Huawei Mate 8 / Huawei Ascend Mate 8

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May, 2023

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 503 reviews of Huawei Mate 8 / Huawei Ascend Mate 8. The average rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Cell phones for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the battery and screen. The usability and size are also mentioned favorably, whereas there are some mixed comments about the GPS navigation and price.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell phones the Huawei Mate 8 / Huawei Ascend Mate 8 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Huawei Mate 8 / Huawei Ascend Mate 8

alaTest has collected and analyzed 10 user reviews of Huawei Mate 8 / Huawei Ascend Mate 8 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other Cell phones on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers are impressed by the camera. The price is also mentioned favorably. There are some mixed reviews about the performance. There are some negative views about the size and usability.

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90% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

May, 2023

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Amazon.com review summary for Huawei Mate 8 / Huawei Ascend Mate 8

alaTest has collected and analyzed 10 user reviews of Huawei Mate 8 / Huawei Ascend Mate 8 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other Cell phones on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the usability and camera. The screen and performance also get good reviews. Many are critical about the reliability, and there are some mixed comments about the price.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2023

Expert review by : GSMArena Team (gsmarena.com)

Huawei Mate X3 review

The Huawei Mate X3 is a truly impressive piece if engineering. Huawei managed to craft an amazing device on a number of levels. First and foremost, the X3...

The phone is incredibly thin and folds perfectly without an air gap.

Fingerprint reader is inconvenient to use while the phone is folded.

As usual, it all boils down to personal choice. Undoubtedly, the Mate X3 is an exquisite hardware package through and through, with very few drawbacks in that department. Software is the main pain point of the Mate X3 for prospective buyers. If that's...

May, 2023

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Expert review by : Malarie Gokey (digitaltrends.com)

Huawei Mate 8 review

With strong specs, smart features, and good looks, Huawei's Mate 8 is strong enough to take on Apple and Samsung.

Huawei has a real winner with the Mate 8. It’s a strong flagship phablet that could easily take on the likes of Samsung’s Note 5, LG’s V10, and the iPhone 6S Plus if it made its way to the United States. Its sleek metal design, speedy fingerprint...

Jan, 2016

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Expert review by : Jessica Dolcourt (cnet.com)

Huawei Mate 8 review: The big Huawei Mate 8 phone is a battery beast that costs too much

The 6-inch Huawei Mate 8's monster battery life is the shining feature in an otherwise pretty-good, but overpriced phone.

Huawei's Mate 8's battery life goes on and on, it snaps good photos and has a fast, accurate fingerprint sensor and a loud speakerphone.

This ginormous 6-inch phone is just too unwieldy for smaller hands. It has a dim screen and a low resolution compared with other phones.

The huge, metal Huawei Mate 8 has plenty of appeal and only minor drawbacks, but it's too expensive to sway fans of large-screen phones from the Nexus 6P or Samsung Galaxy Note 5.

Jan, 2016

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Expert review by : Andrei Frumusanu (anandtech.com)

The Huawei Mate 8 Review

It's been over a year since we reviewed the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 and Ascend Mate 2 . For many people and including ourselves at AnandTech these were among one of the first experiences with Huawei as a smartphone device manufacturer. Ever since our...

Lastly, there’s the Mate 8’s camera. In its current state with the B116 firmware version that the device was reviewed on the only way to accurately describe it is as a complete disaster. Huawei has promised that we’ll be seeing a software update in the...

Jan, 2016

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Expert review by : Eliane Fiolet (ubergizmo.com)

Huawei Mate 8 Review

Announced during CES 2016, the Huawei Mate 8 is Huawei's “power-user” smartphone, designed to last longer and to perform well in most common use cases, including productivity, web browsing, video, and photography. As such, it comes with an impressive...

The Huawei Mate 8 is a very good handset across the board, but its main strengths reside in its impressive battery capacity and proprietary UX (user experience). The design bias towards superior battery life should be the primary factor in most...

Feb, 2016

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Huawei Mate 8 Review

The Huawei Mate 8 (or NXT-L29 as it is also known) asks you to make a fundamental choice about what you are looking for in a phone. Or rather, it makes that decision for you by way of its generous form factor. The Mate 8 certainly puts the 'phab' in...

Jan, 2016

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Expert review by : Andreas Osthoff (notebookcheck.net)

Huawei Mate 8 Smartphone Review

Fast and enduring. Huawei wants to enter the high-end competition with a 6-inch display and a brand-new SoC. We put the Mate 8 through our lab tests to see if this is a success.

great case, bright display, excellent performance, very good battery runtime, dual-SIM, memory expansion via microSD, fingerprint scanner, no bloatware

high color deviations of the display, bad front camera, high price, mediocre GPS, slight throttling under sustained load, speaker

The Huawei Mate 8 left a very good impression during our review with its noble chassis and the high performance. It is quite a big device with its 6-inch display, but the handling is still comfortable thanks to the thin frame. Besides the high...

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Expert review by : Peter Kostadinov (phonearena.com)

Huawei Mate X3 review: Excellent hardware, wonky software

The Huawei Mate X3 is an exceptional foldable phone hampered by software that's not par for the course.

Excellent design ; Capable and reliable camera system ; Bright and vivid internal display with minimal crease ; Very functional external display ; Fast charging, has a charger in the box

No 5G support ; Lack of native support for Google's services ; Some core Android functionalities and services missing ; Expensive and hard to get in the US ; Battery life is not impressive

May, 2023

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Expert review by : John V. (phonearena.com)

Huawei Mate 8 Review

Surging to new heights after the successful release of the Google Nexus 6P, consumers around the world are becoming increasingly aware of the company behind the prized phone. Huawei's remarkable run in 2015 is extending already into the New Year, where...

Elegant all-metal design ; Slim & lightweight for its size ; Better-than-average battery life ; Tons of features with EMUI 4.0

Display color balance is off ; Disorganized user interface ; Weak internal speaker ; Greenish hues with indoor snapshots ; Wobbly effect with video capture

Huawei’s sudden surge is evident, there’s just no arguing how they’ve turned things around in just a year. The Huawei Mate 8 is yet another device in their portfolio that shows that they’re not backing down anytime soon, as it’s quickly establishing...

Jan, 2016

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Expert review by : Hadlee Simons (gearburn.com)