Huawei Mate 8 IP protection level does not burn or explode

The Ascend sub-brand no longer exists - the predecessor of the Mate 8, we recall, was called Ascend Mate 7 - now Huawei has gotten rid of the additional word in the name as unnecessary. And this is for the best - why create entities. Mate 7, let us remind you, was a very successful model - it was with it that Huawei began to be perceived as a truly serious smartphone manufacturer, not only in terms of the number of handsets sold, but also in terms of the level of products produced. Very good both in terms of characteristics and impressions of working with it, the Mate 7 sagged a little except in the performance of the proprietary Kirin 925 platform, and did not have a sufficiently high-quality camera.

In the fall, we received the development of the ideas of Mate 7 in a slightly more compact Mate S model with an improved system-on-chip, AMOLED display, but at the same time a less capacious battery. Now let's talk about a full update of the Mate 7 - with the same six-inch screen (again IPS, again Full HD), about the same battery, but with improvements in all other characteristics. Are Apple iPhone 6s Plus and Samsung GALAXY Note 5 worth it? be afraid of a newcomer - or is the Chinese flagship not a threat to them?

⇡ Specifications

	Huawei Mate 8	Huawei Mate S	Samsung GALAXY Note 5	Google Nexus 6P	LG V10
Display	6 inches, IPS, 1920 × 1080 pixels, 368 ppi, capacitive multi-touch	5.5 inches, AMOLED, 1920 × 1080 pixels, 401 ppi, capacitive multi-touch	5.7 inches, AMOLED, 2560 × 1440 pixels, 515 ppi, capacitive multi-touch, S Pen stylus support	5.7 inches, AMOLED, 2560 × 1440 pixels, 515 ppi, capacitive multi-touch	5.7 inches, 2560 × 1440, IPS, 515 ppi, capacitive multi-touch
Additional display	No	No	No	No	2.09 inches, 1040 × 160 pixels, IPS; Gesture support
Air gap	No	No	No	No	No
Protective glass	Corning Gorilla Glass 4	Corning Gorilla Glass 4	Corning Gorilla Glass 4 on both sides	Corning Gorilla Glass 4	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
CPU	HiSilicon Kirin 950 (four ARM Cortex-A72 cores, 2.3 GHz; four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, 1.8 GHz) + IntelliSense i5 coprocessor	HiSilicon Kirin 935 (four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, 1.5 GHz; four ARM Cortex-A53e cores, 2.2 GHz)	Samsung Exynos 7420 (four ARM Cortex-A57 cores, 2.1 GHz; four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, 1.5 GHz)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 (four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, 1.55 GHz + two ARM Cortex-A57 cores, 2 GHz)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 (four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, 1.4 GHz + two ARM Cortex-A57 cores, 1.82 GHz)
Graphics controller	Mali-T880 MP4	Mali-T628MP4	Mali-T760 MP8	Adreno 430	Adreno 418
RAM	3/4 GB	3 GB	4 GB	3 GB	4 GB
Flash memory	32/64 GB	32/64/128 GB	32/64 GB	32/64/128 GB	64 GB
Memory card support	There is	There is	No	No	There is
Connectors	microUSB, mini-jack 3.5 mm	microUSB, mini-jack 3.5 mm	microUSB, mini-jack 3.5 mm	USB-C, 3.5 mm minijack	microUSB, 3.5 mm minijack
SIM cards	two nanoSIM	two nanoSIM	one nanoSIM	one nanoSIM	two nanoSIM
Cellular connection 2G		GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
Cellular 3G	UMTS 800/850/900/1900/2100 MHz	UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 MHz	HSPA 850/900/1900/2100 MHz	HSDPA 850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100 MHz	HDSPA 850/900/1900/2100 MHz
Cellular 4G	FDD LTE Cat. 6 (up to 300 Mbit/s): bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 17, 19, 20, 26, 38, 39, 40	FDD LTE Cat. 4 (up to 150 Mbit/s): bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 38, 39, 40, 41	FDD LTE Cat. 9 (up to 450/50 Mbit/s): bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26	LTE Cat. 6 (up to 300 Mbit/s): bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 19, 20, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41	LTE Cat. 4 (up to 150 Mbit/s), bands 1, 3, 7
WiFi	802.11a/b/g/n/ac	802.11b/g/n	802.11a/b/g/n/ac	802.11a/b/g/n/ac	802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth	4.2	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.1
NFC	There is	There is	There is	There is	There is
IR port	No	No	No	No	There is
Navigation	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS (BeiDou for the Chinese market)	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou
Sensors	Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer ( digital compass), barometer	Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass)	Illumination, proximity, accelerometer, barometer, magnetometer (digital compass), heart rate sensor	Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), pedometer
					Light, proximity sensor, pressure sensor, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), pedometer
Fingerprint's scanner	There is	There is	There is	There is	There is
Main camera	16 MP, ƒ/2.0, autofocus, optical stabilization, LED flash, Full HD video recording	13 MP, ƒ/2.0, autofocus, optical stabilization, LED flash, Full HD video recording	16 MP, ƒ/1.9, laser autofocus, LED flash, optical stabilization, 4K video recording	12.3 MP, ƒ/2.0, laser autofocus, LED flash, 4K video recording	16 MP, ƒ/1.8, laser autofocus, LED flash, optical stabilization, Full HD video recording
Front-camera	8 MP, fixed focus	8 MP, fixed focus	5 MP, fixed focus	8 MP, fixed focus	5 MP, fixed focus, 80° viewing angle + 5 MP, fixed focus, 120° viewing angle
Nutrition	Non-removable 15.2 Wh battery (4000 mAh, 3.8 V)	Non-removable battery 10.26 Wh (2700 mAh, 3.8 V)		Non-removable 13.11 Wh battery (3450 mAh, 3.8 V)	Removable 11.4 Wh battery (3000 mAh, 3.8 V)
Size	157.1 × 80.6 × 7.9 mm	137 × 72 × 9.8 mm	153 × 76 × 7.6 mm	159.3 × 77.8 × 7.3 mm	160 × 80 × 8.6 mm
Weight	185 grams	156 grams	171 grams	178 grams	192 grams
Housing protection	No	No	No	No	No
operating system	Android 6.0 Marshmallow, own EMUI 4.0 shell	Android 5.1 Lolliipop, own EMUI 3.1 shell	Android 5.1 Lolliipop, Samsung's own TouchWiz shell	Android 6.0 Marshmallow	Android 5.1 Lolliipop
Current price	600-700 euros (not yet sold in Russia)	41,000 rubles (for version with 64 GB of memory)	44,000-49,000 rubles (depending on memory capacity)	49,990-56,990 rubles (depending on memory capacity)	50,990 rubles

