News & Reviews:   Huawei TalkBand B1

After quite a bit of teasing about the upcoming products to be revealed along with the Malaysia launch for the Huawei Ascend P7 smartphone, Huawei Malaysia launched the smartphone today and confirmed practically all of the other products teased earlier. This includes the Huawei TalkBand B1, Huawei MediaPad X1 7.0 3G / 4G LTE, Huawei MediaPad M1 8.0 3G / 4G LTE and Huawei Ascend G6 3G / 4G LTE. The Huawei Ascend P7 features tech specs which include a 1.8GHz HiSilicon Kirin 910 quad-core processor, 5-inch 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution screen, 13MP BSI rear camera, 8MP BSI front camera and 4G LTE connectivity. At just 6.5mm thin this smartphone is one of the slimmest flagship level smartphones in the market while still managing to pack in even more features and better design than the previous Huawei Ascend P6.

Pricing for the other devices were also revealed as follows:

• Huawei TalkBand B1 ~ RM499
• Huawei MediaPad X1 7.0 4G LTE ~ RM1399
• Huawei MediaPad X1 7.0 3G ~ RM1299
• Huawei MediaPad M1 8.0 4G LTE ~ RM1099
• Huawei MediaPad M1 8.0 3G ~ RM899
• Huawei Ascend G6 4G LTE ~ RM899
• Huawei Ascend G6 3G ~ RM749

While Huawei Malaysia already sent out the save the date teaser for their upcoming 10 June 2014 event, it seems that it won't be just the Huawei Ascend P7 smartphone being released. Almost every day afterwards, Huawei Malaysia have teased a different device that may be coming along with their flagship smartphone. This list currently includes the following:

• Huawei TalkBand B1 - a 2-in-1 bluetooth headset and fitness tracker
• Huawei MediaPad X1 - a 7-inch tablet phone with 1.6GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, 13MP Sony rear camera, 5MP front camera, 7.2mm thin, 4G LTE support, 5000 mAh battery and premium aluminum body.
• Huawei MediaPad M1 - a HTC One look-alike tablet with 1.6GHz quad-core processor, 8-inch display and 1GB RAM
• Huawei Ascend G6 3G / 4G - a smartphone with 1.2gHz quad-core Qualcomm processor, 1GB RAM, 4GB/8GB storage, 4.5-inch display, 8MP rear camera, 5MP front camera, 3G/4G support and 2000 mAh batery

As rumoured, Huawei recently came out with their first smartwatch called the Huawei TalkBand B1. Featuring a bended 1.4-inch OLED display, the TalkBand B1 looks more like a smartband than a smartwatch with a silicon band that should fit most wrists. While the TalkBand B1 functions in the same way as other bluetooth companion devices, one of it's main features includes the ability to take out the OLED display and use it as a Bluetooth earpiece.