If you are of the opinion that there aren’t enough Android phablets available locally, then you’ll be glad to know that Huawei has a little something special up its sleeve. The 6-inch screen-equipped Huawei Mate 8 is now very close to becoming officially available here in the Philippines. And it’s priced at a very handsome Php 32,990. Read on for the specs of the Huawei Mate 8.
Here’s a quick list of the Huawei Mate 8’s tech specs:
- 6-inch Full HD IPS-NEO touchscreen display
- 368 PPI pixel density
- 2.3GHz HiSilicon Kirin 950 SoC
- Quad-core 2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 + quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex A53
- Mali-T880 MP4 GPU
- 4GB RAM
- 64GB internal storage
- 16 MP, f/2.0, 27mm rear camera with OIS, phase detection AF, and dual LED flash
- 1/2.8″ sensor size
- 8MP front cam with f/2.4, 26mm lens, 1080p recording
- Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
- Wi-Fi ac, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct
- NFC, FM radio, GPS with A-GPS
- micro USB 2.0
- Fingerprint scanner
- Fast battery charging: 37% in 30 min
- Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery
- Up to 98 hours music playback
- Champagne Gold Color
- dual nano SIM support
- HSPA+ and LTE data
If that turned out to be a little longer than you expected, well, you should expect that sort of thing from the Huawei Mate 8. It’s tagged as “the fastest phone on Earth” and it runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow right out of the box. It’s also bundled with a free case with a window.
It will be available in the next few weeks in Champagne Gold, and its suggested retail price is only Php 32,990. It will also come out after a couple of months in Mocha Brown. Check back here soon for a quick hands-on and first impressions post.