Huawei's come a long way since it shook its ODM label and started making devices for consumers, too. It's now the fourth biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world, and in the past year, we've seen the company launch new phones big and small, as well as new wearables including an Android Wear smartwatch. Aside from a few special-edition variants, though, the Ascend P7 has remained Huawei's flagship product for almost a year, so it's high time for a successor to take that mantle. Cue the Huawei P8 -- no "Ascend" this time 'round -- the company's newest feather in its smartphone-shaped cap.
If you've been keeping up with the steady torrent of leaks surrounding the device, you might have caught a glimpse of it already. For those seeing it for the first time today, though, it's kind of reminiscent of the iPhone 6, albeit with squarer corners Huawei's typically fond of. It's dressed in a full aluminum unibody that measures 6.4mm thick, with a slightly pillowed metal rim giving it a vague resemblance to Apple's latest blockbuster (though it's supposed to take inspiration from the design of the good ol' book, of all things). Four color configs will be available: black, silver, grey and of course, gold. On the front of the handset is a 5.2-inch, 1080p display, presumably chosen over a Quad HD panel (the trendy choice for new flagships these days) to keep costs down. The display is basically as "edge-to-edge" as they come, with hardly any bezel either side of it.
Huawei's own 64-bit, 2GHz octa-core Kirin 930 CPU throbs away inside the handset, joined by 3GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, a 2,680mAh battery and space to two 4G SIMs. For Huawei, one of the key selling points of the P8 is its imaging prowess. The handset sports a 13-megapixel main camera with "best-in-class" optical image stabilization and a dual-color temperature flash that "mimics natural illumination," supposedly. According to the company, the P8 has the "world's first four-color RGBW sensor" paired with a DSLR-grade independent image processor, both of which are said to reduce photo noise and improve low-light performance, image contrast and realistic color representation.
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