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The European presentation of the new Huawei product, produced under the Honor brand, will take place today, but in China the Honor 8 model was presented earlier this summer. The new smartphone has already reached our test laboratory, and today we have the opportunity to be one of the first to introduce our readers to the new product in all its details. Present to your attention full review a new device, which now stands at the head of the legendary family of Huawei Honor smartphones.

Main characteristics of Honor 8 (model FRD-L09)

SoC HiSilicon Kirin 950, 8 cores: 4x2.3 GHz (ARM Cortex-A72) + 4x1.8 GHz (ARM Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-T880 MP4
operating system Android 6.0
Touch display IPS 5.2″, 1920×1080, 423 ppi
Random access memory (RAM) 3/4 GB, inner memory 32/64 GB
SIM cards: Nano-SIM (2 pcs.)
Map support microSD memory up to 128 GB
GSM networks 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
WCDMA 900/1900/2100 MHz networks
LTE networks Cat.6 FDD Band 1/3/7/8/20, TDD Band 38/40
Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct
Bluetooth 4.2
USB 2.0 Type C, OTG
GPS/A-GPS, Glonass, BDS
Direction, proximity, lighting sensors, gyroscope, magnetic compass, step counter, infrared transmitter, fingerprint scanner
Cameras 12 + 12 MP (Sony IMX286), f/2.2, autofocus, LED flash
Camera 8 MP, front, f/2.4
Battery 3000 mAh
Dimensions 146×71×7.5 mm
Weight 153 g

Appearance and ease of use

Honor 8 unexpectedly does not look like its predecessor Honor 7. The devices turned out to be designed in completely different styles: if the “seven” with its matte, rough and rather rough angular metal body was positioned almost as “indestructible”, then the successor with glass panels, strongly rounded edges, a streamlined shape and rounded sides can rightfully claim a place among the “image” models. Honor 8 really turned out to be surprisingly good-looking; the “pampered” design of the smartphone is reminiscent of both the iPhone 6 and the Huawei P series smartphones at the same time.

The smartphone received two transparent glass 2.5D Gorilla Glass panels with smoothed edges on both sides of the body, and a strongly rounded metal bezel was placed along the side perimeter. Thus, there are no right angles or sharp edges to be found here; the Honor 8 body is absolutely streamlined and very pleasant to hold in the hand.

The surfaces of the case are completely non-slippery, the device is securely held in your fingers. Not too large dimensions and low weight also contribute to this. There are no complaints about the assembly, there are no cracks, bends or creaks, all the parts fit neatly, the non-separable body of Honor 8 is monolithic.

As for the elements placed on the body, Honor 8 has a couple of “aces up its sleeve”. Firstly, the smartphone received an infrared transmitter on the top end, which allows the device to act as universal remote control DU. The built-in program easily recognized the old Philips TV, for which honor and praise it.

But even more interesting is the fact of the implicit presence of a hardware button, hidden under the usual round platform of the fingerprint sensor located on the back panel of the smartphone. Most of these scanner pads, including those on Huawei smartphones, do not have any mechanical buttons underneath them, so without special warning, you may not even notice that the pad is pressable.

In smartphones from different companies, from time to time there are additional programmable keys, here it is called the “Smart Key function button”. The user is free to independently determine the actions performed using this button. In total, you can set three options: for single and double clicks, as well as for pressing with a long hold. By default, the opening function is assigned to the button Russian services(Yandex search, etc.), but all this, as already mentioned, the user can reconfigure for himself, preferring, for example, turning on a flashlight, launching a camera, voice recorder, or the same virtual remote control.

The audio jack for headphones is located at the bottom end, it is adjacent to the USB Type C connector and the speaker grille. At the top end there are only the mentioned infrared transmitter and a second microphone, which serves for the operation of the noise reduction system.

There are no hardware touch buttons on the front panel; the buttons are only on the screen. Hidden above the screen among the sensors is a useful LED event indicator, built right under the speaker grille.

There are more elements on the back side than usual. In addition to the mentioned fingerprint sensor with a button, there are also two round camera eyes, since Honor 8, like its siblings from the Huawei P9 family, received a dual camera. Next to the cameras you can find a dual LED flash and a laser pointer window for automatic focusing.

