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Huawei has officially announced its flagship device, the P8 smartphone alongside the P8 Max phablet today at the media event in London.

Huawei P8 and P8 Max-new

The new Huawei P8 features a slim, sleek full uni-body metal design, a 5.2-inch IPS-NEO Full-HD 1920×1080 resolution display. The screen on the P8 takes up 78.3% of the front and the phone still feels small in the hand. The P8 body is made with Aluminum alloy metal with Gorilla Glass 4, the device is 6.4mm thin.

Huawei P8-new

The P8 is equipped with world’s first 13 Megapixel rear camera with 4-color RGBW imaging sensor, AF & LED flash. The camera on the P8 features an optical image stabilization and can rotate up to 1.6 degree. It has a 32% higher brightness in high contrast and 78% less color noise in low light. Huawei has included an independent image processor, which promises a DSLR image quality.

The flagship device is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Kirin 930/935 processor combined with a 3GB of RAM and 32GB/64GB of internal storage supports up to 128GB of storage expansion via the microSD slot. It has a 2600mAh battery with a longer battery life up to 1 – 1.5 normal usage.

Huawei P8 and P8 Max-Dual-4G-SIM

The P8 comes with Huawei’s Signal+; tiny antenna, one at the top and one at the bottom of the device with micro-seconds level blanking time of 33.5µs instead of 2800µs on other platforms. The P8 supports Dual Nano Sim and Dual 4G LTE network connectivity, a single SIM option will also be offered once the device goes on sale.

The new P8 comes with many Huawei integrated features such as; Knuckle Sense Technology, Smart International Dialer, Huawei Voice+, Huawei Music+ and Voice Wake Up+ a feature which allows you to easily wake up/find your phone by speaking into it. Just say “Hi Buddy”, to wake up the phone, and say “where are you?” to locate it. The P8’s theme can be customised to suit your own style via the downloadable themes from Huawei’s website.

Huawei P8 and P8 Max-Nano-Coating

The Huawei P8 runs Android 5.0 Lollipop and comes in 4 shades of metal colors; Light Brown, Gold, Silver and Grey. The P8 is spill resistant with its nano-coating.

Huawei P8 Max

Huawei P8 Max-Display

The Huawei P8 Max also features a metal body design and has a 6.8-inch IPS-NEO Full-HD vivid display with 95.9% color saturation. It is a 6.8mm thin and is packed with a larger 4360mAh high density Li-Polymer battery designed for heavy multimedia usage with up to 2.23 days of normal usage on a single charge.

Huawei P8 Max-new

The P8 and P8 Max will first be available in 30 selected countries (Austria, Belgium, Burma, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE and United Kingdom), the rest of the world to follow 30 days from launching in the above 30 countries.

AVAILABLE FOR SALE: Huawei P8 Dual SIM Unlocked | Huawei P8 Max 3GB RAM+64GB ROM

The P8 Standard version (3GB RAM + 16GB ROM Grey/Brown) will cost €499 and the Premium version (3GB RAM + 32GB Black/Gold) will cost €599. The P8 will be offered as a single SIM and Dual SIM. The Huawi P8 Max is set to cost €649 and will be offered as Dual SIM only.

Huawei P8 and P8 Max-E-ink

Huawei P8 Max-Magnetic Leather Case

Huawei will be offering a number cases for the P8, the 4.3” E-ink cover, which is perfect for reading even in the sunshine. Also, a magnetic leather case with easy notifications view will be offered for the P8 Max.

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