Review of Huawei Mate 8 – A Fabulous Flagship Phablet
While Huawei is still considered one of the “new kids” when it comes to smartphones, the Chinese company has produced some excellent products over their brief history. While they have been producing white label devices since 2010, it hasn’t been until the last few years that the company has sold devices under their own name. Late last year they released the Mate 8, the follow up to the 2014 Mate 7 and as far as phablet sized devices go, have hit the mark. While a device this size, a 6″ display is what the Mate 8 sports, is not for everyone, if you are looking for a seriously powerful device with an excellent display and stunningly good camera, this device should be on your shortlist to consider. The only real hesitation I have with it is the Emotion UI that Huawei has on top of the Android Marshmallow build it runs. That can, however, be largely eliminated if you don’t like it and certainly doesn’t stop me from giving this device a strong recommendation.