Huawei: We are ready to take the place of Apple

Top-manager of the Chinese company Huawei during a press conference at CES 2013 made a number of high-profile statements about their competitors in the face of American and Korean Apple Samsung. Huawei mobile division head Richard Yu said the Ascend Mate and Ascend D2 are currently the best in the world and smartphones are just as good iPhone 5 and Galaxy S III, although cheaper.

"People used to believe that the best foods produce Apple or Samsung. We want to change that and to prove that the best devices to make Huawei », - said Richard E. 

According to a spokesman for Huawei, the time it took Apple with Steve Jobs. According to Richard Yu, after the death of its founder, "fruit" corporation remained while not advance. "At the present Apple is prepared to require position Huawei», - he said.

Richard Yu said that the cost is comparable to Ascend Mate Galaxy S III, but Huawei is ready to donate part of the profits that the product is one-third cheaper than its competitors. This is despite the fact that Samsung often uses in its flagships cheap plastic. According to him, Ascend Mate, despite the larger screen, more comfortable than the Galaxy Note.

In late 2012, we recall, senior vice president of Huawei NE Chendong  urged people to refrain from buying "expensive» Galaxy Note II. He said that the Chinese company will soon release a model with a larger screen, only better and cheaper.

At CES 2013 Huawei has officially announced the Ascend Mate - a smartphone with the world's largest screen. Display size of the phone is 6.1 inches. The gadget uses a 4-core processor HiSilicon K3, clocked at 1.5 GHz. RAM is 2 GB, internal memory 8 GB. The device is running an operating system Android. Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 with proprietary software shell Emotion UI.