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Feedback: But can the phone phone?

31 July 2013

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But can the phone phone?

CHINESE electronics giant Huawei has ambitions to become the world’s top smartphone maker. In June it launched the Ascend P6, touted as the slimmest smartphone ever, in London.

A colleague who went along tells us that an international audience of phone enthusiasts applauded and whooped when it was announced that the device is only 6 millimetres thick. They also got very excited by the “Beauty Level” feature: every time a portrait photo is taken, a slider appears…

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