The latest flagship from the manufacturer is a phablet based device that boasts of some serious improvements in its hardware, making it a promising contender in the phablet, smartphone and tablet mark (Photo : YouTube)
After Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. unveiled its latest Mate 8 smartphone late last month, the phablet device is finally going on sale in the Chinese market, beginning on Dec. 9.
The Huawei Mate 8 handset, which is the successor to last year's Ascend Mate 7, will be available in three different versions. The first version has 3GB of RAM, up to 32GB of built-in memory storage, and costs about $470.
The second model carries 4GB RAM, a larger 64GB internal memory, and comes with a price tag of $580. The last one packs 4GB RAM, a massive 128GB memory and costs $1075.
In terms of the dimensions, the Huawei Mate 8 measures 157.1 x 80.6 x 7.9 mm in thickness and weighs 185 grams, according to GSM Arena.
Like its predecessor, the phone sports a 6.0-inch display screen with a 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution, and protected by the Gorilla Glass 4. It runs on Google's latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system along with the Emotion UI 4.0 on top.
In terms of the camera, the Mate 8 has a 16 megapixel snapper on the back and an 8 megapixel shooter on the front. Inside, it packs the company's latest HiSilicon Kirin 950 processor, along with a Quad-core 2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 + quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex A53, a Mali-T880 MP4 graphics processing unit, and a massive 4,000 mAh battery.
The Mate 8 sports a metal design with slim bezels, and will be available in Space Gray, Moonlight Silver, Mocha Brown and Champagne Gold colors, Digital Trends reported. Other specs include a fingerprint sensor and support for Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, FM Radio and NFC connectivity.
There's still no word on the Huawei Mate 8's price and availability outside of China, however, the device is expected to make an appearance during the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016 in January.
