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I live once live life if you're a little confused by the messaging behind Huawei's latest super phone well so are we but with so many features to rundown let's not get mired in marketing hmm i'm michael fisher ready for 2014 this is PocketNow and this is our unboxing and first hands-on of the huawei ascend mate 7 if the ascend mate 2 that we reviewed a few months back is the phone that lasts all weekend then the mate 7 with its 4100 milliamp hour battery pack is the phone that lasts even longer like say the duration of a tradeshow that's why weighs thinking apparently as the company's gifted mate sevens to everyone in attendance at today's press event in Berlin so now that pocket now has a unit in house we thought we'd go outside and unbox it one thing will safer huawei the company has learned how to package in a very premium fashion every part of the unboxing experience is high-quality from the cardboard to the bundled accessories then even the iconography is done in a classy minimalism picking the phone up for the first time we're struck by how much it doesn't feel like a 7-inch device well that's because it isn't it's a 6 inch screen so why Huawei called it the mate 7 is a mystery we'll try to solve here later on but even at 6 inches that's a huge phone and yet the mate 7 feels pretty manageable in the hand thanks to its super tiny bezels and even though it bears more than a passing resemblance to a certain oversized HTC phone from last year the mate 7 also feels really nice in the hand with its single piece metal back cover and diamond-cut chamfers and the newest version of the emotion UI is actually really really striking it might be one of our favorite parts of the device in our early impressions phase even if you don't like this theme there are literally hundreds of others to choose from we're going to have a full review of the mid 7 up after Aoife so for now we'll just say that if you can think of a feature or component Huawei is probably thrown it in here from dual sim to octa core LTE cat 6 to a 13 megapixel camera from a fingerprint scanner to a groovy camera Huawei has thrown the kitchen sink into this phone and we're really looking forward to testing it out and one of the more challenging review environments ever we've got a lot more from Huawei and everyone else here in Berlin stay tuned for more from pocket now and follow us on social media so you don't miss a thing until next time this has been michael fisher with pocket now captain to phones on twitter thanks for watching and we'll see you soon