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Hi all, whould be wise to move from a g4 to an honor8? Who wins in terms of:
-Camera (autofocus quality and speed and noise on low light pics),
-Browsing Speed,
-Updates over time,
-Screen quality (i changed 3 g4 and all had had screen issues like lines ect),
-Software Features (es gestures, shortcuts etc etc),
-Active battery runtime and charge speed,
-Heat (i've read honor 8 get hot in camera mode, dunno if it's solved with nowdays updates),
-Build quality and unit's faulty rate (not properly happy with the g4, moving over the screen issue, the back cover doesn't match well on the right bottom edge and remains half mm open)
It's going in the hands of a non-power user~
Thank you all in advange
Hey, i did exactly that because my G4 died, so i got a replacement one sold it and got an Honor 8.
Basically it was worth it, the device is faster, has a MUCH higher build quality. But ill just answer your questions (Just my thoughts however feel free to make your own judgement)
Camera (autofocus quality and speed and noise on low light pics) - Honor 8!
Browsing Speed - The Kirin feels faster - Honor 8 (but thats a close one)
Updates over time - Unclear, G4 still on MM, H8 still on MM
Screen quality (i changed 3 g4 and all had had screen issues like lines ect) - You said it, Honor 8 wins bigly.
-Software Features (es gestures, shortcuts etc etc) - Honor 8
-Active battery runtime and charge speed - Honor 8 (But you need to use the Huawei USB Type C Charger else it wont Fast-Charge!!)
-Heat (i've read honor 8 get hot in camera mode, dunno if it's solved with nowdays updates) - Nothing noticed, G4 went hot too
-Build quality and unit's faulty rate (not properly happy with the g4, moving over the screen issue, the back cover doesn't match well on the right bottom edge and remains half mm open)
Hope it helps. By the way there is almost no feature you'll be missing the honor8 even has the IR-blaster like the G4 did
thank you dude, just as i tought... my only doubt was about cam quality but i guess i wont be disappointed with the honor
ktwo said:
-Active battery runtime and charge speed - Honor 8 (But you need to use the Huawei USB Type C Charger else it wont Fast-Charge!!)
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I came from Ham2, link in my signature and I feel like the battery life doesn't last as long as my previous device. But with that being said, the battery size was definitely bigger on my Ham2 than Honor 8. But I am a super heavy user and the Ham2's battery should be shot by now, but it seems like the Ham2 still last longer than the Honor 8. I haven't used the G4 before, but I was consider it before I bought the Honor 8. Specs wise Honor 8 wins hands down over both of those phones.
ktwo, how is the battery life on yours? Can you go a whole day without it? With that being said, the Quick charge is amazing. I am still getting use to how fast it charges. I would recommend this device and no need to answer your questions as ktwo did an amazing job at that.
bubbasqueeze said:
Hi all, whould be wise to move from a g4 to an honor8? Who wins in terms of:
-Camera (autofocus quality and speed and noise on low light pics),
-Browsing Speed,
-Updates over time,
-Screen quality (i changed 3 g4 and all had had screen issues like lines ect),
-Software Features (es gestures, shortcuts etc etc),
-Active battery runtime and charge speed,
-Heat (i've read honor 8 get hot in camera mode, dunno if it's solved with nowdays updates),
-Build quality and unit's faulty rate (not properly happy with the g4, moving over the screen issue, the back cover doesn't match well on the right bottom edge and remains half mm open)
It's going in the hands of a non-power user~
Thank you all in advange
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I have used the LG G3 and G4 for quite a while and am very happy with the hardware on both. Fantastic cameras! My only frustration was LG's lack of upgrades.. to counter this I recently installed crDroid on them both and they are once again running superbly, on Nougat
I received an Honor 8 just a few days ago and have set it up with Google Now Launcher to look very much like all of my Android devices. It looks very nice (the Saphire Blue one) is about the same size as my Nexus 5X, it is fast, my first photos are sharp, but I wouldn't drop my G4 for the Honor 8, perhaps because I have become so used to the G4
You do get a lot for the money though..
my G4 was sent back for warranty repair because of the motherboard issue. It was gone for 2 months. Bought a Honor 8 as replacement.
It's back now, but I am still with the Honor 8, basically not missing the G4...
