Honor 8 - a powerful flagship with a chic design

Huawei made a smart enough decision when it highlighted the Honor line of phones into a separate subsidiary brand. Thus, the owners of the company can receive money from sales of two brands, while absorbing a larger market. In general, devices that go under different names have some similarities, but there are a number of differences. Below we will talk about the phone Honor 8, which at one time became the flagship of the direction. This is quite a powerful device with a good processor and RAM, but it is not this that has shaped its main interest. The fact is that the main focus when creating was placed on design. In fairness it should be noted that he is really not bad, but first things first.

Specifications

It was said above that the phone has a rather attractive design and was able to find its buyer.But no less important are technical specifications, which are also at altitude.

Honor 8 is a phone that has received a really impressive iron. There is a powerful processor, high-quality display, a full set of wireless interfaces. At the time of release of the model, it was almost the only device that got all possible interfaces. Other Chinese manufacturers for a long time preferred to distance themselves from the NFC standard, IR also met far from all devices.

But most importantly, the phone received expandable memory. A frequent problem faced by the owners of good and not cheap phones is the limitation on the amount of memory. Yes, today it is important for many to put two SIM cards, but there are cases when a very large drive is needed, and it cannot be installed even if you donate one of the cards of mobile service providers.

Important! Memory 4 and 64Gb is the most expensive version of the phone, you can buy a simpler phone with 32Gb, and in case of lack of storage, expand it by replacing one of the SIM cards. The price of the phone at the start of sales is 28 and 30 thousand rubles for different memories, respectively.

Standard equipment: device, key, cable, power supply, manual, warranty card.

Huawei Honor 8

Design

The first thing I want to mention in the design of the Honor 8 smartphone is colors. The smartphone looks like a competitor Galaxy S6 or S7, but unlike them, it color holds well. The mirror surface reflects the sun beautifully, while the color always remains as it was intended by the manufacturer. A total of 4 options are available: blue, black, white and gold.

Another nice fact that speaks about the quality of coverage - it does not leave prints and greasy traces. Often the phones, whose surface is mirrored and made of glass, are very easily soiled and they must be worn in a case. For Huawei Honor 8 this does not apply, and the reviews say that all colors are equally resistant to all sorts of pollution.

The second important point that concerns the phone - scratch resistance. Obviously, wearing without a cover over time will lead to the surface being covered with some scratches.This is inevitable, but at the same time they are not too noticeable, and they do not appear at the slightest touch. However, the protection of the device does not hurt, and with the purchase of a cover it is better not to pull. Metal faces are more resistant and, as practice shows, as well as numerous Honor 8 reviews, it is very difficult to accidentally damage them.

Important! The materials from which the phone is made are environmentally friendly. They are fully ROHS and REACH compliant.

Huawei Honor 8 has a large diagonal of 5.2 inches, while the phone is well in the hand. First of all, this was achieved due to the rounded edges of the back cover and the front side. Ergonomics is one of the most powerful and thoughtful sides of a device.

The phone display has oleophobic coating and protected by tempered glassit is quite difficult to break it. The location of the controls in the smartphone is as follows.

1. On the front side above the display, the user will see a speaker, a camera for taking selfies, light and proximity sensors. At the bottom you can see the brand name. The control buttons light up directly on the display.
   

2. The back cover is a round scanner of prints,which has the function of a mechanical button and can be separately configured. Above him is a double flash. Left side is a double camera, between the camera and the flash the laser focus lights.
3. The bottom end is plastic notches, under which the antennas are hidden, a charging socket, a headphone jack, a speaker.
   

4. Upper end - infrared port, microphone.
   
5. The left side is a combo card slot.
   
6. Right side - turn on and volume. Both buttons are metal, have a corrugated surface, slightly protrude. The buttons are made with high quality, there is no backlash.
   

Display and battery

Display resolution in the smartphone Honor 8 - FHD, it is made by IPS technology. Various tests show that the color rendition is very decent, the only negative is that the brightness of the black is overestimated, that is, it will not be displayed correctly. Phone has anti-reflective coating which shows itself very well when exposed to direct sunlight.

The phone's battery can hardly be called very capacious: in the characteristics of Honor 8, it is clear that its supply is 3000 mAh. Of this enough for 15 hours of average loads per day. With games and videos, things are not so rosy. If the movie in HD format can be watched continuously for 7 hours, then the device will be able to please with toys no more than 3-4 hours.

The low energy efficiency in the Honor 8 phone is compensated fast charging. 10 minutes of replenishing the capacity will be enough for 2 hours of talking and 6 hours of listening to music, and 30 minutes of charging is enough for the phone to dial 47% of its capacity.

Processor and memory

The main chipset in the smartphone is Huawei’s own development, Kirin 950. It has 8 cores that traditionally work in fours. The smartphone perfectly copes with any tasks, be it games, surfing or active communication in instant messengers. The device does not slow down, does not hang, and the overall impression is extremely positive. The pleasant fact is that even with loads the device practically not heated.

The capabilities of Honor 8 are quite wide, we can safely say that it is suitable for a variety of tasks. Using a device for work, games, shooting a photo or video - all this is done on Honor 8. He adequately cope with any loads.The native memory in the model is available 32 or 64 gigabytes, the maximum capacity of expandable memory is 128 gigabytes.

The device is equipped dual antenna wireless networkThis provides a more stable reception.

Important! There is one nuance in the operation of the device - it periodically switches to EDGE and does not want to see LTE at all, you can eliminate it by rebooting. Most likely, the minus is in the firmware, and it is difficult to consider it a failure in the phone.

Despite the fact that the speed of the phone provides 4 gigabytes of memory, and it works really smartly, sometimes it seems that this memory is spent nowhere. A simple example: logging into the browser, and after typing a couple of messages in the messengers, the user will be faced with the fact that the phone will need to refresh the page. Again, the nuance is not the most critical, many will simply not notice it.

Camera

The next important parameter that users often worry about is taking photos and videos. Camera Honor 8 double. Her task is broaden the dynamic range and blur the background. This approach to the creation can hardly be called new, because in fact, the camera came to this device from P9. However, for all the sensations, the modules here are still different.

So, the main camera is represented by two modules - color and black and white. Their resolution is 12 megapixels. Focusing speed is very high, the range even without HDR is very wide. Some defects appear on the photo when shooting at night, but In general, the pictures are of high quality. The maximum video size that the device can shoot - FHD, in the description stated that the maximum number of frames here will be 60.

Selfie camera standard - 8 megapixels. It has a wide angle, but still inferior to Samsung phones in a similar price segment. The pictures are quite good, but no more. In general, the review of the camera in the new phone makes no sense. It can be safely called good, and the price of the phone is fully justified. In the camera application, the set of functions is standard - different scenes, shooting in HDR, manual mode, blurring the background, panorama and others.

Conclusion

The Honor 8 smartphone is quite a decent device with a couple of minuses and a lot of advantages that outweigh the disadvantages. The disadvantages include:

Among the advantages of a special place is ergonomics: despite the fact that the dimensions of Honor 8 are not the smallest, it fits perfectly both in a man’s hand and in a woman’s hand. Different colors allow you to choose a device for representatives of all genders. In addition, the phone has all the modern standards of communication, a dual radio antenna, which makes communication truly more stable. So what is probably the most important thing for a smartphone - he is fast, powerful, takes good pictures. For your money, the device turned out to be competitive and interesting.

Huawei Honor 8