Huawei Honor V8
Huawei just pulled the wraps off the
Honor V8 flagship at a launch event in China. The smartphone brings some Huawei
goodness to the Honor sub brand, namely the top-end Kirin 950 chipset and the
dual-camera setup on the back (though no Leica branding here).
The Honor V8 sports a 5.7-inch display
and you get to choose between FullHD and QHD resolution - Huawei finally caved
in, after long refusing to go beyond 1080p. Both variants use IPS panels and
have a 2.5D glass on top.
The Kirin 950 chip we already mentioned
comes with an octa-core CPU (4xCortex-A72 + 4xCortex-A53 clusters). RAM is set
at 4 GB, and the QHD display is coupled with 64 GB of storage, while the FullHD
flavor gets half that.
The dual cameras on the back of the
Honor V8 look an awful lot like the equipment of the Huawei P9 - 12 MP each,
6-element lenses with f/2.2 aperture, dual-LED flash and laser autofocus. The
big absentee is the Leica badge. On the front you're getting an 8 MP f/2.4 cam,
the P9 says "hi" once again.
Connectivity is well covered, with all
models supporting LTE, Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 4.2 and GPS. The base model does
lack support for NFC though. The metal-clad smartphone measures 157x77.6x7.75 mm
and weighs 170 grams. Battery capacity is listed at 3,500 mAh, and charging takes
place via a USB Type-C interface.
Price has been set at CNY 2,299 (US$ 350) for a carrier-specific base model with a FullHD display, 32 GB of storage
and no NFC. Wider network support and NFC will set you back an additional CNY
200, while the top-specced version will go for CNY 2,799 (US$ 439).