I have a Honor 8 but am really impressed with its camera, low noise level... The Fast charging is awesome, speed is also good
Go to honor 8 with closed eyes ! ...
ok ok ok it's is decided
I know it's already been decided, but I also moved from the G4 to the H8.
Camera: G4 (I wish it weren't so! I've tried so many camera apps, and almost 50% of the time, the images are blurry on my H8. How can I check if EIS is working / on?)
Browsing speed: H8 likely due to the 8 real cores. I would have terrible stuttering in any kind of app.
Updates over time: same, though H8 seems to win this via partnership with XDA.
Screen quality: Both for different reasons. G4 has higher res which is noticeable, but really 1080p on a 5.2in on the H8 is a great sweet spot.
Software features: H8 seems to have more practical features. Stock / CM still wins though.
Battery: H8 hands down for both SoT and charge speed.
Heat: H8, aluminum really helps.
Build quality: H8.
ROMs: H8 due to the XDA partnership, G4 (H811) was still locked.
All in all, H8 is a really great buy. On Black Friday, it was totally nuts at ~$265 or something like that.
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ok ok ok it's is decided
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Good Luck !.
camera is really my only doubt about the h8...in every review i watch it's stated be over-average, both on high and low light. The only real issue it does have is the lack of an ois, and i dont know if it's really going to impact a lot on the pictures or on the videos quality. I rly wish i could try it before changing my issued g4.
*in europe where i live, it's priced 360€
Check this to see if it's worth losing OIS.
http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=5&idPhone1=8195&idPhone2=6901&idPhone3=7815
on gsmarena comparison, regarding the photo samples, i notice a little blurrier, less noisy, less contrasted pics on the g4 especially on good light...h8 seems to perform better on low light and to catch more details....but the ISO are different and i'm no expert, so i cannot rly judge.
bubbasqueeze said:
Hi all, whould be wise to move from a g4 to an honor8? Who wins in terms of:
-Camera (autofocus quality and speed and noise on low light pics),
-Browsing Speed,
-Updates over time,
-Screen quality (i changed 3 g4 and all had had screen issues like lines ect),
-Software Features (es gestures, shortcuts etc etc),
-Active battery runtime and charge speed,
-Heat (i've read honor 8 get hot in camera mode, dunno if it's solved with nowdays updates),
-Build quality and unit's faulty rate (not properly happy with the g4, moving over the screen issue, the back cover doesn't match well on the right bottom edge and remains half mm open)
It's going in the hands of a non-power user~
Thank you all in advange
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Camera - I saw it can go either way, I've produced really great images with the Honor 8. But it does lack OIS and the G4 can take images in RAW so if you edit photos you can keep your G4 for that.
Browsing Speed - I would say even. Depends on your connectivity.
Software Updates - Right now, Honor 8. I'm already running a Nougat beta on my Honor 8, but then again the G4 is a year old phone.
Screen Quality - Honor 8 and G4 are both crispy.
Software Features - I would say Honor 8. With the Android Nougat beta, it came with a lot of the Stock nougat features like multiwindow.
Battery - I would say they're equal.
Heat - Honor 8 is better. It rarely heats up, even if it does it isn't as bad as the G4 heating up.
Build Quality - Honor 8. Materials are more high quality.
After breaking my G3 screen, I decided to look for a large (5.5 screen) and rootable phone. Since I was pretty happy with G3, I decided to give G4 a try and settled for used, unlocked t-mobile variant (H811). I must say that G4 is unimpressive (bulky and not very responsive) and the ROM support is segmented and not as good as G3.
Luckily, I ended up getting a series of bad refurbished phones (bad charging port, bad GPS, wrong variants). I think unless LG do something useful rather than useless gimmickry (basically just played with back covers for G4 and G5) the Gx line is dead.
With that in mind, I went for the smaller (5.2) and not-yet-root-able honor 8 because of the BF $240 deal. The biggest problem I had was to migrate system and apps settings due to the lack of titanium backup (actually why this is supported by Android itself). This turn out to be not too bad. I read that the EMUI is not android like but that difference is small comparing that of android versions or vendors differences. If only I could find a simple way to invoke the menu (not navigation pane) key for some really old apps, I would be very happy.
