How good is the screen? Huawei P8 Lite camera review

Let's start with the good news. Huawei marketers have finally gotten rid of the completely unnecessary, rudimentary word Ascend in the names of their smartphones. It has outlived its usefulness - and that’s wonderful. Now the names of smartphones Chinese company sound succinct and concise. Compare for yourself which is better: Huawei Ascend P7 or Huawei P8/P8 Lite. The answer, in our opinion, is obvious: the shorter it is, the easier it is for everyone.

Now as for the new products from Huawei themselves. The first is a typical flagship. A large screen with Full HD resolution, a powerful eight-core processor, three gigabytes of RAM, support for advanced LTE standards, 13- and 8-megapixel cameras - this is not a complete list of the advantages of the Huawei P8. But we will talk about it in detail another time. Today we will talk about his younger brother -. It should be noted that Huawei has not previously spoiled us with various “mini” smartphones; this genre is new for the company. Therefore, it is very interesting to see how lumpy their first mini-pancake came out.

⇡ Technical specifications

	Huawei Ascend P6	Huawei Ascend P7	Huawei P8 Lite	Huawei P8
Touch screen	4.7 inches, 720 × 1280 pixels, IPS; touches	5 inches, 1080 × 1920 pixels, IPS; Capacitive, up to 10 simultaneous touches	5 inches, 720 × 1280 pixels, IPS; Capacitive, up to 10 simultaneous touches	5.2 inches, 1080 × 1920 pixels, IPS; Capacitive, up to 10 simultaneous touches
Air gap	No	No	No	No
Oleophobic coating	Eat	Eat	Eat	Eat
Polarizing filter	Eat	Eat	Eat	Eat
CPU	Huawei HiSilicon K3V2E: Four cores ARM Cortex-A9 (ARMv7) frequency 1.5 GHz; Process technology 40 nm; 32-bit computing	Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 910T: Four cores ARM Cortex-A9 (ARMv7) frequency 1.8 GHz; Process technology 28 nm; 32-bit computing	Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 620: Eight cores ARM Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) Frequency 1.2 GHz; Process technology 28 nm; 32- and 64-bit computing	Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 930/935: Four cores ARM Cortex-A53 (ARMv8), 1.5 GHz; Four cores ARM Cortex-A53e (ARMv8), 2 GHz; ARM big.LITTLE technology; Process technology 28 nm; 32- and 64-bit computing
Graphics controller	Vivante GC4000	ARM Mali-450 MP4, 533 MHz	ARM Mali-450 MP4, 533 MHz	ARM Mali-T628 MP4, 600 MHz
RAM	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	3 GB
Flash memory	8 GB + microSD	16 GB + microSD	16 GB + microSD	32/64 GB + microSD
Connectors	1 × micro-USB 2.0 1 × microSD 1 × micro-SIM	1 × micro-USB 2.0 1 × 3.5mm headset jack 1 × microSD/micro-SIM 1 × micro-SIM	1 × micro-USB 2.0 1 × 3.5mm headset jack 1 × microSD/micro-SIM 1 × micro-SIM	1 × micro-USB 2.0 1 × 3.5mm headset jack 1 × microSD/nano-SIM 1 × nano-SIM
cellular	2G/3G One SIM card in micro-SIM format	2G/3G/4G	2G/3G/4G Two SIM cards in micro-SIM format (the second one cannot be installed when using a memory card)	2G/3G/4G Two SIM cards in micro-SIM format (the second one cannot be installed when using a memory card)
Cellular connection 2G	GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz	GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz	GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz	GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Cellular 3G	HSPA+ (21 Mbps)	DC-HSPA+ (42 Mbps) WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100 MHz	DC-HSPA+ (42 Mbps) WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100 MHz	DC-HSPA+ (42 Mbps) WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz
Cellular 4G	No	LTE Cat. 4 (150 Mbit/s) LTE band 1, 3, 7, 8, 20 (2100/1800/2600/900/800 MHz)	LTE Cat. 4 (150 Mbit/s) LTE band 1, 3, 7, 8, 20 (2100/1800/2600/900/800 MHz)	LTE Cat. 6 (300 Mbit/s) LTE band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 40 (2100/1900/1800/1700/850/ 2600/900/700/800/2300 MHz)
WiFi	802.11b/g/n + Wi-Fi Direct	802.11b/g/n + Wi-Fi Direct	802.11b/g/n + Wi-Fi Direct	802.11a/b/g/n + Wi-Fi Direct
Bluetooth	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1
NFC	No	Eat	Eat	Eat
IR port	No	No	No	No
Navigation	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Sensors		Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass)	Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass)	Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), pedometer
Main camera	8 MP (3264 × 2448), back-illuminated matrix,	autofocus, LED flash	13 MP (4160 × 3120), back-illuminated matrix, autofocus, LED flash	13 MP (4160 × 3120), back-illuminated matrix, autofocus, dual LED flash
Front-camera			5 MP (2592 × 1952), no autofocus	8 MP (3264 × 2448), without autofocus
Nutrition	Non-removable battery: 7.6 Wh (2000 mAh, 3.8 V)	Non-removable battery: 9.35 Wh (2460 mAh, 3.8 V)	Non-removable battery: 8.36 Wh (2200 mAh, 3.8 V)	Non-removable battery: 10.18 Wh (2680 mAh, 3.8 V)
Size	133 × 65.5 mm Case thickness 6.2 mm	140 × 69 mm Case thickness 6.5 mm	143 × 71 mm Case thickness 7.7 mm	145 × 72 mm Case thickness 6.4 mm
Weight	120 g	124 g	131 g	144 g
Water and dust protection	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
operating system	Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Emotion UI 1.6 shell	Android 4.4.2 KitKat Emotion UI 2.3 shell	Android 5.0 Lollipop Emotion UI 3.1 shell	Android 5.0 Lollipop Emotion UI 3.1 shell
recommended price	15,990 rubles	16,990 rubles	17,990 rubles	Not announced

Judging by the technical specifications table, Huawei P8 Lite is in many ways inferior to its older brother. It looks like the engineers plucked off a piece (element) from the previous smartphones in the series, seasoned it with a new sauce (body) and served it to the table. The dish is ready, bon appetit! No, really, the combination of hardware is really strange - the smartphone has an HD-resolution display, an eight-core system-on-a-chip and a thirteen-megapixel camera. Let's try to figure out how all this coexists in one mid-price smartphone.

⇡ Appearance and ergonomics

And Huawei marketers with a sense of humor are doing very well! Otherwise, it’s difficult to explain how it was possible to attribute the word Lite (“light”) to the plumpest and one of the heaviest smartphones in the line? Seriously, the body thickness of the P8 Lite is 7.7 millimeters, although the thickness of all Huawei P series gadgets still on sale does not exceed seven millimeters, and the newest ones are rapidly approaching six. The device also weighs noticeably - 131 grams. True, using the P8 Lite with one hand is quite convenient - you don’t get tired of it.

Well, since we started to cut the truth, it’s worth saying that in the case of P8 Lite, the letter P in the name does not need to be deciphered as the pretentious Platinum. Be honest: here it obviously means Plastic. It is noteworthy that the body of the original P8 is made of metal.

The device looks, to be honest, quite standard. There is nothing for the eye to catch on; it does not have any remarkable finishing elements. At the top of the front panel there is a slot for the earpiece and the lens of the front five-megapixel camera, at the bottom there is a rather large empty area. System navigation keys - “Back”, “Home” and “Menu” open applications» - touchscreen, they are located at the bottom of the screen. The thickness of the side frames around the display is standard - neither large nor small.

Along all the narrow edges of the case there is a silver edging, stylized as metal - admittedly, a rather hackneyed solution, because of which the device looks somewhat cheap. Although Huawei P8 Lite is not a cheap smartphone.

We have no comments regarding the ergonomics of the device. The power button and volume keys are on the right side, right under the thumb. The buttons have a short and distinct stroke; They are easy to use by touch. Next to them are slots for a Micro-SIM card and a universal connector for a SIM card or microSD flash drive. At the top end there is a headphone jack.

The Micro-USB 2.0 interface is located at the bottom end. Next to it are the slots for the external speaker. Its location is good - it does not overlap either during operation or when the smartphone is lying on the table.

The surface of the back panel of the device is rough, so it does not slip in your hands. At the top of the “back” there is a lens of the main thirteen-megapixel camera along with an LED flash.

