Huawei P8 with 5.2-inch Full HD display, 6.4mm thin body and Emotion 3.1 UI announced

Huawei has announced its first flagship smartphone for 2015; having dropped it’s ascend moniker for its devices – the Huawei P8 will succeeds last year’s Huawei Ascend P7.

The Huawei P8 has a slim 6.4mm thin full metal unibody and while it is not waterproof, it has a nano-coating which makes it spill resistant. It would be available in two storage options – a 16GB standard model and the 64GB premium model.

The P8 flagship sports a 5.2-inch (1920 X 1080 pixels) Full HD display, powered by the in-house made HiSilicon Kirin 930 chip with octa-core CPU (4x Cortex A53 @ 2GHz, 4x A53 @ 1.5GHz) which clocks up to 2GHz paired with 3GB of RAM. On the rear there is a 13MP camera unit with OIS and RBGW (Red Black Green White) Sensor; there is a front facing 8MP camera for selfies and video chats.

The Huawei P8 supports 4G LTE (up to 300Mbps); and is available in Single SIM & Dual SIM options – both SIMs supports LTE. The device is packed with two antennas – one at the top and the other at the bottom – Huawei claims the antennas ensures the rate of dropped calls is less (50% less) and call retention rate is boosted by around 6.8%. 

Finally it runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop OS with Emotion 3.1 UI which brings a software feature called Knuckle Gesture. This gesture allows double tapping with the knuckle to capture a screenshot and to crop out screenshots one needs to draw with the knuckle. 

Huawei P8 Key Specs

• OS – Android 5.0 Lollipop with EMUI 3.1
• Display – 5.2-inch 1080 x 1920-pixel Full HD
• Dimensions – 144.9 x 72.1 x 6.4mm
• Weight – 144 grams
• Processor – System chip: HiSilicon Kirin 930 chip with octa core CPU (4x Cortex A53 @ 2GHz, 4x A53 @ 1.5GHz)
• Memory: 3GB RAM
• Storage: 16GB/64GB space of internal storage
• Camera – 13MP rear camera with OIS, RBGW sensor, f/2.0 lens; front-facing 8MP camera
• Connectivity – 4G LTE, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
• Battery – 2680mAh

The Huawei P8 is available in Mystic Champagne, Prestige Gold, Titanium Gray and Carbon Black colour options; the standard model (16GB) costs €499 while the premium model (64GB) costs €599.