The manufacturer assures that for the fingerprint scanner itself it was used new technology 3D scanning - thanks to it, unlocking the phone takes only 0.4 seconds. In practice, the scanner works really very quickly and almost error-free, but, in general, all manufacturers have now perfected the functionality of fingerprint sensors to such an extent that they all work flawlessly, it is difficult to single out one as the best. Another thing is that many would like to see such a sensor not on the back of the smartphone, but on the front, like the iPhone and Samsung, but Huawei is one of those companies that stubbornly adheres to the rear placement of this element.

None of the elements protrude beyond the surface, so using the smartphone lying on a hard surface is quite convenient. However, it is worth considering that the smooth glass of the back panel can slide on some surfaces, so you need to be careful and make sure that the smartphone does not unexpectedly slide off the table or fall on the floor.

To install cards, there is one hybrid slot on the side, into which you can insert either two Nano-SIM format SIM cards, or one SIM card and one microSD memory card, but not three cards at the same time. Hot swap supported.

The side buttons on the opposite side of this slot are made of metal, like the card slide, and their movement is quite distinct, not too soft, but not hard either. The keys are easy to feel blindly, and their surfaces also have a different texture. In general, there are no complaints about these elements.

As for the color options for the smartphone, the manufacturer has provided a wide variety, and the set of colors may differ depending on the modification. For the model we tested with index FRD-L09, colors such as Sunrise Gold (golden), Pearl White (white), Midnight Black (black) and Sapphire Blue (blue) will be available.

Screen

The smartphone is equipped with a touchscreen IPS screen and is protected by glass with sloping edges (2.5D) Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The physical dimensions of the display are 64x114 mm, diagonal - 5.2 inches. The screen resolution is 1920×1080, the pixel density is 423 ppi. The frame around the screen is standard: approximately 3 mm on the sides and 15 mm on the top and bottom.

The display brightness is automatically adjusted based on the light sensor. There is also a proximity sensor that blocks the screen when you bring the smartphone to your ear. Multi-touch technology allows you to process 10 simultaneous touches. You can't activate the screen by double-tapping the glass, but you can activate the screen by pressing the rear fingerprint reader. Glove operation is supported.

Detailed examination using measuring instruments conducted by the editor of the “Monitors” and “Projectors and TV” sections Alexey Kudryavtsev. Here is his expert opinion on the screen of the sample under study.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface that is scratch-resistant. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen are better than those of the Google Nexus 7 (2013) screen (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, here is a photo in which a white surface is reflected in the switched off screens (on the left - Nexus 7, on the right - Honor 8, then they can be distinguished by size):

The Honor 8's screen is darker (photo brightness 102 versus 114 for the Nexus 7). The ghosting of reflected objects in the Honor 8 screen is very weak, this indicates that there is no air gap between the layers of the screen (more specifically, between the outer glass and the surface of the LCD matrix) (OGS - One Glass Solution type screen). Due to the smaller number of boundaries (glass/air type) with very different refractive indices, such screens look better in conditions of intense external illumination, but their repair in the case of cracked external glass is much more expensive, since the entire screen has to be replaced. The outer surface of the screen has a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating (even better in efficiency than that of the Nexus 7), so fingerprints are removed much more easily and appear at a lower speed than with regular glass.

With manual brightness control and when the white field was displayed in full screen, the maximum brightness value was about 460 cd/m², the minimum was 4.4 cd/m². The maximum brightness is high, which means, given the excellent anti-glare properties, readability even on a sunny day outdoors should be at a good level. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. There is automatic brightness adjustment based on the light sensor (it is located to the left of the front speaker slot). IN automatic mode When external lighting conditions change, the screen brightness both increases and decreases. The operation of this function depends on the position of the brightness adjustment, with which the user can try to set the desired brightness level in the current conditions. If in an office environment the brightness slider is set to maximum, then in complete darkness the auto-brightness function reduces the brightness to 4.4 cd/m² (dark), in an office illuminated by artificial light (approximately 550 lux) it sets it to 450 cd/m² (excessively bright) , in a very bright environment (corresponding to lighting on a clear day outdoors, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 lux or a little more) increases to 460 cd/m² (to the maximum, which is what is needed). If everything is also in the office, the brightness slider is at half the scale, then the screen brightness for the three conditions indicated above is as follows: 4.4, 140 and 460 cd/m² (the first value is rather low). If the brightness control is set to minimum - 4.4, 4.4, 460 cd/m² (now the first two values are too low). We were not satisfied with the result, so we moved the slider a little to the right in complete darkness. We got - 11, 150-160, 460 cd/m² (ideal combination). It turns out that the auto-brightness function works adequately and to some extent allows the user to customize their work to individual requirements. At any brightness level, there is virtually no backlight modulation, so there is no screen flickering.

