Huawei Beats Apple in Announcing a Phone That Weighs Objects With Force Touch
3rd September 2015
Apple unveiled Force Touch alongside the Apple Watch last September as a way to use different pressures to reveal hidden controls throughout the wearable’s interface. We’ve seen Cupertino’s version of Force Touch offering access to contextual menus and more granular playback controls. But Huawei throws in an added feature that’s a more novel use of the pressure-sensitive technology. The Mate S will allow your device to act as a scale to weigh light objects, though the company doesn’t mention the maximum weight that can be used with the phone.
During their IFA press conference in Berlin on Wednesday, the Chinese phone manufacturer unveiled its inclusion of Force Touch by weighing an orange using the device. (Naturally, the company chose not to weigh an apple…)