Huawei P8 Lite Announced With 5-inch HD Display, Kirin 620 octa-core CPU

Huawei today introduced the P8 Lite with entry level specifications. The Huawei P8 Lite arrives with a 5-inch display and appears affordable enough for the common man.

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The new P8 Lite has been rumored for the past couple of months and now the full details are available online. Alongside the P8 Lite, the Chinese manufacturer also unveiled its latest high-end Android phones: the P8 and P8 Max.

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The P8 Lite, as the name suggests, is a low-end version of the company's latest flagship handset: the P8. Huawei has packed its own Kirin 620 octa-core system chip, alongside 2GB of RAM, 16GB internal storage and a microSD card slot (up to 128GB).

The P8 Lite sports a 5 inch 1280 x 720 pixel resolution display. Of course, it may not be the high resolution screen out there in the budget segment, but it is decent enough for an entry-level device.

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On the camera front, the P8 Lite has a 13-megapixel camera, and 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Huawei has packed a 2,220 mAh battery to make it run for at least a day. The phone run on Google's Android 5.0 Lollipop with Huawei's native Emotion UI layered on top.

So far, the Huawei P8 Lite price and release date have not been revealed yet, but given the full spec sheet, the handset is similar to the current-generation Motorola Moto G.