Huawei finally launched beautiful Huawei P8 flagship last month. The device came with top end specs as well as unique features which made it an attractive offering in the already crowded smartphone market.

Today, we take a look at the Huawei P8 in detail. In this review we will look at the phone’s design as well as the overall specifications of the device and we will check whether the phone lives up to our expectations.

At first glance, you will know that the Huawei P8 is targeted at the high-end premium market. The simple yet refined design as well as the beautiful gold color finish truly helps it stand apart from competitors.

The phone is made entirely out of metal, so its gold color shines bright. The design is simple, with the camera and sensors right on top of the 5.2-inch display, while the capacitive buttons at the bottom. The black screen looks especially good on the full gold body. At the bottom, you have the microUSB port along with dual speakers, which is a nice addition.

On the right side, you will find the power button in the middle. Yes, its almost at the middle, which we feel is a great positioning for the button. In phones larger than 4.7-inches, it always hard to reach out for the power button if its on the top right corner. So, this is just the perfect positioning for the button. Just above the power button, you have the volume rockers keys. And above these buttons, there are the two SIM card + Memory card slots.

The back is clean, with just the logo in the middle and the camera unit on the top left corner. Overall, the phone looks solid and beautiful. So, if you are in search for a clean yet elegant design, the Huawei P8 won’t disappoint.

With this body, you might be concerned about the phone’s grip. But the body thickness of just 6.4mm, body width of 72.1mm and 144 grams in weight makes Huawei P8 extremely easy to carry around. Even though the display is a 5.2-inch full HD panel, the large display size doesn’t seem to reflect in the body proportions which is definitely a good sign.

As for the specs, the phone comes with a Kirin 935 octa-core processor with quad Cortex A53 cores clocked at 2.2Ghz and quad Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.5GHz. In the benchmark test, the device managed to score just above 50K points which is pretty good for a flagship device. Of course, there are faster alternatives out there, but this chip should be much more power efficient. The overall performance is quite good, thanks to the 3GB LPDDR3 RAM and there is ample storage space with 64GB on board and further expandable option via MicroSD.

Coming to the battery life, the phone won’t last very long with the 2680mAh. But you can easily get a day’s usage on the device, which is the least we can expect. With moderate use, you may get it to run till the next day, but still, its slightly lower battery life than other flagships in the market.

As for the camera, Huawei P8 features the world’s first 13MP RGBW camera unit at the back with OIS and fast focus. Up front, you get an 8MP shooter ideal for taking care of selfies. While, these are big words on paper, in real life, the Huawei P8’s camera does not disappoint.

The pictures were crisp and clear when there was ample light. The color reproduction was good, focus was fast and the f/2.0 aperture brings enough light into the photos. However, like most smartphone cameras in the market, the phone did struggle in low light. Things were not as satisfactory when the light reduced or when there were a lot of shadows. As you can see in one of the picture that was shot at dusk, the image came out too dark. However, under artificial light, the pictures once again came out quite good. That is, if you know how to tweak the camera settings.  You can check out the samples from down below.

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Huawei P8 runs on the new Android 5.0 Lollipop version with EMUI 3.1 on top. The company’s UI has never been the best feature of its devices, and this time too, the UI is not without flaws. But there’s definitely improvement in the overall looks as well as the feature list. The UI features almost a dozen of new features, including voice wake, gesture control, and knuckles screenshots. However, the color scheme used for the icons and various other aspects of the UI is a bit disappointing. So, we feel Huawei still has a lot to improve in this regard.

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So, overall the Huawei P8 turns out to be one of the best offerings from the company till date. Of course, the phone still has some room for improvement, especially in the software department, but otherwise, the looks, specs and the camera performance is top notch.

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Although most manufacturers unveiled their big guns at MWC 2015, some companies like Huawei decided to keep a separate event for its flagship announcement. The company recently confirmed the Huawei P8 event by releasing a teaser on its Weibo page.

Now, the Huawei P8 has finally hit TENAA. This means that we have some real information about this upcoming flagship from Huawei.

According to TENAA, Huawei P8 will come in six different versions, out of which there will be three different carrier versions. The model numbers of all the models as listed on TENAA are as follows: HUAWEI ALE-TL00、HUAWEI GRA-UL00、HUAWEI GRA-UL10、HUAWEI GRA-CL10、HUAWEI GRA-TL00、HUAWEI GRA-CL00. The three carrier version will support dual 4G networks. Also, all the versions will come with MicroSD card slots, dual SIM card dual standby support and Android 5.0 Lollipop OS version.

As expected, the Huawei P8 will have thin side bezels. From the images on TENAA, it looks like the phone is made from a mixture of plastic and metal. You can clearly see the golden metal frame as well as the metal finish at the back. However, there are some areas like the strip around the camera as well as the front, which looks like its made from plastic and then protected by glass.

Interestingly, the power button, volume buttons, microSD slot as well as SIM card slots are all located on the right side of the device. As a result, the left side is completely clean. Up front, the bezels at the bottom of the display looks quite thick, probably for the capacitive buttons. Coming to the back, we can see the camera sensor as well as the dual LED (probably dual tone) flash on top as well as the Huawei branding at the center.

Earlier rumors said that the phone will be just 6mm thin. And from these images, it does look like the phone is going to be slim, although we are not sure if its as thin as said before. The phone will most likely run on the latest chipset from Huawei’s Hisilicon Kirin range, the 64-bit octa-core Kirin 930 with 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage. There will be a 5.2-inch display sporting a full HD 10802p resolution with Gorilla Glass protection.

