Huawei Mate 8
Introduction
The Huawei Mate 8 is the latest phablet by the Chinese phone manufacturer. It's a premium device all around and it surely doesn't come cheap. But for the price you pay for it, you are certainly treated to an excellent user experience and some of the best specs in the industry.
Huawei Mate 8 key features
- Hybrid DualSIM/microSD card slot (up to 128GB)
- Aluminum unibody, diamond-cut beveled edges, sandblasted satin back finish
- 6" 1080p IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 368ppi
- HiSilicon Kirin 950 chipset: octa-core CPU (4xCortex-A72 @ 2.3GHz plus
- 4xCortex-A53 @ 1.8GHz), Mali-T880 MP4 GPU
- 3GB of RAM/32GB of built-in storage, or 4GB/64GB;
- Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, Huawei EMUI v4.0 overlay;
- 16MP camera with Sony IMX298 sensor, phase detection autofocus, OIS, f/2.0 aperture; 1080@60fps video recording
- 8MP front camera, f/2.0 aperture; 1080p video recording; wide selfie
- Cat. 6 LTE (300/50Mbps); dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct; Bluetooth 4.2 LE; NFC; GPS/A-GPS/GLONASS/Beidou; microUSB
- 4,000mAh Li-Po battery, fast charging
- 3.5mm headphone jack, active noise cancelation with a dedicated mic
Main disadvantages
- No 4K 2160p video recording
- Low-resolution display by flagship phablet standards
- Non-removable battery
- Hybrid DualSIM/microSD card slot limits options
Connectivity & Features & Networks
NETWORK | Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
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LAUNCH | Announced | 2015, November |
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Status | Available. Released 2015, November |
BODY | Dimensions | 157.1 x 80.6 x 7.9 mm (6.19 x 3.17 x 0.31 in) |
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Weight | 185 g (6.53 oz) | |
SIM | Nano-SIM - NXT-L09 Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - NXT-L29 |
DISPLAY | Type | IPS-NEO LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
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Size | 6.0 inches (~78.0% screen-to-body ratio) | |
Resolution | 1080 x 1920 pixels (~368 ppi pixel density) | |
Multitouch | Yes | |
Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 4 | |
- Emotion UI 4.0 |
PLATFORM | OS | Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) |
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Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 950 | |
CPU | Quad-core 2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 + quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex A53 | |
GPU | Mali-T880 MP4 |
MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) |
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Internal | 32 GB, 3 GB RAM - NXT-L09, NXT-L29 64 GB, 4 GB RAM - NXT-L29 |
CAMERA | Primary | 16 MP, f/2.0, 27mm, OIS, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash,check quality |
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Features | 1/2.8" sensor size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR | |
Video | 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, check quality | |
Secondary | 8 MP, f/2.4, 26mm, 1080p |
SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
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Loudspeaker | Yes | |
3.5mm jack | Yes | |
- 24-bit/192kHz audio - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot |
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Bluetooth | v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE | |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS | |
NFC | Yes | |
Radio | FM radio | |
USB | microUSB v2.0, USB Host |
FEATURES | Sensors | Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass |
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Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email | |
Browser | HTML5 | |
Java | No | |
- Fast battery charging: 37% in 30 min - DivX/XviD/MP4/H.265/WMV player - MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/Flac player - Document editor - Photo/video editor |
BATTERY | Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery | |
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Stand-by | Up to 528 h (3G) | |
Music play | Up to 98 h |
MISC | Colors | Champagne Gold, Moonlight Silver, Space Gray, Mocha Brown |
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Price group | 8/10 |
TESTS | Performance | Basemark OS II: 2033 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 2017 Basemark X: 15593 |
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Display | Contrast ratio: 1361:1 (nominal), 2.949 (sunlight) | |
Camera | Photo / Video | |
Loudspeaker | Voice 67dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 66dB | |
Audio quality | Noise -97.8dB / Crosstalk -97.3dB | |
Battery life |
Endurance rating 103h
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PROS
- Outstanding battery life
- Market-leading performance
- Super fast fingerprint sensor
- Great design
- Exceptional build quality
- Market-leading performance
- Super fast fingerprint sensor
- Great design
- Exceptional build quality
CONS
- Average speakers
- Mediocre camera
- Software needs a lot of work
- Mediocre camera
- Software needs a lot of work
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