This spring, Huawei introduced the P8 smartphone, which became the flagship of the compact line for the company. Yes, although the difference between the screen diagonals of the Mate and P is shrinking year after year (from 1.4" in 2013 to 0.3" today), the Mate models are considered phablets, and the P is compact smartphones for those who don't like large cases. In addition to the “regular” P8, its simplified version P8 Lite is also sold in Russia, which looks similar, but has whole line serious differences. Let's take a closer look at this couple.

Technical Huawei specifications P8:

Network: GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/9000/1800/1900 MHz), HSPA+, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE
Display: 5.2", 1920x1080 pixels, 424 ppi
Camera: 13 MP, optical stabilization, dual LED flash in different tones, RGBW sensor, f/2.0 aperture
Front camera: 8 MP
Processor: 8 cores (4 cores at 2 GHz and 4 cores at 1.5 GHz), 64 bits, HiSilicon Kirin 930
RAM: 3 GB
Internal memory: 16 GB
Memory card: microSD
A-GPS, GloNASS, BDS
Bluetooth 4.1
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n), 2.4 GHz
3.5mm headphone jack
microUSB 2.0
Two SIM slots
Led indicator
Battery: non-removable, 2680 mAh
Dimensions: 144.9x72.1x6.4 mm
Weight: 144 g

Technical characteristics of Huawei P8 Lite:

Network: GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/9000/1800/1900 MHz), HSPA+, FDD-LTE
Platform: Android 5.0.2 with EMUI 3.1
Display: 5", 1280x720 pixels, 294 ppi
Camera: 13 MP, single flash, f/2.0 aperture
Front camera: 5 MP
Processor: 8 cores, 1.2 GHz, HiSilicon Kirin 630
RAM: 2 GB
Internal memory: 16 GB
Memory card: microSD
A-GPS, GloNASS
Bluetooth 4.0
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n), 2.4 GHz
3.5mm headphone jack
microUSB 2.0
Two SIM slots
Led indicator
Battery: non-removable, 2200 mAh
Dimensions: 141x70.6x7.7 mm
Weight: 131 g

Video review

Equipment and design

We received Huawei P8 and P8 Lite for testing without a box, along with them came headphones, a USB cable, a needle for removing SIM/SD trays and a charger (5 V, 1 A). According to the company's website, buyers receive an even more simplified package, devoid of headphones. Considering their sound quality, this is a small loss. However, in the box with the flagship I would like to see something other than the proposed set.

Huawei P8 and P8 Lite are similar in appearance. They have almost the same dimensions (P8 is 3.9 mm taller and 1.5 mm wider than P8 Lite, but 1.3 mm thinner) and identical in appearance. The microUSB connector, speaker and microphone are on the bottom for both, the volume and lock keys are on the right, the 3.5 mm headphone jack and an additional microphone are on the top. On the back of both smartphones are the Huawei logo, 13-megapixel cameras and certification information. Both the P8 and P8 Lite have a non-removable back, and the microSD and SIM trays are placed on the right side.

At the front, the smartphones differ a little more - there are no logos on the front panel of the P8, only the screen, 8-megapixel front camera, led indicator, light and proximity sensors, and the P8 Lite adds the word “Huawei” under the screen to this set. Also on the P8 Lite the LED is located on the top left, and on the P8 it is on the top right. However, in addition to all the above little things (I could also mention the different position of the flash relative to the rear camera), there is one very important difference between the smartphones - the P8 is made of metal, and the P8 Lite is made of plastic. Thanks to this, the Lite feels much cheaper than its relative, but it feels less heated.

Both smartphones are perfectly assembled (in the case of the all-metal P8, it simply couldn’t be otherwise). Their ergonomics are excellent, the buttons are well located, they are comfortable to press, you don’t have to grab the body, but only if you hold the gadget in your right hand. For left-handers (and those right-handers who are comfortable using the phone with their left hand), the cluster of buttons on the right side will not seem convenient. However, not everything is so bad.

The P8 and P8 Lite have different screens. The company installed a 5.2" panel with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels in the flagship, and a 5" display with 1280x720 pixels in its simplified version. Viewing angles in both cases are good. The smartphones have slightly different color rendering, but both lean slightly towards cool tones. However, this is not easy to notice, and the options include color temperature adjustment. In a word, if you don’t find fault with the little things, then there’s practically nothing to criticize the displays for.

Software

Both smartphones are based on EMUI firmware version 3.1, based on the Android 5.0.1 Lollipop operating system. Compared to 3.0, which we described in detail in the review of Honor 6 Plus, little has changed, but I will still not be lazy and tell you about interesting features, available in the firmware. Let me start with the fact that the same shell does not guarantee the same appearance of the interface: the design themes on smartphones are pre-installed differently.

screenshots from Huawei P8

Like iOS, Flyme and MIUI, EMUI does not have a separate application menu, placing all the icons on the desktop. There are several scrolling effects to choose from; you can set up automatic wallpaper changing, as well as shaking them. It is also possible to change the desktop grid (4x5, 5x4, 5x5). Swiping from top to bottom opens a search on the smartphone. On the lock screen there is minimal information and icons, there is a camera launch button. Swiping up from the bottom of the display opens a small menu with player controls, access to settings and icons for a voice recorder, calculator, flashlight and camera.

Huawei P8 preinstalled software

pre-installed software Huawei P8 Lite

In addition to Google software and a few applications from third parties (Yandex search utility with very informative home page, Opera browser, WPS Office, VKontakte client), many Huawei applications are downloaded to smartphones. The functionality of most of them is quite expected and obvious, but some are worth dwelling on in more detail. "Phone Manager" contains a scanner for various harmful things such as unused files and various garbage, a utility to speed up work, several links to "Settings", as well as a tool for setting passwords for applications.

The Director program allows you to create a network of two to four P8s (there is none on the P8 Lite) and shoot video from several angles at once. “Magnifier” allows you to use your smartphone camera as a magnifying glass with magnification up to 2.5 times. Screen Lock is a surprisingly useless app that can only be useful if your lock button breaks. "Huawei Device" opens the website shop.huawei.ru in the browser, which is already home page all pre-installed browsers.

The main strength of all Chinese firmware is the huge number of settings. Let's take a look at the corresponding application and see what EMUI has to offer. In P8, in the “More” section of the “Wireless Networks” item, there is a story about Communication+ technology, consisting of Wi-Fi+ (smart switching between Wi-Fi and the cellular network) and Signal+ (improved cellular network reception). And if Wi-Fi+ is at least somehow configurable (it can be turned on or off), then Signal+ does not have any settings. The P8 Lite doesn't have this, but it does have NFC settings (the simplified version, unlike the flagship, supports this technology).

"Home screen style" offers a choice between "Normal" and "Simple", aimed at pensioners and reminiscent of the interface of grandmothers' phones. In “Screen” you can change the color temperature, and also add the name of the operator and network speed to the address bar. The P8 Lite also allows you to “increase clarity in the sun,” which I couldn’t figure out what that means in the Siberian fall. In "Sound" the only interesting thing is the DTS mode, which only the P8 has. There are no settings for the multimedia speaker, but it already plays loud enough, although it does not shine with quality. In "Memory" you can select the default storage location - internal memory or SD card. In "Battery", in addition to discharge graphs, it is possible to add the charge level in percentage to the curtain. The “Energy Saving” section allows you to select the energy consumption mode – “Energy Saving” (turns the smartphone into a dialer), “Smart” and “Productive” (in P8 Lite it is “Normal”). There are also power optimization functions.

In "Screen lock and passwords" the only interesting thing is the ability to unlock the smartphone using any Bluetooth device (a smart bracelet, for example), which is available only on the P8. The "Protected applications" item allows you to allow programs to continue working after blocking (by default, this is prohibited for many programs, that is, they are not protected, this increases the battery life). The selection of applications is hidden by default in the settings of the "Manage applications" item. The "Network Applications" item allows you to select which programs will be able to access the Internet - a kind of firewall.

The curious item “Speech recognition” is only available in P8. It allows you to access your smartphone without even seeing it, and then ask it to call someone or ring it yourself. Alas, the function only understands commands in English, so it is unlikely to be useful to anyone in Russia. The "Moves" item contains typical gestures such as turning off the sound by turning the phone over, answering a call by holding it to your ear, moving icons by shaking, turning on the screen with a double-tap, opening applications by drawing letters on the switched off screen. The “Navigation Panel” item offers to change the order of virtual buttons and add a button to open the curtain, and the “One-Hand Control” section allows you to enable/disable the ability to reduce the working area of the screen and move the keyboard to the edge of the screen. In “More” you can find the “Control button” (a special key that, when pressed, opens a menu that duplicates virtual buttons), “Smart screenshot” (only for P8, details below) and glove mode (for P8 Lite it works much better) better than P8).

