Huawei P8 Lite: technical data, analysis and Opinion
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System operativoAndroid 5.0.2
Technical data:
Design
8/10• High 70.60 mm
• 143.00 width mm
• 7.70 thickness mm
• Weight 131 g
The Huawei P8 Lite weighs 131 g and has a thickness of 7.70 mm, while measures 70.60 mm high and 143.00 mm wide.
Screen
6/10• 5.0 size inches
• IPS type
• 1280 x 720 resolution
• 294-DPI pixel density
It Huawei P8 Lite screen has a size of 5.0 inches and has a resolution of 1280 x 720. We are talking about an IPS display. The pixel density, which is measured in points per inch, is 294 PPP.
Hardware and performance
7/10• Processor HiSilicon Kirin 620
• CPU Cortex A53
• 8 cores
• Speed 1.20 GHz
• GPU ARM Mali-450 MP4
• Memory RAM 2 GB
• Memory internal 16 GB
• Large MicroSD if
• Up to 128 GB
Huawei P8 Lite works with a Cortex A53 8 core cpu that reaches a clock speed of 1.20 GHz. More specifications: in the memory section, we have 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB for storage of files, apps and data. The storage memory can be expanded via microSD.
Software
6/10• Operating system Android
• OS 5.0.2 version
• Emotion 3.1 UI customization layer
• Radio FM if
The Huawei P8 Lite runs version 5.0.2 of Android. Like other Huawei models, it also has a layer of the operating system, in this case Emotion 3.1 UI customization.
Camera
8/10Main camera
• Resolution 13.0 megapixel• Flash Dual LED Flash
• Video Full HD 1080 p
• Geo-tagging features, AutoFocus, face detection, Panorama, HDR photography
The main or rear camera P8 Lite has a resolution of 13.0 megapixel camera. It also has Dual LED Flash. As for video, it is capable of recording Full HD resolution 1080 p. As for the front camera for selfies or videoconference, the resolution is 5.0 megapixels.
Front camera
• Resolution 5.0 megapixel• Flash without Flash
Battery
6/10• Capacity 2200 mAh
• Duration in conversation 20.00 h
• Long standby 600.00 h
• Removable
According to Huawei, this P8 Lite has autonomy in standby from 600.00 h. In conversation, can last up to 20.00 h. The battery is not removable, so you can not replace it if it becomes worn or damaged. The capacity of the P8 Lite battery is 2200mah.
Connectivity
8/10• NFC
• Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP
• WiFi 802.11 b/g /
• USB microUSB v2.0
• Wireless charging not
• Type of SIM card microsim, nanosim
• Dual Sim Yes
• Dual SIM 4G Yes
• Networks 2G (GSM) 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• Networks 3G (HSDPA) 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
• Compatible 3G in Spain Yes
• Networks 4G (LTE) 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
• Compatible 4G in Spain Yes
In terms of connectivity, and in addition to the technical specifications that you have left, we can tell you that the Huawei P8 Lite uses a card microsim, nanosim. It is also Dual SIM, so you can use two cards at the same time. It is also Dual SIM 4 G, so you can use two cards with 4 G data at the same time. This Huawei P8 Lite is compatible with networks 4 G in Spain. It offers also NFC.
Analysis
The best
• Design
• Dual SIM
• Price
The worst
• Graphics performance
• Color temperature of the screen
• Viewing angles
Specifications
Size 5.0 inch
Resolution 1280 x 720
Cameras 13.0/5.0 mpx
Capacity 2200 mAh
Memory internal 16 GB
Huawei P8 Lite, video review
Mid-range with claims
That Huawei has earned its own right a place among the leading manufacturers of mobile is already beyond doubt. The P8 Huawei we discussed recently, has achieved a notoriety and expectation that little or has nothing to envy to brands such as Samsung, HTC or Apple.
Nevertheless, the Chinese manufacturer is aware that is in the ranges mean where the real battles are produced, proof of this is that I will not hesitate to present, almost parallel to his flagship, this Huawei P8 Lite today we analysis, a model that in a very short time has managed to grab as much or more attention even , that his older brother.
A recipe that mixed solid construction with an elegant and stylish, design together with a generous screen and good expectations of Chamber, crowned with an attractive price, give this Huawei P8 Lite all the ingredients needed to sweep within the middle range.
