With Android phones as a working device I have clear had better experiences than with Windows 8 tablets. What could be more obvious than that my next test device combines the advantages of both devices: It should be a so-called phablet - and the readers can win it. How is at the end of the post.

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The dimension

With a height of 7 mm, a width of 157.0 mm and a depth of 81.0 mm and a weight of 7.9 g including the battery, the Huawei Ascend Mate185 is the ideal size for a handbag, but is still equipped with a 6” FHD screen, 1080p (1920 x 1080), 368 PPI thanks to AndroidSystem works well.

Just to get the phone with one Hand to use, for example for taking photos or even making phone calls, as one is used to from "normal" smartphones, the phablet is actually a bit unwieldy and you have to be careful that it doesn't fall out of your hand. However, a suitable bag that offers more grip can help here.

Storage and charger

The SIM card and SD card slots are difficult to open with the “key” supplied. the corresponding constructions act extremely fragile, swapping cards on the way becomes difficult.

The Ascend Mate7 already has an internal memory of 2 GB RAM and 16 GB ROM and can easily be extended to 16 or even 32 GB. You can also install some programs on the memory card.

Ideal for traveling is the extremely light charging cable. Only the plug is a bit large and clunky advised.

The battery

The recharge time is initially gigantic, in fact one should come with the large 4.100 mAh battery the whole day over the rounds. The indicated 648 hours standby and 30 conversational hours are however illusory.

Especially if you take a lot of pictures, set the screen to extremely bright and do a lot in the Internet surfs - then don't be surprised if the battery starts to weaken in the afternoon. From my point of view, there is one major shortcoming: The battery is firmly glued and cannot be replaced. At some point, the device will only run on the external battery.

The Phablet as a working tool

One thing you have to leave the Huawei Ascend Mate7 with Android 4.4 however: It is the best working tool I had so far. I can conveniently e-mail, write texts and even view and edit photos.

For texts I use the free Office app WPS, which has the most necessary Features of an office program. Only the connection with the Bluetooth keyboard could be a little smoother, in fact it's quite a fuss. And editing longer texts is still difficult on this cell phone, and the copy and paste menu in particular is not very user-friendly with the touchpad on Android, but that's not specific Problem of the Huawei.

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The Huawai mobile phone also features a picture processing with an integrated panorama function. striking:

There is only one virtual trigger for videos and photos. The main camera has a maximum resolution of 4160 x 3120 pixels or 12,98 megapixels, camera on the front makes photos with 5 megapixels and videos in Full HD. On the back sits a white LED.

The startup

It's a bit annoying for me that the device emits a sound that's apparently Huawei-branded when booting up - this is a problem especially if you want to turn on the device during an event and it's unpleasantly noticeable. Switching off the system sound doesn't help here. Only Solution: Turn down the volume of the device completely before turning it off. If, like me, you forget to turn it back up again, the whole functioning of the cell phone becomes absurd.

In general, booting up is a bit slow - before you can enter the password, you first end up on the home screen, which is cumbersome. The fingerprint sensor on the back, which you can use to unlock your phone with your finger, could help here - if it were only linked to the SIM card. Unfortunately, this ingenious invention only works to unlock the screen. Since I don't Lust have to unlock the SIM card and screen every time I boot up, I have to deactivate it.

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Also difficult is the UMTS reception: Occasionally, this beats in between, what can then be remedied only by a reboot. And with different providers, no error of the network operator so. The WIFI reception is sometimes delayed. These connectivities could be improved.

Conclusion: Despite some weaknesses the Huawei Ascend Mate7 is a practical work device for me - this is mainly due to the comfortably large screen. With a price of less than 500 euros, it is also cheaper than comparable competitors.

Competition

As a reader, you can win the Phablet Huawei Ascend Mate7. What you have to do for that? Just sign up for the 13.08.2015 for our weekly newsletter. All subscribers who are logged in to the 13.08.2015, we raffle the phablet.

Update

We have a winner. The winner was notified. I thank all the others for their participation!