Huawei Technologies Co Ltd unveiled on Friday a slate of new devices meant to showcase the Chinese company’s hardware technology, just days before Apple Inc releases its highly-anticipated iPhone 6 on Sept 9.<\/p>\n
Huawei, which began as a telecom equipment company in 1987, has rapidly transformed itself in recent years into the world’s No. 3 smartphone maker behind Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple.<\/p>\n
Today it markets its devices as comparable to Samsung and Apple products, which are often viewed by consumers as the technological cutting edge.<\/p>\n
Huawei said Friday it would release a limited edition of its high-end Ascend P7 phone with a sapphire glass display – the costly but durable material that’s been the subject of industry chatter following reports this year that Apple would begin mass producing devices with sapphire.<\/p>\n
Huawei also said at an electronics trade show in Berlin that its Ascend Matenew Ascend P7 phone7 “phablet” would become the first Android smartphone on the market with a finger-print sensor, a technology that was first seen on Apple’s iPhone 5s, announced last September.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the company’s smartphone division chief Richard Yu said the sapphire glass phone demonstrated Huawei’s “advanced craftsmanship” and its ability to “deliver the most advanced technology into the hands of consumers”.<\/p>\n
Shenzhen-based Huawei claimed 6.9 percent smartphone market share in the second quarter according to analyst IDC, behind Samsung’s 25.2 percent and Apple’s 11.9 percent.<\/p>\n
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