Last month, Huawei launched the mid-range Honor 5C. And now they’re back with a new high-end device called Honor V8. Huawei Honor V8 launch was on May 10th -the same date when Xiaomi Mix Max officially unveiled. The highlighted feature of the V8 is dual camera.

Huawei Honor V8 with dual camera

The Huawei Honor V8 has two variants of display depending on which model you select. While the 4GB RAM – 32 storage model will have a 5.7-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) 386ppi display, the 4GB RAM- 64GB strorage model will be 5.7 inches Quad HD (1440×2560 pixels), 515ppi display. Both versions have 2.5D curved glass op top. Battery life is 3,500mAh, comes along with fast charging which takes place via USB Type-C. It also features a fingerprint sensor on the rear panel.

The V8 is powered by an octa-core Kirin 950  SoC (quad-core Cortex-A72 + quad-core Cortex-A53) coupled with Mali T880 GPU. This smartphone has an expandable strorage through microSD card (up to 128GB) in a hybrid dual-SIM layout. The dual-SIM Honor V8 runs  on Android 6.0 Marshmallow system with Huawei’s EMUI 4.1. This V8 is available on 4 color variants: Platinum Gold, Rose Gold, Champagne Gold, and Glacier Silver.

The Huawei Honor V8 spec – dual camera – has some similar specs to the one on the Huawei P9. 12 megapixel on each camera rear, dual-tone LED flash, laser autofocus, BSI sensor, and  6-element lenses with f/2.2 aperture. On the front, we’ll have an 8-megapixel front facing camera with f/2.4 aperture. With the dual camera and these specs, the Honor V8 is expected to be the rival of Samsung Galaxy S7 in the camera field.

Huawei Honor V8 price and availability

Huawei Honor V8 price is different for 2 versions. It’s is about $350 for a Full HD display model, 32GB of storage. With 32GB inbuilt storage version, accompanying with additional network support, you’ll have to pay more with an addition of $ 31. And the top-end version of 64 inbuilt storage with QHD display, the price is set at about $439. And it’s now available in China.