You might call it a lack of ambition. Or you could just call it being very pragmatic. At a recent roundtable with reporters in Tokyo, the head of Sony's mobile business professed his desire to be the No. 3 player in smartphones behind Apple and Samsung. BlackBerry's CEO said the same thing heading up to the launch of BlackBerry Z10. Breaking the Sampple duopoly is no easy task, given that IDC says the two companies account for more than 50 per cent of smartphones sold worldwide. Read More >>

Huawei could add a waffle-maker to its Ascend P2, and I doubt even that would be enough to pull people over to its side of the phone stores. Unlike the Ascend D2 unveiled at CES, there's no 3,000mAh battery lurking here (you'll have to "make do" with a 2420 one), but there's a CAT 4LTE chipset, meaning 4G speeds can reach 150Mbps (the iPhone 5 and S3 LTE only have CAT 3, FYI). Read More >>

Compared to years past, CES 2013 was pretty light on phones. The focus was more on health/fitness gadgets and 4K UHD TVs. But among the few phones at the show, we some good ones. Here are the top five. Read More >>

Huawei isn't the biggest player in the phone game, but it's making moves to step up. Huawei's taking another stab at high-end relevance with its new Ascend D2, which looks like it could be a nice device if it isn't plagued by delays. Read More >>

Oh man, here we go. Phablets are no longer no longer constrained to limits of being under half a foot. Huawei's new Ascend Mate is an unprecedented 6.1-inches. It's been around before, but now it's official. Cower in fear beneath its all-encompassing shadow. Read More >>

Huawei is definitely a growing force in the world of mobile, but the United States has always been wary of it, even if the White House says Huawei isn't spying for China. Now there's been a bit of funny business. According to Reuters, a close Huawei partner offered millions of dollars worth of embargoed HP equipment to Iran. Read More >>

If you thought the Galaxy Note II was pushing the envelope on size, you've got another thing coming. A executive from Huawei has been caught on camera showing off the company's upcoming 6.1-inch 1080p Ascend Mate, a truly mammoth phablet. Read More >>

As well as announcing details of its launch of the UK's first 4G network, Everything Everywhere's new EE brand has listed the first LTE mobiles we'll get to use over here. It could be Nokia's chance to shine. Read More >>

China's Huawei is growing fast, quickly rising to a strong position in the mobile market. But as it pushes abroad, it's facing a lot of skepticism from other governments and from direct competitors, in part because of its ties to its the country's People's Liberation Army. But are those legitimate fears, or are western companies just scared of the competition? America, The Economist reports, is particularly wary of the company and its government ties: Read More >>

One of the many, many new Android devices at the Mobile World Congress event comes via Huawei, which is showing off a 10" update of its 7" MediaPad tablet. Read More >>

Huawei isn't exactly the first name you think of when it comes to high-end smartphone. In fact, it may be among the last. But this one is a new 4.5-inch, Ice-Cream Sandwich-running, quad-core beast with 16 core graphics processor phone. Read More >>

Microsoft's already signed licensing deals with many of the top Android phone makers, now it's turning to upcoming budget manufacturer Huawei for a slice of its Android income overly hotly contested smartphone patents. Read More >>

Huawei, known for making the Three MiFi and cheap Android smartphones, is entering the UK tablet market with a 7-inch Honeycomb device that'll set you back around £330. But someone's screwed up in the marketing department. Read More >>