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

LAUNCH	Announced	2015, November
LAUNCH	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)
	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
	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)
	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)
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	Stand-by	Up to 528 h (3G)
	Music play	Up to 98 h

MISC	Colors	Champagne Gold, Moonlight Silver, Space Gray, Mocha Brown
	Price group	8/10

TESTS	Performance	Basemark OS II: 2033 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 2017 Basemark X: 15593
	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