IN this smartphone An IPS type matrix is used. The microphotographs show a typical IPS subpixel structure:

For comparison, you can see the gallery of microphotographs of screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without significant color shift even with large viewing deviations from perpendicular to the screen and without inverting shades. For comparison, here are photographs in which the same images are displayed on the screens of Honor 8 and Nexus 7, while the screen brightness is initially set to approximately 200 cd/m² over a white field across the entire screen, and the color balance on the camera is forcibly switched to 6500 K. Perpendicular to screens have a white field:

Note the good uniformity of brightness and color tone of the white field. And a test picture:

The colors on the Honor 8 screen are oversaturated (noticeably, for example, on tomatoes) and the color balance is slightly different. Now at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

It can be seen that the colors have not changed much on both screens, but on Honor 8 the contrast has decreased to a greater extent due to the strong highlighting of blacks. And a white field:

The brightness at an angle of the screens has decreased (by at least 4 times, based on the difference in shutter speed), but the Honor 8’s screen is still lighter (brightness according to photographs is 236 versus 222 for the Nexus 7). When deviated diagonally, the black field brightens greatly and acquires a reddish tint. The photographs below demonstrate this (the brightness of the white areas in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the screens is the same!):

And from another angle:

When viewed perpendicularly, the uniformity of the black field is good, although at the edges of the screen the backlight shines through the white body, which slightly worsens the overall impression:

The contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is high - about 1200:1. The response time for the black-white-black transition is 33 ms (19 ms on + 14 ms off). The transition between halftones of gray 25% and 75% (according to the numerical value of the color) and back takes a total of 50 ms. The gamma curve, constructed using 32 points with equal intervals based on the numerical value of the shade of gray, did not reveal any blockage in either the highlights or the shadows. The exponent of the approximating power function is 2.30, which is slightly higher than the standard value of 2.2. In this case, the real gamma curve almost does not deviate from the power-law dependence:

This device has some kind of dynamic adjustment of the backlight brightness in accordance with the nature of the displayed image. As a result, the resulting dependence of brightness on hue (gamma curve) may not correspond to the gamma curve of a static image, since the measurements were carried out with sequential display of shades of gray on almost the entire screen. For this reason, we carried out a number of tests - determining contrast and response time, comparing black illumination at angles - (however, as always) when displaying special templates with a constant average brightness, and not monochromatic fields in the entire screen. It should be noted that in this case, the brightness correction is weakly expressed and has a not entirely obvious dependence on the image, but it would be better not to have it at all.

The color gamut is noticeably wider than sRGB:

Let's look at the spectra:

They are atypical, but we have already seen them in the case, for example, of the Sony Xperia Z2 and other mobile devices. Sony indicates that these screens use LEDs with a blue emitter and green and red phosphor (usually a blue emitter and a yellow phosphor), which, in combination with special matrix filters, allows for a wide color gamut. Yes, and the red phosphor apparently uses so-called quantum dots. For a consumer device, a wide color gamut is not an advantage, but a significant disadvantage, since as a result, the colors of images - drawings, photographs and films - oriented to the sRGB space (and the vast majority of them) have an unnatural saturation. This is especially noticeable on recognizable shades, such as skin tones. The result is shown in the photo above.

