
- 3GB of RAM, 32GB/64GB/128GB onboard storage options
- Main camera: 13MP OIS RGBW AF camera with dual -tone flash
- Secondary camera: 8MP FF BSI Camera with soft light
- Fingerprint Reader
- Fast Charging (5V, 2V)
- 2700mAh battery
- Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, 2.4G, USB2.0 high speed
- White, Grey, Gold color options
- 8mm Width:75.3mm Depth:7.2mm Weight:About 156g
