Huawei introduced new products in one of the events leading up to the IFA fair in Berlin and Huawei Mate S is the most prominent of them all. The new brand phablet comes with the usual metal design and improved technical background, including a Force Touch screen technology in the premium model. In this comparison we will deal with Huawei P8, current flagship of the brand. We tell all differences.
Display and Design
The main difference between Huawei P8 and Huawei Mate S is the screen, specifically its size and both have HD resolution. The Huawei P8 has a 5.2-inch IPS panel, covered by a sheet of glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3, while the Huawei Mate S is committed to a 5.5-inch AMOLED panel protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 4 . As we advance, Huawei Mate S will offer a premium version that includes Force Touch technology. This system detects the pressure we put on the panel and executes actions as magnify images or open submenus. You can also weigh objects to place on the screen and allows gestures with his knuckles with Knuckle Sense system.
Huawei keeps a line of similar design in both models with a unibody aluminum chassis that does not allow removing the battery. The Huawei P8 is advanced by thinness, with a thickness of 6.4 mm versus 7.2 mm Huawei Mate S. Both are very tight chassis and screen glass is slightly curved at the edges to achieve a gasket more delicate, which is known as glass 2.5D. Huawei also highlight the P8 is splash resistant and Huawei Mate S carries a fingerprint sensor in the rear, right hand under the camera.
Camera and Multimedia
Huawei has opted for the same pair of sensors in both models, although Huawei P8 enjoys some extra features. The main sensor is a RGBW and has 13 megapixel resolutions with optical stabilizer, while striker has 8 megapixels of resolution. Both have dual LED flash back tone, but only Huawei Mate S integrates a second flash in the front for selfies more clearly whether light fails to accompany. The Huawei P8 integrates a dedicated improves the results of color and contrast, a lens with f / 2.0 and painting with light mode processor. For its part, the Huawei Mate S comes with the professional mode, HDR + and filters in real time.
The Huawei P8 also enjoys other improvements in audio and speaker DSP Hi6402 and Huawei Voice+ system, which improves call quality. The two recorded stereo sound, take FM tuner and come with noise-canceling microphones.
Power, memory and operating system
The Huawei Mate S is scored a goal in the section of the power to come up with a slightly more advanced chip. This is the HiSilicon Kirin 935, eight cores consisting of four 2.2 GHz to 1.5 GHz and four. Comes with a Mali T860 GPU and 3GB of RAM. The chip found in the Huawei P8 is a HiSilicon Kirin 930, with eight cores at 2 GHz and a Mali T628 GPU. RAM also remains in 3Gb.
Huawei marketed Huawei P8 in two versions of 16 and 64 Gb, while the Huawei Mate S come in 32-, 64- and 128 Gb. The two are compatible with MicroSD memory cards that are inserted into the second SIM slot.
They also agree on the operating system and interface, which corresponds to Android 5.1 Lollipop and the visual layer Emotion UI 3.1. However the Huawei Mate S carries some new features like Document Correction, Smart Wireless Printing or new version of Sense Knuckle accepting more gestures. The Huawei P8 includes features like App Firewall Consumption and intelligent international benchmark.
Connectivity and autonomy
The Huawei P8 is the flagship of the brand, hence that has some unique features such as in this case Huawei WiFi + port and dual-band WiFi. It also carries DLNA and WiFi direct, two functions we could not confirm the Huawei Mate S. Otherwise, agree compatible with Glonass GPS antenna, Bluetooth, NFC chip, microUSB, headphone jack and dual SIM function. In addition, the Huawei Mate S adds a fingerprint sensor in the back that serves to unlock the mobile, avoid typing passwords and make payments.
Despite the size difference, the Huawei Mate S carries a 2,700 milliamp battery, only 20 mAh more than the Huawei P8 (2,680 milliamps). At the moment we have no information of the autonomy of the latest model, but we do know that the Huawei P8 offers last day and a half with normal use and also has the fast charge mode 2.0.
Conclusions
If Huawei had taken a more logical order of presentation, the model who played presenting at IFA was the Huawei Mate 8, but instead we have brought Mate S. This unit is located halfway between Huawei P and series Mate models range, which until now had panels 6 inches diagonally. With a discreet size, Huawei Mate S could get more sales, but also rob his brother of the Huawei P8 catalog. The flagship of the brand maintains some systems as improvements in audio or camera functions, but overall the Huawei Mate S is more complete – logical because it uses the latest technologies of the brand. The price of the basic version of the new model will be 650 euros, a plus of Huawei P8, you can already get for 440 euros in free format.