Chinese companies unveil new products at MWC

BARCELONA -- Chinese companies, Huawei, ZTE and Lenovo have presented new products at the 2015 Mobile World Congress (MWC) from March 2 to 5.

Monday saw ZTE present the ZTE Grand S3, which has an eye recognition system to unblock it. This system, called Eyeprint ID, is integrated into the phone's camera and recognizes its user by looking at the veins and white spaces in their eye.

This new smartphone contains a 5.5-inch, fully-HD screen with a Snapdragon 801 processor and a 3GB RAM memory with 64 GB of internal memory.

ZTE also presented the voice-operated ZTE Star 2, the Blade S6 and Spro 2, which is a smart projector with an Android operating system.

Huawei presented the Huawei Smartwatch and two more wearables: a wristband and a headset.

The CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group Richard Yu highlighted that the Android powered Smartwatch, which will be on sale in the "middle of the year," has a six-axis motion sensor and heart rate monitor as well as a round sapphire glass screen with a 286 pixels per inch display.

It was designed to look more like a classical watch, while rival products were "more like gadgets," he added.

The Smartwatch allows its wearer to receive and send e-mails and download applications. It has a 4 GB memory 512 MB of RAM and Bluetooth 4.1

The 2015 MWC also saw Huawei launch the Talkband B2, an update of the company's Talkband B1, which is a combined wristband/Bluetooth headset device, along with the Talkband N1 headset, which has 4 GB of embedded storage, allowing wearers to carry around 1,000 songs with them as well as enjoy voice call facilities.

Huawei's MediaPad X2 is designed to succeed the X1 and is a 7-inch screen tablet with (long-term evolution) LTE connectivity, which can also be used to make voice calls. It hits the market in two versions, one with a 16 GB memory and another with a capacity of 32 GB.

Lenovo presented two smartphones on Monday, along with the pocket Vibe Shot projector, which is a hybrid between a smartphone and camera, which possesses a 16 mega pixel camera able to take clear photos in low light.

The Lenovo smartphone has a 5-inch screen and Snapdragon processor working with the Android 5.0 Lollipop system with 32 GB memory, support for Dual SIM and 4G connectivity.

Meanwhile, the Lenovo A7000 is the first smartphone with Dolby Atmos technology to improve sound quality. It has a 5.5 inch HD screen and a thickness of 7.9 mm and at a price of $169 is aimed at the budget end of the market.