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Huawei P8 Lite (2017)

Announced: January 2017.OS: Android 7 Nougat. VDRD-summary: It is better not to buy!
Starting price of $220 after the release dropped by 14% and now the average price is $190. Starting price of 13 614 ₽ after the release dropped by 14% and now the average price is 11 757 ₽. Starting price of 8 118 ₴ after the release dropped by 14% and now the average price is 7 011 ₴.
Status: Archived.
  • Screen 5.2" IPS LCD
  • Rear сamera 12 MP
  • Selfie camera 8 MP
  • CPU 8 cores Kirin 655
  • Memory 3 GB RAM
  • Storage 16 GB ROM
  • Memory cards up to 256 GB microSD
  • Battery 3 000 mAh
  • Thickness 7.6 mm
  • Sim Cards 2 items dual sim
All characteristics

Short description Huawei P8 Lite (2017)

This is a smartphone on Android 7 Nougat with a very fast and productive processor, with a large touchscreen size, with  the usual main camera for photos and video, and the front camera here turned out to be absolutely ordinary. And Huawei P8 Lite (2017) has such features: a slot for two SIM cards.

Also known as: Huawei P9 Lite (2017), Huawei Honor 8 Lite, Huawei Nova Lite, Huawei GR3 (2017).

Disclaimer. The table shows the main technical characteristics of the device. For a full list of features and capabilities of this model, see the manufacturer’s website. We can not guarantee that the information on this page is 100% correct.

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Android version and market relevance

Huawei P8 Lite (2017) was announced by the company Huawei in January 2017 and in the same year official sales began in stores. The device was placed in the series of smartphones P. Huawei P8 Lite (2017) works on Android 7.0 Nougat, but, unfortunately, this version of the software has not been updated. And before listing all the main characteristics of this model, it is important to note that in Huawei P8 Lite (2017) implemented support for working with two SIM cards.

And if you want to look at the competitors of this smartphone, then in our catalog on the page “Smartphones of the year 2017” all models of the same year are presented. And it will also be useful to look at the page with smartphones at a similar price, like Huawei P8 Lite (2017) — this is the price segment page “Below average smartphones from $200 to $300”.

Screen, body and battery

Average capacity Huawei P8 Lite (2017) battery received a volume of 3 000 mAh. In this case, the smartphone has big touchscreen IPS LCD with diagonal 5.2″.

The thickness of the shell is 7.6 mm. This is a very thick case, we advise you to look in our catalog smartphones with thin cases, which fit comfortably in your hand.

Main camera and selfie camera

Huawei P8 Lite (2017) is not a camera phone, because it has a main camera on 12 MP. If you want to make a lot of high-quality photos and video on your smartphone, we advise you to look in the catalog on camera phones, whose cameras are more than 20 MP. In addition to the main camera, which is very important, it is also worth paying attention to the quality of the pictures from the front camera. And here at this model the front-seat camera got its 8 MP, which is very little. If you really want to make quality smartphones on the smartphone, we advise you to look in the catalog selfie smartphones, in which the frontcamera of 13 Mp.

Processor and Internal Memory

Smartphone received 8-core processor Hisilicon Kirin 655. If you want to assess the speed of the smartphone and its performance, then do not forget to see how much RAM is installed in it. Huawei P8 Lite (2017) received 3 GB of RAM.

Only one version of the built-in memory in the smartphone is on the market — 16 GB and expand the memory can only be using memory cards. Supported memory cards microSD up to 256 GB.

Price for Huawei P8 Lite (2017): buy or not to buy?

Price Huawei P8 Lite (2017) at the start of sales was $240. A smartphone with this price level got into the price segment “Below average smartphones from $200 to $300” and got a very powerful processor, a large touch screen, and the front camera is not too cool with a very weak main camera.

If you want to buy Huawei P8 Lite (2017), you can choose any online store or offline electronics store, the main thing is to have a guarantee for the smartphone and the desired version of the model you have chosen.

Before buying, if you have the opportunity, it is better to hold the phone in your hands, check the screen, the quality of the photo and video, look at the smoothness and speed of the interface. Never buy a “cat in a bag”, be sure to check everything before buying. Today, good smartphones are worth a lot of money, so it′s better to spend an extra ten minutes to eventually buy the model that will work well one or two years and help you in everything.

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