Unveiling the Ascend G6 4G smartphone, the d X1 hybrid “phablet” the d M1 tablet Sunday, Huawei took a big step toward proving that it should be a force to be reckoned with in mobile-device design.

U.S. consumers will have to wait a while before they get their hs on the latest greatest Huawei devices, though. The company is mainly aiming at global markets outside of the U.S. Canada, where the China-based company has made just a few inroads so far.

Huawei’s innovative spirit was perhaps best exhibited by the d X1, dubbed a “crossover” device by CEO of Huawei Technologies Consumer Business Group, Richard Yu, at a company event in Barcelona a day before the start of Mobile rld Congress.

d merges smartphone, tablet

The d X1 combines smartphone tablet features in an aluminum alloy body, with specs that put it into what market analysts have called the “phablet” product category. Its 7-inch, 1200-by-1920-pixel touch display features an unusual 80 percent screen-to-body ratio. It’s 7.18mm thick weighs in at only 239 grams.

The d X1 is powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core processor runs on Android 4.2 lly Bean. It sports a 5000 mAh battery that provides 21 days of stby time—over five full days of continuous use. It offers reverse charging, letting users power other devices from the X1. A SIM card slot provides 4G E data connectivity lets the device function as a phone.

The X1 also features a 13-megapixel Sony rear-facing camera a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with Huawei’s proprietary self-focus tips, preview screen, 10-level auto-facial enhancement voice-activated, hs-free capture.

The d X will be available in China, Russia, western Europe, the Middle East, pan, tin America starting next month. It’s priced at $548.

Huawei started to transform itself from a contract device manufacturer into a maker of its own products two years ago, noted Colin Giles, executive vice president of the company’s Consumer Business Group. Instilling a “culture of innovaton” in the company, Huawei ended up selling 95 percent of the devices that it made in 2013 under its own br, Giles said at the Barcelona event.

“To keep up with the pace of change in the world around us the industry needs to transform itself; it’s kind of like the situation of transform or die,” Giles said.

Giles announced that the company will sell only smartphones from now on.

Though Huawei has managed to edge out other tier-two smartphone makers, it still is a distant third place behind Samsung Apple. In 2013 Samsung had 31.3 percent of the smartphone market, compared to Apple at 15.3 percent, Huawei at 4.9 percent, at 4.8 percent, novo at 4.5 percent, according to IDC.

st year, the global smartphone market topped 1 billion shipments for the first time, up 38.4 percent year over year, according to a recent report by IDC.

Ascent G6 4G Smartphone debuts

so introduced Sunday was Huawei’s new Ascend G6 4G smartphone, featuring a 4.5-inch, 960-by-540-pixel display running on Android 4.3 It’s 7.85mm thick weighs 115 grams. The smartphone also offers a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, an 8-megapixel camera on the back, 4G E connectivity.

In addition, the phone also supports NFC (near field communication) mobile payments. The Ascend G6 4G comes in a variety of colors will be available from April. Huawei did not offer pricing did not immediately specify where it would sell the phone outside of Europe.

Huawei also announced the d M1 tablet. It’s 7.9 mm thick, weighs 329 grams features an 8-inch, 800 x 1280 pixel multitouch screen, a 1.6 GHz quad-core processor, a 4800 mAh capacity battery supporting eight hours of video on a single charge. It also has a 1-megapixel front-facing camera, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, built-in -Fi routers.

The M1 will be available in this quarter in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, China, pan, Asia-cific, Australia tin America. The tablet runs on Huawei’s Emotion UI 2.0, based on Android 4.2.

Huawei isn’t excluding Canada the U.S. from its marketing plans, said , Huawei’s chief marketing officer for Europe, on the sidelines of the event. The company is, however, first focusing on markets where it has built networks has strong relationships with carriers, he noted. Huawei at the moment does some sales through retailers in the U.S., but has no plans to build networks there.

Huwaei also announced the TalkB B1, a smartwatch-type device that features wireless calling with a Bluetooth 4.1 earpiece. It weighs 26 grams is 14.6mm thick.

The TalkB offers up to seven hours of calling on one charge a 1.4-inch flexible OD display. It supports Android 2.3+ iOS 5.0+ compatible devices offers NFC syncing. It’s designed to track activity time progress, including steps taken, miles covered calories burned.

It will be available in China from next month in pan, the Middle East, Russia western Europe from the second quarter. It’s priced at €99.