Huawei P8lite review: Style on a budget

03 August, 2015
Huawei has long had a spot on the smartphone map, devices like the P8 and Mate 7 trying really hard to break new ground in the premium segment. Refined exterior and competitive specs but not quite competitive price points, Huawei wants to be a brand driven by quality, not discounts.

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  • v0k
  • 12 Aug 2015

No gorrila glass with this phone. very strange.

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    • bau
    • n2x
    • 11 Aug 2015

    booia, 07 Aug 2015Can someone please tell me which phone is better: huawei p8... moreYo cannot compare this phone with S3. This phone can be compared with S4 or LG nexus 5. On S3 the RAM is only 750M and is full with Samsung bloatware. For Android to run ok, you will need at least 1.5G RAM. Also the camera is much better at P8 lite, is on par with Nexus 5 or S4, maybe S5. I have at home S4 mini, and P8 lite. P8 lite is snappier at everything, and has less apps installed by default. Battery is like S4 mini, slightly better: 2 days average use. I got 3 days too when was used almost only for calls, with no 3g data.
    Of course, if you play games, battery lasts for a about 3 hours
    Also this phone is the prettiest phone mentioned here.

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      • vx6
      • 11 Aug 2015

      mikevin, 10 Aug 2015I got this handset last week And the battery lasts pretty g... moreSame here ! been using this for almost a month :)

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        • mikevin
        • fjU
        • 10 Aug 2015

        I got this handset last week And the battery lasts pretty good. I have the one with the kirion,or something like that, chipset Anand this phone is fast and nippy. I enjoy the all focus option when taking photos too, I can set the focus after I took the foto. If you take a foto of something close and see something in the background that's blurry, you can focus on that and it will be crystal clear. No problems at all and would recommend this fone to others.

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          • HIE
          • 10 Aug 2015

          a reasonable phone for reasonable people.
          I have bought this phone and I cant find a problem.

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            • PaxDroid
            • Rg5
            • 07 Aug 2015

            AnonD-43588, 03 Aug 2015at first i read it Huawei Polite review lolThat is sooooooooooooooo funny

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              • booia
              • 6jy
              • 07 Aug 2015

              Can someone please tell me which phone is better: huawei p8 lite or samsung galaxy s3 neo i9301? Huawei for me looks better, but samsung is probably safer for buy. I am in very big doubt.

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                • Sw1
                • 06 Aug 2015

                Hi,

                Which will be better for mobile internet and photos? Moto G 3rd ge or this Huawei P8lite?

                thx

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                  • 9C4
                  • 05 Aug 2015

                  wifi so bad

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                    • bluelady
                    • v0k
                    • 05 Aug 2015

                    no gorrilla glass, no usb otg, non removeable battery, tiny battery.....and name is P8 Lite....

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                      • rocknroll
                      • tDM
                      • 05 Aug 2015

                      - 2200mAh battery
                      - Non-removable battery
                      - Chinese phone.

                      Nope nope nope. Those points together are ingredients for long term painful experience.

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                        • uCj
                        • 05 Aug 2015

                        Weak battery life n weak camera. Can't even beats it's own Honor 4x.

                        Not a good buy....

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                          • 7q5
                          • 04 Aug 2015

                          the P8 lite is taking us to the dark age with no OTG support.

                            crappy Web page desi, 04 Aug 2015You mean now I can't jump straight to pages I want to read?... moreYou can still navigate the pages quickly. Just use the dropdown like before.
                            http://i.imgur.com/KQSIBx2.png

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                              • crappy Web page desi
                              • 7tI
                              • 04 Aug 2015

                              You mean now I can't jump straight to pages I want to read? Within a review?
                              Not cool GSM arena.
                              I am losing love for my favorite site that is trying to become like so many others.

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                                • 03 Aug 2015

                                AnonD-142922, 03 Aug 2015You know when ppl start saying nice things about particular... moreI started to believe in Huawei after its Ascend Mate 1 and they have just gone impossibly better since then. Future #1 for sure.

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                                  • mxx
                                  • 03 Aug 2015

                                  AnonD-43588, 03 Aug 2015at first i read it Huawei Polite review lolYou know when ppl start saying nice things about particular company ? When it starts be more and more famous .. bcos they would look stupid idiots in the crowd..
                                  When device or gadget is very famous NOBODY bitch about it .. only certain fanboys in comments..
                                  Websites slagging device when they are not much famous .. or they has no support from them..
                                  For huawei I was saying only nice things like 3 years back when I had P6.. since then I started like huawei and knew already the huawei will be no 1. soon .. :)

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                                    • HxY
                                    • 03 Aug 2015

                                    at first i read it Huawei Polite review lol

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                                      • 03 Aug 2015

                                      In my experience, chipsets with good cpu and moderate gpu tend to perform better than moderate cpu and good gpu configuration. I don't know if snapdragon 615 can run all 8 cores simultaneously but it does not score as well in cpu benchmarks as it can. For comparison it can be easily outperformed by mediatek 6752(8 arm 53 at 1.7 GHz) and even kirin 620 (8 arm 53 at 1.2 ghz) in multicore cpu tests. Had the two chipsets got slightly stronger gpu they would have blown away 615 in almost all tests.

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                                        • K2F
                                        • 03 Aug 2015

                                        Video shared 'Honor 7' not 'P8 lite'...