The balance of shades on the gray scale is average, since the color temperature is significantly higher than the standard 6500 K, the deviation from the blackbody spectrum (ΔE) is formally below 10, which is considered an acceptable indicator for a consumer device. However, in this case, the color temperature and ΔE in the not yet very dark area vary greatly from hue to hue - this negatively affects the visual assessment of color balance. In general, jumps in values in the two graphs above indirectly indicate that some kind of digital correction is being performed, and it is being done poorly. (The darkest areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since color balance there is not very important, and the error in measuring color characteristics at low brightness is large.)

This device has the ability to adjust the color balance by adjusting the hue on the color wheel.

The curves in the graphs above Without corr. correspond to the results without any color balance correction, and the curves Corr.— data obtained after shifting the point to the position indicated in the image above. It can be seen that the change in balance corresponds to the expected result, since the color temperature approached the standard value and ΔE remained small. However, it doesn’t make much sense to make the correction. Note that this function implemented in the version rather for show, since there is no numerical reflection of the correction, there is no field for measuring color balance and the adjustment range is insufficient, since even at the edge of the circle one has to seek a compromise between a color temperature close to 6500 K and the minimum value of ΔE.

To summarize: the screen has a high maximum brightness and has excellent anti-glare properties, so the device can be used outdoors without any problems, even on a sunny summer day. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. It is also possible to use a mode with automatic brightness adjustment, which works adequately. Also, the advantages of the screen include the presence of an effective oleophobic coating, the absence of an air gap in the layers of the screen and flicker, high contrast, and good uniformity of the black field. The disadvantages are low black stability to deviation of the gaze from perpendicular to the screen plane, an excessively wide color gamut and average color balance. Nevertheless, given the importance of characteristics specifically for this class of devices, the screen quality can be considered high, although you should prepare for strange and not entirely natural shades in films and photographs.

Sound

Honor 8 sounds less interesting than, for example, its relative Huawei P9. The sound can be described as simple and not very expressive. There is no bass, but that's not the worst thing. Here the sound itself is rather impersonal, dim, dull, and lacks volume reserve. In headphones with low frequencies, the situation is, of course, better, but the other comments remain valid: the sound is a bit muffled, a little blurred by noise, not very loud and not so crystal clear. In general, everything is not so bad, but latest smartphones The Huawei P line sounds much more interesting.

To play tunes, you use your own player, and, as usual, there are no additional manual settings in it - you can only turn on or off the entire virtual DTS system.

There are no complaints about the conversational speaker and microphone: the intonation and timbre of a familiar voice remain recognizable. There is no FM radio in the smartphone. The recorder shows miracles of sensitivity, records sound very clearly and efficiently, and the noise reduction system copes with its responsibilities adequately.

Camera

Here, as in the Huawei P9 line, a dual main camera is used - however, nothing is said about Leica’s participation in its creation. And this is what they say: “Honor 8 features a camera with two sensors - RGB and black and white shooting with a pixel size of 1.25 nm. Two lenses of the main camera with a resolution of 12 megapixels increase the quality and detail of images.” Most likely, the cameras installed here are the same as in the more expensive devices of the Huawei P fashion series.

The front camera has an 8-megapixel sensor and a fixed-focus lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.4. The image quality is quite acceptable for selfie level: sharpness and color rendition are normal, and there are no special complaints about detailing either.

The main camera is equipped with two modules. Two Sony IMX286 sensors are installed, one of which is responsible for a color image, and the second for a monochrome image; it records information only about brightness. Then the information they read is processed and summarized programmatically. The pixel size of the matrix is 1.25 microns, the maximum aperture is f/2.2. There is a laser rangefinder for hybrid autofocus and a moderately bright LED flash. Autofocusing is fast and confident. Hybrid autofocus uses technology laser focusing at a close distance from the subject and contrast focus in poor lighting conditions. But, apparently, there is no stabilization here.

We have studied the camera control menu in some detail for Huawei P series models; here it is almost the same, but with some artificial restrictions, since Honor smartphones have lower positioning. This applies, for example, to the capabilities of the special “Wide Aperture” mode and some additional creative modes.

The menu itself is arranged logically, and if you get used to it, it will be comfortable to use: a gesture on the left brings up a menu with various modes, on the right - the camera settings menu (image resolution, button control, etc.), and at the bottom brings up the manual settings menu in "Pro" mode. In it, as usual, you can independently control the type of focus, shutter speed, sensitivity (ISO), exposure compensation and white balance. Using the Camera2 API, it is possible to transfer camera control to third-party applications without restrictions, including saving images in RAW.

