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Huawei Honor Note 8: 6.6-inch display, 4,500 mAh battery, priced at $346
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd’s sub-brand Honor has announced its latest smartphone at a launch event in Beijing, the massive 6.6-inch Note 8 with Quad HD resolution. The 6.6-inch phablet rivals the Samsung Galaxy Note7 due to launch tomorrow, which will come with a rumored 5.7-inch display or a slightly larger display of 5.8 inches.
We look at what the Honor Note 8 offers users, including a 6.6-inch display, 4,500 mAh battery, and more for an impressive price tag starting at $346.
Design
The Note 8 phablet has a massive 6.6-inch Super AMOLED display and includes a resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels at 443 ppi. The company touts the huge display as perfect for gaming, productivity, and multimedia.
The Note 8 has an all-metal design with a screen-to-body ratio of 80 percent. The phablet has a thickness of 7.18mm and weighs 219 grams. It also comes equipped with a fingerprint sensor.
Under the hood
The Honor Note 8 comes with the octa-core Kirin 955 chipset, made by Huawei, together with a Mali-T880 MP4 GPU. It comes with 4 GB of RAM and storage options of 32 GB, 64 GB, and 128 GB. It also supports two SIM cards.
Camera
The rear-facing camera on the Honor Note 8 is 13MP with a f/2.0 aperture, RGBW sensor, Optical Image Stabilizer, and image processing engine. While the front-facing camera is 8MP.
Battery
The Note 8 has an impressive 4,500 mAh battery with USB C. The rumors surrounding the Galaxy Note7 has the phablet packing either a 3,600 mAh battery or a larger 4,000 mAh.
Price & availability
The Honor Note 8 also comes with an impressive price tag starting at ¥2,299, approximately $346 for the 32GB model. While the top-of-the-range 128GB version will only set you back ¥2,599, approximately $421. If rumors are to be believed the Galaxy Note7 will be the most expensive of Samsung’s flagships with a starting price of $939.
Unfortunately for U.S. customers, though, is the Honor Note 8 is only available in China with a release date of August 8. An international release date has not been announced yet; however, Huawei is having a special launch event in San Francisco on August 16. Perhaps we could see the newest Note 8 addition make an appearance for U.S. audiences.
Images via: Huawei
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