Following a leak earlier this week depicting the Huawei Mate 8 from all angles, the Chinese company has officially released the follow up to the Mate 7.
Externally, the Mate 8 resembles the model depicted in leaked press renders; Huawei has opted to take it’s design language in direction inspired by the likes of the P8 and Mate S before it.
As leaked press renders have now confirmed, the Mate 8 will employ a fingerprint sensor underneath its primary camera, similarly to the Mate S, and two speaker grills surround the USB port on the device‘s bottom panel. Further, the Mate 8 will arrive in three colour configurations ““ silver, gold, and bronze.
Internally, we finally have clarity on the Mate 8’s official specifications; the Mate 8 will be powered by a Kirin 950 processor, accompanied by 4GB of RAM, and up to 128GB of internal storage. The Mate 8 will carry a 6″ 1080p display, and sport a 16 megapixel primary camera alongside an 8 megapixel selfie shooter.
The Mate 8 will retain Huawei’s signature large battery, packing in a 4,000mAh unit, and will debut with Android 6.0 Marshmallow and Huawei’s EMUI 4.0 skin.
It is expected that Mate 8 will serve as the iPhone 6s Plus challenger, whereas the recently released Mate S will take on the iPhone 6s.
The premium version of the Mate 8 – which carries 128GBs of storage and 4GB of RAM – is expected to retail for $700 USD in the US – making the handset even pricier than Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge. The standard version, however, which bears 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, will be available from $480 USD.
What’re your thoughts on Huawei’s latest contender? Could this be the perfect Huawei flagship we‘ve been craving, or has the Chinese company released one too many premium products this year? Be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