About "Smart Screenshot". This is the only implementation of Rich Touch technology, which Huawei compared in its revolutionary nature to the advent of resistive displays and MultiTouch during the P8 announcement. Its essence is that the screen determines not only the location of the touch, but also what you touched it with - the end of your finger or the second phalanx. Double-tapping it allows you to take a screenshot, and by drawing a closed figure, you can take a screenshot of only the circled part of the screen. This is not only not very convenient (you can’t do it with one hand) and completely useless (you can crop the screenshot even when taking it in the usual way), but it also doesn’t work well (if a double tap on the screen is almost always recognized, then I managed to draw a closed figure only from the sixth or seventh time). If I were too lazy to write all this, I could rightly say that EMUI has many settings and functions, offering many convenient and useful features. At the same time, it does not look overloaded and does not force the user to spend hours understanding all its intricacies. Nice shell. The themes and background images were especially successful.

About the sound. Evgeny Makarov, editor-in-chief of the site: “If you compare the sound of the P8 Lite and P8, the older model plays noticeably better. The P8 Lite model lacks low-frequency processing, the stereo effect clearly divides a rather narrow stage into two parts, which makes it difficult to perceive some compositions as a whole, there are problems with volume reserve and high frequencies. In the P8 without the DTS effect, the main emphasis is on the middle, with the scene reproduction, which also does not differ in width, something is also wrong - the channels do not play in tandem, but somehow on their own. The detailing is not bad, the highs are good, there is a volume reserve. With DTS, the Denon D600 headphones turn into poor Beats - the emphasis is stupid on the bass. The stock player has no sound settings, no equalizer."

Camera

screenshots from Huawei P8

The Huawei P8 camera is a 13-megapixel RGBW sensor with f/2.0 aperture. Huawei noted at the press conference that it does not protrude from the body of the smartphone, which is now a rarity. This is indeed true, however, on my sample the flash rim sticks out a little from the body, but this is most likely a design flaw. There's nothing extraordinary about the camera app other than the Light mode, which is designed for freeze-lighting. It's surprising that Huawei paid attention to such a detail. You can also take a photo by turning down the volume twice when the display is off. There is no need to either wake up the smartphone or unlock it, which makes the process very fast; the smartphone does it in 1.5 seconds. The quality of the images is good, the camera is not afraid of an abundance of small details, bright colors, or anything else. The noise reduction that Huawei promised to achieve with white light filters in the camera sensor has indeed been achieved. In short, the Huawei P8 camera will be able to take a good shot, if not always, then almost always. The picture quality of the Huawei P8 Lite is slightly worse, but still more than decent for its segment. There is no “Light” mode, but there is photography by decreasing the volume. Both devices have difficulty setting white balance. The P8 tries to make the photo warmer, while the P8 Lite takes the color temperature in the opposite direction (I was especially struck by the photo of an orange flower, which for some reason turned red in the P8 Lite). The P8 Lite is practically blind in poor lighting conditions; it can't even catch focus. Also, the younger version lacks saturation and contrast, which is noticeable next to the P8.

Huawei P8 and P8 Lite:

Huawei P8 and P8 Lite

As for the front cameras, the 8-megapixel P8 module will allow you to see your face in selfies in the smallest detail. The 5-megapixel front camera of the P8 Lite takes worse pictures, but not enough to criticize it. Also a good camera.

Huawei P8 and P8 Lite

For video, the Huawei P8 has optical image stabilization, which can be combined with digital image stabilization. This combination is very effective, but it leads to strong smooth vibrations of parts of the picture relative to each other. It's like you've been thoroughly drunk. There is touch focus and subject-following focus, but the second one does not work very effectively. In general, the video sequence is pleasant, and the sound is captured well. The P8 Lite does not have optical image stabilization; apparently, it still has digital image stabilization, since the picture hardly shakes. Object-following autofocus again does not work very well, and the video tends to constantly crumble into squares, as if Huawei had used some very aggressive video compression algorithms.

Performance and tests

Huawei is one of the few companies that puts its own processors in its smartphones. Apart from her, only Apple, Samsung and LG do this (its experiments with NUCLUN, however, have so far been limited to the failed G3 Screen phablet). P8 is equipped with a HiSilicon Kirin 930 processor (8 cores, 64 bit, 4x2 GHz + 4x1.5 GHz). P8 Lite is equipped with a simpler Kirin 620 (8 cores, 1.2 GHz). Our P8 has 16 GB of internal memory and 3 GB of RAM (7 GB and 2 GB are available to the user); there are modifications with other capacities. The P8 Lite has 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of ROM (7 GB and 1 GB are available to the user, respectively). Huawei is often criticized for using its chipsets instead of more popular and powerful solutions from Qualcomm, Samsung and MediaTek. However, by consistently developing the semiconductor business, the company was able to achieve good performance. At least Asphalt 8 runs perfectly with maximum graphics and effects, and the frame rate in Unkilled, although not maximum with the best detail, allows you to play comfortably. As for the P8 Lite and its Kirin 620, everything is not so rosy, but this is not a flagship. In Unkilled you can only play with medium settings, because the maximum ones are accompanied by constant drops in fps to single-digit values (a tautology, right?). You can still play Asphalt 8 at maximum, but the low frame rate (about 20 fps) will be noticeable. As for simple games, they are easy for both smartphones. Moreover, in them, due to different resolutions (1080p and 720p), the younger model produces 2-3 fps more (for example, in Lara Croft: Relic Run and Angry Birds 2).

Huawei P8 and P8 Lite

I don’t see any point in writing all the results in all benchmarks in words and numbers, I’ll limit myself to screenshots.

Huawei P8 runs

A 30-minute run of Huawei P8 in Stability Test and CPU Spy Reborn showed that slow cores spent 74% of the time on maximum frequency, and never dropped below 1200 MHz. What happened to the frequency of fast cores at this time is unknown, but the smartphone got quite hot - metal case It was not easy to keep the temperature at 45 degrees. In Smart mode, the processor almost always operated at 1017 MHz (again, we are talking about a slow cluster), sometimes reaching 1305 MHz. As a result, the temperature was 40 degrees, which is much better.

Huawei P8 Lite runs

The difference between "Simple" and "Smart" modes in Huawei P8 Lite is less significant, and frequencies below 900 MHz are not used at all under load. The smartphone heated up to 42-43 degrees both times, but in the hands it felt far less hot than the P8 - thanks to the plastic case, which transfers heat much more slowly.

Huawei P8 video discharge

About autonomy. The Huawei P8 has a 2680 mAh battery, while the P8 Lite, despite its thicker body, has a 2200 mAh battery. Thanks to the weaker processor and smaller screen in the P8 Lite, the results they show are close. In 30 minutes in Asphalt 8, the P8 was discharged by 15%, and showing a movie from 100% to 5% took a little over 7 hours. The discharge of the P8 Lite in Asphalt 8 in 30 minutes was the already familiar 15%, and the smartphone was able to play video for 6.5 hours. The results are completely typical, nothing supernatural, nothing terrible. Charging every night is about P8 and P8 Lite.

Huawei P8 Lite video discharge

As for Huawei's many innovations in the field of signal quality, I couldn't verify the specific promises made by the company during a press conference in London, but I noticed that the P8 holds a 4G network much better than others.

conclusions

Any smartphone has its advantages and disadvantages, and our today's characters are no exception. The disadvantages of the Huawei P8 include only an average battery and not the most powerful processor (although its power is sufficient in most cases), but it has serious advantages in the form of a good camera, a high-quality screen and a good design. The P8 Lite is simplified in every way, and in some areas, I think Huawei has gone too far in simplification. The prices of P8 and P8 Lite are 34,990 and 17,990 rubles, respectively. In our opinion, both price tags are somewhat overpriced. What do you think?

A simplified version of the company's new flagship

While the flagship of Huawei's premium family of fashion models, the Huawei P8 smartphone, presented about two months ago in London, is just getting ready to go on sale, we got the opportunity to test its younger brother, a simplified model called P8 Lite. It should be noted that in the previous P6 and P7 series there was no special “light” version; its role was played by models from another subfamily - for example, Huawei Ascend G6, which is a simplified version flagship model Ascend P6. So the release of the P8 Lite modification can be considered the first experience of the Chinese company in terms of “splitting” one model line into several different versions (by the way, the P8 series will also include a model with an extremely large screen, the P8 Max).

