Battery life is finally getting good. First the LG with the G3 and now Huawei with their new Ascend.
Snapdragon 400 SoC, 1.6GHz
2GB RAM
6", 1280 x 720
16GB
microSD expansion up to 32GB
Clearly not a high-end phone, the skin is ugly as well and it's just fucking huge. But.
Youll be able to snap photos and videos non-stop until your memory card is full because at its core, the Ascend Mate2 is all about endurance. Huawei built this device to last an entire weekend on a single charge, and so it included software features that jealously guard its energy reserves. Every so often during our nine-day test period, we received a notification that a certain app was using too much juice, and we were given the option to shut that app down right away (another feature we wish was standard on all smartphones). On top of this, the devices Power Saving hub offers three distinct usage plans to tailor your own stamina/performance formula complete with a running tally of estimated time to exhaustion and also a Monitoring screen with a list of detected issues: power drains to be manually wiped out if you so choose.
Youd expect all this from a device with a tiny power pack, but with a 3900 mAh (14.43Wh) reservoir, the Ascend Mate2 packs one of the biggest batteries weve ever handled. To put it in perspective: thats almost the same capacity as the battery found in Googles most recent Nexus 7 tablet (3950 mAh/15Wh). Its so big, in fact, that Huawei expects you to spread the wealth: plug in a Micro B-to-Micro B cable, and you can charge other peoples devices at 1 amp output.
This is good. I know it's mostly achieved by the big battery, but I'm sure we can put something like that in a 5" package next year.