One more thing that irritated me on G3/G4 is that the knock code unlock is often hit-and-miss for me unless I turn off the screen first, on certain area of the screen, and do it slowly. All that frustration is gone now with honor 8's fingerprint sensor and it also keep the screen alive when i leave the finger there - and the unlock works even when the finger is upside down or sideways.
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I went for the smaller (5.2) and not-yet-root-able honor 8 because of the BF $240 deal.
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What do you mean? it's super easy to root.
I'm selling my LG V10 to my colleague and likely to get the Honor 8 next because I miss the smaller form factor and lighter feel. V10 is a great phone, even for 2016, but it's very bulky with a case. My only concern with Huawei is the software, I had a horrible experience with the Honor 5X software wise, even though I know my way around Android very well. So I'm looking to see if CM14.1 will be available for the 8, but I'm afraid it won't have the same camera quality, which is usually the case due to proprietary drivers. (Had similar experience with many other phones.)
The other option is to upgrade to the OnePlus 3T, but I really want to go small this time. I don't need fast phones or latest specs anymore, just a very good camera. Pixel is out of the question because I can't justify spending more than about $400 for phones anymore (especially without microSD) since there are so many good values out there. I might consider a Pixel if they have a very good deal with Google Fi.
eksasol said:
Pixel is out of the question because I can't justify spending more than about $400 for phones anymore .
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I agree. I won't be shelling out big money for the latest and greatest anymore with these companies pumping out high quality affordable devices. Btw, I had the pixel, I'd take the Honor 8 over it any day.
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I'm selling my LG V10 to my colleague and likely to get the Honor 8 next because I miss the smaller form factor and lighter feel. V10 is a great phone, even for 2016, but it's very bulky with a case. My only concern with Huawei is the software, I had a horrible experience with the Honor 5X software wise, even though I know my way around Android very well. So I'm looking to see if CM14.1 will be available for the 8, but I'm afraid it won't have the same camera quality, which is usually the case due to proprietary drivers. (Had similar experience with many other phones.)
The other option is to upgrade to the OnePlus 3T, but I really want to go small this time. I don't need fast phones or latest specs anymore, just a very good camera. Pixel is out of the question because I can't justify spending more than about $400 for phones anymore (especially without microSD) since there are so many good values out there. I might consider a Pixel if they have a very good deal with Google Fi.
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There is cm for honor 8 but it's dodgy and stuff needs to be fixed
OnePlus 3T / Honor 8 / Axon 7 - which is better?
I want strong battery and good camera.
Honor 8 have better camera than OP3T? good pictures on low light conditions?
what about development community?
1. The best phone is the one that suits your needs or most of them
2.There is no perfect phone hat you gain somewhere you lose elsewhere
3.There are a gazillion of reviews on youtube about the phones you want to check
4. The development for honor 8 is as you can see on roms,kernels section
I would choose between Honor 8 and OnePlus 3T. To be honest i wanted the OP3T very very much but i finished buying the H8.
If you want good 3D performance for gaming,decent camera and aluminium build go for OP3T.
If you want a fcking beautifull design,a very fast phone in daily use,decent camera but you dont play to much graphics intensive games go for H8.
I cant make a difference between this 2,both are amazing smarthones but let's say something more.
H8 is not a phone to throw,i think even a little drop would crack some glass and it's very very slippery. A case and a tempered glass is recommended. But we didnt forgot the OP3T ? Why i didnt get it ? Come one,on the site it's says "Delivered whithin 9 days"... I think they wanted to say 9 months but let's forget that. The other problem is that a lot of people are saying that is better to dont get a device with snappdragon 821 because drains battery faster. After all it's an amazing phone,but the kirin 950 runs faster than snap 821 in real test. The battery it's fine too,i get every time like 5-6h SoT and i'm ok with that. But i have only one problem with,the zoom,dont even think to take a photo or a video with zoom. I hope you understand what i tryed to say and i hope this will help you ðŸ‘
Btw,this phone worth buying.
Just go with the 3T if you want development and good camera
one plus has best support and community
But H8 have better camera than OP3T, No?
no customs roms for H8 and stock isnt very good..
OP3T get 8-9h SOT sometimes...
I dont know which is better to me.
I dont playing heavy games.
saarxee said:
But H8 have better camera than OP3T, No?
no customs roms for H8 and stock isnt very good..
