Poll results: Mate S and 6s Plus, innovation or copycat?
Huawei Mate S chassis colors
Apple iPhone 6s Plus colors
Moreover, it sports a 5.5" panel with 1080p resolution, just like the iPhone 6s Plus, and has a 13 MP camera with RGBW sensor and OIS, against Apple's 12 MP camera with RGBW sensor and OIS. The icing on the cake, however, is that the Mate S was announced with a version that carries a pressure-sensitive Force Touch display, and Huawei even mentions the phrase "3D touch" in the technology's description on its website. Apple? Well, its new pressure-sensitive screen tech, as found in the iPhone 6s Plus, is called "3D Touch."
Huawei even priced the Mate S way above what most other Chinese makers price their flagships, bordering it on the iPhone 6s Plus tags, as in Europe both handsets will cost north of €800. Long story short, Huawei will have a 5.5-incher with aluminum unibody, a pressure-sensitive display, and in colors similar to the iPhone 6s Plus, about the time that Apple's phablet hits the shelves en masse everywhere.
This is why we asked you last week whether you think Huawei innovated by unveiling the Mate S about a week before the iPhone 6s Plus, or whether it is simply copying its way to the top, overhearing what new tech and new colors will come with Apple's second-gen phablet. Well, the majority of our 2625 respondents think that Huawei was first to announce, hence the Mate S is an innovative Android handset with a price tag that justifiably closes in on the iPhone franchise. The rest of our respondents, about 43%, think that it is not a coincidence that Huawei will have a 5.5" phone with Force Touch tech on the market by the time the iPhone 6s Plus hits the shelves globally, flaunting a 3D Touch display of its own.
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