The Huawei Mate 8 smartphone, which was unveiled last month by Chinese giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., is expected to go on sale in China, starting on Dec. 9.

The handset will be available in four versions. The first model has 3GB RAM and 32GB internal memory, and costs about $470. The second model has 4GB RAM, 64GB of memory and costs about $580.

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The third model packs 4GB RAM, a whopping 128GB memory and comes with a $690 price tag. The Champagne Edition, on the other hand, will cost $1075, according to GSM Arena.

The Huawei Mate 8 features a metal design and comes in Space Gray, Mocha Brown, Moonlight Silver and Champagne Gold colors.

In terms of the specs, the phone sports a 6.0-inch display screen with a 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution, and protected by Gorilla Glass 4. It runs on the Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system along with the Emotion UI 4.

The Mate 8 comes with Huawei's latest HiSilicon 950 processor under the hood, along with the Quad-core 2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 + quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex A53, and Mali-T880 GPU.

In addition, the processor is accompanied by a massive 4,000 mAh battery that offers up to 98 hours of music playing time. Other specs include a fingerprint scanner and support for Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity.

As of this time, it's still unclear when the Huawei Mate 8 will make its way to other markets outside of China, and how much it will cost internationally. The Chinese company is expected to bring the device to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016, which will take place in January.

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