Huawei Mate 8 launching on November 26


huawei mate 8 launch

After long delays Huawei are finally on track to launch the Huawei Mate 8 at a launch event in China on November 26.

Huawei have had an amazing year, with some of the most anticipated phone launches and growth which has seen the brand overtake Xiaomi in their home market. Some of the more notable Huawei phones this year have been the Huawei Mate S and the Huawei Nexus, but has the best been saved till last?

The Huawei Mate 8 is a phone that has been whispered about fairly frequently.Ā TheĀ deviceĀ should already really be on sale, but the company wanted to use their latest Kirin 950 chipset in the flagship so pushed the launch back. The Kirin 950 is tipped to be one of the most powerful processors on the market running at 2.4Ghz with Mali-T880 GPU, and will go head to head with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 820.

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Mate 8 details are still under wraps but secrets have been leaking, and specification details are believed to induced a 2.5D Force Touch display, options for 3-4GB RAM and 32-64GB memory, 8 mega-pixel front camera and 20 mega-pixel rear.

Chances are we will also see a rear fingerprint scanner, laser focus and an all metal unibody design too. More details are sure to be released in the run up to the November 26 launch date.

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5 Comments

  1. Rob
    November 2, 2015

    Been keeping an eye on this all week, hoping to get this or the xplay 5s as my next phone. There are some really exciting phone launches coming up with some amazing chip sets, gonna be a great year for phone/tech lovers.

    • MaxPower
      November 2, 2015

      …and they are coming out with the size you were looking for.

      • Rob
        November 2, 2015

        Exactly the reason I’ve been eyeing up these 2 phones in particular although the Vivo would be my first choice, can’t imagine either of them being very affordable though šŸ™

        • MaxPower
          November 2, 2015

          it’s going to be expensive, but it’s a Vivo, you know it will worth the money

  2. Tizz
    November 2, 2015

    I just hope the GPU will atleast be the 880MP6.