Summary / it is by a discrete communicated that Huawei has announced a stripped-down version of Huawei P8: P8 Lite. Immediately announced, immediately taken in hand.
Rumor wanted it jointly announced at the P8 at the London event of Huawei, but the manufacturer is granted a fortnight's time to formalize the P8 Lite. As its name suggests, it is a lean, sold of course cheaper declination. Really less expensive since the beast will be proposed at the rate of euro 249 except reduction operator. Compared to the 499 euros to the P8, the gap is sensitive.
Obviously to get to generate some income Chinese brand has of making concessions on the sheet. The IPS display so now that a definition HD (1280 x 720) for a resolution of approximately 294 ppi on the 5-inch diagonal. We were able to approach him this morning and this slight decrease in resolution is however not noticeable to the eye.
Same concession on the processor with the Kirin 620, it is always the octo-core but clocked this time 1.2 GHz (with 2 GB RAM) against 2 GHz on the P8. Model Lite keeps in contrast sensor 13 mpx of its big brother, opening here at f/2.0, there 5 mpx in front. Unlike its big brother, the flash offers here that only color temperature, it can therefore expect a little less good results when you actually use.
In addition, more plastic
The reduction of costs obviously through the use of materials less noble. Exit here the dress all aluminum, Huawei focuses the everything plastic, with the exception of the buttons that are metal. Slices are also coated with a silver plastic, imitation aluminium strip. The illusion is perfect as long as it does not take into hand. The rear is also plastic, but textured to give a little more sensations in the fingers and it is rather successful in hand.
The relative smoothness of the object is not otherwise pleasant. With 7.7 mm thick, it is not the longer end of the market, but may be quite easily forgotten in a Pocket, for a 5 inch since it is high 14.3 mm and wide 70.6 for weighing 131 grams. In hand, the product makes it pretty well, and its appearance is clearly above that found in this price range.
No phalanges
The machine runs on Android Lollipop with the overlay EMUI in version 3.1. It is however devoid of small additions of the P8 as lightpainting photo mode. It will just here the traditional filters and other functions of retouching. The recognition of the inputs made with the phalanges permitting to take screenshots is also absent.
The smartphone on the other hand supports the 4G Cat.4 as the P8. Can finally rely on 16 GB for storage and two slots SIM, of whom one shall act also SD card reader for memory expansion. The battery has a capacity of 2200 mAh. Huawei does not advance on the autonomy of its smartphone.
As we said in the introduction, it will be sold at 249 euros. No date of availability announced for the moment, but according to our information it will arrive in the second half of the month of may among operators. The P8 Lite looks very convincing for its price range, first impressions to be confirmed in a larger test.
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