CES - Do you have a baker's shovel? Here is the Huawei Ascend Mate!

Huawei unveiled the Huawei Ascend Mate at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, which is currently the world’s largest smartphone with a 6,1-inch-diameter HD display. Running on Android 4.1, the Huawei Ascend Mate delivers superior performance with a quad-core 1,5GHz Hi-Silicon processor and 4050mAh battery.

Huawei’s Ascend Mate display occupies 73 percent of the front panel surface, the highest proportion in the industry. With a resolution of 1280 × 720 pixels, the 6,1-inch HD IPS + LCD display gives an extremely clear, sharp and realistic image, and due to its extremely high sensitivity, it can even be used in gloves. Despite its large size, the Ascend Mate fits comfortably in one hand, at just 6,5 millimeters at the narrowest point of the ergonomic and stylish device.

Thanks to Huawei's own Quick Power Control (QPC) and Automated Discontinuous Reception (ADRX) energy efficiency technology, the device can be used for up to two full days on a single charge. The Ascend Mate has the largest charging capacity in its category, with charging times nearly 30 percent shorter than average.

The device also includes an 8 megapixel autofocus HDR rear camera and a 1 megapixel HD front camera. Excellent sound quality is provided by dual microphone noise reduction, Dolby sound system and stereo sound recording.

Huawei Ascend Mate also offers a number of new features in terms of software: an augmented reality navigation application, a reader that provides quick access to dictionaries, Wikipedia and Google search, and a multimedia and file sharing application that delivers two to three times the upload speed of Wi-Fi. available to users.

The Huawei Ascend Mate will be the first in China to be available in crystal black and pure white from February 2013.