Since the flagship Huawei P8 itself has not yet been in our test laboratory, we will not directly compare these two models with each other, although it is clear that the P8 Lite version is not among the high-end devices; to do this, just look at its characteristics.

Key Features of Huawei P8 Lite (ALE-L21)

	Huawei P8 Lite	Honor 4c	Nubia Z9 mini	ZTE Blade S6	Zopo ZP920
Screen	5″, IPS	5″, IPS	5″, IPS	5″, IPS	5.2″, IPS
Permission	1280×720, 294 ppi	1280×720, 294 ppi	1920×1080, 441 ppi	1280×720, 294 ppi	1920×1080, 424 ppi
SoC		HiSilicon Kirin 620 (8 cores ARM Cortex-A53) @1.2 GHz		Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (8 cores ARM Cortex-A53) @1.5 GHz	Mediatek MT6752 (8 cores ARM Cortex-A53) @1.7 GHz
GPU	Mali-450MP4	Mali-450MP4	Adreno 405	Adreno 405	Mali-T760
RAM	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB
Flash memory	16 GB	8 GB	16 GB	16 GB	16 GB
Memory card support	microSD	microSD	microSD	microSD	microSD
operating system	Google Android 5.0	Google Android 4.4	Google Android 5.0	Google Android 5.0	Google Android 4.4
Battery	non-removable, 2200 mAh	non-removable, 2550 mAh	non-removable, 2900 mAh	non-removable, 2400 mAh	removable, 2300 mAh
Cameras		rear (13 MP; video 1080p), front (5 MP)	rear (16 MP; video 1080p), front (8 MP)	rear (13 MP; video 1080p), front (5 MP)	rear (13 MP, video 1080p), front (8 MP)
Dimensions and weight	141×71×7.7 mm, 131 g	143×72×8.8 mm, 162 g	141×70×8.2 mm, 148 g	144×71×7.7 mm, 135 g	145×73×8.7 mm, 141 g
average price	T-12457703	T-12423732	T-12411658	T-11929517	T-11872139
Huawei P8 Lite offers	L-12457703-10

SoC HiSilicon Kirin 620, 1200 MHz, 8 cores ARM Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-450MP4
Operating system Android 5.0, EMUI 3.1
Touch display IPS, 5″, 1280×720, 294 ppi
Random access memory (RAM) 2 GB, internal memory 16 GB
Supports microSD cards up to 32 GB
Support Micro-SIM (1 pc.), Nano-SIM (1 pc.)
2G communication: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
3G communication: WCDMA 850/9001900//2100 MHz
Data transmission FDD LTE (Cat4, up to 150 Mbps) 800/1800/2100/2600 MHz
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n (2.4 GHz), Wi-Fi Direct
Bluetooth 4.0, NFC
USB 2.0
GPS (A-GPS), Glonass
Camera 13 MP, f/2.0, autofocus, LED flash
Camera 5 MP (front), f/2.4, fixed. focus
Proximity, direction, lighting, accelerometer, gyroscope, electronic compass
Non-removable battery 2200 mAh
Dimensions 141×71×7.7 mm
Weight 131 g

Appearance and ease of use

Since Huawei's P-series has always been primarily an image series, developers usually pay the most attention to the appearance of the devices in this line. The first smartphones of the series (P1 and P6) were at one time record holders for [minimum] thickness, and even now the new products of this family remain among the thinnest fashion models on the market mobile devices.

The same epithets are fully applicable to the simplified version of P8 Lite: the smartphone is not only small in thickness, but also stands out for its fairly high level of performance, as well as its beautiful appearance. As a result, the Huawei P8 Lite smartphone looks much more expensive than one would expect from a model of its level and position.

In terms of design, the device is made in uniform style with its big brother P8. This time, the developers decided to abandon glass panels, no matter how beautiful they look, and turned to more practical materials: the flagship is made of metal, and its simplified version P8 Lite received plastic case with a metallized rim (coated plastic).

The rim, it should be noted, has finally completed its transformation, closing into a closed circuit. Now this design element completely covers the entire side perimeter of the case, including the bottom end. All previous models in the Ascend P series also had shiny side trims, but they never extended to the bottom end, and now the design finally looks complete.

Both metallized bezel and plastic back panel- they all have a peculiar texture on their surfaces, as if they were walked over with very rough sandpaper, leaving deep scratches. All surfaces are matte, and although it does not look glamorous, it turns out to be very practical. At least there are no fingerprints left on the rim or the back cover at all. Due to its small dimensions, light weight and thin body, the smartphone fits quite comfortably in the hand, although it must be admitted that the bezel is still quite slippery to hold in your fingers.

The Huawei P8 Lite case is made in the form of a non-separable candy bar; the back cover is non-removable. Accordingly, all cards are inserted into the side connectors assembled on the right side of the device. There are two card slots in total, and one of them can be used both for installing a microSD memory card and for placing a second SIM card in Nano-SIM format. However, the second SIM card and microSD card in the device will not be able to function at the same time, which is not very convenient - the user will have to choose. As for the main SIM card, there is a separate slot for it that supports the Micro-SIM standard. All cards are usually placed on the appropriate truss-sled and removed using a paper clip key.

It should be noted that the right side of the Huawei P8 Lite case is generally oversaturated with elements: in addition to the mentioned card slots, all mechanical hardware buttons are crowded here - locking and volume control. All keys are metallized and have an excessively soft and pliable stroke. The lock button stands out noticeably and is easy to find blindly, but the volume rocker, on the contrary, is almost impossible to find by touch, so you’ll have to look at the smartphone every time until you finally get used to it. You can eventually get used to it, but here the designers clearly sacrificed practicality for the sake of image.

The left side of the device ended up being completely empty, since the Micro-USB connector and audio output were traditionally placed on the top and bottom ends. The Micro-USB located at the bottom, unfortunately, does not support connecting devices in USB OTG mode. There are symmetrical grilles cut out on both sides of it, but only one of them is used to output sound from the speaker (the second is either made only for beauty, or hides the conversational microphone).

At the top end, accordingly, there is a 3.5 mm mini-jack connector for headphones/headsets, as well as a hole for a second, auxiliary microphone. There are no plugs or covers on the Huawei P8 Lite connectors; the smartphone is not protected from water. There is also no attachment for a strap on the case.

As for the front and rear panels, everything here is familiar and familiar. The front is completely covered with flat protective glass without edges - most likely, it is Gorilla Glass 3 made by Corning. At the top, in addition to the sensors and camera, you can see a round LED event indicator, signaling the charging status and the presence of incoming messages.

At the bottom below the screen touch buttons no, all the buttons are virtual, so their set and relative position can be changed to your taste in the corresponding section of the settings menu.

On the back side, a separate block separates the main camera module with its own LED flash, capable of installed program function as a flashlight.

In Russian retail, the smartphone will be presented in two color options: black, as in our photographs, and white, where both the back and front panels remain light, and the metal side frame takes on a golden hue. There are no other differences between the modifications.

Screen

Huawei smartphone P8 Lite is equipped with an IPS touch matrix combined with protective glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Screen dimensions are 62x110 mm, diagonal - 5 inches, resolution - 1280x720 pixels. Accordingly, the pixel density is 294 ppi.

The frame around the display is not that thin; the width from the edge of the screen to the edge of the body on the sides is just under 4 mm. The width of the top and bottom edges is approximately 16 mm.

The display brightness can be adjusted manually, or automatic adjustment can be enabled based on the operation of the light sensor. Multi-touch technology allows you to process 10 simultaneous touches. The smartphone also has a proximity sensor that blocks the screen when you bring the smartphone to your ear. The screen can be activated by double tapping the glass, and it supports operation while wearing gloves.

Detailed examination using measuring instruments conducted by the editor of the “Monitors” and “Projectors and TV” sections Alexey Kudryavtsev. Here is his expert opinion on the screen of the sample under study.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface that is scratch-resistant. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen are no worse than those of the Google Nexus 7 (2013) screen (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, here is a photograph in which a white surface is reflected in the switched off screens (on the left - Nexus 7, on the right - Huawei P8 Lite, then they can be distinguished by size):

The screen of the Huawei P8 Lite is even a little darker (brightness according to photographs is 124 versus 126 for the Nexus 7). The ghosting of reflected objects in the Huawei P8 Lite screen is very weak, this indicates that there is no air gap between the layers of the screen (more specifically, between the outer glass and the surface of the LCD matrix) (OGS - One Glass Solution type screen). Due to the smaller number of boundaries (glass/air type) with very different refractive indices, such screens look better in conditions of strong external illumination, but their repair in the case of cracked external glass is much more expensive, since the entire screen has to be replaced. The outer surface of the screen has a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating (slightly worse in effectiveness than the Nexus 7), so fingerprints are removed more easily and appear at a slower rate than with regular glass.

