Updated on 23rd July 2015

Huawei is said to be launching its Mate 8 smartphone on September 2, 2015 at an event scheduled in Berlin, Germany. The company has shared a teaser image which says that it will bring “a taste of the flagship” on September 2. Reports suggest that the device will be the Mate 8 smartphone and will be unveiled at the IFA.

Specifications and features of the device have already leaked previously. It will feature 64-bit Kirin 950 processor, 6-inch QHD display, 3GB/4GB of RAM, 32GB/64GB inbuilt storage and 20.7 mega pixel rear camera. Stay tuned with us for more developments on this story!

Rumored Specifications and Features of Huawei Ascend Mate 8

• Processor: 64-bit Kirin 950
• Display: 6-inch QHD
• RAM: 3GB/4GB
• ROM: 32GB/64GB
• Rear Camera: 20.7 mega pixel
• Dual SIM

Updated on 8th July 2015

Huawei is reportedly working on the successor of Ascend Mate 7, dubbed the Huawei Ascend Mate 8 smartphone. Leaked renders of the device have surfaced online.

The Mate 8 seems to have taken design cues from its predecessor Ascend Mate 7. Both handsets look similar to each other boasting metal body however there are a few differences as well. As per the leaked renders, sensor placement around the earpiece has changed. The device could come with an LED flash on the front. Coming to the rear, the dual LED flash has been moved below the camera. The Huawei branding has disappeared from the front but there is Huawei logo on the rear of the phone.

As for specifications, the device is rumored to be powered by a 64-bit Kirin 950 (four Cortex-A53 and four Cortex-A72 cores) processor and feature a 6-inch QHD display. The phablet is said to come in two variants- one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB internal memory while other variant will feature 4GB of RAM and 64GB inbuilt memory. The device will support dual SIM card and dual standby. More details about the Huawei Ascend Mate 8 are likely to surface in the coming days. We would suggest you to take this information with a grain of salt since Huawei has not revealed anything officially yet.

Huawei also launched Honor 7 smartphone under its Honor brand earlier this month in China. Specifications of the device include octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 935 processor, Mali-T628 MP4 GPU, 3GB of RAM, Android 5.0 Lollipop OS with Emotion UI 3.1, 5.2-inch (1920×1080 pixels resolution, 423ppi pixel density) display, 16GB/64GB inbuilt memory (expandable up to 128GB via microSD card), 20 mega pixel rear camera with dual LED flash, 8 mega pixel front camera with LED flash and 3100mAh.

Also Read: Huawei P8, P8Max and P8Lite Announced For India

Source: GizmoChina, Mobile-Dad