Honor note 8, keys and opinions of this large screen phablet

Huawei's sub-brand, Honor, has just welcomed the Note 8, a device with a large screen, which enters the manufacturer's phablet category. With a metallic, elegant and discreet design, the new 6.6-inch Honor Note 8 also has very competitive features. It comes powered by a Kirin 955 processor, as well as a 13-megapixel main camera, 4,500 mAh battery or Android 6.0 Marshmallow with EMUI 4.1. The new phone also boasts a fingerprint reader and a USB Type-C port, which will allow us to transfer files faster than ever. We tell you all the details.

Large screen with 2k resolution

If there is one feature that makes the Honor Note 8 shine above the other devices of the moment, it is its generous screen. Of course, who likes phablet-type devices. The Note 8 mounts a 6.6-inch panel with 2K resolution (2,560 x 1,440 pixels), which will allow users to view multimedia content at a high quality. This resolution is not very usual in the Honor range, since they usually use Full HD panels . When it comes to design, the Honor Note 8bet on a metallic chassis in two shades: silver and gold, with a fingerprint reader on the back to make payments or increase security. The phone has the following measurements: 178.8 x 90.9 x 7.18 millimeters and a weight of 219 grams.

Restrained photographic set

The Honor Note 8 offers a photographic set typical of a mid-range device. Its main camera is 13 megapixels and has an optical stabilizer and FullHD video recording. This will allow you to capture images at an acceptable quality, even if we are moving or in dark places, since it also has a flash. For its part, its secondary camera features a resolution of 8 megapixels, more than enough for video calls and selfies.

Power to match your flagship

The new Honor phablet comes with the same processor as the Huawei P9. We are talking about an eight-core Kirin 955, which in this case is accompanied by a 4 GB RAM, a figure that will allow you to open heavy applications or make use of several simultaneous processes. As for the internal storage capacity, the device equips 64 GB, although there will also be a version with 128 GB capacity. Both can be expanded through the use of MicroSD type cards.

Additional characteristics

Honor has gone to great lengths to ensure that the Note 8 has some of the most current features of the moment. This is not only seen in its fingerprint reader, but also in the inclusion of a USB type C port. The phablet also equips a battery to match: 4,500 mAh and comes governed by Android 6.0 Marshmallow running under the Emotion customization layer. UI 4. In addition, it should be said that it is a dual SIM phone and that it will be able to make use of the following connections: LTE Cat 6, WiFi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac 1.4 / 5 GHz, WiFi Hotspot, Bluetooth 4.2 and GPS.

The Honor Note 8 will go on sale in China starting tomorrow at a price of 340 euros at the exchange rate. At the moment we do not know if it will arrive in Spain.