The video camera can shoot with a maximum resolution of up to 1920×1080 at 30 or 60 fps; there is no 4K (UHD) shooting mode. The camera copes quite well with video shooting: the image is quite detailed, sharp and clear, without noticeable artifacts and with good quality sound recordings. The noise reduction system handles wind noise confidently.

Video No. 1 (67 MB, 1920×1080 @60 fps)

The camera can be called good, but nothing more. She does a good job with standard plots, but does not show anything outstanding. Moreover, for a flagship camera it has too many flaws, such as small but frequent areas of blur, strange artifacts from software processing, soapiness and low detail in macro photography. However, the camera can handle many scenarios well.

Telephone and communications

The smartphone works as standard in modern networks 2G GSM and 3G WCDMA, and also has support for fourth generation networks LTE Cat.6 with a maximum possible speed of up to 300 Mbit/s for reception. Five FDD LTE bands are supported (Band 1, 3, 7, 8, 20), including the three most common among domestic operators (B3, B7 and B20). FDD TDD frequencies (Band 38, 41) are also supported. In practice, with a SIM card from the MTS operator in the Moscow region, the smartphone confidently registered and worked in 4G networks, quickly reconnected after a break, and did not lose connection in areas of poor reception.

Honor 8 is one of the still not too many smartphones that support the Wi-Fi 802.11ac standard, so the quality and speed of wireless data transfer are excellent. There is support for Bluetooth 4.2 and NFC. The smartphone supports Wi-Fi Direct, you can organize a wireless access point via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth channels. Smart Wi-Fi+ lets you automatically switch between Wi-Fi and network mobile transmission data. The USB Type C connector supports connecting external devices in USB OTG mode.

The navigation module works with GPS (A-GPS), Glonass and Chinese Beidou. There are no complaints about the operating speed of the navigation module; the first satellites are detected during a cold start within the first tens of seconds. The smartphone is equipped with a sensor magnetic field, on the basis of which the compass of navigation programs operates.

The smartphone supports two SIM cards using the Dual standard SIM Dual Active. That is, here both cards can work in parallel and at the same time, because the smartphone uses two separate radio modules. It is very simple to use: during parallel conversations, you can instantly switch from one interlocutor to another by pressing just one button.

Any of the SIM cards can be designated as the main one for organizing voice calls, transferring data and sending SMS messages; When dialing a number, you can also select the desired card using the corresponding buttons.

OS and software

The smartphone goes on sale with 64-bit Google version Android 6.0 with EMUI 4.1 shell. There are no noticeable changes or limitations compared to the previously reviewed Huawei models of the current season in the Honor 8 user interface. The shell is exactly the same: the familiar timeline in the notification shade is in place, an additional functional menu with a flashlight, voice recorder, etc. is called up from below, it is possible to change design themes, arrange virtual control buttons on the screen in your own way, there is wide support for gestures. There are few pre-installed applications, most of them are useful, and if not forcibly pre-installed free services Russian Yandex and Mail.ru, then in general the choice of programs could be called successful.

Performance

The Honor 8 hardware platform is based on the 8-core HiSilicon Kirin 950 SoC. The SoC includes four powerful 64-bit ARM Cortex-A72 cores with a frequency of up to 2.3 GHz, which are complemented by four simpler 64-bit Cortex-A53 cores with frequency up to 1.8 GHz. The quad-core Mali-T880 MP4 video accelerator is responsible for graphics processing.

Volume random access memory smartphone is 4 GB, the volume of built-in flash memory is 32 or 64 GB (the user has no more than 23 GB of 32 GB free space). This volume can be increased using microSD cards, but then you will have to remove one of the SIM cards. It is also possible to connect external flash drives to the USB port in OTG mode. microSD cards are officially supported up to 128 GB, in practice our test Transcend card Premium microSDXC UHS-1 with a capacity of 128 GB was confidently recognized by the device.

