Huawei Honor V8 released in May 2016. Huawei is continuously balancing the midrange and high-end smartphones in their portfolio. Huawei Honor V8 specs clearly state a new combination of configuration and try to be a high-end device.
The highlight of the specs is the HiSilicon Kirin 950 processor chipset and 4GB of RAM. Remaining configurations are also interesting. Take a look at the details below.
Specs and Details of Huawei Honor V8
Display
The IPS-NEO LCD type is used in Honor V8. The screen size is 5.7 inches, little extended from the usual 5.5 inches. The screen resolution is 1080 x 1920 pixels, the full HD.
With the full HD resolution, 5.5 inches screen looks with great clarity than a 5.7 inches screen, because of the pixels distribution over the screen area. This is the only thing we noted as a little con in the display of Honor V8.
CPU and GPU
The CPU of Huawei Honor V8 has the HiSilicon Kirin 950 Octa-core processor chipset. Out of the two Quad-core processors, one has a Cortex A72 chip with a clock speed of 2.3GHz. This is a serious power beast chip. The Mali T-880MP4 chip is the supporting GPU processors.
RAM and Storage
Huawei Honor V8 has 4GB of RAM. The 4 GB RAM is enough for any phone operations. The inbuilt storage comes with a 32GB of storage space. The second SIM slot can be hybrid to the micro SD card and using it, 128 GB of storage can be added.
Software
Android 6.0 Marshmallow over the user Interface of Huawei’s Emotion UI is pre-loaded in this device.
Camera
The primary camera used in Honor V8 is a special one, also found in LG G5. It has dual 12 MP cameras with Leica optics, autofocus, and dual LED – dual tone flash. Leica Optics is the recent trend picked up by the high-end smartphones. Leica Optics is special because of the special Lens it brings. The front camera has 8 MP sensors. Both the front and back cameras can take videos with 1080 pixels quality.
Battery
Huawei Honor V8 is powered by a 3400mAh Non-removable Li-Ion battery. This is a great choice of battery picked for this phone. Since the processor and screen size is in excess to the usual numbers, this extra battery fills the gap for the battery backup needs.
Other Features and Connectivity
Fingerprint sensors, WiFi, 4G LTE, Bluetooth, GPS, USB type C are the features we observed in Honor V8.
Price
The price of Huawei Honor V8 is approximately US $310 / Indian Rupees 20,000 / Chinese Yuan 2000 / 270 Euros.
Performance Expectation of Huawei Honor V8
HiSilicon Kirin 950 is a powerful processor which can handle high-end operations at ease. But at the same time, there is a con about Kirin processors. They cannot encode the 4K media content. But at present most of the smartphones don’t support the 4K content. So, this is not a big issue. Coming next to the RAM and battery, they also have what needed. So, the entire performance will be great on this device. Multitasking, gaming, browsing and much more could be a good experience with Honor V8.
Pros and Cons of Huawei Honor V8
Pros
- HiSilicon Kirin 950 Octa-core processor with 2.0GHz
- 4GB of RAM
- 32GB of inbuilt storage
- 3400mAh battery
- Fingerprint sensor
- Dual 12 MP camera with Leica Optics
Cons
- No 4K media content support
Opinion to Buyers – Huawei Honor V8
This is a high-end device. So, the buyers have to check all of their expectations are satisfied with the specs and features. For those who need a high-end device, Honor V8 looks promising. The price quoted is also reasonable for a high-end device.
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