Design
The P8 Lite keeps the body unibody, but executed very differently, since we went from the metallic structure of the P8 a skeleton of plastic polishing metallic effect - very well worked and even trick us at first sight, although it lacks the cold touch of metal, what just shopping you-, topped by a back cover of Matt polycarbonate with an elegant enough grated effect available in black White, grey and gold, and a cover of plastic which, together with the Gorilla Glass 3 glass (and the factory-integrated plastic protective film) protects your generous screen no less than 5 inches.
And it is that the screen is one of the most notable elements and protagonists of this review of Huawei P8 Lite, not by its resolution and quality, something that matizaremos later, but by your own size, higher than usual in the Mini from other manufacturers or Lite versions and which is only 0.2 inch with respect to his older brother.
The result is a slightly smaller, but more body voluminous (7.7 mm), that together with the use of plastic gives a feeling less premium. Despite this, the P8 Lite excels against their competition within the middle range economic good finish and refined design.
And it is that Huawei P8 Lite feels very comfortable, with a good balance between size and weight (131 gram), robust and easy to use even with one hand.
Does not have buttons front, neither physical nor touch, what with many applications reduces the actual useful area of the screen, which, by the way, is surrounded by a generous somewhat incomprehensible black frame. Just above it is speaker, the front camera for selfies 5 MPX, and sensor lighting.
At the back we find the main 13 Megapixel with LED flash camera, rear Cap despite being made of plastic is elegant and has a very nice touch. In addition, the most I liked, is immune to fingerprints.
As we have been able to check and enjoy in this test of Huawei P8 Lite, it has dual SIM card slot (Micro SIM LTE 4 G + Nano 2 G SIM), one of them shared with the microSD card which allows to increase its scant 16 GB of internal storage - of which only 10,38 GB are available - with up to 32 GB extra.
The power button located on the right almost in the middle of the terminal, a position quite comfortable to turn on and off the screen with your thumb, just above are the volume controls.
At the bottom of the Huawei P8 Lite, flanking the connector micro USB, are two audio outputs of the integrated mono speaker, which throws a sound clear and powerful thanks to the new Smart Power Amplifier amplifier, although lacking bass and, to my taste, a little strident. Despite this, slightly improves common within its price range sound quality, although it is far from the proposals of other manufacturers such as HTC.
Screen
Texts and icons, if we carry out inspection to awareness, are not spatially defined and clearly perceived limitations when it comes to represent details in the images, but it is something that goes completely unnoticed for most mortals, and every day.
Perhaps the greatest sin of the Huawei P8 Lite screen is the brightness level, somewhat limited in what to the maximum level refers, which causes a few white are off but that, surprisingly, does not affect you too much when it comes to viewing the screen outdoors where, while not optimal, it operates quite well.
In terms of the color gamut Huawei P8 Lite screen shows a clear trend towards the cool colors, perhaps excessively, with bluish-white and a range of warm colors (especially reds) very distorted. Unfortunately we do not have any way to change the color temperature.
Despite incorporating an ISP, the vision of the East angles LCD panel P8 Lite are very improved, the aforementioned limitations of shine make that out front view angle screen obscures too much.
Despite the above-mentioned disadvantages the P8 Lite screen meets sufficiency, both on the day to day as when it comes to enjoy games and videos.
Camera
The camera interface reminiscent of the iPhone, both appearance and layout and how to access to different functionalities.
In the main interface we find direct access to two photo modes: beauty (with which we can add a filter up to 10 levels to soften skin tones) and photo or automatic mode. In addition to two video modes: "Video" that can record up to a resolution of 1080 p, and "Strings" to create accelerated videos or Time Lapse.
By touching the screen we will identify the focal point, we can block it keeping the press and by sliding the finger above or below the exposure compensation can be set sounds?
The focus of the camera of the Huawei P8 Lite is agile, and time captures amazingly fast, even in the modes blast (up to 10 photos leaving the hold shot button), not the change between the different modes of the camera, quite lazy and inaccurate, sometimes even desperate.
The Chamber of the P8 Lite also allows HDR images, panoramic photograph, make audio notes, insert a watermark, and incorporates a mode which selects the best image out of 10 catches, although to access them you must press the icon on the top left.
From there, we will also have access to the adjustments, which by the way only are displayed vertically, where we find interesting options, such as object tracking approach, shutter smile, the timer or the way the volume key.
In addition, the most interesting part, find a part settings for photographers, where you can adjust settings such as ISO, white balance or exposure, saturation, contrast and brightness of the images settings. Non-manual controls, but do allow us to engage a little more in the final results.
In general this Huawei P8 Lite camera results are very satisfactory, especially in outdoor images free with good lighting showing good level of detail but colors somewhat muted and somewhat "sad".
