Huawei has finally officially launched the Mate 8, which is being called the company’s “most advanced flagship smartphone.” The smartphone is powered by the Chinese firm’s latest Kirin 950 SoC with octa-core CPU and Mali T880MP4 GPU, and sports a 6-inch FHD IPS display. For those who didn’t notice what’s in the phone, it’s equipped with Kirin 950 chipset with four high-power Cortex-A72 cores, clocked at up to 2.3GHz and an additional four power-saving Cortex-A53 ones, working at 1.8GHz.
There’s also an i5 co-processor that supports speech recognition, low-power consumption MP3, all the functions of a sensor hub, fused location provider (FLP) navigation, and reduces location-based power consumption, according to Huawei in a press release. The SoC is manufactured using TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process. The device will be made from aerospace-grade aluminum and 2.5D curved diamond cut glass. The Mate 8 also comes with a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor.
The camera on the smartphone features Sony’s latest IMX298 16MP sensor at the back and an 8MP shooter on the front. It also packs with a large 4000mAh battery, the handset will be available in 3GB/32GB at USD 480(approx. RM2,050), 4GB/64GB at USD 590 (approx. RM2,550), and 4GB/128GB at USD 700 (approx. RM3,000) variant. Color options include Champagne Gold, Moonlight Silver, Space Gray, and Mocha Brown.
SOURCE: GSM Arena
