The specifications of the Huawei Ascend P7 Sapphire Edition are the same as the regular model. It has a 5-inch INCELL lenovo K910 touchscreen with a display resolution of 1920 x1080 pixels. Under the hood, the device packs in a Hisilicon Kirin 910T quad-core processor clocked at 1.8GHz. The Ascend P7 Sapphire Edition will tout a memory capacity of 2GB and have 16GB of on-board storage. The smartphone will come with Android 4.4.2 KitKat out of the box.
The smartphone has a 13-megapixel primary camera and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera for all your selfie needs. The NFC-enabled phone has a 2500 mAh battery.
The Ascend P7 Sapphire Edition is expected to release in China in Q3 2014. It is not yet known when the exclusive model will make its way to other parts of the world. Huawei is yet to reveal the pricing for the limited edition as well.
Huawei has taken the wraps off its Ascend P7 Sapphire Edition smartphone, which is a limited edition of the Ascend P7 that debuted in May 2014.
For the unfamiliar, sapphire glass is usually used for the lens of a smartphone's primary camera. This is done so that the lens does not get scratched and spoil the resulting images. Sapphire glass is durable; however, high costs associated with its production has not made the material viable for mass production for most OEMs. Apple, however, is believed to be using sapphire glass for the impending iPhone 6.
While the Ascend P7 Sapphire Edition will sport a sapphire display, the device will have a ceramic back. This means that no scratches on the rear of the phone either and more durability, considering ceramic is said to be "three times stronger than steel." The metal framing of the handset will be in rose gold (reminiscent of iPhone 5 in gold?).
"The arrival of Ascend P7 Sapphire Edition so soon after the launch of Ascend P7 marks a new era in Huawei's smartphone business," said Richard Yu, CEO, Huawei Consumer Business Group. "Not only does the new Sapphire Edition demonstrate our advanced craftsmanship Lenovo K920 , but it also highlights our successful strategic deployment of resources to deliver the most advanced technology into the hands of consumers."

For the time being, Xiaomi's influence outside of China lenovo p770 is relatively limited: Its handsets are not officially available in Western markets. But Xiaomi has begun targeting other emerging markets, including India.
Xiaomi's Mi 3, the predecessor to the Mi 4, went on sale in India last month. After just a few weeks, there's no hard data on Xiaomi's success in the Indian market, but anecdotal evidence paints a bright picture: Flipkart, the popular Indian e-commerce site, has struggled to keep the phone in stock (as of this writing, would-be buyers must register for a chance to purchase the phone).
As with Chinese consumers, Indian buyers may find Xiaomi's value enticing. The Mi 3 retails for around $230 in India -- for comparison, Apple's nearly three-year-old iPhone 4s costs about twice as much. In contrast, Samsung offers Indians a variety of low-cost Galaxy handsets, some of which are cheaper than Xiaomi's Mi 3. None, however, offer as much value -- Samsung's Galaxy Grand is priced competitively with the Mi 3, but features weaker hardware.
The Mi 4 has not yet made its way to India, but should be expected to do so in the coming months. Although it's more expensive, the Mi 4 offers beefier internals, a higher quality camera, and 4G network connectivity.
Xiaomi faces fierce competition in India (not just Apple and Samsung), but with the value it's offering, it would not be surprising to see Xiaomi eventually emerge as a dominant player in Indian handset market.
Certainly, with its meteoric rise to the top of the Chinese market, Xiaomi has indisputably become a worthy competitor to Apple and Samsung. While all eyes focus on Apple and its next flagship, Xiaomi's new Mi 4 could prove to be nearly as important.
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) is likely to unveil the next iPhone on Sept. 9. The iPhone 6, which could come in two different varieties, is expected to feature a larger screen, and should smash existing sales records. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is prepared to move as many as 70 million-80 million of the new iPhones by the end of December.
Should that prove to be the case, Apple's iPhone 6 will clearly be the most significant handset released in 2014, parking a massive upgrade cycle, and perhaps poaching some of Samsung's (NASDAQOTH: SSNLF ) best customers.
But there's another handset, one that could ultimately prove nearly as important, and in some ways, perhaps even more so. While the public looks forward to the iPhone 6's debut, Xiaomi's Mi 4 is already available for sale.
Apple's iPhone 6 is widely expected to ship with a 4.7-inch screen. If that's the case, it will be slightly smaller than Xiaomi's 5-inch Mi 4 Lenovo K920 . The recently released flagship, which Xiaomi unveiled last month, features a large, full HD display, 3 GB of RAM, and a speedy, Snapdragon 801 processor.
In other words, it's about as powerful as Samsung's Galaxy S5, and its performance could be comparable to Apple's iPhone 6. But unlike Samsung and Apple's flagships, the Mi 4 is cheap, costing Chinese consumers around $325. Prices vary by carrier, but Chinese buyers generally have to pay two or three times as much for Samsung's Galaxy S5 or Apple's iPhone 5s.
With high-end hardware and bargain prices, it's no surprise that Xiaomi has taken China by storm. Despite being founded just four years ago, the company has risen to the top of the Chinese handset market. According to research firm Canalys, Xiaomi sold more handsets in China than Apple or Samsung last quarter, making it the fifth largest smartphone vendor in the world.