The Honor 8 is coming to the U.S. and Europe next month.
Honor, Huawei's subbrand, announced that the Honor 8 is set to come to the U.S. next month (as well as to Europe, though details will be finalized at a launch event on August 24).
Built on the foundation of the excellent Huawei P9, though eschewing the dual-toned all-metal design for a metal-and-glass look, the Honor 8 will arrive in early September for $399 for a 32GB model, and $449 for a 64GB model. It shares the same vivid 5.2-inch 1080p IPS display as the P9, but steps down the processor to a Kirin 950 from the slightly-faster Kirin 955. Thankfully, Honor saw fit to add an extra gigabyte of RAM to the Honor 8, giving it 4GB in total and a spring to its performance step.
Along with Huawei's EMUI 4.1 software, which sits on top of Android 6.0, the Honor 8 features dual 12MP rear cameras — one color, one monochrome — and an ultra-fast fingerprint sensor.
The phone will be available in three colors, Sapphire Blue, Pearl White, and Midnight Black, though the blue version will be a Best Buy exclusive for 60 days. Pre-orders begin August 17 and end September 3, and each pre-order will receive a $50 gift card from that participating retailer for accessories or anything else in the store.
While there are no carrier partners in the U.S., the phone will be available in both sizes at Amazon, Best Buy, B&H Photo Video, and Newegg, along with HiHonor.com.
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Honor 8 is the affordable Huawei P9, coming to the U.S. for $399
That's a bummer that the Blue is exclusive to BB for a bit, but that's okay, I can wait.
$50 gift card only at BestBuy? Or at any retailer with pre order?
If you pre-order it from the Honor website, you get a $50 discount, so that's pretty cool. I believe the article over at Android Police said you get a gift card from all the retailer's.
I've decided to replace my LG G4.
The honor 8 looks like the one.
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Yess.
If I had the money I would too!!
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Looking forward to a full review on this. Debating between Oneplus3 and Axon 7... and now this.
I think ur getting more bang for the buck with either the oneplus 3 or the axon 7,and the gpu in the honor isn't all that great for gaming if ur into to that sorta thing.
We need an AC shootout comparison between these 3. I'm leaning Axon on the specs and OP3 on the OS upgrades. ZTE's allowing bootloader unlocks, but voids your warranty. Is the Honor 8 even in the same ballpark?
I know the ZTE has gotten a review here, beyond that, it's been pretty much ignored, while the OP3 makes the Best Android List?, Lets see some straight up comparisons between the 3 phones mentioned above!
Looks nice
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I sure with CDMA,you are SOL,as usual.Not the fault of the phone makers,though,just antiquated CDMA that no one else in the world uses.
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This actually looks better than the p9 Imo. No Leica branded glass this time?
Probably the same lens, it's just the licencing deal didn't extend to the Honour Line.
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Finally Huawei is putting out something that is considered to be a flagship phone in the united States!
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Downgrading the SoC for an extra GB of RAM is probably a better move, honestly. At a quick glance, the only difference in 950 and 955 is a slightly lower clock on the A72 cores? Yup, I'll take an extra GB of RAM.
After having a phone with an Intel SOC, I'm going to have to buy a Qualcomm powered phone next. SOC teething problems are no joke. Kirin is a great beer but I'd rather choose the mainstream.
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I'd be really interested in the UK pricing on this, given that the P9 is already really competitive at as low £300. If the honour 8 is £250, that's an amazing phone for the price, but makes the decision between it and the P9 a tricky one.
I really like the design of both phones too. I'm not sure if I prefer the metal or glass back best.
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Direct conversion of $399 dollars into £ is £306.80. So it is probably unlikely to be selling for sub £300. If anything we're talking £350+ when you add in VAT
O2 are currently selling the P9 for £307. So... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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There you go then. P9 is an obvious choice then. I'm surprised at how low the price is of P9 in UK compared to rest of the world.
I love the design of the P9. It's kinda like Huawei iterated and perfected the design of the Nexus 6P making it better built and better looking. Then again, that blue Honor 8 is drop dead gorgeous. If I'd to choose between the two, I'd go mad lol.
I guess if the price is about the same, the decision depends on whether you want that extra gig of RAM in the Honor 8.
I'm kinda surprised a phone with a Kirin processor is allowed to come to the US
That glass backing is beautiful. But overall the screen is too small.
Did Huawei mention their software update plans/schedule for the device? I am guessing Nexus phones will get more updates by the end of this year than Huawei will provide for this phone during its useful life. Sorry, updates are too important. Nexus only for me.
And before you start blaming carriers consider this…if OEMs like Huawei started to ignore what carriers were doing, and started providing software updates on a regular basis, it would not be long before all the carriers had a backlog of updates that they were keeping from their customers.
Can you imagine the pressure on the carriers to change their policies if that were the case? Pressure not only from customers but also from lawmakers. But this won't happen because OEMs want carriers to block updates so they don't have to spend money on providing regular updates.
Sounds awesome but I hate the branding on the screen and the price. $399 to me is a bit much. I'm gonna wait for te Redmi 4 instead or wait for the Honor 5X successor.
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Great design
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Why Honor 8 is considered a Mid-range phone??
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Impressive for the price, and only slightly oversized for a man who doesn't carry a purse (needs to fit in office attire pants pockets without awkwardness).
Even though 5" is the ideal sweet spot, I can live with 5.2 (like I did with my S5 and 5X).
The price is right, the RAM is right...
...not sure about this EMUI stuff.
And a metal phone is worse than plastic in every single possible way besides jewelry-factor (again - no purse), but the price is right enough to be tempting.