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Huawei unveils its new high-end Honor 8 smartphone

Huawei makes its Honor 8 smarpthone official, rocks an 8-core processor and 4GB of RAM.

@LanaJelic

Published Aug 25, 2016 11:18 PM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 11:58 AM CST

1 minute & 7 seconds read time

IFA 2016 - Huawei, the third biggest mobile phone manufacturer, launched a new phone today in Stockholm, Sweden. Honor 8 is the top of the line Honor series phone, tho we can't say it's a flagship cause that title still belongs to Huawei P9.

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However, with the dual camera system, the Honor 8 is quite similar to P9. Our source from Huawei tells us they wanted to make a cheaper phone with all of the P9 characteristics and one difference - they fixed all the problems the P9 has. This is where Honor 8 comes in. At first glance, the Honor 8 looks and feels like a premium phone. Its glass back gives it a fancier look and you get to choose between four colors - white, black, gold and dark blue.

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The Honor 8 has a 5.2-inch full HD display and two 12-megapixel rear-facing cameras, but you won't see the Leica logo which is the case with the P9. Inside, we have Huawei's own Kirin 950 octo-core processor, 4GB of RAM and a 3,000 mAh battery. For comparison, the P9 has the same battery capacity, 3GB of RAM and a faster Kirin 955 processor.

It comes in two configurations, one with 32 GB of storage and one with 64GB. In case you need more storage, you can also expand it with microSD card.

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During the briefing, Huawei executives stated that this phone is aimed at millennials so they wanted to make its price attractive and affordable. The Honor 8 starts at $400 for the 32GB model and goes up to $450 for 64GB.

It is already available in China and the US, and will be in Europe in September.

Anthony Garreffa and Lana Jelic

Lana has a passion for technology and science. She spends her time looking for the latest and most interesting technology and science news. Her passion is in gadgets, wearables, and other cool and interesting applications of technology or science. She also spends her free time gaming in MMOs like World of Warcraft. She has prior experience covering technology for publications and breaking news. If sheâ€™s not doing either, you might just find her exploring the metaverse in VR. Lana wants to expand TweakTownâ€™s coverage of mobile, wearables and gadgets while also bringing her experience with science and general tech to TweakTown. Her area of coverage is around science, technology, smartphones, wearables, and general neat gadgets. She hopes to one day be able to drive around in her self-driving car while she schedules an appointment for a SpaceX trip to the moon on her smartwatch.

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