By John McCann
Introduction and design
Say hello to the Huawei Mate S, the world’s first smartphone with Force Touch technology. Kind of.
‘Force Touch’ I hear you quizzically ponder, ‘isn’t that Apple’s thing?’ Well yes, it’s the fancy screen tech you find in the Apple Watch and the trackpad of the new MacBook – and yes, Huawei was the first to stick it in a smartphone.
It managed to get in a whole week before Apple announced 3D Touch on the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus – which is basically the same technology, but the Cupertino firm’s implementation is more fully formed than Huawei’s effort.
I say ‘kind of’ in my opening line because you may have some difficultly getting a Mate S with Force Touch. It comes in three models; 32GB, 64GB and 128GB but it’s only in that last model, the 128GB one, where you’ll find Force Touch.
SIM-free the 32GB model can now be had for a relatively modest £380 (US$500, around AU$750) with availability wide spread. If you’re in the market for the 64GB or 128GB Force Touch model then things aren’t so easy as they are still hard to come by.
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Source:: techradar.com – Phones
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