OP3T get 8-9h SOT sometimes...
I dont know which is better to me.
I dont playing heavy games.
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If you can pay and wait months for the phone go get the OP3T.
I can't say which camera is better,you can look on youtube reviews.
Why wait months? 10 days delivery.
saarxee said:
Why wait months? 10 days delivery.
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Just go on their facebook page and see how lots of people are complaining about the delivery time. Some bought the phone in the first day of launch and they are still waiting for it.
This was a difficult choice for me as well. I had OnePlus in the past, one of the thing that annoyed me most them were various bugs in their firmware, although I can't comment how they are doing now with OxygenOS.
To me OnePlus 3T is overall a better device for consumption. Bigger AMOLED screen and very fast performance with lots of rams for both apps and games. Also lots of custom roms support.
In term of camera I think it depends on what you use it for. The 3T will clearly be better for video recording since it has 4K recording and OIS. Although it's 16MP front camera seems to be a downgrade compared the 8MP on the original 3, because of much smaller pixel size letting in less lights.
To me the Honor 8 is better for still shots because of the larger pixel size and the dual camera which really help with dynamics. The Honor 8 can decent photos late in the day and gets really sharp with macroshots.
I think you only pick the Honor 8 if you want specific things from it. Like the smaller size, microSD support and the good camera for photos, those were more important factors to me than performance. On the software size, Huawei have lots to improve, but Nougat version is coming out in Feb.
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But H8 have better camera than OP3T, No?
no customs roms for H8 and stock isnt very good..
OP3T get 8-9h SOT sometimes...
I dont know which is better to me.
I dont playing heavy games.
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So it's up to camera, both are good, but I'll go for the 3T if I shoot videos a lot
OP3T good camera?
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OP3T good camera?
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Yes
I like the Honor design and because it I want to buy this phone...
I dont know!!!
In my opinion the Honor 8 is an excellent phone. As said before there is always a trade off with any phones you'll ever consider. After having my Honor 8 for the past 2 months or so here are my impressions of it so far.
The camera on the Honor 8 is excellent for still photos and does fairly well in low light shots because of the monochrome sensor.
One concern I've seen many reviewers commenting on was the fact that the Honor 8 has a 1080p display. Even though it isn't 1440p the display is crisp and shows no pixelation. The screen on default color settings has a bit of a blue hue to it but that can easily be changed in the settings to a warmer more seemingly accurate color profile.
The Kirin processor is an excellent CPU, very efficient and performs well. The GPU will suffice for I'd probably 99% of the games available for Android. It also comes with a nice 4GB of RAM and I haven't had many issues with it needing to reload recently opened apps.
Although Huawei skinned Android with their EMUI it really isn't the worst UI I've seen on a phone. Though, if you do get the Honor 8 then I highly recommend updating to the Nougat beta. Now, one of the most impressive aspects of this phone however is the fingerprint scanner. It's one of the quickest and most accurate I've ever used. I don't think any phone that has a fingerprint scanner can compete with the Honor 8's.
My previous phone was a Galaxy S7 and one thing I have to say is that my S7 much like most Samsung phones in the past have so many gimmicky features that I find useless. Unlike the S7 though the Honor 8 in this aspect has a wide variety of actually useful features. One of those features is the Smart key which is a button apart of the fingerprint scanner. You can set it to open apps, turn on flashlight, camera, etc.
Overall, much like the vast majority of people who have bought the Honor 8 I'm extremely satisfied with the phone.
Honor 8 is cheaper too, you can get one for less than $300.
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On the software size, Huawei have lots to improve, but Nougat version is coming out in Feb.
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There is a way to upgrade to latest beta without any boot unlocking/rooting/wiping your data/etc.
Haven't encountered any issues on the beta and it's even more fluid, functional and beautiful than EMUI 4.1.
saarxee said:
I like the Honor design and because it I want to buy this phone...
I dont know!!!
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Tell me what do you want/priorities to have from your next phone!
Good camera
good battery
good build quality and good development.
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Good camera
good battery
good build quality and good development.
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Then go with the 3T, as honor 8 have poor development. (1+ released all the necessary files for the development of the 3T)
But Honor 8 is more beautiful and better camera...
