Promoted: The Huawei Mate S has landed – and it’s a doozy

By the end of 2015 there will be more than 7 billion
registered mobile phone users around the world. That’s one
for every man, woman and child on the planet. Everywhere.
The internet of things is expected to reach 100 billion
networked sensors and devices by 2025 – which equates
to 47 million devices being connected every day. Two
million per hour; 33,333 per minute; 555 per second. If
each of those was an audible click, you’d hear it as a
whistle. (It’s C#, if you were wondering.)
If humankind is at the core of technology, the smartphone
is an extension of that core – and touch is at the centre of
that connection.
That’s Huawei’s take on it, anyway. And that’s why it’s
placed touch at the centre of its design philosophy in the
new flagship Mate S smartphone.
It’s a curved-back, all-metal unibody design – dual
diamond-cut for a sleek but comfortable feel – with a
5.5in, 2.5D curved fourth-fen Gorilla Glass screen. A
screen that, when you give it a fondle, gives up a few
surprises.
The first is visual: it packs 401ppi into its area, boasts
105% colour saturation and a 1.8million-to-one contrast
ratio. The second is tactile: selected models are kitted out
with pressure-sensitive Force Touch tech. That means you
can press the screen harder to zoom in on photos, launch
apps… even weigh stuff.
The touchy-feely stuff doesn’t end there, either. Flip the
phone over and, under the camera, sits a fingerprint
sensor. There’s more to it than security, too – you can
unlock your phone with it, of course, but you can also use it
to launch notifications, swipe through gallery photos,
answer calls and more.