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hello there my name is Gary Sims from Android authority now recently for awhile we announced the qual way mate s now it's built on the great foundation that was through mate 7 however it is quite a different phone and today we're going to take an in-depth look at it the mate s features a similar full metal body design as Pascual way high-end devices but this one comes with an updated build including a curved rear and 2.5 d Corning Gorilla Glass 4 while I says that the curvature has allowed it to thin out the edges and yet keep the overall profile just seven point two millimeters the result is a handset which is good to look at and surprisingly easy to hold looking around the device the volume rocker and the power button are found on the right hand side all the buttons are very responsive and easy to press and offer a good amount of tactile feedback although the phone comes the DoubleTap a knuckle gesture to switch it on this becomes redundant once you have configured the fingerprint reader but we'll talk more about that in a moment up on the top is the headphone jack and the microphone at the bottom is the Micro USB port flanked by two grills giving the appearance of a dual speaker setup even though there in fact there's only one speaker the one on the right-hand side above the display is a speaker grill along with an 8 megapixel front-facing camera which also has its own flash on the back is a 13 megapixel camera sensor coupled with a dual tone LED flash and the fingerprint reader the mate s features a 5.5 inch AMOLED Full HD display with a screen colour saturation of 105 percent of the RGB gamut and the contrast ratio of 1.8 million to 1 the result is the viewing angles are good and display is bright enough for comfortable outdoor visibility while it has also built in a way to change the color temperature of the display first I think the default is spot-on however if you'd like to make the colors cold or a warmer than the option is available under settings display while quad HD is the buzzword at the moment the full HD resolution with this size of display is more than enough and no one will have any complaints with regards to the viewing experience the display adds to the over all great experience of using the mate s and the AMOLED technology brings with the deep blacks and vivid colors that make using this handset a flagship experience under the hood the huawei mate s packs the optical high silicon Kiran 935 processor it has four cortex a53 cores clocked at 2.2 gigahertz another for propped-up but five gigahertz this is backed by a Mali t-62a GPU and three gigabytes of RAM performance is as smooth as you would expect from this Huawei made processing package and very rarely will there be any signs of stutter or lag moving through the various element of the UI is smooth and opening closing and switching between applications is fast and snappy the device also handles gaming pretty well say for the most graphically intensive games where you might notice drop frames could use my test the mate s can run Epic Citadel at thirty five point six frames per second in ultra high quality mode and at 56.7 frames per second in high quality mode as fan to to the may test scores fifty 1397 the mate s comes with 32 gigabytes or 64 gigabytes of internal storage and this be expanded by a further 128 gigabytes via the microSD card slot there is also 128 gigabyte variant of the phone which includes the pressure-sensitive screen ie force touch however this model only be available in certain markets although the entry model is quoted as having 32 gigabytes of internal storage only about 24 gigabyte is usable this basically means that eight gigabytes of the flash memory is used for the system this figure is a little excessive and it goes a long way to explain why the 32 gigabyte variant is the entry-level point not a 16 gigabyte variant device come to the standard suite of connectivity options as well as NFC and 4G LTE looking at the band's supported by the two different models that are available it is clear the quarrei intends this to be an internationally available handset as mentioned there is a fingerprint reader on the back place within easy reach of your index finger as with the mate 7 before it the fingerprint reader on the mate s is of exceptional high quality I've never read any of the smartphone fingerprint readers and personally I think Samsung have done a bad job with a fingerprint on the s6 on the note 5 however the fingerprint reader on qual way make as is a joy to use yes it's definitely one of the fastest I've used and yes it's also one of the most accurate but the critical point is how it is used quite always implementation is second-to-none using it is easy you just need to register a fingerprint under settings fingerprint ID and then set which options and gestures you want activated eg take photo stop alarm and so on I reach to the index finger from both my left and right hand which means I can pick up the phone with either hand and just press my finger on the reader to unlock and open the phone instantly also the center on the back is not just a fingerprint reader it also acts as a swipe gesture area you can swipe down to pull down the notification panel touch to take a photograph you can even touch it to answer a call you can also use it an app like the gallery to swipe through your photos moving on to the audio the quality of the speaker itself is certainly quite good for a single speaker and it can be very loud in fact almost too loud I there found that for listening to music I had to reduce the volume to almost half but for those who like it loud the good news that even at these highest volume levels the sound does not distort Cheil word with digging deep to know our father's heart reaching out to show them who you are as for the battery the mate s packs are non removable two thousand seven hundred million power unit which allows for an excellent battery life with around five or six hours on screen time during a typical day which would include watching videos internet browsing and taking calls and using the camera I did some individual app testing using game Finch and you'll be able to stream YouTube video over Wi-Fi for around five point five hours and play 3d intensive games around four hours the bottom line is you will get a full day's use out of this battery without worrying about how you've been using your phone preserving the confusion about if the huawei mate s includes quick charge functionality all I can say is that from my testing it does not the supply charger that comes with it is rated at just 5 volts at 2 amps what this means is is that you can charge the phone from almost zero to fully charge in about two hours and 15 minutes while mate s comes with a 13 megapixel rear camera and includes a four color RGB W imaging sensor + optical image stabilization also the camera housing is scratch proof thanks to a sapphire protection the camera app includes some nice features to enhance the shots that you take including a super night mode panorama HDR and time-lapse there is also a light painting mode for long exposure shots the built-in filters include car like trails light graffiti silky water and star Trak the image quality is excellent and the camera is capable of taking some really good shots with a good amount of detail and good coloring as with most smartphones the best results come from well-lit environments however indoor and low-light shots from the main s are actually quite good there is one weakness it seems with the huge processor rekt too strongly to bright red but has it capable videoing full HD in sixteen by nine from both the front and rear cameras however as you expect optical image stabilization is only available via the via camera the eight megapixel front-facing camera is coupled with a flash which is more like a dim flashlight but its to get that extra bit of light into a shot the quality of shots possible from the front camera is quite impressive with nice colors and lots of details but as expected some gradients is seen in poor light environments there's also a host of beauty mode features so the selfie lovers among you will not be disappointed by what can be achieved with a little bit of digital magic the Maties is running android 5.1.1 lollipop with the latest version of Wali's emotion UI on the top this is a deliberate choice by far away and get rid of the app drawer leaving you dependent on folders to keep things organized some people insist on a stock Android experience however personally I found the emotion UI is a joy to use the notification shade is divided into two sections shortcuts and notifications although it would have been nice to have these two sections combined notification section is quite nice little timeline on the left keeping your notifications very bit organized there is also a theme engine available to change the look and feel of the UI should you desire the size of software to manage the fingerprint reader there are a few other built-in bits of functionality one is a simple always on speech awareness system that allows you to place calls by saying ok ma call Joan and others is it emotion controls like flip to mute and of course a knuckle gesture system there's also a one-handed layout mode which temporary reduces the size of the UI so that it can be using one hand find the emotion UI has some support for jeweled windowing mainly for use with the stock apps like gallery notepad videos and so on overall while ways take on Android is certainly different from the stock experience however it can be said it's very sleek and very well designed and there you have it the huawei mate s it's got this excellent 5.5 inch I'm going to display a good processing package and an excellent camera but when you add that fingerprint reader is very easy for us to give it our editors choice award well my name is Gary sim from Android authority I hope you enjoyed 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