So I'm having trouble deciding between the 6x and the 8. I'm coming from a Nextbit Robin with a Snapdragon 808 and 3GB of RAM. I use NFC to bump to my camera, but I can live without it if it saves me enough money.
I'm gathering that the 6X display isn't quite as nice as the honor 8's (density, lack of oleophobic, etc), but otherwise how is the performance and what made you pick the budget version over the more expensive "flagship" 8? I must admit, one of my big hesitations is EMUI- I'm a fan of stock Android, and many of my touchwiz etc devices have been flashed to CM/OmniRom/Lineage OS, etc to get the original Android feel back. Heck, even my Nextbit robin which is quite stock out of the box aside from a custom launcher, is now running OmniRom with more-or-less weekly updates that are surprisingly stable. Which of the two phones have more stock-like custom roms available?
I'd think the 8, but I'm seeing a lot of unfinished WIPs Anything stable enough for daily driver on the Honor or 6x?
Hi, the performance of this phone fits well with an high usage, i came from a dead S4 Mini on this phone due to the report price/quality and I'm very satisfied; it never gets hot, so the ram is well managed by the SoC and camera quality is awesome, for example; the only thing that suffers on devices with Huawei's Kirin processors, for as much they can handle the phone well, is a strong development community behind. We have a team working on custom Roms, but as you could imagine it can't be compared to the strength of devices powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors, wide open to third-party development, and so supported by many more teams of developers. Huawei released sources for Honor 8 and 6X too, but there are still some known bugs on cooked roms; like the possibility to use the stock Huawei camera app, that gives his best on pictures results. Or HwComposer bug, that have an impact on UI performances making it laggy. Looks like other developers aren't interested in working with Kirin processors at the moment. Aside this, i dunno if custom ROMs situation at the moment is better on 6X or 8 because i own a 6X and i know a few about honor 8, but not the state of rom development. It should be better on 8 at the moment if I'm not wrong, but bugs mentioned above are still present. If you mind to have a strong mid-range phone at a good price, go for 6X. If you want some more, go for 8
Yeah, the unique dual-sensor camera is something I'm concerned about as I'm sure that isn't even close to standardized, so I was thinking it would probably only work properly on the original factory firmware. Camera is a pretty significant part of the decision process on this phone, so having to choose between clean Google UI without any unexpected quirks (I've heard about EMUI's power management aggressively closing background apps among other things), or having that beautiful camera work properly.
With all due respect, coming from the S4 Mini this must have been a huge upgrade for you! The s4 mini didn't even have 2GB of ram if I recall correctly, and very underpowered dual core CPU. I'm coming from a Snapdragon flagship-class chip with 3GB.
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I agree with you, to me camera is an important thing too to keep in mind while choosing a device. Here surely you wouldn't make a wrong step, I am very satisfied by the camera that this phone is carrying with him. EMUI's background killer instinct is adjustable however it let you choose which apps kill or not, something similar to Greenify.
Regarding my old Sammy, it's bad that it just hard-broke one day from another due to a simple call received. I answered, and then it suddenly shut off... Forever. I've tried a lot of stuff, nothing worked. It's a stone now. I'm sure that this is exactly a programmed obsolescence by Samsung, especially after the hundreds, or better, thousands of help threads that I've seen appearing both on XDA and other tech forums in the same splice of time. You're right it had 1,5GB of ram, it has been a great jump of performances indeed. Which phone you have anyway?
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I agree with you, to me camera is an important thing too to keep in mind while choosing a device. Here surely you wouldn't make a wrong step, I am very satisfied by the camera that this phone is carrying with him. EMUI's background killer instinct is adjustable however it let you choose which apps kill or not, something similar to Greenify.
Regarding my old Sammy, it's bad that it just hard-broke one day from another due to a simple call received. I answered, and then it suddenly shut off... Forever. I've tried a lot of stuff, nothing worked. It's a stone now. I'm sure that this is exactly a programmed obsolescence by Samsung, especially after the hundreds, or better, thousands of help threads that I've seen appearing both on XDA and other tech forums in the same splice of time. You're right it had 1,5GB of ram, it has been a great jump of performances indeed. Which phone you have anyway?
