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GSMArena team, 17 October 2014

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Huawei Ascend Mate7 review: Stargazer

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  • Ascend Mate7

6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Retail package, 360-degree view, design and build quality, controls
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  7. 7. Image gallery, music and video players, FM radio, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera, still image quality, video recording and quality
  9. 9. Web browsing, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. Huawei Ascend Mate7 specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (79)

Huawei Android

Standard phonebook

The Ascend Mate7 phonebook is laid out across three tabs that can be navigated by swipes. An alphabetical list on the right can help you jump to a specific letter or you can just use the search function. Tapping on a contact brings up a popup with access to a contact's scrollable info.

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The tabbed phonebook

As on most Android launchers, you can assign a plethora of contact information including custom ringtones and images. You can link contacts too, if you've added the same person on multiple services.

The phonebook supports blacklist option for blocking contacts.

Telephony is excellent

The Ascend Mate7 held on to signal and in-call sound was just fine. The proximity sensor makes sure the screen stays off when you hold the phone to your ear.

Flipping the phone on its face while it's ringing would mute the call ringing. Alternatively, picking the phone to your ear while it's ringing, automatically answers the call.

The secondary noise cancelling on-board microphone ensures a quieter background for your voice while in call.

The dialer and the call log share the same screen. The dialer offers smart dialing and it works both with names and numbers.

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Smart dial works for both names and numbers

We put the Ascend Mate7 through our traditional loudspeaker test and it scored a Good mark, which means you won't miss any notifications. Here's how it stacks up to the competition.

Speakerphone testVoice, dB Pink noise/ Music, dB Ringing phone, dB Overall score
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 64.0 65.1 61.7 Below Average
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 67.3 65.7 66.5 Below Average
Huawei Ascend P7 63.9 66.1 70.9 Below Average
Huawei Ascend Mate7 66.7 65.7 75.7 Good
Huawei Ascend Mate 67.0 66.6 75.0 Good
Samsung Galaxy S5 66.9 66.6 75.7 Good
HTC One max 68.5 67.2 78.0 Good
Oppo Find 7 69.8 70.3 75.8 Good
LG G3 70.2 66.6 80.2 Good
OnePlus One 74.8 73.5 80.2 Excellent
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 74.7 73.5 81.6 Excellent


Messaging

The messaging section is business as usual with all SMS/MMS communication is organized into threads. Attaching a photo, video, audio recording or the like automatically turns your message into an MMS.

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The standard messaging app

The Ascend Mate7 also comes with Hangouts, which is another way to handle texts. The latest update lets Hangouts integrate your SMS and MMS messages in addition to Gtalk and Google+ conversations.

For email, the Gmail app includes the four inbox options (Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates) that Google recently introduced in their online interface. The default Email app is similar to Gmail, except that it can handle multiple POP or IMAP inboxes, which is useful for when you want to keep track of multiple accounts from one place.

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The Gmail app • The generic email client

The Ascend Мate7 keyboard features some additional settings thanks to its Swype integration, including themes, split keyboard modes, and keyboard height, but sadly many of them are hidden within the input settings menu rather than as shortcuts from the keyboard like on most interfaces. Still, there is support for gestures as well as integration of Google's voice typing with their downloadable language packs.

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Huawei keyboard with Swype integration

Next Page » 7. Image gallery, music and video players, FM radio, audio quality
6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Retail package, 360-degree view, design and build quality, controls
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  7. 7. Image gallery, music and video players, FM radio, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera, still image quality, video recording and quality
  9. 9. Web browsing, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. Huawei Ascend Mate7 specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (79)

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