China's Huawei shows smartphone credentials with P8 launch

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/56WmfOiKgitqZHNlzGxmyA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-04-15T150652Z_1006990001_LYNXMPEB3E0R8_RTROPTP_2_CTEC H-US-HUAWEI-TECH-SMARTPHONE-LONDON.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-huawei-shows-smartphone-credentials-p8-launch-150652515--finance.html)China's Huawei [HWT.UL] unveiled its flagship P8 smartphone on Wednesday, a device that stacks up against the latest models from Samsung and Apple in technical specifications if not marketing budget. The P8, which runs Google's Android operating system, has a 5.2 inch display screen -- slightly larger than the Samsung Galaxy S6, unveiled last month, and the iPhone 6 -- and an eight-core 64-bit processor. Made from a single piece of metal, the phone is thinner than its rivals, with a width of 6.4 millimeters, Huawei said at a packed global launch event in London. Huawei, a major player in the telecoms network equipment market, ranked fourth in global smartphone sales last year, shipping 68 million units, giving it a 5.5 percent share, according to research group Gartner.



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