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I'm using a P8 Lite 2017, and the 12MP camera is amazing, so I can only imagine the Honor 6X is even better. I came from a Galaxy Note 4 (Snapdragon 805 and 3GB RAM) and I can assure you that the Kirin 655 is well optimized. I'd say go for the 6X and have money to spare. You won't be disappointed
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I'm using a P8 Lite 2017, and the 12MP camera is amazing, so I can only imagine the Honor 6X is even better. I came from a Galaxy Note 4 (Snapdragon 805 and 3GB RAM) and I can assure you that the Kirin 655 is well optimized. I'd say go for the 6X and have money to spare. You won't be disappointed
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Shoots awesome pictures, it just lose some points on photos with low light. Details are wonderful! The Kirin handles the phone in an excellent manner. The really weak point is development community
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Shoots awesome pictures, it just lose some points on photos with low light. Details are wonderful! The Kirin handles the phone in an excellent manner. The really weak point is development community
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I agree completely. Fingers crossed that our devices receive Android 8
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I agree completely. Fingers crossed that our devices receive Android 8
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Fingers crossed that the Oreo-EMUI fusion won't be worst than Nougat, more than everything battery performance was way better optimized on Marshmallow than on Nougat... Because if Huawei fails on this, i prefer to remain on Nougat
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Fingers crossed that the Oreo-EMUI fusion won't be worst than Nougat, more than everything battery performance was way better optimized on Marshmallow than on Nougat... Because if Huawei fails on this, i prefer to remain on Nougat
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I find battery life with the 3000mah battery in my P8 Lite 2017 mediocre. The phone shipped with Nougat out of the box so I don't have experience with the Kirin 655 on Marshmallow. However, my Huawei P8 had great battery life on Marshmallow even though it used a power hungry Kirin 930 and had a substantially smaller battery. Nougat and EMUI 5 is brilliant however as it has the app drawer option finally available. I also like the quick toggles and notification shade. I wish we had the transparent notification shade and more gestures like the high end devices. Rooting is very risky at the moment as there is too many steps. It's disappointing that the UI elements were disabled in the software
What is the price difference between these two models on your region. That is also one of the biggest factor for comparison.
Camera - is better on 8 and does well woth same MP of pixels for rear cam amd performs well in low light as well. With that said, 6X is definitely not a bad option for camwra, it does well dor sure.
Battery -better on 6X, i think, with 3340 mAh but as honor 8 has a smalled screen, it may be neck to neck here.
Design- both has it own cons and pros. 8 is simply awesome in blue but with glass design you may need to be careful as it may be slippery. On the other hand, 6X looks stunning in metal body but camera bump is bad and could be damagee easily if not managed. Design wise, 8 is better on any day.
Custom rom development- 8 has got many roms than 6X and i dont we may see much here for 6X.
Android O update- not officially disclosed but 8 will get (99.99%) and there are lot of confusion on 6X update but it should get (99.98% LOL).
Screen size- 5.2 of Honor 8 is much handy and easily carried in pocket than 6X but if you dont have issues with 5.5 inch screen.
Dual sim- your region may not have dual sim support (Indian variant has this issue)
Honor 8 was a upper mid range flagship level phone and 6X is excellent mid range model.
Rest your choice :good:
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I find battery life with the 3000mah battery in my P8 Lite 2017 mediocre. The phone shipped with Nougat out of the box so I don't have experience with the Kirin 655 on Marshmallow. However, my Huawei P8 had great battery life on Marshmallow even though it used a power hungry Kirin 930 and had a substantially smaller battery. Nougat and EMUI 5 is brilliant however as it has the app drawer option finally available. I also like the quick toggles and notification shade. I wish we had the transparent notification shade and more gestures like the high end devices. Rooting is very risky at the moment as there is too many steps. It's disappointing that the UI elements were disabled in the software
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I agree, the drawer is way better, using a launcher could help even if this wouldn't happened already with the upgrade to EMUI 5 but giving the chance to the user to choose the home style is a must. For transparent notification menu, there's a voice in the local.prop file in root/system/emui/lite/prop that with a little change of a Boolean value from true to false, gives transparent notification panel and enables the camera to shoot raw pictures (if didn't enabled already by default), but could have an impact on UI with some lags while scrolling. I had rooted my phone 3 weeks after that i bought it and even if harder than other phones, it was essential to enable an adblock and another feature not available by default on all 6X models, it's the call record feature. Some countries have it enabled from beginning, other not because more restrictive in privacy laws. But here on XDA i found everything that was necessary to do it
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What is the price difference between these two models on your region. That is also one of the biggest factor for comparison.