⇡ Appearance and ergonomics

The design has not changed too much compared to the Mate 7 - the general outlines remain the same, all the changes affected the details. But it no longer occurs to compare the device with any HTC. Firstly, the Taiwanese company’s smartphones themselves have changed a lot, just take a look at the One M9+ or One A9. Secondly, the younger models of the Honor line (for example, 5X) have adopted many of the solutions - and now this style can already be called proprietary to Huawei, if, of course, you can discern some “family” features in it. Huawei smartphones are nice, but, subjectively, they still lack some kind of branded character.

Huawei Mate 8, front panel: above the display there is an earpiece, a front camera, a light sensor and a miniature status indicator

Huawei Mate 8, rear panel: at the top there is a camera module with a dual LED flash, below it is a fingerprint scanner; above and below we see plastic inserts above the antennas

The Mate 8 is no exception, although formally there is nothing to complain about here: the body is made of metal and tempered glass, the assembly is excellent, the colors are interesting (gold, silver, gray, chocolate) - but can you distinguish Huawei from other top smartphones at first glance? However, similar claims can now be made against many people, starting with Apple.

Huawei Mate 8, top edge: second microphone hole and 3.5 mm mini-jack

There are practically no frames around the display - due to this, we managed to save a lot of space and the Mate 8 turned out to be more compact than many smartphones with a smaller display diagonal.

