THE latest addition to Huawei’s smartphone range, the Mate 8 is in the market in Tanzania after its launch in South Africa last week.
The new mobile phone was unveiled at
Studio Blu in Fourways, Johannesburg last week. “The Mate 8 represents
the pinnacle of style, innovation and ground-breaking technology that
introduces a new style of business, “ Charlene Munilall, General Manager
for Huawei Consumer Business Group SA stated at the launching event. T
he Mate 8 has set a new standard in
style that transcends its beautifullycrafted exterior to deliver a
mobile companion that meets the needs of today’s always-connected and
sharing user.”
Huawei’s Director for Retail and Open
Market Sales, Cameron Perumal said Tanzanians would get the new product
at an affordable price, in a bid to have technology accessed to
everyone.
“We have always been looking on what
consumers want and we promise to issue a unique offer to all of them,’’
he said. According to Tanzania’s Sales and Marketing Director, Samson
Majwala, beginning this week, all customers would be able to access the
mobile accessories in retail and wholesale at all Huawei centres and
agents.
In South Africa, at the launching
ceremony, speaker after speaker observed that when taking a closer look
at the device it was discovered that the Huawei Mate 8 features a
metallic uni-body, a 6-inch Full HD screen and a revamped Emotion User
Interface – which is now version 4.0. When it comes to specs, we found
that device is powered by the Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system.
To add to the features the device sports a Quad-core 2.3 GHz Cortex-A7
processor, which is expected to deliver powerful performance and low
power consumption.
When discussing the device they said the
Mate 8 processing power is not at the expense of its battery life and
usability. With an impressive 4,000mAh high-capacity battery that offers
more than one-and-a-half days of heavy use, nearly two-and-a-half days
of regular use and an astounding 22 days’ standby time.
Should the need arise, they say, can watch 17 hours of continuous HD video, or navigate the web non-stop for 20 hours.
The latest device from Huawei features a
rear-facing 16 Mega-Pixel (MP) camera as well as smart camera features
such as Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS) and Huawei’s new Image Sensor
Processor (ISP).
When it comes to the front-facing camera
Huawei revealed that the device will come packed with a 8MP camera,
which can record video in 1080P.
Drawing on the performance and size of
the Sony 16MP sensor, Huawei has upped the smartphone camera stakes by
adding its proprietary image sensor processor for faster focusing,
higher clarity, and according to the company, more accurate colours.
This new Image Sensor Processor,
according to Huawei, delivers vivid images, which are improved further
by the built-in Optical Image Stabilisation that uses intelligent light
level monitoring and anti-shake technology to create unbelievably sharp,
bright, and detailed images in low-light conditions.
The launch of a new product comes amid
pressure over Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA)’s plan
to effect a nationwide switch-off scores of counterfeit phones from the
networks by employing the International Mobile Equipment Identity
(IMEI), number, the unique number assigned to individual mobile phones.
Mobile phone users as a result may
perceive the proposed switch-off by June 17th this year as heralding
unprecedented problems to the users but the stakeholders hold onto the
opinion that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks in the long run.
In the newly launched gadget, security
is enhanced, according to the company, even further with the in-built,
real-time encryption/decryption that provides protection of all
information, while the microSD card lock feature prevents unauthorized
access to information stored on this storage device.
The Huawei Mate 8 is available in four
colours: champagne gold, moonlight silver, sky grey, and mocha brown.
Two versions – 32GB and 64GB – are provided, each with a dual-SIM slot
and are compatible with 2G, 3G and 4G data connection standards
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