Huawei debuts new Ascend Mate phablet

Huawei unveiled at IFA its new phablet, the Ascend Mate 7. This 6-inch device brings a bump in specs including a new 1080p display, 4100mAh battery, LTE Cat6 connectivity, and a single touch fingerprint sensor. Despite its size, it also has an amazingly thin bezel and 7.9mm thinness. It will also carry Huawei’s new Kirin 925 octa-core processor, which is made up of four large A15 1.8GHz and four small A7 1.3GHz chipsets. This big.LITTLE configuration means the 1.3GHz A7 cores will handle the lighter tasks, while the remaining four cores will take on the more processor-intensive apps.

The Ascend Mate 7 also packs in a 13-megapixel rear camera with a Sony sensor and 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It runs on Android 4.4 with Huawei’s EMUI 3.0 on top. It will come in two flavours: 16GB model with 2GB of RAM and 32GB model with 3GB of RAM. Prices so far are 499 and 599 Euros, respectively.

Source: Droid Life

Asus unveils first Android Wear smartwatch, new MeMO Pad and ZenBook

Asus is bringing their own set of new devices to IFA 2014 in Berlin, including their entry into the Android Wear smartwatch market.

The ZenWatch is an Android Wear-powered device that features an AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It comes with a heart rate monitor in front of the case that would need you to press your finger against the screen to measure your heart rate. Since it works with Asus Wellness app, it can also measure other fitness markers. It has a more traditional look with its stitched leather strap. Other features include Asus Remote Camera, presentation control, as well as the ability to auto-unlock your phone with the ZenWatch.

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Acer outs new Iconia One tablet lineup at IFA

Acer's got a slew of new products revealed at IFA in Berlin, Germany. They've released an entire line of new Iconia One tablets including the Iconia Tab 8 W, Iconia Tab 10 and Iconia One 8.

The Acer Iconia Tab 8 W is an 8-inch tablet that is the ideal companion for both work and play. Running on the newest Windows 8.1 with Bing, the Iconia Tab 8 W comes with a one-year complementary Microsoft Office 365 Personal⁽³⁾ for full-access to those applications that are essential for productivity, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook. Hit jump for more info.

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LG debuts G3 Stylus ahead of IFA

LG isn’t waiting for IFA to drop a new version of its flagship device. The G3 Stylus can be seen as a Samsung Galaxy Note competitor but it seems to be a bit lower spec’d than Sammy’s offering. It comes with a Rubberdium stylus and is equipped with a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage (with microSD support), 13-megapixel rear camera, 1.3-megapixel front-facing shooter, and 3000mAh battery. Unfortunately, it looks like it doesn’t have LTE capability. It will be available next month in Brazil first with other regions to follow. No details on pricing yet but it will come in black, gold, and white.

Source: LG | Via: SlashGear