Huawei Mate 8 goes trough China's 3C certification authority
If there is one handset that everyone is currently looking forward to, it definitely has to be the Huawei Mate 8. The eagerly-anticipated flagship was confirmed to sport the Kirin 950 chipset and now it appears to have edged yet another step closer to going official.
Last we heard the Mate 8 should be unveiled on November 26, and now we have some more evidence to back up the claim of fast approaching release. The China's 3C Quality Certification authority has a listing for three variants of the Mate 8 - NXT-AL10, NXT-CL00 and NXT-TL00. These will, most likely, be the three main China carrier versions – for China Unicom, China Telecom and China Mobile, although not necessarily in that order.
The certification page seems to hold little other useful information, but it does give away a hint, regarding the phone's power management. All three models are said to support fast charging at 5V/2A and even at 9V/2A. That adds up to 18W of juicing power and hints at a large battery inside the unit, possible in the excess of 4,000 mAh.
As per previous leaks, other specs on the Mate 8 should feature a 6.0 inch 1440p display, although Huawei has spoken against the battery-draining QHD resolution in the past, so 1080p is also an option. It should come with 3GB/4GB RAM and 32GB/64GB internal memory options. In terms of camera, the Mate 8 is expected to feature a 13MP rear unit and an 8MP front shooter, and its SIM card tray is said to support two SIM cards and a microSD card.
The high-end device is said to carry a CNY 3,299 ($520) price tag for the 3GB RAM variant and CNY 3,899 ($610) for the 4GB one.
Reader comments
- AnonD-52738
- 16 Nov 2015
- tZj
Tab S2 can't be full QHD because of the ratio of 4:3. It is consider a QHD screen in 4:3 ratio. Believe me soon you only can get middle range phone as more QHD will appear next year or straight jump to 4K and stop there for screen resolution in...
- AnonD-463876
- 13 Nov 2015
- Y7u
That's the problem battery endurance and battery tech in general is stagnant and isn't advancing quickly enough like CPU's and displays, battery life is very important to me and 2K/4K isn't good enough to sacrifice it, not until battery life catches ...
- AnonD-463876
- 13 Nov 2015
- Y7u
Not if battery life suffers which it substantially does on most QHD phones outside of the Note 5, Samsung pulled off a miracle there. You also have to keep in mind that other components of the phone are getting more sophisticated and energy hungry to...