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back to article The S, Huawei’s new best Mate: Compact and premium – but not cheap

The Mate has had a place in Huawei’s range lineup as a cheapskate’s alternative to Samsung’s Galaxy Note phablets: it's cheap, cheerful and durable. The display wasn’t the best, but a massive battery kept the phone chugging along for ages. Slightly confusingly, the Mate S is a quite different kettle of fish, however. It …

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  1. Shades

    Pizza

    The pizza above the potato one looks delicious though!

    Phone? What phone??

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  2. Steve Davies 3 Silver badge

    Here come de Bling!

    Add a nice sparkly jacket and the Bling Addicts will love to be seen with one of these attached to their lughole.

    I wonder if Vertu produce a really blinged version?

    For the rest of us? Meh (probably)

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  3. Chris Miller

    Kartoffeln über alles

    Put potato on everything!

    It's the unofficial German motto. And another reason I love the country so much.

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  4. Alistair
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    'taterza

    Given that the rest of the pizza is constructed correctly - Potatoes work.

    That one doesn't look like it has bacon. One *must* have bacon.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: 'taterza

      Being Italian, I can tell you that potato slices are certainly allowed as a topping.

      Whereas pineapple is VERBOTEN! As are meatballs or chicken.

      Italian police will send you to jail if you try!

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  5. BrazzaB

    You live and learn

    I ordered chicken on my pizza with chips - you guessed it - I got a chicken and chips pizza!

    Apparently it's a normal topping there! Wonder if it's just for the tourists?

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  6. Will Godfrey Silver badge
    Meh

    Daft

    Am I the only one who thinks these... erm... phones not only look stupid, but make the users look stupid too.

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    1. AC Wilson
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      Re: Daft

      That may only be the mirror-like finish you are seeing.

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  7. Busby

    Think this one is priced just a little too high. Spec wise it seems decent enough for the price but falls into the good not great category. Can see this one struggling to get decent numbers as I can't see people paying these prices for what is still not considered a premium brand.

    The Honor 7 on the other hand I expect to sell very well and maybe once those buyers come to upgrade a year or two down the line they would consider going for a more premium Huawei but I don't think they are there yet in Western markets so doubt I will see many of these in use on the train.

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