When manually controlling the brightness and displaying the white field in full screen, the maximum brightness value was about 395 cd/m², the minimum was 12 cd/m². The maximum brightness is quite high, which means, given the excellent anti-glare properties, readability even on a sunny day outdoors should be at a good level. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. There is automatic brightness adjustment based on the light sensor (it is located in the left top corner on the front panel). In automatic mode when changing external conditions The brightness of the screen both increases and decreases. The operation of this function depends on the position of the brightness adjustment slider. If it is 100%, then in complete darkness the auto-brightness function reduces the brightness to 105 cd/m² (too much), in an office illuminated by artificial light (about 400 lux) it sets it to 286 cd/m² (it could have been lower), in very bright environment (corresponds to lighting on a clear day outdoors, but without direct sunlight- 20,000 lux or a little more) the brightness increases to 395 cd/m² (to the maximum - that’s what you need); if the adjustment is approximately 50%, then the values are as follows: 12, 124 and 395 cd/m² (ideal combination), the regulator at 0% is 12, 31 and 205 cd/m² (the last two values are slightly underestimated, which is logical). It turns out that the auto-brightness function works absolutely adequately and allows the user to customize their work to individual requirements. At any brightness level, there is virtually no backlight modulation, so there is no screen flickering.

This smartphone uses a matrix IPS type. The microphotographs show a typical IPS subpixel structure:

For comparison, you can see the gallery of microphotographs of screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without a significant color shift even with large deviations of the view from perpendicular to the screen and without inverting (except for the very darkest when deviating along one diagonal) shades. For comparison, here are photographs in which the screens of Huawei P8 Lite and Nexus 7 display identical images, while the brightness of the screens was initially set to approximately 200 cd/m², and the color balance on the camera was forcibly switched to 6500 K. There is a white field perpendicular to the screens:

Note the acceptable uniformity of brightness and color tone of the white field. And a test picture:

Color rendition is good, saturation is normal, color balance differs insignificantly. Now at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

It can be seen that the colors did not change much on both screens, but on the Huawei P8 Lite the contrast decreased to a greater extent due to the strong brightening of blacks, and signs of inversion of the darkest shades also began to appear. And a white field:

The brightness at an angle of the screens has decreased (by at least 4 times, based on the difference in shutter speed), but the screen of the Huawei P8 Lite is still lighter (brightness according to photographs is 240 versus 233 for the Nexus 7). When deviated diagonally, the black field brightens greatly and acquires a purple tint or remains approximately neutral gray. The photographs below demonstrate this (the brightness of the white areas in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the screens is the same!):

And from another angle:

When viewed perpendicularly, the uniformity of the black field is not ideal, since closer to the edge the black is lightened in places:

And with a different arrangement of on-screen buttons:

The contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is normal - about 870:1. The response time for the black-white-black transition is 21 ms (14 ms on + 7 ms off). The transition between halftones of gray 25% and 75% (based on the numerical value of the color) and back takes a total of 29 ms. The gamma curve, constructed using 32 points with equal intervals based on the numerical value of the shade of gray, did not reveal any blockage in either the highlights or the shadows. The exponent of the approximating power function is 2.20, which is equal to the standard value of 2.2. In this case, the real gamma curve almost does not deviate from the power-law dependence:

Color gamut is close to sRGB:

The spectra show that the matrix filters moderately mix the components with each other:

As a result, visually the colors have a natural saturation. The balance of shades on the gray scale is good, since the color temperature is not much higher than the standard 6500 K, and the deviation from the blackbody spectrum (ΔE) is close to 10, which is for consumer device is considered an acceptable indicator. At the same time, color temperature and ΔE change little from hue to hue - this has a positive effect on the visual assessment of color balance. (The darkest areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since there is no color balance of great importance, and the measurement error color characteristics at low brightness it is large.)

This device has the ability to adjust the color balance by adjusting the tint warmer or cooler.

The curves in the graphs above Without corr. correspond to the results without any color balance correction, and the curves Corr.— data obtained after moving the correction slider to the “warm” side all the way. It can be seen that the change in balance corresponds to the expected result, since the color temperature almost became equal to the standard value over most of the gray scale, but ΔE, unfortunately, increased noticeably. There is no point in making corrections.

Let's summarize: the screen has a fairly high maximum brightness and has good anti-glare properties, so the device can be used outdoors without any problems, even on a sunny summer day. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. It is also possible to use a mode with automatic brightness adjustment, which works adequately. Also, the advantages of the screen include the presence of an oleophobic coating, the absence of flicker and air gap in the layers of the screen, a color balance close to the standard, as well as a color gamut close to sRGB. The disadvantages are the low stability of black to the deviation of the gaze from perpendicular to the screen plane. Nevertheless, taking into account the importance of characteristics for this particular class of devices, the quality of the screen can be considered high.

Sound

Huawei P8 Lite sounds good. Contrary to expectations associated with the presence of two symmetrically located grilles at the bottom end, there is only one main speaker installed here. The sound it produces is quite clear, bright, pleasant to the ear, without noticeable distortion or impurities, but the upper limit for maximum volume is low. Obviously, this is why even at the maximum volume level no wheezing appears in the dynamics. The same can be said about the sound in headphones: the sound is bright, rich, pleasant to the ear, but there is not an abundance of low frequencies and maximum level lower than we would like. In conversational dynamics, the interlocutor’s speech, timbre and intonation remain recognizable, there are no complaints here. To control sound quality in a proprietary player, there are no manual settings no, it remains to be limited to automatic ones.

There is an FM radio in the smartphone; it only works with connected headphones. Telephone conversations regular means The device cannot record.

Camera

Huawei P8 Lite is equipped with two modules digital cameras with a resolution of 13 and 5 megapixels. For front shooting, a 5-megapixel module is used with a wide-angle lens with an f/2.4 aperture, a focal length of 22 mm and a viewing angle of 88° without autofocus and its own flash. Among the settings, there is the ability to track a smile, as well as shooting using the hardware volume key, including when the screen is locked (to do this, you need to double-click on volume down, but shooting will be done with the main camera located on the back of the smartphone). You can also mention here the special “Perfect Selfie” mode, in which you can apply additional effects to photos (enlarge your eyes, whiten your skin, etc.). By the way, updated version The “I Shine” function automatically recognizes the face of the device owner and applies a special filter to it in accordance with the previously installed settings, while all other faces in the picture are processed using a standard algorithm. A personal approach to photo processing allows Huawei smartphone owners to emphasize their individuality (at least, that’s what the company’s marketers think).

The main camera has a fast f/2.0 lens with a diameter of 7 mm and a focal length of 28 mm. It uses a 13-megapixel sensor, autofocus is implemented (it is possible to focus on a moving object), and there is a single LED flash. The proprietary camera settings menu here is exactly the same as in previous models corresponding level, for example Ascend G7. Most menu functions are collected in a single vertical scroll, and additional modes Shootings are selected by clicking on the button in the upper right corner. Besides automatic mode shooting, there are several specific modes, such as Successful photos, Decoration, Panorama, HDR etc. With the help separate regime you can play around and adjust the focus to different zones already captured photograph.

The camera can shoot video with a resolution of up to 1080p; an example of a test video is presented below.

Video No. 1 (19 MB, 1920×1080, 30 fps)

	For distant shots, the sharpness drops a little.
	The details in the image are slightly marred by software processing.
	Good sharpness across the field and plans.
	Large inscriptions are clearly visible, but car license plates are difficult to discern.
	With the removal of the plan, the foliage practically does not merge.
	Sometimes in photographs you can find somewhat incomprehensible areas of blur.
	In room lighting, the camera copes with macro photography.
	In good lighting, the camera does even better at macro photography.
	The text is well done.

The camera cannot be definitely called good, and the pictures for this price segment They look quite ordinary, and in some places even worse than the budget Honor 4c. One immediately notices the not very accurate software processing, due to which details are lost, as well as a slight drop in sharpness with the removal of the plan, which is expressed in a slight soapiness. In addition to all of the above, the appearance of strange out-of-focus zones, which resemble the blur that occurs with long shutter speeds, and sometimes strange work with color, which is probably caused by an auto white balance error, is confusing. For these reasons, the camera is only suitable for documentary shooting, and you shouldn’t count on good detail work.

