Huawei's Mate S smartphone comes with Force Touch technology

It's no secret that Huawei's premium smartphones take cues from Apple's iPhone, both in design and functionality.

But with the Mate S, a smartphone Huawei unveiled at the IFA trade show in Berlin Wednesday, the company brought an iPhone feature to life before it actually arrived on the iPhone.

We're talking about Force Touch technology — a sensor within the Mate S touchscreen that recognizes different levels of pressure, enabling the user to perform different tasks depending on how strong she presses the screen, or even use the phone as a scale Read more...