Huawei announced and released Huawei P8 smartphone in April of 2015 that comes up with an Android OS v4.4.2 (KitKat) upgradable to v5.0.2 (Lollipop) and planned to upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow). This phone has a dimension of 144.9 x 72.1 x 6.4 mm (5.70 x 2.84 x 0.25 in) with 6.4 mm thickness and weighs about 144 g (5.08 oz).
This phone supports HSPA/ GSM/ LTE network configurations. It uses Nano-SIM technology with Optional Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by). The display is of 16 M colors and has IPS-NEO LCD capacities touchscreen. The screen size is 5.2 inches, and the screen-to-body ratio is 71.4%. The screen resolution is 1080 x 1920 pixels which is precisely 424 PPI pixel density.
The display contrast ratio is 1516 in normal condition while 2.196 in sunlight. It supports multi-touch and comes up with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection with Emotion UI 3.1, and the back panel also comes up with Corning Gorilla Glass protection. It has got Hi-Silicon Kirin 935/930 chipset, and CPU comprises of Quad-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 processors.
The GPU used is Mali-T628 MP4. The internal memory available is 16 GB/64 GB with 3 GB RAM. It also supports micro SD slot that could be upgraded up to 128 GB however it uses SIM 2 slot.
The primary camera comprises of a 13 MP, f/2.0, 28 mm, autofocus, OIS, dual-LED (dual tone) flash while secondary comprises of 8 MP, f/2.4, 26 mm, 1080 p camera. The primary camera features include 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, and HDR. The video feature is 1080 p@30 fps, HDR and stereo sound recording. The microphone jack is 3.55 mm and has got stereo loudspeakers.
The WLAN supported are Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, DLNA, Wifi Direct, and hotspot. The Bluetooth version is 4.2, A2DP, LE. It also supports NFC connection. It also has Stereo FM radio. The USB available is v2.0 micro USB, USB host. It also comes with compass, accelerator, gyro and proximity sensors. The messaging can be performed via MMS, SMS threaded view, Email and Push mail.
The GPS technology is A-GPS, BDS, GLONASS (market dependent). The browser is HTML 5. The battery used is Non-removable Li-Po 2800 mAH battery that gives 64 h endurance rating. The colors available are Titanium Grey, Mystic Champagne for 16 GB model and Carbon Black, Prestige Gold for 64 GB model.
Similarly, it contains disadvantages such as no 4K video recording, no fast charging or wireless charging, no Wi-Fi ac support, nonwater resistant and comes with a nonremovable battery.