Camera - is better on 8 and does well woth same MP of pixels for rear cam amd performs well in low light as well. With that said, 6X is definitely not a bad option for camwra, it does well dor sure.
Battery -better on 6X, i think, with 3340 mAh but as honor 8 has a smalled screen, it may be neck to neck here.
Design- both has it own cons and pros. 8 is simply awesome in blue but with glass design you may need to be careful as it may be slippery. On the other hand, 6X looks stunning in metal body but camera bump is bad and could be damagee easily if not managed. Design wise, 8 is better on any day.
Custom rom development- 8 has got many roms than 6X and i dont we may see much here for 6X.
Android O update- not officially disclosed but 8 will get (99.99%) and there are lot of confusion on 6X update but it should get (99.98% LOL).
Screen size- 5.2 of Honor 8 is much handy and easily carried in pocket than 6X but if you dont have issues with 5.5 inch screen.
Dual sim- your region may not have dual sim support (Indian variant has this issue)
Honor 8 was a upper mid range flagship level phone and 6X is excellent mid range model.
Rest your choice :good:
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By the time Honor 8 was released, it was a high end flagship level phone. But since OEMs are very quick, it is considered as mid-range now.
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Hello
I have a 2.5 year old Nexus 5x and am seriously thinking about getting a new phone. I've narrowed it down to two choices.
The Oneplus 6 (8gb/128gb) that I could get for around 550€ with the student discount. The phone is everything I ever wished for, except for the camera, which I fear might be a downgrade from Nexus 5x and the not so good customer service.
The other one is Huawei p20 pro, which I could get for 570€ from my carrier. It is a great phone, but I really dislike the EMUI. I was not very impressed with the camera (I've seen some mixed reviews from people). Hardware is amazing, but I really dislike their postprocessing (the oversharpening and oversaturated colours) and I've read that gcam port is probably unlikely because of the Kirin processor. I also don't know how Huawei phones hold out long term (speed, lagging, software updates...).
I plan to keep the phone for 2-3 years. Things that are important to me are stock software and I also want a good camera (at least on par with my nexus 5x). I don't game and I mostly use the phone for calling, texting, listening to music, taking pictures and browsing the internet. It is important to me that the phone stays fast and doesn't lag throught it's lifetime and that it gets enough software updates.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Edit: Decided to go with the Oneplus 6. Thank you all for your answers!
I'm having both of them, and boy.. You can't imagine how much I hate EMUI. It's a nice phone, I rly like the Twilight color with the Black frame (switched the Backcover) but it's a pain to flash, stock EMUI looks like **** and overall I'm just enjoying my OP6 way more then I do the P20 Pro. The Camera ain't that bad, but compared to the P20 Pro it's quality is just poor. But that's a thing I can safely survive with.
Had a P10 Pro and EMUI is simply horrible. I put it up against my 5t and the 5t won. I also recall reading that they no longer allow you to get an unlock code for the bootloader.
I have both devices as well. The camera on the p20 pro is definitely knock out, but if you value software experience at all, you'll hate it. EMUI is a clunky mess. Updating the device is a pain, it's really heavy handed with closing background apps (Android messages for web won't run consistently, for example) and in general, it's ugly imo.
I carry the oneplus 6 each day because I enjoy using it. I have been switching sims each weekend when I value pictures of my kids, etc. Ultimately, it'll find it's way to eBay.
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Ultimately, it'll find it's way to eBay.
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Try selling on Swappa. I've sold 6 phones though them in the last year and much better than eBay. I think I sold every one of my phones in less than a week.
Emui is not the end of the world. If you dislike it I would pick the OnePlus device. Btoh have pros and cons though. Huawei latest flagships don't have the slowdown like samsungs. So you can get the bells and whistles plus a consistent experience. Most importantly comparable battery with all the extras.
Like most Chinese oem's they all want to be apple/Samsung.
OnePlus is stockksh on a 1080p panel with the best hardware a available. So of course it's fast. Average device across the board. Biggest pro is extra hour of sot vs most phones(heavy user). Root and dev community.