Telephone and communications

The smartphone works as standard in modern 2G GSM and 3G WCDMA networks, and also supports networks fourth generation LTE Cat4 (FDD-LTE: 800/1800/2100/2600 MHz), that is, frequencies used in Russia, are also supported. In practice, with SIM cards from domestic operators Megafon and Beeline, the smartphone is registered and works in LTE networks.

The remaining network capabilities of the smartphone are standard: yes Bluetooth support 4.0, only one Wi-Fi band is supported (2.4 GHz), Wi-Fi Direct, you can organize wireless point access via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth channels. NFC technology has been implemented, on its basis our own transmission technology works here Huawei data Beam. The Micro-USB 2.0 connector does not support connecting external devices via OTG.

The navigation module works with GPS/A-GPS, supported domestic system Glonass. The response speed of the navigation module is not impressive; during a cold start, the satellites stay longer than usual. Among the smartphone sensors, a sensor is implemented magnetic field, on the basis of which the electronic compass of navigation cartographic programs usually operates.

The smartphone supports dual SIM cards. All work with them in the menu is conveniently organized on one page, the settings are conveniently combined into groups, you just need to check a couple of boxes and the choice is made. Everything is clear and intuitive. Perhaps this menu for managing work with two SIM cards is the most convenient of all previously encountered options.

You can assign any of the SIM cards as the main one for organizing voice calls, transferring data and sending SMS messages; When dialing a number, you can also select the desired card using the corresponding buttons. A SIM card in any slot can work with 3G/4G networks, but only one of the cards can function in this mode at a time. To change the assignment of slots, cards do not need to be swapped - this can be done directly from the phone menu. Work with two SIM cards is organized according to the usual Dual SIM Dual Standby standard, when both cards can be in active standby mode, but cannot work at the same time - there is only one radio module.

The proprietary interface is familiar and looks exactly the same as in the previous ones Huawei models new generation. Starting from the seventh episode, a timeline appeared in the notification menu, accurately showing the time of each event. There is still no separate menu for installed applications, all icons are evenly distributed across desktops, folder creation and widget installation are supported.

As before, quite a lot of attention is paid to working with gestures; all settings for working with gestures are highlighted in a separate section of the menu. This included the usual double tapping on the glass, or various turning over and covering with the palm, as well as various passes in the form of icons and letters with which you can call individual applications and programs (for example, a player or camera). The special software control button that calls up the pop-up menu has also not gone away. quick access to some frequently used applications.

Performance

The Huawei P8 Lite hardware platform is based on a fairly recent eight-core HiSilicon Kirin 620 single-chip system (SoC), which is the company's first 64-bit system. This solution is configured with eight processor cores Cortex-A53 with a frequency of up to 1.2 GHz and Mali-T450MP4 GPU. That is, Kirin 620 competes with such mid-level SoCs as Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 and MediaTek MT6752.

The smartphone's RAM capacity is 2 GB. The device has 16 GB of flash memory, of which no more than 9.5 GB is available for the user’s needs. The memory capacity can be increased using microSD cards (the specifications indicate a maximum capacity of 32 GB, but in reality our 64 GB test card was perfectly recognized by the device). The mode for connecting external devices to the Micro-USB (OTG) port of the device is not supported.

According to the test results, the Kirin 620 platform showed itself to be a true average. In complex benchmarks, its results are close, and in graphics tests they are even lower than those of the slightly faster, but also unexceptional Qualcomm Snapdragon 615. But the MediaTek MT6752, related in positioning and competing with them, produces more than 40K points in the same AnTuTu, yes and in all other tests her results are also higher.

Thus, the Huawei P8 Lite hardware platform showed average results, approximately at the level of 30K in AnTuTu v 5.x, while for top solutions this value is now 45K and above. There is nothing special to add here; the platform is far in its capabilities from the most productive modern platforms that are installed in flagship solutions. The destiny of devices with such filling is a confident average level, nothing more. However, the smartphone described today is powerful enough that its capabilities will be sufficient for some time to perform basic tasks, for demanding games The capabilities of its graphics subsystem are clearly not enough.

Testing in latest versions comprehensive tests AnTuTu and GeekBench 3:

All the results we obtained when testing the smartphone in the most latest versions popular benchmarks, we have summarized them in tables for convenience. The table usually adds several other devices from different segments, also tested on similar latest versions of benchmarks (this is done only for visual assessment obtained dry numbers). Unfortunately, within the framework of one comparison it is impossible to present the results from different versions benchmarks, so many worthy and relevant models remain “behind the scenes” - due to the fact that they once passed the “obstacle course” on previous versions of test programs.

Testing the graphics subsystem in 3DMark game tests,GFXBenchmark, and Bonsai Benchmark:

When testing in 3DMark, the most powerful smartphones now have the ability to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the rendering resolution is fixed at 720p and VSync is disabled (which can cause the speed to rise above 60 fps).

	Huawei P8 lite (Hisilicon Kirin 620)	Honor 4c (Hisilicon Kirin 620)	Nubia Z9 mini (Qualcomm Snapdragon 615)	ZTE Blade S6 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 615)	Zopo ZP920 (Mediatek MT6752)
3DMark Ice Storm Extreme (more is better)	4157	3838	5382	5656	6599
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited (more is better)	5644	5383	7625	8523	10103
GFXBenchmark T-Rex HD (C24Z16 Onscreen)	13 fps	13 fps	14 fps	24 fps	15 fps
GFXBenchmark T-Rex HD (C24Z16 Offscreen)	9 fps	8 fps	15 fps	15 fps	16 fps
Bonsai Benchmark	2744 (39 fps)	2322 (33 fps)	1639 (23 fps)	2660 (38 fps)	3322 (47 fps)

Browser cross-platform tests:

As for benchmarks for assessing the speed of the javascript engine, you should always make allowance for the fact that their results significantly depend on the browser in which they are launched, so the comparison can only be truly correct on the same OS and browsers, and this is possible during testing not always. For Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

Thermal photographs

Below is a thermal image of the rear surface (the top of the image is on the right), obtained after 10 minutes of running the battery test in the GFXBenchmark program:

It can be seen that the heating is localized slightly above the center and closer to the right edge of the device, which apparently corresponds to the location of the SoC chip. According to the heat camera, the maximum heating was 42 degrees, which is relatively little.

Playing video

To test the omnivorous nature of video playback (including support for various codecs, containers and special features, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats, which make up the bulk of the content available on the Internet. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have support for hardware video decoding at the chip level, since it is most often impossible to process modern options using processor cores alone. Also, you shouldn’t expect a mobile device to decode everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to the PC, and no one is going to challenge it. All results are summarized in a single table.

According to the testing results, the subject was not equipped with all the necessary decoders that are necessary for full playback of most of the most common multimedia files on the network. To successfully play them, you will have to resort to the help of a third-party player - for example, MX Player. True, it is also necessary to change the settings and manually install additional custom codecs, because now this player does not officially support the AC3 sound format.

Format	Container, video, sound	MX Video Player	Standard video player
DVDRip	AVI, XviD 720×400 2200 Kbps, MP3+AC3	plays normally	plays normally
Web-DL SD	AVI, XviD 720×400 1400 Kbps, MP3+AC3	plays normally	plays normally
Web-DL HD	MKV, H.264 1280×720 3000 Kbps, AC3		The video plays fine, but there is no sound¹
BDRip 720p	MKV, H.264 1280×720 4000 Kbps, AC3	The video plays fine, but there is no sound¹	The video plays fine, but there is no sound¹
BDRip 1080p	MKV, H.264 1920×1080 8000 Kbps, AC3	The video plays fine, but there is no sound¹	The video plays fine, but there is no sound¹

¹ sound in MX Video Player was played only after installing an alternative custom audio codec; The standard player does not have this setting

Tested video output features Alexey Kudryavtsev.

We did not find an MHL interface or Mobility DisplayPort in this smartphone, so we had to limit ourselves to testing the output of video files on the screen of the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see “Method for testing video playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices) Red marks indicate possible problems associated with the playback of the corresponding files.

According to the criterion of frame output, the quality of playback of video files on the screen of the smartphone itself is good, since frames (or groups of frames) can (but are not required) be output with more or less uniform alternation of intervals and without skipping frames. Except for 1080p files at 50 and 60 fps, which immediately or after a while begin to be output as a slideshow. When playing video files with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels (720p) on a smartphone screen, the image of the video file itself is displayed exactly along the border of the screen, one to one in pixels, that is, in the original resolution. The brightness range displayed on the screen corresponds to the standard range of 16-235 - in the shadows only a couple of shades of gray do not differ in brightness from black, but in the highlights all gradations of shades are displayed.