It has also become even thinner than the Mate 7, with the camera protruding less from the body. Actually it turned out funny. Last time they announced a thickness of 7.9 millimeters, now we are told that they managed to reduce it by 0.4 mm - and it turned out... 7.9 millimeters. Amazing things are happening, almost on a Bulgakov scale. However, just as you couldn’t make any complaints about the Mate 7 - you’re supposedly too fat - you can’t find fault with the Mate 8 either. It is rather too thin - holding it is not very comfortable because of this; but the ease of use of 6-inch smartphones is generally a separate topic that can be debated forever.

Huawei Mate 8, right side: standard set of volume rocker and power key located under it

Huawei Mate 8, left side: single slot for both nanoSIM cards and microSD card

Other differences from the Mate 7: the main speaker has moved to the bottom edge, which now does not overlap if the smartphone is lying on the back; reduced “swelling” of the rear panel; modified form of the camera module and fingerprint scanner; a single slot for two SIM cards and a memory card (previously there was one SIM card and two slots).

We made it. Smartphone manufacturers are now competing to see which fingerprint scanner is more accurate and faster - at least this is what Huawei boasted at the presentation of the device in Las Vegas. And she boasted about it. The Mate 8 uses Android 6.0 with a scanner supported by default; you don’t even need to create your own software.

The scanner works very quickly and accurately, allowing you to unlock your device in the blink of an eye. It is noteworthy that it is suitable not only for unlocking: it is also possible to take photographs by touching the sensor, which is especially convenient when taking selfies. But you can’t scroll through photos in the gallery, like on the Mate S, for example. The scanner remains primarily a convenient way to protect a smartphone; its other uses are secondary.

⇡ Software

We have already written in detail about Android 6.0 in the review of the first smartphone with a pure version of this OS -

Rising to new heights with the successful launch of Google Nexus 6P, consumers around the world are becoming more aware of the company thanks to the value phone. Wonderful episode Huawei in 2015 it is expanding already in the new year; at CES 2016, the newest smartphone in the Mate line was announced – Huawei Mate 8.

It's been over a year since its predecessor was released, and the level has been raised by the Nexus 6P, so there are great expectations for the Mate 8. Like the recent Mate S, you might be a little skeptical about its value based on its starting price of €599 (~$650).

Package contains:

• Huawei Mate 8 smartphone
• 2A charger
• Micro USB cable
• SIM Removal Tool
• Headphones
• Protective case
• User guide

Huawei has created a beautiful all-metal phone.

There is no doubt about this at present. Huawei is able to play on par with established industry brands like HTC when it comes to delivering a quality all-metal design. The Mate 8 is a beautifully crafted all-metal design with thin edges that uses a lot design features, seen in the Mate series. The 6-inch screen does not feel bulky; it is quite thin and light. In no case does this mean that the device can be controlled with one hand, but aesthetics make it possible to neutralize the importance of dimensions.

Many design details have been carefully thought out, such as the placement of the SIM slot, which combines microSD, nanoSIM and microSIM slots into a single unit.

There is a built-in fingerprint sensor on the back of the case, the same as the Nexus 6P. It's surprisingly accurate and responsive, plus it has good placement when we hold the phone.

Display

The same oversaturated colors, but with more powerful brightness.

The Mate 8 comes with a 6-inch IPS LCD display with 1080p resolution. The resulting pixel density of 367 ppi is certainly sufficient for reading small text from a normal distance.

Thankfully, the display's brightness has improved significantly over the Mate S. In particular, its peak brightness reaches 492 nits, which improves screen readability in direct sunlight. Color reproduction remains on par with the Mate S, unlike the more accurate panels on the Ascend Mate 7. So colors look oversaturated, which some people won't mind, but the resulting picture doesn't always look natural.

Interface and functionality

EMUI 4.0 resorts to a 'bigger is better' strategy, but it can appear disorganized.

Launched on Mate 8 new interface EMUI 4.0 on top of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Having the latest build of Android is great news for fans, but the core UI still prides itself on being feature-rich. Whether this is good or bad depends on who you talk to. Huawei is making every effort, but EMUI 4.0 still lags a little behind Samsung and LG's interpretations.

Visually, the interface is present in all relevant areas, such as dialing and the calendar. Functionally, the shell has many features used by power users, such as one-handed mode, multitasking and gesture controls, but they are not as refined as we would like. For example, multitasking is limited to just a handful of native apps, a far cry from the more diverse support seen in TouchWiz.

