Huawei Mate 8 32GB

The Huawei Mate 7 was arguably the best phone of 2014 – it offered more features and, in some instances, better performance than every other flagship phone on the market while costing hundreds of dollars less.

Huawei's concerted push into western markets continues, and the Mate 8 is the latest entrant into the Australian market which the Chinese brand is hoping will make waves. It's certainly big enough to be used as a surfboard, so the waves are appropriate.

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.

Best phone I've had, with everything you need.

The Huawei mate 8 replaced a Galaxy Note 4. And it's better in every way. The internal speakers are simply amazing especially for music, the build quality is similar to an iPhone, The battery can last 2 days of quite heavy use and call quality is spot on.

After 1 year of using this phone I love it. Excellent performance

After 1 year of using this phone I love it. Excellent performance. Great battery life. Big screen. I only found a few cons: does not update the os, the screen definition is not the best and de camera is just fine. The rest is excellent. I used lg g2 g3 blackberry priv, Samsung galaxy s6 previously