Battery life

Huawei P8 Lite has a non-removable battery low for modern smartphones capacity of 2200 mAh. As a result, the smartphone demonstrated rather modest results in terms of battery life, although not completely disastrous. However, in normal operation the device confidently survives the night charge without recharging, this is the main thing. It is also worth noting that the testing was carried out without using any energy-saving functions, and with them the smartphone is obviously able to last longer. As usual, in the firmware settings energy saving mode Huawei smartphones have three different levels, from ordinary to maximum economical.

	Battery capacity	Reading mode	Video mode	3D Game Mode
Huawei P8 Lite	2200 mAh	11:00 am	7:00 am	3 hours 30 minutes
Honor 4c	2550 mAh	12:00 pm	8 hours 40 minutes	4 hours 20 minutes
Nubia Z9 mini	2900 mAh	18:00	10:00 am	3 hours 30 minutes
ZTE Blade S6	2400 mAh	11:40 am	8:30 a.m.	3 hours 40 minutes
Lenovo S90	2300 mAh	11:00 am	9:30 a.m.	3 hours 50 minutes
HTC Desire 820	2600 mAh	13:00	7 hours 40 minutes	4 hours 10 minutes
Lenovo Vibe Z2	3000 mAh	18:20	12:00 pm	5 hours 40 minutes
Meizu M1 Note	3140 mAh	16:40	13:20	4 hours 45 minutes
Zopo ZP920	2300 mAh	11:10 am	8 hours 40 minutes	3 hours 20 minutes
Samsung Galaxy A7	2600 mAh	22:10	12:00 pm	3 hours 20 minutes
Samsung Galaxy A5	2300 mAh	14:00	11:00 am	4 hours 20 minutes

Continuous reading in FBReader program(with a standard, light theme) at a minimum comfortable brightness level (brightness was set to 100 cd/m²) it lasted no more than 11 hours until the battery was completely discharged, and when continuously watching videos in high quality(720p) with the same brightness level through home network The Wi-Fi device lasted only 7 hours. IN game mode The smartphone functioned for 3.5 hours. Full time Charging time is 2 hours 15 minutes.

Bottom line

The recommended retail price of Huawei P8 Lite in Russia is 18 thousand rubles; in practice, the retail model can be found even a little cheaper. Despite the fact that the smartphone is a mid-range solution without any special complaints, the device as a whole made a positive impression on us. As mentioned above, despite its positioning, this model looks neat, stylish, and even somewhat noble. If we compare a smartphone with rivals of the same price level, we must admit that Huawei P8 Lite is one of the cutest and most comfortable mobile devices priced up to 20 thousand rubles. Pleasant to look at, strict and calm design, good ergonomics, high-quality materials, unquestionable assembly - all this does not give rise to the slightest complaints. At the same time, the smartphone (for its level) is well equipped with hardware: there is a new 64-bit (not very productive, but stable and economical) platform, and bright screen with rich colors, and pleasant sounding dynamics. But there are complaints about network and communication capabilities: on the one hand, it is implemented LTE support and NFC, but on the other hand, there is no support for USB OTG and the 5 GHz Wi-Fi range, although, of course, you can live without them. I would also like to increase the battery life of the device, although, again, the smartphone battery is enough for everyday use scenarios, and for extreme situations you can use energy saving features. Well, it’s obvious that a small battery is the price to pay for an elegant, thin body, so here everyone chooses what’s important to them.

Huawei P8 Lite is a simplified version of the flagship, which costs significantly less. Let's conduct a review so you can understand whether it's worth buying it or whether it's better to pay extra and get the top version.

Technical characteristics of Huawei P8 Lite:

Screen: IPS, 5’’, 1280x720, 294 ppi
Processor: eight-core HiSilicon Kirin 620, 1.2 GHz
Graphics accelerator: Mali-450 MP
Operating system: Android 5.0 + Huawei EMUI 3.1
RAM: 2 GB
Built-in memory: 16 GB
Memory card support: microSD
Communication: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz || UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 || LTE: 1, 3, 7, 8, 20
SIM: nanoSIM + nanoSIM
Wireless interfaces: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC
Navigation: GPS, GLONASS
Cameras: main - 13 MP (LED flash, autofocus), front - 5 MP
Sensors: light, proximity, compass
Battery: 2200 mAh
Dimensions: 143x70.6x7.7 mm
Weight: 131 grams

Equipment

Traditionally, we start our Huawei P8 Lite review with the package, which comes in a narrow but tall package. The first thing we see when we open it is the smartphone itself, which lies on the side. On either side of it there are two boxes that differ in size. The large one contained a charger, a microUSB cable, a headset and a paper clip. And in the small stuff there is documentation.

In appearance, Huawei P8 Lite is practically no different from the older version, especially if judged only by the pictures. But once you pick up each of these gadgets, the difference becomes more noticeable.

The review of the Huawei P8 Lite 2017 smartphone showed that in the younger modification they decided to save on body materials by abandoning the use of metal. There is not a single metal element in the design - even the frame is plastic. The back, although not removable, is entirely made of plastic. They tried to style it as metal, but an attentive user will easily notice the difference. Despite this, the phone looks good, the only let down is the tactile sensations, by which you immediately understand that you are holding a junior plastic model in your hands.

The display is covered with protective glass, which is slightly recessed into the body. Above it they installed a notification light indicator, a light sensor, as well as a proximity sensor, a conversational speaker and a front-facing camera.

Below is only the corporate logo; it was decided to use on-screen keys.

The upper part of the back is occupied by a glass insert in which the main camera lens and a two-tone vertical flash are built into it.

A 3.5 mm jack and an auxiliary microphone were placed on the top edge.

The main microphone, external speaker and microUSB port between them are installed at the bottom.

The left end was left empty, but on the right there was a volume rocker, a power key and a hybrid slot in which you can install one microSIM paired with a nanoSIM or microSD.

Large gaps were left above and below the display; without them, the case would have been much more practical. But in general, it fits well in the palm and does not try to slip out.

Huawei P8 Lite black 2017 review shows that the smartphone has a good IPS display with a diagonal of 5 inches and HD resolution. The combination is not the best and gives 294 pixels per inch.

There is an oleophobic coating and an auto-brightness option that sets correct settings depending on the light level around you. The quality of the oleophobic coating is not the best, but the finger glides easily. Multitouch has support for 10 simultaneous touches.

The maximum brightness level should have been made higher - 316 cd/m², which is why using it in bright sunshine will be very problematic. The minimum is set at 9.7 cd/m². The contrast is low - 505:1.

Smartphone Huawei P8 Lite black review showed that the screen has no significant shortcomings, but it is completely unsuitable for use in bright sunlight. The brightness reserve and contrast are let down, but in its price range everything is not so bad. In the menu you can find an item such as “Color Temperature”. By going there you can choose one of available modes display color rendition. This is a good solution, because some users will like cooler tones, while others, on the contrary, want to see warmer shades.

Performance

The characteristics of Huawei P8 Lite 2017 black are based on a proprietary processor - HiSilicon Kirin 620. It is 64-bit and includes 8 cores with a frequency limit of 1.2 GHz. In addition to it, there is a Mali-T450 MP4 graphics accelerator. RAM - 2 GB, and built-in memory - 16 GB. After the first turn on, a little more than 1 GB of RAM and 10.49 GB of internal memory remain available. Yes, the volume is not enough, but do not forget that you can sacrifice one SIM card and install microSD.

According to the results of synthetic tests, the processor is comparable to the MediaTek MT6752 and will be slightly better than the Snapdragon 615.

The computing power is enough for the smartphone to confidently cope with any everyday tasks, and games will also have good fps if you experiment with the graphics settings. It’s not always possible to play at maximum, but the gameplay is comfortable and without slowdowns, even if we talk about the latest hits, such as NFS No Limits.

Wireless communications

Huawei P8 Lite 2017 black review shows that the smartphone received an NFC chip and Bluetooth 4.0. Unfortunately, stated Wi-Fi support only 2.4 GHz. The location is determined quickly and with minimal error, for which GPS and GLONASS are used. Signal reception is stable, no problems arose during testing.

Working with SIM cards is done in a classic way: priorities are set in the settings, so you don’t have to choose which one to make a call or send an SMS every time. But you need to take into account that 4G/3G is supported only by the first card.

