Huawei launches world's 'fastest' smartphone Ascend P2

[wotsnext]

Chinese technology firm Huawei has launched a new mobile phone at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona - a showcase event for the mobile phone and smart device industry.
Huawei describes its Android-powered Ascend P2 as the world's "fastest" smartphone thanks to it being the first to include an LTE Cat 4 chip which - in theory - allows 4G download speeds of up to 150 megabits per second.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21570276

Any takers?

[Rattfink]

Nope. Not a snow ball's cance in hell.

[RangerChallenge]

Also includes iSPY which allows Chinese government to track your movements, phone calls, and data usage at up to 150 MB/s

[Seek]

A friend of mine has the Ascend P1. It's pretty neat actually. good hardware for a budget. and not such a lemon like the goddamn Nexus 4 with its software ****ups.

[FrankBooth]

Chinese phones are notorious for spyware and usually the worst kind. They aren't the only ones of course. Granted with rooting and custom ROM's, this is mostly a non issue. The big companies keep their lead as being premium with their products. HTC's latest is a huge return to build quality, Samsung has an edge with usability within its own UI and such as well as refining, pushing and new developments in individual components. Camera's seem to go to Sony especially with post image processing. Huawei will always have their market(s) and may get a decent foot into places like the US, but R&D and marketing also count. In the end, this all benefits the consumer as you have many choices within an OS and that is pretty nice.

[Xaito]

Also includes iSPY which allows Chinese government to track your movements, phone calls, and data usage at up to 150 MB/s

uh look at any of your wireless communication equipment, chances are their tech is inside. They're the biggest company in telecommunication hardware industry.

[Ought Six]

I test their phones all the time. So far, their cellphones are pretty low-end stuff; less features, cheap finishes, clunky designs and so on.

[FrankBooth]

I test their phones all the time. So far, their cellphones are pretty low-end stuff; less features, cheap finishes, clunky designs and so on.

Their UI looked messy from a recent vid.

[RangerChallenge]

uh look at any of your wireless communication equipment, chances are their tech is inside. They're the biggest company in telecommunication hardware industry.

that's the genius of their plan

[Mousepad]

Any takers?

I'll wait for a Chinese knock-off.