Huawei Honor 8 preview – 5.2″ Full HD screen, powerful Kirin 950, 4GB RAM and a dual camera

LaptopMedia.com Highlights Huawei Honor 8 preview - 5.2" Full HD screen, powerful Kirin 950, 4GB RAM and a dual camera

From: LaptopMedia Team 01 December 2016 / 15:30 | 0

Huawei’s Honor lineup has grown rich in models. One of the most intriguing of them is the Honor 8, which we recently received for testing, and so let’s have a look at its features.

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Beautiful design and dual 12MP camera

What grabs our attention the first time we touch Huawei Honor 8 is its stylish design with aluminum frame and only 7.5mm thick profiles. Also, the phone’s weight is rather reasonable – 153 grams. Thanks to the 2.5D glass, Honor 8 has slightly rounded edges which make it more comfortable to hold in the hand.

Similarly to Huawei P9, we are presented with a dual 12MP camera featuring one RGB and one monochrome sensor working together. A special processor measures the depth in an image, ensures better focus and general processing so that the photo you’ve captured delivers maximum quality. Also present are hybrid autofocus, using a laser, dual LED flash and many modes including a Pro mode with various manual settings. On the front, you will find an 8MP camera which also takes pretty decent photos in low light.

Octa-core Kirin 950, 4GB RAM and 3000mAh battery

Furthermore, Honor 8 boasts a Kirin 950 which is part of the highest end Huawei chips. It has been manufactured through a 16nm technological process and features four Cortex-A53 cores ticking at 1.8GHz and another four more powerful Cortex-A72 cores ticking at up to 2.3GHz. Additionally, it is accompanied by a Mali-T880 MP4 GPU and whopping 4GB of RAM. Honor 8 also has 32GB of internal storage and it can be expanded with a microSD card.

This big boy comes with a 3000mAh battery and Huawei claims that a single charge should ensure 10 hours of video playback. What’s more, 30 minutes of charging will give you up to 47% of battery. Another interesting claim is that you should be able to get six hours of music playback after only 10 minutes of charging.

5.2-inch Full HD display, Android 6.0, USB Type-C and fingerprint scanner

This model’s display is 5.2″ and it offers Full HD resolution (1920 х 1080 p) which means high image detail. It will provide you with bright and contrasty pictures as well as wide color gamut coverage. What’s more, it restricts blue light emissions which lead to eye fatigue.

Honor 8 comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, accompanied by the EMUI 4.1 UI which brings a great number of pre-installed apps and useful features. You will also benefit from a fingerprint scanner, NFC, USB Type-C and dual SIM capabilities.

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OS	Android v6.0 (Marshmallow)
CPU	HiSilicon Kirin 950 (4-core, 2.30GHz, Cortex-A72 & 4-core, 1.80GHz, Cortex A53)
RAM	4GB
Internal storage	32GB
GPU	Mali-T880 MP4
Display	5.2-inch LTPS capacitive multitouch display with Emotion UI 4.1 (1920 x 1080 p)
Connectivity	Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac,GPS
Cameras	12MP, laser autofocus, dual LED flash (rear), 8MP (front)
Features	dual SIM capabilities (Nano-SIM/ Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) microSD card slot, supports up to 256GB (uses SIM 2 slot) USB Type-C 1.0 , reversible connector loudspeaker 3.5 mm audio jack with DTS sound camera with geo-tagging, touch focus, face recognition, HDR, panorama accelerometer proximity sensor fingerprint scanner
Battery	3000 mAh
Dimensions	71 x 145.5 x 7.5 mm
Weight	153 grams