Huawei Mate 8 Specs

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Released

Dec 01, 2015

Display

6.0-inch
1920 x 1080 px

Camera

16 MP Main
8 MP Selfie

Battery

4000 mAh

Storage

128GB

Hardware

HiSilicon Kirin
4GB RAM

OS

Android 7.0 Nougat
Huawei Emotion UI

Description

The Huawei Mate 8 makes use of the company's in-house Kirin 950 chip, a high-end effort that integrates four ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.8GHz and four Cortex-A72 cores clocked at 2.3GHz. The Kirin 950 also includes a high-end ARM Mali-T880 GPU, a Cat. 6 LTE radio, a Tensilica Hi-Fi 4 DSP chip, as well a motion co-processor. Other specs for the Huawei Mate 8 include a 6-inch display with a resolution of 1080 by 1920 pixels, 4GB of RAM, 128GB of integrated storage space, an 16MP primary camera, and an 8MP selfie shooter on the front.

This device is also known as Huawei NXT-TL00

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Specs Compare

Display Benchmarks
Size:	6.0-inch
Resolution:	1920 x 1080 px, 367 PPI
Technology:	IPS LCD
Screen-to-body:	78.39 %
Colors:	16 777 216
Features:	Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware Benchmarks
System chip:	HiSilicon Kirin 950
Processor:	Octa-core, 2300 MHz, ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit
GPU:	Mali-T880 MP4
RAM:	4GB (LPDDR4)
Internal storage:	128GB
Storage expansion:	microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS:	Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow), Huawei Emotion UI Screenshots
Device type:	Smartphone

Battery
Capacity:	4000 mAh
Type:	Li - Polymer, Not user replaceable

Camera
Rear:	Single camera Camera samples
Main camera:	16 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Specifications:	Aperture size: F2.0 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash:	Dual LED
Video recording:	1920x1080 (Full HD) (60 fps)
Features:	Video calling, Video sharing
Front:	8 MP
Video capture:	1920x1080 (Full HD)

Design Size comparison
Dimensions:	6.19 x 3.17 x 0.31 inches (157.1 x 80.6 x 7.9 mm)
Weight:	6.53 oz (185.0 g)
Materials:	Back: Metal
Biometrics:	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys:	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors:	Black, Gold, Silver, Brown

Cellular
4G (FDD):	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 17(700 b), 18(800 Lower), 19(800 Upper), 20(800 DD), 26(850+)
4G (TDD):	Bands 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G:	Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed:	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA
Dual SIM:	Yes
SIM type:	Nano SIM

Multimedia Benchmarks
Headphones:	3.5mm jack
Speakers:	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features:	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring:	DLNA
Radio:	FM

Connectivity & Features
Bluetooth:	4.2
Wi-Fi:	802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, dual-band Hotspot
USB:	microUSB, USB 2.0
Features:	Mass storage device, OTG, Charging
Location:	GPS, A-GPS
Sensors:	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Pedometer, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer
Other:	NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Phone features
Notifications:	Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features:	Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Buyers information
Price:	$ 690

Availability
Officially announced:	Nov 26, 2015

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Alternative variants

Huawei Mate 8 32GB

Differences from the main variant:
RAM:	3GB
Internal storage:	32GB
Price:	$ 470

Huawei Mate 8 64GB

Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage:	64GB
Price:	$ 580

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