The Huawei Mate 8 made its first appearance in China 2 months ago and the brand has now decided to launch the huge phablet internationally at CES 2016. It’s also announced a new luxury version of its smartwatch and the MediaPad M2 10.0 tablet.
Huawei plans to roll out the Mate 8 to 30 countries initially. The first wave will include Australia, Germany, Spain, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and France. It’s priced at 599 euros (roughly $650) for the 3GB of RAM and 32GB of ROM version and at 699 euros (approx $750) for the 4GB of RAM and 64GB of ROM model.
The flagship Huawei device flaunts a 6-inch full HD screen with 2.5D curved diamond cut glass. It comes with a fingerprint scanner on its rear surface and runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. One major highlight of the handset is the brand’s own Kirin 950 processer, which utilizes 4 1.8GHz Cortex-A53 cores and 4 2.3GHz Cortex-A72 cores.
A rapid look at the top specs of the Huawei Mate 8:
– Processor: octa-core Kirin 950
– Display: 6-inch, 1080 x 1920 pixels
– OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based EMUI 4.0
– GPU: Mali T880MP4
– Battery: 4000mAh
– Memory: 32GB/64GB
– RAM: 3GB/4GB
– Camera: 16MP rear, 8MP front
Moving on to the MediaPad M2 10.0, the tablet’s cost starts at $349 and it will be sold in 2 variants namely a premium edition and a standard one. The former contains 3GB of RAM/64GB of ROM and bundles the M-Pen stylus, while the latter packs 2GB of RAM/16GB of ROM. The 10.1-inch tablet sports a full HD resolution and runs on a 6660mAh battery.
Huawei has equipped the all-metal device with 4 speakers, with 2 of them dedicated for treble and the other 2 for bass. The units have been further enhanced with advanced harman/kardon audio technology. The camera setup consists of a 5MP selfie snapper and a 13MP autofocus rear shooter accompanied by LED flash, an aperture of f/2.0 and a blue glass filter.
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Finally, Huawei has collaborated with Swarovski to launch the Jewel and Elegant versions of the Huawei Watch. Aimed at women, the new models of the smartwatch will go sale in a few countries from March 2016 starting at $499.