Although the main Android features present, EMUI 4.0 is an attempt to have Android with a set of outrageous characteristics, but the end result lacks coherence and clear direction.

Performance

Kirin-950 is a leader in test results.

Huawei promises to be a formidable force because of its unique 64-bit chip The in-house Kirin 950 produces impressive results with the Mate 8. Our particular review unit has 3GB random access memory , but there is another model with 4 GB. In any case, the benchmark results are through the roof.

In reality, every action will be accompanied by a pleasant level of responsiveness, but performance is not as close to the Nexus 6P with stock Android. Still, the smartphone continues to amaze with its above-average graphics processing performance.

Huawei Mate 8 performs better than Samsung in various performance tests Galaxy Note 5, LG V10 and Huawei Ascend Mate7.

Internal memory 32 GB, in another version - 64 GB, there is room for memory expansion - a microSD slot.

Camera

You'll enjoy its many shooting and control modes, but the camera quality leaves a lot to be desired.

The love and care is evident in the abundance of camera hardware on the phone, which features a 16-megapixel 1/2.8” Sony IMX298 CMOS sensor along with an F/2.0 lens aperture, phase detection autofocus, three-axis optical image stabilization and dual-LED flash. 8 megapixel front camera more than enough for selfies. Even with the dreamy combination, the only chink in the armor is the fact that video recording doesn't exceed 1080p resolution.

In addition to a rich camera system, Huawei Mate 8 launches a variety of camera interfaces, largely repeating its EMUI shell. Extensive set of tools, shooting modes, manual mode, to please power users, but for all its photo prowess, video recording is still largely automatic once you press the record button. Indeed, there is manual control over preset parameters, such as focus, but once recording starts, the parameters cannot be changed while shooting.

Image quality

The hardware sounds amazing on paper, but in reality, performance will be average at best. Scenes with plenty of light are handled beautifully by the camera, with a fair amount of detail and mostly neutral colors being stamped out. Walking indoors, the artificial light casts a noticeable greenish cast on our footage, while details become significantly washed out. And while noise levels are kept to a minimum, in low light the lack of detail in photos just makes everything look muted. Plus autofocus sometimes becomes unstable.

Video quality

You'd think that a smartphone of this caliber would be capable of 4K resolution when recording, but that's not the case. In general, its 1080p samples did not impress with the appearance of their calm tones - there simply is no significant presence of fine details. However, autofocus is fast and audio recording is mostly clear. IN standard mode 30fps has stabilization, but the camera is very prone to a shaky, jelly-like effect when moving.

Multimedia

Nothing to complain about.

If you can stomach the display's color inaccuracies (or at least partially correct it by setting the white balance better), you'll find that the 6-inch Mate 8 is well-suited for media playback, like most high-end phablets.

Both video and music players are fairly basic and offer little more than you'd expect from built-in solutions. The gallery is actually a very powerful photo editor, combining pixelation functions for selective parts of the image and numerous filters that would normally be found elsewhere.

Unfortunately, the built-in speaker is not enough; its maximum volume is 71.4 dB. It is sufficient for small spaces and produces a neutral sound tone. Using the DTS-enabled headphone jack allows you to enjoy rich, rich sound.

Call quality

Listening through the ear goes without any problems, mainly because voices are clear and deep in tone, and also because the optional "loud voice" mode provides more volume for voices. However, on the other hand, the microphones used to capture our voices seem to give off a robotic tone to our callers. Lastly, the speaker can be used in moderately noisy environments - it simply won't cope in extremely noisy environments.

Battery

Long battery life.

You won't believe the slim profile, but Huawei has somehow managed to cram a 4,000mAh battery inside the Mate 8. The battery will easily last longer than a day. By the end of the day, the phone's charge level is usually in the range of 40% - 50%. And while the charging time of 156 minutes isn't the fastest compared to flagships, we have to keep in mind that the smartphone has a significantly larger battery than many of its contemporaries.

conclusions

Huawei's sudden rise is obvious, and there's no denying its dramatic changes in just one year. Huawei Mate 8 is another device in the portfolio that shows that the company is not backing down anytime soon. The device quickly established itself as a premium phablet with Marshmallow on board. To be fair, there are a few great things: premium all-metal construction, long battery life, and exceptional high performance, But high price makes it difficult to sell.

