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New alleged Huawei Mate 8 photo reveals a thin, metallic design

New alleged Huawei Mate 8 photo reveals a thin, metallic design

Posted: 16 Nov 2015, 22:08 , posted by Florin T.

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New alleged Huawei Mate 8 photo reveals a thin, metallic design

Later this month, Huawei will (most likely) announce a new premium smartphone called Mate 8. We've already seen an image allegedly showing the upcoming device, but a protective case didn't really allow us to take a good look at it. Fortunately, there's now a new photo that seems to be revealing the back of the Mate 8 in its entirety.

If what we're seeing below is indeed the Huawei Mate 8, the handset clearly has a round fingerprint scanner below its rear camera - just like the Google Nexus 6P (which, as you may know, is manufactured by Huawei).

We can also spot a microUSB port at the bottom of the device, plus what seem to be dual speakers flanking the port. Overall, the smartphone appears to be pretty thin.

Just like the Mate7 that was released last year, the Mate 8 is expected to be a very large device that sports a 6-inch display with 1080 x 1920 pixels. Other features could include an octa-core Kirin 950 processor, 16 MP or 13 MP rear camera, 8 MP front-facing camera, and a generous battery with fast charging capabilities. The Mate 8 might have two variants: one with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage space, and a more expensive one with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage space.

We're expecting Huawei to officially unveil the Mate 8 on November 26. Interested?

Huawei Mate 8 - new leaked photo, plus older image

Huawei Mate 8 - new leaked photo, plus older image

Huawei Mate 8 - new leaked photo, plus older image

source: @OnLeaks

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posted on 16 Nov 2015, 22:12 3

1. zeeBomb (Posts: 2318; Member since: 14 Aug 2014)

LG V10s cousin. That Kirin 950 is going to be a silent beast, and I'm expecting the camera performance to hold up really well, as it upgraded to better dual 14bit ISP at 940MPs. We can't forget the next gen T880 GPU too!

posted on 16 Nov 2015, 22:16 2

2. shiftt (Posts: 333; Member since: 03 May 2015)

Mate S's cousin*

I like the square look of the Mate S more though.

posted on 16 Nov 2015, 22:21

3. zeeBomb (Posts: 2318; Member since: 14 Aug 2014)

Mate S sibling then :)
Still questioning that fast charging tech. Plus those dual speaker most likely a speaker/audio port anyway.

posted on 16 Nov 2015, 23:50 1

5. Felix_Gatto (Posts: 942; Member since: 03 Jul 2013)

The GPU is only a T880 MP4 variant. ln the other hand, Samsung have a T880 MP12 GPU.

HiSilicon and Mediatek are always behind the competition in terms of GPU perfomance.

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 00:21 4

6. Acer_Predator (unregistered)

it doesn't matter.. u have to pay more if u want more..

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 02:36 1

12. plasteek (Posts: 265; Member since: 07 Jun 2015)

What if the MP4 can run UI+games smooth ?
Would you pay more to get 100k antutu ?

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 02:47 2

13. medtxa (Posts: 1655; Member since: 02 Jun 2014)

Expect to pay the same price for lower performance instead. Huawei flagship is not cheap anymore.

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 08:18

16. bur60 (Posts: 981; Member since: 07 Jul 2014)

Not cheap, but a lot cheaper for what the others offer

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 09:51

19. bur60 (Posts: 981; Member since: 07 Jul 2014)

And let's hope it gets GG4 with 5,5 inch model

posted on 16 Nov 2015, 23:34

4. Tziggy14 (Posts: 606; Member since: 02 Sep 2014)

That design look amazing from the Mate 7.

If Huawei includes the fast charging technology in this phone(or hopefully next year's model). They will have my money.

As long as they dont have anything the Chinese government can track my info on of course.

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 00:24

7. Acer_Predator (unregistered)

looks like u can say bye bye to fast charge as it doesn't have usb type c what I am actually disappointed..
I think this gonna be no purchase for me ..
For 2016 phones should have type c with fast charger

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 02:14

9. carlemillward (unregistered)

You do not need USB type C for fast charging, Type C does offer native fast charging, but there are other options available. S6 supports fast charging as well as MXPE and those do not have type C.

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 01:49

8. longtian (Posts: 40; Member since: 13 Apr 2013)

Huawei Mate8 Specs:http://www.gizok.com/huawei-ascend-mate8.html

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 08:40 1

17. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)

Android 4.4? Lol okay.

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 02:35

10. plasteek (Posts: 265; Member since: 07 Jun 2015)

I love the camera ring !

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 02:35

11. Bondurant (Posts: 743; Member since: 04 Jun 2014)

Carrying over the design of Mate S but with K950 chip, better camera and most likely will include the force touch as well.

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 05:57

14. cloud1704 (Posts: 5; Member since: 27 Feb 2014)

Meanwhile in Malaysia, Mate S 64gb priced as much as Note5 32gb dual sim variant.
Anyway Mate S came with harmon kardon earphone.
Judging by Mate S, this Mate 8 may cost more than Samsung flagship.

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 07:27

15. redmd (Posts: 1859; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)

The Mate flagship devices are sold expensively. Huawei better lower their asking price.

Another issue is their slow update.

posted on 17 Nov 2015, 08:57

18. Marslander (Posts: 153; Member since: 08 Jan 2015)

The only thing that concerns me is from the specs leaked so far, the biggest upgrade from the Mate 7 is the processor. Other than that, this doesn't appear to be a big step up from the 7.

'Force Touch'? No, that's not a big deal to me. If it has a substantially better camera, that could draw me in, but so far I'm not that impressed by the features for the price they're going to be asking.