Huawei Mate 8 32GB

Huawei may not be a household name here in the US, nor does the brand name roll off the tongue easily for many Americans, but you might be surprised to learn that the Chinese networking and telecommunications manufacturer is the 3rd largest smartphone supplier in the world, behind Apple and Samsung.

Huawei Mate 8

Huawei's all-metal, 6-inch Mate 8 has a lot going for it, especially its long-lasting battery and high camera quality. After all, those are two things almost anyone would look for in a phone.

Huawei Mate 8 review: An overpriced battery life beast

The huge, metal Huawei Mate 8 has plenty of appeal and only minor drawbacks, but it's too expensive to sway fans of large-screen phones from the Nexus 6P or Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Huawei's all-metal, 6-inch Mate 8 has a lot going for it, especially its long-lasting battery and high camera quality. After all, those are two things almost anyone would look for in a phone. But unfortunately the handset's price tag is too steep to close the deal -- €600 for the 32GB version and €700 for the 64GB model. Those numbers translate to roughly $650 and $760; £450 and £525.

Huawei Mate 8 Review: Big Battery, Bigger Build

The Huawei Mate 8 is a large and powerful smartphone with excellent performance and battery life. It's very well built and designed, and it has unique features not found on other smartphones.

We've had many high-end smartphones waltzing through the review pit here at htxt.africa, and that's to be expected what with all of the new phones announced at CES and MWC now making their way onto the local market.

In all, we like the Huawei Mate 8. It's beautifully designed and, for a phone this size, a pleasure to use. The sluggish performance of past Huawei flagships has been banished, and the Mate 8's battery life is very good too.

Huawei Mate 8 review

The Huawei Mate 8 is exceptionally quick, but this 6in phablet is held back by a hopeless camera and a frustrating UI

Huawei Mate 8

Every time a new Huawei phone is released, there's the same question asked: Can we have this design, but without the awful software Last year, with the , that request was finally answered. No one is really asking for a Nexus 6P with awful software and in many ways that's exactly what the Mate 8 is.

Huawei Mate 8 review review

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Huawei had a stellar 2015 to say the least. The company saw the largest growth it had ever experienced and has retained its place among the 3 largest smartphone OEMs in the world.