Huawei Ascend Mate to carry 6.1 inch screen?

We remember the old days when the 2.81 inch screen on the LG Voyager was considered "generous". Today, a screen that size wouldn't even be considered miserly. It was the 4.3 inch screen on the HTC HD2 that started the sexual revolution the use in smartphones of screens above 4 inches. Now, Samsung is about to launch in the states, a phone with a screen measuring 5.5 inches which would make it the largest screen on a smasrtphone, right?  After all, no other smartphone on the market has a screen larger than the 5.5 inch display on the Samsung GALAXY Note II, right? Not so fast. While the phablet sequel might be have the largest screen at the moment, Huawei has a device in the works that actually adds another six-tenths of an inch to the screen.

The Huawei Ascend Mate is said to be in the works and not only will it sport a massive 6.1 inch screen, the device is rumored to have a quad-core 1.8GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 1080p resolution and a 4,000mAh battery. All this in a phone 9.9mm thick. Android 4.1 is said to be installed with the EMUI 1.5 UI on top. The problem is that with a screen this size, you are almost getting into tablet territory at 7 inches. Should the line continued to blur between the two devices? At some point, when a mobile phone can't fit n your pocket, the handset becomes unwieldy and a hassle to carry. With a tablet, you know that it is not designed for your pockets. If 2.81 inches in "generous," what can be said about 6.1 inches?

Huawei executives are said to have confirmed the existence of the 6.1 inch phone. We can see this becoming a competition among manufacturers to build the phone with the largest screen. The question is, where will it stop?

source: MyDrivers (translated) via Phandroid