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Huawei Ascend P6 leaks in official imagery, may launch on June 18th

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Huawei’s upcoming Ascend P6 must be as slim as we’ve heard, because it just keeps slipping out — this time, in an official rendering obtained by @evleaks. The imagery appears to validate what we’ve previously seen in photos, including the wafer-l…


Huawei Ascend Mate review: a supersized phone with supreme battery life

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When Huawei revealed the Ascend Mate at CES this year, it felt like smartphones had reached an end point — they surely couldn’t get any larger. We’ve since been proven wrong by Samsung’s Galaxy Mega 6.3, but the 6.1-inch Ascend Mate has gone on s…


‘BioShock Infinite’ makes great art from America’s racist past and political present

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I find myself awake, in a mysterious rowboat, heading to a lighthouse, surrounded by the sea. Walking inside, verses from the bible tickle the back of my brain. Sin and the search for redemption. And then, with a burst of light, every…


Work begins on ‘double helix’ skyscraper in Taipei

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The concept of a green skyscraper is by no means new, but Vincent Callebaut’s DNA-inspired design is impressive nonetheless. Construction recently started in Tapei on Agora Garden, which has two sections that twist a full 90 degrees a…


Huawei Ascend G 302D goes public in FCC docs

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It’s a curious thing to have gold signify the low-end, but that’s just what Huawei’s done with its G series smartphone line. That bottom-dwelling, budget tier, first announced at this past Mobile World Congress, has already seen a couple of category …


Vodafone walks us through a phone’s Android 4.0 upgrade, explains our protracted thumb-twiddling

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We’re used to seemingly interminable waits for phone firmware upgrades for carrier-locked phones. What is it that takes so long? Vodafone UK isn’t promising a quicker process, but it’s offering a rare walkthrough of just what itself (and many other c…


Huawei pushes Ascend D Quad production to August, pins it on processor hiccups

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Those of us yearning to bring Huawei’s Ascend D Quad on summer vacation will have to file that dream away for next year. The company’s consumer division chief, Yu Chengdong, has pushed back the phone’s volume production from this month to August. Bla…


Huawei pushes Ascend D Quad production to August, pins it on processor hiccups

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Those of us yearning to bring Huawei’s Ascend D Quad on summer vacation will have to file that dream away for next year. The company’s consumer division chief, Yu Chengdong, has pushed back the phone’s volume production from this month to August. Bla…


Huawei Ascend P1 slips through FCC with pentaband goodness for all

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Huawei’s putting a whole bunch of oomph behind its 2012 lineup, and it’s finally beginning to get noticed here in the US. Not too long after getting the Ascend D1 approved by the FCC, the Chinese manufacturer has returned to Washington to push the As…


Huawei Ascend P1 arriving in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia in May

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Looking to sail the smartphone seas on Huawei’s dual-core flagship? Good news if you happen to reside in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Australia: the 4.3-inch 1.5GHz Ascend P1 will be arriving in your locale come next month. Oh, and Latin America, don’t wor…