After months of rumours, leaks and reports, Huawei has finally unveiled the company's flagship phablet. Dubbed the Huawei Mate 8, the phablet is a successor to the Mate 7 and will go on sale after CES 2016, where other details such as pricing and availability will be revealed.

Overall design is very similar to its predecessor. It still has a metal chassis with 2.5D glass. The biggest changes are under the hood, where it is now powered by Kirin 950 chipset with an octa-core processor clocked at up to 2.3 GHz. Inside the chipset is also an i5 coprocessor that "supports speech recognition, low-power consumption MP3, all the functions of a sensor hub, fused location provider (FLP) navigation, and reduces location-based power consumption."

Three versions will be available, including 3GB/32GB, 4GB/64GB, and 4GB/128GB, while a large 4,000 mAh battery powers the phone. There is an 8 MP front-facing unit with Sony's latest IMX298 16 MP sensor at the back alongside fingerprint scanner.

In terms of software, it runs the company's next-generation EMUI 4.0 OS based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.