Sound

Huawei P8 Lite 2017 dual sim review shows that the external speaker boasts a large volume reserve. The quality of music playback did not disappoint, the only thing was that it was located in a less than ideal place. During the game, it is easily blocked by the palm, muffling the sound. Speaker It transmits the voice of the interlocutor without distortion, the volume margin is acceptable. The microphone also does its job well. Music sounds good in the headset, and it will be comfortable to listen to it at half the volume, provided you use high-quality headphones.

Autonomy

Review Huawei phone The P8 Lite switches to autonomy, which is driven by a battery with a capacity of only 2200 mAh, which is very small by modern standards. This already hints that you can’t walk far from a power outlet with the Huawei P8, or you always have to have a power bank at hand. This results in weak battery life results, although in a moderate usage scenario it will be possible to last until the evening charge. Energy saving modes save the situation; when activated, all background activity is suppressed. You can choose one of three energy saving levels. In maximum economy mode, performance is reduced, which can cause lag in resource-intensive applications.

As the Huawei P8 Lite gold review showed, with continuous reading the battery lasted for 11 hours at minimum brightness, and when playing videos in 720p at the same brightness and with an active Wi-Fi connection - 7 hours. The device lasted 3.5 hours in games. The results are average, no matter how hard you try, but you will have to connect to the charger every day. A full charge takes 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Huawei P8 Lite camera review

Huawei P8 Lite white dual sim review moves on to the cameras, in which we did not find any significant changes. The main module uses a sensor already familiar to many Sony IMX 214 by 13 megapixels, which we saw in previous generations of smartphones. In the hands of a skilled photographer, you can expect decent images, but the quality of the images is greatly influenced by lighting conditions.

The standard application has a huge number of settings that the average user can easily get lost in. Shooting can be done in HDR mode, which enhances the illumination of objects located in the shadows. Huawei Honor P8 lite review showed that you can take audio notes from photos, add a watermark, take burst shots and take colorful panoramas of the area. Both the main and front cameras received a facial skin enhancement mode, when visual imperfections, including acne, are smoothed out.

In good lighting conditions it turns out high quality pictures, although noise appears on them when enlarged. When shooting at night, you have to freeze for several seconds to really get nice shot, but it's worth it.

The wide-angle front camera with a resolution of 5 MP can record video in FullHD format. You can get decent selfies with it if you shoot in good lighting conditions.

Conclusion

Huawei P8 lite deserves attention among those who value, above all, the practicality of the case and its design. But besides this, the smartphone has something to offer - an excellent camera, a user-friendly interface, good hardware and clear images on the display. At the same time, the brightness reserve and contrast of the screen are disappointing; it would be a good idea to increase the battery capacity.

Where can I buy?

The beginning of 2017 was marked by the release of a smartphone Huawei P8 Lite. The company was one of the first to release new smartphone from a series of budget devices. Moreover, the device runs on SoC and on the Android Nougat platform. If we evaluate the smartphone in terms of its position in the price line, then it is located between the GT3 and GR5, but both come with Android 6.0.

Huawei P8 Lite: specifications

The Huawei P8 Lite review should start, as it should, with technical specifications.

OS: Android Nougat (7.0);
Display: 5.2”, IPS, FullHD resolution (1920×1080 pi), pixel density 424 ppi;
RAM: 3 GB;
Permanent memory: 16 GB;
Processor: Hisilicon Kirin 655, 8 cores, of which 4 at 2.1 GHz and 4 at 1.7 GHz;
Video core: Mali-T830 MP2;
Memory card support: microSD with a capacity of up to 128 GB;
SIM: 2 slots for microSIM;
Battery: 3000 mAh;
Cameras: main 12 MP and front 8 MP;
Dimensions: 147.2x72.94x7.6 mm;
Weight: 147 g.

Design and delivery

Huawei P8 Lite 2017 comes standard - packaging, microUSB cable and power supply, a clip to open the connector SIM cards, documentation and headphones are a nice bonus.

In appearance, the device is very beautiful, even taking into account the affordable price category, it can be confused with more expensive devices. When compared with other smartphones, the design is similar to Honor 6 and 8.

It is already customary that on the front side there is a protective glass that has rounded edges, but the developer did not limit himself to this. Even on the back of the smartphone there is the same glass. On the side, the edge is made of plastic, which looks like metal.

The smartphone has a neat appearance thanks to rounded corners, the absence of a protruding camera, and the presence of symmetrical components located above the screen. Ease of use is excellent, the device feels good in the hand, and thanks to its moderate size (5.2” screen, it can be operated with one hand). There is a frame around the display; it is medium in width.

The smartphone comes in 3 colors: black, white and gold.

All controls are located as standard:

At the bottom there is an input for microUSB, a conversational microphone and the main speaker;
On the right are keys for adjusting the volume and locking the display;
On the left is a tray for installing SIM;
There is a 3.5 mm jack on top, and the event indicator is also located here, closer to the right edge.

The keys are comfortable to press and do not creak. The number of buttons on the screen can be customized.

On the back side there is a fingerprint scanner, and it is placed very conveniently; the finger itself rests on the required pad. The processing speed of the sensor is impressive, in general this is the advantage of all Huawei. In practice, its use is convenient, since thanks to the sensor you can open, close, and also delete notifications. In the gallery you can scroll through photos, take pictures, take calls, and set an alarm. In fact, this is another multifunction key.

The quality of the smartphone leaves no dissatisfaction, everything is done right and there are no fluctuations, no squeaks are observed. Just keep in mind that the glass is quite slippery and placing the smartphone on a surface even with a slight inclination is risky.

Screen

The Huawei P8 Lite smartphone has a 5.2" screen with IPS matrix and an extension of 1920 × 1080 pi, and a pixel density of 424 ppi. Protection is provided by protective glass with 2.5D rounded edges. Unfortunately, and surprisingly, the smartphone does not have an oleophobic coating. When the glass is clean, your finger glides normally; when it gets a little dirty, expect comfortable work using gestures is not worth it. Dirt will not allow you to operate your smartphone smoothly.

The viewing angles are excellent and the image quality is high. Brightness adjustment is available from 7 to 575 cd/m2, and the contrast is 1:1193. Testing the automatic brightness adjustment showed good results.

Screen calibration has certain disadvantages; the gamma curve differs from the standard indicators. The screen temperature shifts to cool colors, although no significant differences are visible to the eye. There is an “Eye Protection” function that eliminates some of the blue light.

Platform and performance

The Huawei P8 Lite 2017 smartphone is based on a SoC and a HiSilicon Kirin 655 processor. The CPU process technology is 16 nm, 8 Cortex-A53 cores are built-in. The Mali-830MP2 core is responsible for the graphics component. Additionally, a unique processor is built in to handle background music playback. There are 3 GB of RAM and 16 GB of permanent memory, the latter of which only 9.54 GB is available to the user. Unfortunately, the nanoSIM slot is combined, so either microSD up to 128 GB or a second card. It’s bad that a smartphone forces you to choose, because there really isn’t enough memory if you want to listen to music and use games.

The smartphone comes with operating system Android 7.0 and the company’s proprietary shell – EMUI 5.0.

These parameters are sufficient to load games, but some heavy or poorly optimized applications may lag. IN everyday tasks The gadget performed well, there were no brakes or sagging. It works very quickly, in particular thanks to Android 7.0.

Cameras

Huawei P8 Lite price (approx. 9,460 rubles) determines the camera standard for the budget niche. The central camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels, consists of 5 aspherical lenses and has a built-in f/2.2 aperture. The sensor is unique in that it has a large pixel size of 1.25 microns. Autofocus pleases with its speed.

The photos come out quite good, considering the low price of the device. Even in limited lighting, the pictures remain quite good.

The selfie camera has a built-in 8 megapixel module, f/2.0 and a pixel size of 1.4 microns. Balancing is good, and detailing beats most competitors.

Multimedia and autonomy

Huawei P8 Lite reviews indicate that the speaker is unremarkable, it is noticeable by ear. It doesn’t make sharp, striking sounds, but it doesn’t have any distinctive qualities either. A perfectly acceptable speaker, but nothing more.

Autonomous operation, despite the small battery size, lasts slightly longer than average. Under normal load, it can withstand 2 days without recharging. During this time, there was a working screen for about 6 hours.

Conclusion

The smartphone has a nice design, good performance, a good display and camera. High productivity is ensured thanks to modern version Android, and also has a functional and sensitive fingerprint scanner.

Among the disadvantages are that there is no oleophobic coating, the body is made of slippery material, and the amount of memory is small (16 GB).

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