Huawei Mate 8 Review

Today we will be reviewing an Android phablet named Huawei Mate 8 made by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, a multinational company that manufactured entry-level, mid-range and high-range smartphones to satisfy its customers. And giving continuity to this process, on November, 2015, Huawei released a high-range smartphone called the Huawei Mate 8 which was the successor of Huawei Mate 7.

The Huawei Mate 8’s body, just like Xiaomi’s high-end device Mi 5s Plus, is completely made up of metal. The rear part is made up of metal, and the surroundings are made up of brushed metal. The device possesses the protection of corning gorilla glass from the front.  Moreover, the device has got the identical look as of other smartphones. An earpiece, front facing camera, a notification LED light and different sensors on the top is easily visible. The device equips the capacitive home, recent app and back button in the screen.

Besides, the device powers up the volume alteration keys followed by a power button below it at the right side of its body. At the top of its body, we can see a 3.5 mm earphone socket followed by an active noise cancellation mic. Furthermore, the device packs up a microphone, speaker grille and a micro USB port at the bottom of it’s body. Similarly, the SIM cards slot and microSD card slot can be seen at the left side of the device.  The main facing camera, dual LED flashlight can be noticed at the rear part followed by a fingerprint sensor below it.

Furthermore, the Huawei Mate 8 equips up 6.0 inches IPS-NEO LCD capacitive touchscreen having its own user interface, Emotion UI v4.0. The screen is of 1080 x 1920 pixels HD resolution having ~368 ppi pixels density. The screen quality of the device is good and contrast. Moreover, the colors are vibrant and the text is sharp and clear and the viewing angles are also good. The device can be used at outdoors with any problem because of its bright screen.

Similarly, the Huawei Mate 8 runs Android v6.0 Lollipop and can be updated Android 7.0 Nougat. The device features HiSilicon Kirin 950 chipset and Octa-Core (4 x 2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 and 4 x 1.8 Cortex-A53) CPU. The device possesses Mali-T880 MP4 GPU. Besides, the Huawei Mate 8 is available in 32 GB of internal memory and 3 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal memory and 4 GB of RAM. The device, furthermore, has a microSD card slot which allows users to expand memory up to 128 GB with the help of a microSD card (SIM 2 slot).

In addition, we can observe 16 MP, f/2.0 aperture lens, 27 mm, OIS, phase detection autofocus, dual-tone LED flashlight rear camera in the Mate 8. The rear camera comes with various features like 1/2.8″ sensor size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR. Moreover, the device carries up 8 MP, f/2.4 aperture lens, 26 mm front facing camera which allows us to quality self-portraits. Both rear and front cameras are able to capture videos at 1080p. However, its predecessor had only 13 MP and 5 MP of rear and front facing camera.

Also, the Huawei Mate 8 is packed strong Li-Po 4000 mAh Li-Ion non-removable battery. Moreover, the Huawei Mate 8 supports fast charging functionality which charges the battery from 0% to 37% just in 30 minutes. However, its predecessor lacked fast charging too. The battery, besides, is perfect and gives nice battery backup. The device is available in moonlight silver, space gray, champagne gold and mocha brown colors.

Huawei Mate 8 Price in Nepal : Rs. 72,000 [(For 64 GB)(Around)]

Huawei Mate 8 Specification

Display

Size	6.0 inches
Resolution	1080 x 1920 pixels
Color Depth	16M

Processor

CPU Speed	2.3 GHz, 1.8 GHz
CPU Type	Octa-Core

Camera

Video Recording Resolution	(FHD) 1920 x 1080p@30fps
Main Camera Resolution	16.0 MP
Front Camera Resolution	8.0 MP
Main Camera Auto-focus	Yes

Memory

RAM	3 GB and 4 GB
ROM	32 GB and 64 GB
External Memory	Yes, Expandable Up To 128 GB (Uses SIM 2 Slot)

Network/Bearer^

Multi-Sim	Dual-SIM
Sim Size	Nano-SIM (4FF)
2G Sim	NA
2G CDMA	NA
3G CDMA	NA
3G TD-CDMA	NA
4G TDD LTE	NA

Connectivity

ANT+	NA
USB Version	USB 2.0
Headphone	3.5 mm Stereo
Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Direct	a/b/g/n/ac, Yes
Bluetooth	Bluetooth v4.2
MHL	NA
PC Sync	NA
Location	GPS, Glonass, Beidou
NFC	Yes

Software

Operating Software

Android 6.0 Marshmallow (Upgradable To Android 7.0 Nougat)

Physical Information

Color+	Moonlight Silver, Space Gray, Champagne Gold and Mocha Brown
Form Factor	Touchscreen Bar
Dimension	157.1 x 80.6 x 7.9 mm
Weight	185 g
Water Resistant/Dust Proof	No

Sensors

Compass/Magnetometer	Yes
Proximity Sensor	Yes
Accelerometer	Yes
Ambient Light Sensor	Yes
Gyroscope	Yes
Barometer	Yes
Temperature Sensor	NA

Battery

Standard Battery Capacity	4000 mAh
Removable	No

Audio and Video

Video Playing Format	3GP, MP4, WMV, RM, RMVB, and ASF
Video Playing Resolution	NA
Audio Playing Format	MP3, MP4, 3GP, WMA, OGG, AMR, AAC, FLAC, WAV, MIDI, and RA