Huawei Mate 8 already sold out at many retailers in China

Himanshu, 09 December, 2015

Looks like the Huawei Mate 8 smartphone, which was unveiled late last month, is in great demand in China. The flagship went on sale in the country today, and it is being reported that the handset is already sold out at many retailers.

This comes just days after He Gang, who heads the Chinese company's smartphone division, said that they high expectations from the device. He also revealed that Huawei is planning to manufacture a whopping one million Mate 8 units per month.

In China, the Mate 8 costs CNY 2,999 ($470) for the 3GB/32GB model, CNY 3699 ($580) for the 4GB/64GB model, CNY 4399 ($690) for the 4GB/128GB model, and CNY 6888 ($1075) for the exclusive champagne edition. Its international availability details are expected to be announced at CES 2016.

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Reader comments

Tetsuya
10 Jan 2016
mWL

Probably google traduction... xD

Anonymous
11 Dec 2015
ua3

kirin cpu need the certification from NSA/CIA/FBI not from FCC, so you know the result.

AnonD-442781
11 Dec 2015
JiR

Basically yes, they need some sort of certification. This is for official release though, you can still import it. Also the reason why huawei is making statements like that is because they're in the midst of getting certification.