Also perceived problems in defining the dynamic range by the camera software. In certain situations, such as areas of strong shadows and intense contrasts as, for example, an atardecere, you must pull the exposure compensation to achieve a good result, as you can see in the example:
The first image shows the original image taken by the camera, the second shows the same picture corrected
Indoors or low light conditions the P8 Lite camera brings their powerful optics f2.2 which is able to take advantage of the low existing light, despite this the night images greatly reduced its definition, the approach is more vague and colors are washed and whitish.
Hardware and performance
With them the Huawei P8 Lite gets use in day to day experience quite satisfactory, without lags or delays of consideration - although change screen format horizontal to vertical, and vice versa, it costs horrors - to navigate its menus or perform common tasks such as listen to music, browse or consult and read emails.
In the test of empirical performance as AnTuTu (32.116) or Geekbench (586/2.637) P8 Lite delivered modest results that placed it in the orbit of the Nexus 5, slightly below the LG G3 and above one of its biggest rivals within their range of price, Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3.
Where really suffer, and perceived limitations of performance of this Huawei P8 Lite is in the show and move your GPU Mali 450 M. limited complex graphics Shown by the benchmark GFX Bench and 3Dmark where the "poor" P8 Lite suffers even to achieve complete the intermediate version (Ice Strom Extreme) 3DMark with only 2,302 points.
This can be seen clearly when it comes to run demanding games graphically, with longer loading times than usual, rates very low frames and light "dip".
This does not mean that high graphic demands or recent games, applications fail to run since we did not have problems with games like Real Racing 3 or Contract Kill 2, but that you can find a less satisfactory experience. That Yes, without heaters or inaccurate temperature rises, aspect in which the P8 Lite behaves swimmingly.
Battery and connectivity
To extend the life of battery the P8 Lite account with a control system of power within the system with two profiles of energy saving settings: Ultra, which leaves the features to a minimum, and intelligent, which optimizes the performance of the CPU and the networks. Also, offers a series of tips to extend the life of the battery which can be activated by simply pressing a button.
The most "problematic" is battery charging time, excessively slow once runs completely out. More than 3 hours of charging to 100% is an excessive time for a battery so small (we tested even with several higher-amperage Chargers, but we do not solve anything).
In terms of connectivity, the P8 Lite comes well served, and except for the WiFi option ac, has almost complete connectivity with connection LTE 4 G up to 150 Mbps (for only one of the SIM cards), WiFi 802.11 b/g /, Bluetooth 4.0, and NFC.
Android Lollipop 5.0 3.1 EMUI
Love and hate in equal parts in the user experience with EMUI 3.0, the layer of customization of Android Lollipop 5.0 that integrates this Huawei P8 Lite, that as most outstanding characteristic, removes the panel from traditional applications with all the icons on the home screen. Do you sound? Yes, exactly the same as Apple's iOS.The result is a somewhat confusing interface, which will be messy - despite its simplicity - for all those who come from a traditional Android environment. The icons are very minimalist look rounded and colourful, resulting many overly childish, matter of taste.
On the surface, EMUI 3.1 of the Huawei P8 Lite has all the features and qualities of any Android smartphone, with own interesting utilities such as navigation with one hand, the possibility of rejecting a call by turning the screen, drawing letters to open applications or the FM radio, but maybe the interface and the way to organize the elements "betray" part of the philosophy and values Android , something that may not convince many.
Finally indicate the presence of the "phone manager", an application that allows, among other functions, to optimize it RAM memory, free space on the disk, set filters for calls and messages, activate the energy saving system, manage notifications or block certain apps. A very useful application that stands out within the excessive bloatware installed, both branded and third-party, which installed this Huawei P8 Lite series.
Conclusions
The P8 Lite is positioned as one of the most solvent alternatives within the average range. The good behavior of his camera, coupled with a generous in size, a well determined and elegant design, screen and very competitively priced, are sufficient arguments to recommend its purchase for those who prefer to live away from the high end, but they are not willing to pull their money.
Improved looks, and as we have seen there are many, but if we consider the price of the Huawei P8 Lite 269 euros - although already can be achieved already at Amazon for about 235 euros - "errors" are made much more manageable, and more valued highly virtues.
This article is based on information accessed and updated publications dedicated to digital technology:
PC World en español: (web) http://www.pcworldenespanol.com/ (spanish)Xataca: (web) http://www.xataka.com/ (spanish).
TecnoMagazine: (web) http://tecnomagazine.net/ (spanish) And other websites consulted.