Huawei Unveils MediaPad X1, MediaPad M1, Ascend G6 4G and A Wearable At MWC

Huawei used it's presence at MWC to announce the MediaPad X1, which Huawei claims that it is "the lighest and narrowest 7-inch tablet". At 239g of weight and 103.9mm width, it has nailed the dimensions of the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HDX 7.

Huawei also made the tablet Ultra thin at just 7.18mm of thickness. It is made of aluminum which gives it a more premium and sexy look.it equipped with a 7-inch display (1920×1200), 1.6GHz quad-core processor, 13-megapixel camera (5-megapixel front) 5000mAh battery, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and an aluminum build, with what Huawei says is an 80 percent screen-to-body ratio. Expect this guy to hit in March in China, Russia, Western Europe, Japan, Latin America and the Middle East.

There’s also a MediaPad M1, which contains a bigger (but lower resolution) display, at 8 inches (1280×800), 1.6GHz quad-core processor, 5-megapixel camera, 4800mAh battery and a unibody aluminum design. The M1 will be available in the same markets as the X1 this March.

Like we saw in an earlier leak, Huawei’s Ascend G6 4G is a mid-range smartphone that sports a 4.5-inch qHD screen (950×540), 8-megapixel rear-facing camera (5-megapixel front), 1.2GHz quad-core processor, NFC, 2000mAh battery and a frame that’s just 7.85mm thick. Nothing to stand out in any particular way. But the device actually comes with LTE support for up to speeds of 150Mbps. That’s blazing fast (if your network supports those speeds), and should allow folks to stream movies with ease.
It appears Huawei is also unveiling a plain old Ascend G6 during Q1 this year that won’t get those blazing speeds, so it just depends on the market you’re in and what you can afford. That device will come in black, white, pink, gold or blue. The Ascend G6 4G, meanwhile, will be available starting in April, and arrive in black with light gunmetal grey or rose gold highlights, or in white with pink or champagne gold highlights.

Huawei has just unveiled its first smartwatch, the Huawei TalkBand B1, a device with a tiny, 1.4” bendable OLED display, fitness tracking functions and a pop-out earpiece for voice calls. Neatly, the Huawei TalkBand B1 works with both Android (2.3 Gingerbread and later) and iOS (5.0 and later) devices.

The TalkBand B1 features a six-day battery life courtesy of the 90mAh juicer inside it and the low power display. It supports NFC for easy sync and pairing with devices, and you can pop-out the attached earpiece to talk. The bundled-in earpiece is what makes the band itself is so thick - it measures 14.6mm. And talk time via the earpiece is quoted at the impressive 7 hours.


The 1.4” OLED screen itself looks more like displays on fitness trackers like the Nike FuelBand, and the TalkBand B1 overall looks much more like a fitness wristband than a watch. That’s also backed up by its features - a step counter, tracking for distance traveled, and amount of burned calories. In addition, it can track your sleep and use that information to wake you up at the best time, without abruptly interrupting your deep sleep cycles.

The Huawei TalkBand B1 is coming to China in March, whereas internationally it will launch in Japan, the Middle East, Russia and Western Europe in Q2 2014.


No pricing for any of these products have been revealed, but announcements are sure to come pretty soon.

Afnan Ali Awan

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