Video: Huawei Ascend Mate Unboxing (First Look) Posted by Jason Malan / 21 August 2013 / We unboxed the massive Huawei Ascend Mate. It’s a 6.1″ phablet that rocks a quad-core CPU and 2 GB of RAM. The Ascend Mate is available in South Africa for R4999 and you can find it oversees for anywhere from $400 to $500 US.