The Huawei Ascend Mate 2 has been sold by
Huawei in theUS in unlocked form since June.
A while ago, the Chinesecompany announced
that the phablet would not be updated to future
Android versions, which created a backlash in the
online community.
Now it seems that Huawei took the negative feedback it received
into account, and has changed its mind, making it official that the
Ascend Mate 2 will get to taste Lollipop.
However, if you own
one of these, there's still a very long wait ahead.
The Chinese company has given us the vaguest of time frames
- it expects to have the Lollipop update ready "in the first half of next year".
That could mean June 30. Interestingly, the Ascend Mate 2
currently runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, and Huawei has no plans
to update it to Android 4.4 KitKat in the meantime.
Huawei in theUS in unlocked form since June.
A while ago, the Chinesecompany announced
that the phablet would not be updated to future
Android versions, which created a backlash in the
online community.
into account, and has changed its mind, making it official that the
Ascend Mate 2 will get to taste Lollipop.
However, if you own
one of these, there's still a very long wait ahead.
The Chinese company has given us the vaguest of time frames
- it expects to have the Lollipop update ready "in the first half of next year".
That could mean June 30. Interestingly, the Ascend Mate 2
currently runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, and Huawei has no plans
to update it to Android 4.4 KitKat in the meantime.