The device is already available abroad at a starting price of €599 ($643). We already have several reviews of smartphones that have better characteristics and performance, plus several of them are lower in price.

PROS

• Elegant all-metal construction
• Thin and light for its size
• Above average battery life
• Tons of features with EMUI 4.0

MINUSES

• Disorganized user interface
• Weak built-in speaker
• Greenish tints in indoor shots
• Shaky effect when recording video

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Design and construction

Huawei is positioning its new smartphone as a gadget for business people, and the design of the device emphasizes this. It would not be a shame to take such a smartphone out of the pocket of an expensive suit at a presentation or negotiation.

On the other hand, the device looks like it has a rather large metal case quite brutal and not only because of the all-metal body, but also because of the dimensions: almost 16 cm in length and 8 cm in width with a weight of 185 g.

It is worth noting that the manufacturer tried, if possible, not to increase the size of the device: the smartphone does not have side frames, but the 6-inch display does not allow the Mate 8 to easily fit into any pocket.

In the metal body of the phablet, plastic inserts are noticeable at the bottom and top to solve the problem of signal shielding.

The front panel is completely covered with Corning Gorilla Glass 4. There are no physical or capacitive keys under the screen. The buttons appear only when the screen is turned on and disappear when they are not needed, for example, in games and when watching videos. This solution allowed us to save a couple of extra millimeters in the length of the case.

On the right side panel there is a power button, as well as a volume rocker.

There is only one slot on the left side of the case, but it can accommodate 2 cards at once – nanoSIM and microSD. If you need to install 2 SIM cards, you will have to sacrifice a microSD card. Quite often, Samsung resorts to the same measures in its smartphones, but such compromises in top-end devices are a little frustrating.

At the bottom end of the smartphone there is a connector for microUSB 2.0, as well as a speaker grille, so that when listening to music, the sound is not muffled, even if the smartphone is lying on the table. At the top end of the device there is a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a microphone.

At the top of the front panel there is a speaker, to the right of it is a front camera module with a flash. To the left of the speaker is the smartphone status indicator. If the device is charged and there are no new notifications, then this indicator is invisible.

Back panel. The Mate 8 has a round main camera module with dual flash and a fingerprint scanner. Personally, I like this design better than the squarer elements on the back of the Mate 7.

The body itself also received small roundings at the corners, and back panel It has a barely noticeable thickening in the middle, making it convenient to take the smartphone from a table or other horizontal surfaces. The gadget also lies quite comfortably in the hand, even for a device of such dimensions.

Screen

Unlike last year's Mate S, the smartphone does not have an AMOLED display. There is a 6-inch IPS screen with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels. According to Huawei, 2K displays in modern smartphones are overkill, and in general, the Mate 8 confirms this. With a pixel density of 327 ppi, the fonts on the screen are clear, the picture looks bright and contrasty.

Quite often, various smartphone displays have a noticeable “cool” or “warm” tint. Huawei has given users the ability to customize the screen color temperature as they wish.

The display supports up to 10 simultaneous touches, as well as glove mode. I would like to advise those who decide to use it: press harder or choose thinner gloves. Do some simple steps like answering a call or rejecting a call, you can wear gloves, but to fully work with the smartphone you will have to take them off.

One of the most attractive aspects of the smartphone, besides the design, of course, is the 8-core HiSilicon Kirin 950 chipset of Huawei's own production. Kirin 950 with Big.Little architecture has 4 high-performance Cortex-A72 cores (clocked at 2.3 GHz) and 4 energy-efficient Cortex-A53 cores (clocked at 1.8 GHz).

The device uses a Mali-T880 MP4 chip as a graphics accelerator. In addition, a special i5 coprocessor processes information coming from the smartphone’s sensors. Also, Kirin 950 has support for high-speed LTE networks Cat.6.

At the time of its announcement in November last year, the Kirin 950 chip scored just over 80,000 points in AnTuTu. The smartphone that ended up in my hands scores 91,114 points in AnTuTu, which allows it to outperform competitors such as Meizu Pro 5 in the benchmark rating. Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge, as well as Xiaomi flagships.