Huawei will not be giving out bootloader codes after July(google actual date) but stock Android is available for a good majority of devices if interested.
op6 > p20 pro
my p20 pro got sluggish AF a month after usage.
op6 remains fast as day 1
I've seen videos of severe scrolling lag in basic apps like contacts on p20. It seems like EMUI has some issues it needs to work out first.
I just sold my p20 after using it for just a few hours LTE speeds were slower (55mpbs vs OP6 pulling 78mbps). As well as a bug utilizing the navbar on the device was buggy. When you enable navbar, it doesn't disable the fingerprint sensor from acting like a home button....so you have two home buttons side by side.
I would like to add that the costumer service is incredible (at least if you are a European citizen). I was never a fan of Samsung's/Huaweis aftersale support since it took me once 3 weeks to change the display of an SG S6.
Changing the display and the back cover of the OP3 costed me approximately 130€ with free DHL Express shipping. It took 3 working days until it was in GER again. I shipped it on Monday(early) and received the repaired smartphone on Wednesday evening (express courier).
For the software part: You will have 2 major updates and 36 months security updates (check your for reference: https://www.google.de/amp/s/www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-software-maintenance-schedule/amp/ )
Google port and custom roms is a big plus for the OP6. Camera is more then decent, it won't produce pictures like the Pixel 2, but the white balance / colour profile is pretty good ( maybe a bit to satured reds/orange - if you want to be very picky).
Overall i would go for the OP6 anytime.
I've owned a Huawei Mate 9 Pro, an Huawei Mate 10 and an Honor View 10. This must tell you that EMUI isn't as bad as all that. It isn't really.
The cameras and the camera software are outstanding. They even put my current Samsung S9+ to shame.
My concerns were :
Software updates - not too frequent, plus they like to 'authorise' a device for an update. Unlike OP where you can just use a VPN and get the update regardless of where you are, here you have to wait for authorisation or 'pay' and get the update from Funky Huawei.
I found on occasion, that despite some settings, things like some background apps were being killed or frozen. Stuff like Android Wear or the ThreeInTouch Wifi app. Some widgets wouldn't update. I don't think, going forward that Huawei are going to let you unlock bootloaders.
If you value a simpler OS that is updated and easy to root, unlock the bootloader and camera is secondary - get the OP.
If you adore having excellent photos, then get the P20 Pro - you won't regret it.
If the only thing concerning you about the OP6 is the camera (in comparison to 5X) - having both devices I can reassure you OP6 camera is miles better than Nexus 5X. And I wouldn't suggest buying Huawei to anyone. I think the oneplus offers the most nexus like software experience between all the OEM's right now
I can't speak about the P20 but I had a Mate 10 Pro and I sold it as I just didn't like EMUI at all. Compared to OOS it's just bad.
You'll better software support on the OnePlus 6. Huawei's software support track record isn't great. P20 Pro probably won't see Android P till Early 2019. OnePlus are offering Android P Betas right now.
From the comparisons I've seen online. The OnePlus 6 is faster, more RAM, camera is pretty even with both winning over the other in different situations.
The OS is great superior over EMUI and you will get update after update with OnePlus. The development community is far superior and of course insane battery with the fastest charging available with OnePlus dash charging.
I have the OnePlus 6 obviously, but faster phone, faster charging, stock like OS great camera and better support with updates and now OnePlus has come out and confirmed... 2 years OS updates and 3 YEARS security updates. It's a no brainier in my opinion.
Thank you all for your answers! I ordered the 1+6 today together with the nylon case. Really excited for it to come.
will we receive update to emui 8.1?
I like the camera app on the p20. I can finaly switch the camera with a confortable way.
I can't really see, other than security patches, any further updates on the 9. It will be "officially" 2 years old in November.
2 years doesn't sound like a lot, but in the realm of electronics, it's a lifetime.
That's at least what they want you to believe, it helps to let customers give up on their current devices and pay for new gadgets.
Btw. what is the benefit of switching the camera app on Huawei devices? I have tried to use my beloved open camera only to see, that pictures taken with it on Mate 9 and View 10 are much worse than the ones the stock app produces. Especially in darker conditions. It's a shame...