A leaked image almost confirmed the 13MP camera at the back. Finally, the phone will run on Android 5.0 version and will retail around 2999 Yuan ($480).

Huawei will officially unveil the flagship on April 14, so we are just 15 days away from getting more details about this exciting new product from the company.

So are you excited about the new P8 flagship?

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Huawei’s latest flagship is going to be announced on 15 April 2015 at a special event. As we near the release date of the Huawei P8, we are getting a lot more information about the upcoming flagship.

Yesterday, the first camera sample from the device was leaked online. The picture had a resolution of 4160 x 3120 which kind of confirmed that it was taken from a 13MP camera unit. As for the quality of the image, it was quite clear even in low light. Its good that we could take a look at night time photography because that’s where most smartphone cameras struggle. But from the leaked picture, it looks like Huawei P8 flagship managed to limit the noise in the dim light. So, the P8 may have a good camera indeed.

It is still not known whether Huawei will incorporate an improved version of the dual camera unit on this new flagship, but it could be a single 13MP sensor too. As for the body, the smartphone is expected to come in two different versions, the standard version featuring an aluminum alloy body and the premium high-end edition having the zirconia ceramic unibody design. The overall body will be pretty slim at 6.7mm.

According to a recent leak, the phone is said to feature a 5.2-inch full HD 1080p display. It will be powered by the latest 16nm Huawei’s Hisilicon Kirin 930 64-bit octa-core SoC with 3GB RAM and 32GB of internal storage. It is still not known whether there will be an external MicroSD card slot. The Huawei P8 is expected to run on the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop version. Earlier it was rumored that the phone may feature a fingerprint scanner, but latest rumors suggest that the company will not incorporate it in this particular flagship device. Finally, expect its pricing to be around 2999 Yuan which comes to around $480.

We are exactly a month away from the official announcement of the Huawei P8, so expect a lot of new leaks about the upcoming device in the coming four weeks.

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Huawei did not reveal its big flagship device for 2015 at MWC. The company decided to go with a special event to be held in April for the launch of the much anticipated Huawei P8 flagship smartphone. Now, it looks like the first images of the device have been leaked revealing a super slim body.

The source reveals that the phone will be just 6mm thin, which will be thinner than the iPhone 6, Galaxy S6 and most other smartphones in the market. Another important thing revealed by the picture is the lack of dual cameras that were incorporated in the Huawei Honor 6. Some rumors claimed that the same setup may end up on the P8 but this pictures reveals otherwise. Instead, a 13MP camera with dual LED flash will adorn the back of the device.

The new P9 will feature dual mirror glass and zirconia ceramic frame unibody design which will make it look sturdy yet beautiful. It is also being said that the phone will have a max version, with a massive 6.8-inch display up front.

As for the regular P8, expect high end specs on the device. The phone is said to come with the powerful Snapdragon 810 processor with 3GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. There will be a 5.2-inch display with full HD 1080p resolution. The rear camera will of 13MP with dual LED flash and the front cam will be of 8MP. The phone will come with Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box and will be priced around 3000 Yuan which comes to $478.

Expect more information in the coming days.

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Huawei’s upcoming Huawei P8 flagship was recently leaked with most of its specs on weibo. The source said that the company would incorporate the latest Kirin 930 processor based on a  16nm process, which will be the first such SoC in the market.

Just a day after this leak, we have spotted a new Huawei device on Geekbench browser benchmark which reveals quite capable hardware. The device has a model number ML100-UL00 and could be the Huawei P8.

The benchmark reveals an octa-core 1.5Ghz processor based on the 64-bit architecture. The phone comes with 3GB of RAM onboard and runs on the latest Android 5.0.2 Lollipop operating system.

We still don’t know whether this is the new Kirin 930 processor. The benchmark scores of this new device is much higher than the existing Kirin 620, so it can’t be from this range. On the other hand, the performance is quite close to Kirin 925 that’s currently powering the Huawei Ascend Mate 7. The single core score of the 925 (899 points) is slightly better than the SoC used in this device (875), however the multi-core score on this device (3541 points) is much better than Mate 7.

Huawei P8 is said to come with a dual glass body (front+back) with a zirconia ceramic unibody design. It will be around 6mm thin and will feature a 2600 mAh battery.

We still don’t know whether this is the new Kirin 930 based on the 16mm process, but we expect more details soon as rumors say Huawei will announce the flagship on 15 April in London this year.

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The Weibo account @Ubuntu团队 used to leak the latest information of Meizu, and they just posted a image to show Huawei P8’s specs,price and launch date.

It says Huawei P8 will have zirconium oxide porcelain uni-body design with double sided glass probably with gorilla glass 3 protection. Moreover, it will be quite thin too, much thinner than the iPhone 6 models at just 6mm. The company will incorporate the same dual camera setup that’s currently found on the Huawei Honor 6 Plus along with an additional biometric fingerprint sensor.

However, even this amazing design is not going to be highlight of the Huawei P8 flagship as the leak says that the company will put in a powerful Kirin 930 processor which will use the 16nm process. If this does turns out to be true, Kirin 930 will become the first SoC in the market to use this process. The latest Snapdragon 810 or even Apple’s A8 processors all use the 20nm process.

The battery is said to be 2600 which frankly will be quite small considering today’s high end standards. The same source reveals that the device will be unveiled at a special event in London on 15 April this year for a price tag of 2999 Yuan which comes to around $480. This would be a great price if the upcoming Huawei P8 flagship does feature the above specs.

We are sure, there will more such leaks in the coming few weeks, so stay tuned to the website for latest updates.

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