KATHMANDU: Huawei Consumer Business Group has globally launched the Huawei Mate 8 smartphone recently at CES 2016, in Las Vegas. The product is a productivity-driven device with significantly enhanced power, efficiency and battery life, as per a press statement issued on Thursday. With new groundbreaking hardware, the Mate 8 is the first smartphone to run the Kirin 950 chipset, with CPU boosting power up 100 per cent, GPU performance up 125 per cent, and power efficiency up 70 per cent compared to the Kirin 925. The device’s architecture balances energy efficiency with high-end performance through 4 x A72 2.3 GHz processors and 4 x A53 1.8 GHz processors. Moreover, Huwaei also launched jewel and elegant versions of 2015’s premium smartwatch. Powered by Android Wear and both Android and iOS compatible, the Huawei Watch displays alerts for calls, texts, instant messages and emails. The watch also features Bluetooth connectivity for wireless headphones usage, meaning you can listen to offline music downloads while you work out.