Huawei Mate 8 review: A 2016 big-screen phablet with a Kirin 950 and two-day battery.
The efficient big-battery phablet.
Mate 8 paired the efficient Kirin 950 with a 4,000 mAh battery and a slim metal body — a genuine two-day phablet in 2016. The 1080p panel and EMUI were the period costs, but it cemented Huawei's reputation for endurance flagships.
01Display
64/10064/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2015 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2015 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
62/10062/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2015.
04Battery
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2015 — 12 points above the cohort average.
05Build
72/10072/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2015.
06Value
62/10062/100 puts it above the 58-point average for flagship phones of 2015.
- Kirin 950 was efficient and quick.
- Big 4,000 mAh battery — two-day life.
- Metal unibody, slim bezels.
- microSD + jack.
- 1080p on a 6" panel.
- EMUI 4 cluttered.
- Mono speaker.
- No water resistance.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 100-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .