Huawei’s entry-level lineup gets two new members today, the Huawei Y6P and Y5P, both of which share the same chipset as well as the support for Huawei Mobile Services in place of GMS. In addition, the Chinese tech giant also unveiled the MatePad T8 tablet alongside these two affordable smartphones.
Huawei Y6P
Starting with the superior one, the Huawei Y6P features a 6.4-inch IPS LCD display with HD+ resolution and a waterdrop notch that houses an 8MP selfie camera. The back offers a 13MP primary camera with an 8MP ultra-wide shooter and a 2MP macro sensor. There is also a capacitive fingerprint sensor for authentication. Under the hood, the Huawei Y6P carries Helio P22 chipset accompanied by 3GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage — expandable via microSD card. The phone runs on an impressive 5,000mAh battery but misses out on the fast charging trend, plus it also lacks the Type-C port in favor of outdated micro USB port. Out of the box, the phone boots on EMUI 10.1 on top of Android 10 lacking Google Mobile Services (GMS) — Huawei’s own HMS suite takes its place. The Huawei Y6P is available in black, green, and purple colors with a starting price of RON 799 (€165).
Huawei Y5P
Huawei Y5P has the same Helio P22 chipset but differs in almost all aspects, including the screen which measures 5.43-inch diagonally. It is a TFT LCD panel and has a thick top and bottom bezels with an 18:9 aspect ratio. There is a 5MP selfie shooter at the top bezel. The back panel has an 8MP camera with an LED flash. It has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage which is expandable via microSD cards. The battery is also downgraded to just 3,020mAh, carrying charge over the micro USB port. The phone runs on Android 10 with EMUI 10.1 and no GMS. As for the pricing, the Huawei Y5P which comes in black, blue, and mint colors will go on pre-order tomorrow for 599 RON (€125).
Huawei MatePad T8
Huawei recently transitioned the MediaPad series to MatePad and the MatePad T8 is the third model dropping this year after the MatePad Pro 5G and MatePad 10.4. The new tablet completes the cycle as the MatePad Pro is a flagship, the MatePad is a mid-range tablet and this new model is a budget-level slate. The new model has an 8-inch LCD panel with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. It has the classic bezels at the top and bottom edges of the display. The top houses a 2MP selfie shooter which most will likely not put to use. At the rear, there is a 5MP primary camera. Under the hood, we have the eight-core MTK8768 chipset, 2GB RAM and 16/32GB internal storage which is expandable via the microSD slot. The tablet equally crams a sizeable 5100 mAh battery and boots EMUI 10.0.1 on top of Android 10 out of the box. The Huawei MatePad T8 comes with a pocket-friendly RON 500 (€100) price tag and is available in only blue color.