Of course, at the MWC 2016 exhibition held not long ago, more powerful mobile new products with 6 GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 820 chip were presented, but all of them have not yet gone on sale (Le Max Pro with the first batch of a thousand copies does not count), so that Huawei Mate 8 can rightfully be called one of the most productive smartphones today.

The device is available in versions with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of flash memory or 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal memory. The device supports memory cards up to 128 GB.

We had a 3 GB version of the smartphone in our review, and during a week of use we did not notice any slowdowns, including when working with “heavy” and graphics-demanding mobile “toys” like Asphalt 8.

In addition to standard communication modules (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth), the gadget, as befits a modern flagship, includes a module for NFC contactless payments. For now, a Belarusian user is unlikely to be able to use it often, but it may come in handy in the future.

Usage

In addition, Huawei has equipped its phablet with the ability fast charging(Quick Charge version 3.0). According to the manufacturer, the gadget charges to 100% in 2.5 hours. It took me a little over 3 hours.

Conclusion

The new Huawei Mate 8 smartphone should appeal to users who are looking for large screens, style and functionality in their smartphones. It should also appeal to avid tech fans. The latter will appreciate the various additional options of the smartphone, as well as good autonomy and productive hardware. Those who pay a lot of attention to the camera will also have something to play with in the new phablet – a large number of settings and light painting mode make it possible to experiment. Overall impressions of use new Huawei Mate 8 is purely positive for me. This is a gadget for those who value their image and are willing to pay from 11.5 million Bel. rubles for its maintenance.

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Specifications and performance

• Huawei Kirin 950 octa-core processor clock frequency 2.3 GHz;
• video accelerator Mali-T880 MP4;
• Android OS latest version 6.0;
• 3 GB RAM and 32 GB internal memory;
• slot for microSDXC memory cards up to 128 GB;
• Dual SIM support;
• GPS navigation;
• light and proximity sensors, barometer, digital compass;
• Fingerprint's scanner;
• battery capacity 4000 mAh.

As you can see, the Huawei Mate 8 has solid hardware. The performance is more than enough for the interface and most everyday applications to run smoothly. There are no problems when watching videos in high resolution. You can also play modern 3D games on your smartphone without any problems.

Appearance

The appearance of the device is flagship. The case is metal, its thickness is 7.9 mm. The surface is matte, so there are no fingerprints on it, and the smartphone does not slip in the hand. The manufacturer offers four body color options: silver, black, gold and golden brown. The assembly of the case is perfect, the smartphone feels monolithic, even with strong twisting there are no creaks.

The front panel is covered with protective 2.5D glass. The side frames around are very thin. Despite its six-inch screen, the Huawei Mate 8 doesn't look like a clumsy shovel. The smartphone is convenient to use with one hand.

Screen

The 6-inch screen has a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels, pixelation is impossible to detect with the naked eye, the picture is clear, the colors are natural and saturated. The tilt angles are maximum, the device can be tilted as you like, and the image quality does not change at all. The display has high contrast and correct color rendering, which can be customized to suit your needs.

The maximum brightness is sufficient for using the device under bright sunlight; the smallest font is easy to read. The light sensor intelligently and quickly adapts to the surrounding environment. Multi-touch confidently and clearly perceives up to ten simultaneous touches.

Camera

Huawei Mate 8 has a 16-gapixel camera made by Sony. The main camera is equipped with dual LED flash and autofocus. There are a huge number of functions and settings in the application; there is even a “professional” mode that offers fine settings. The quality of the images produced by the Huawei Mate 8 camera is truly high level, sufficient under any conditions. It is worth noting that auto mode It also allows you to take clear and beautiful pictures.

The front camera is equipped with an 8-megapixel sensor with autofocus. She does a great job with video calls and takes beautiful selfies that you are not ashamed to post on social networks.

Results

We can confidently call it a flagship model. It is well thought out from an ergonomic point of view, it has a large and high-quality screen, powerful filling and great cameras. Also pleases accumulator battery 4000 mAh capacity, which allows you to use your smartphone all day without interruption. You can buy Huawei Mate 8 for $490.

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