Kirin 950 is a top-level platform, it is practically the same flagship Kirin 955, only here the maximum operating frequency of the older Cortex-A72 cores is reduced from 2.5 to 2.3 GHz. Everything else is the same, including the Mali-T880 video core and the i5 coprocessor, responsible for the operation of the Honor 8 sensors. The platform is much more powerful than the Kirin 650, which was installed in the Huawei P9 Lite, a very large gap is visible in all tests without exception. In comprehensive tests, the Kirin 950 SoC shows good results, although they are not maximum. The flagships of the mobile platform market remain the top SoCs from Qualcomm and Samsung; their superiority over the Kirin 950/955 is especially evident in graphics tests. However, the performance of the review hero should be enough to complete any task, including fairly demanding games.

Testing in latest versions comprehensive tests AnTuTu and GeekBench 3:

For convenience, we have compiled all the results we obtained when testing the smartphone in the latest versions of popular benchmarks into tables. The table usually adds several other devices from different segments, also tested on similar latest versions of benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the obtained dry figures). Unfortunately, within the framework of one comparison it is impossible to present the results from different versions benchmarks, so many worthy and relevant models remain “behind the scenes” - due to the fact that at one time they passed the “obstacle course” on previous versions test programs.

Testing the graphics subsystem in gaming tests 3DMark, GFXBenchmark and Bonsai Benchmark:

When testing in 3DMark, the most powerful smartphones now have the ability to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the rendering resolution is fixed at 720p and VSync is disabled (which can cause the speed to rise above 60 fps).

	Honor 8 (HiSilicon Kirin 950)	Huawei P9 lite (HiSilicon Kirin 650)	Sony Xperia X (Qualcomm Snapdragon 650)	Sony Xperia XA Ultra (MediaTek Helio P10)	Meizu Pro 6 (Helio X25)
3DMark Ice Storm Sling Shot (more is better)	867	367	871	425	1054
GFXBenchmark Manhattan ES 3.1 (Onscreen)	11 fps	5 fps	10 fps	5 fps	11 fps
GFXBenchmark Manhattan ES 3.1 (1080p Offscreen)	10 fps	5 fps	10 fps	5 fps	11 fps
GFXBenchmark T-Rex (Onscreen)	36 fps	19 fps	33 fps	18 fps	36 fps
GFXBenchmark T-Rex (1080p Offscreen)	27 fps	19 fps	31 fps	17 fps	40 fps

Browser cross-platform tests:

As for benchmarks for assessing the speed of the javascript engine, you should always make allowance for the fact that their results significantly depend on the browser in which they are launched, so the comparison can only be truly correct on the same OS and browsers, and this is possible during testing not always. For Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

Thermal photographs

Below is a thermal image of the rear surface obtained after 10 minutes of running the battery test in the GFXBenchmark program:

Heating is more localized in the upper right part of the device, which apparently corresponds to the location of the SoC chip. According to the heat camera, the maximum heating was 43 degrees (at an ambient temperature of 24 degrees), which is slightly higher than the average value in this test for modern smartphones.

Playing video

To test the omnivorous nature of video playback (including support for various codecs, containers and special features, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats, which make up the bulk of the content available on the Internet. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have support for hardware video decoding at the chip level, since it is most often impossible to process modern options using processor cores alone. Also, don't expect mobile device decoding everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to the PC, and no one is going to challenge it. All results are summarized in a single table.

According to the testing results, the test subject was not equipped with all the necessary decoders that are needed to fully play most of the most common multimedia files on the network, in this case, audio files. To successfully play them, you will have to resort to the help of a third-party player - for example, MX Player. True, it is also necessary to change the settings and manually install additional custom codecs, because now this player does not officially support the AC3 sound format.

Format	Container, video, sound	MX Video Player	Standard video player
BDRip 720p	MKV, H.264 1280×720, 24fps, AAC	plays normally	plays normally
BDRip 720p	MKV, H.264 1280×720, 24fps, AC3		The video plays fine, there is no sound
BDRip 1080p	MKV, H.264 1920×1080, 24fps, AAC	plays normally	plays normally
BDRip 1080p	MKV, H.264 1920×1080, 24fps, AC3	The video plays fine, there is no sound	The video plays fine, there is no sound

Further testing of video playback was performed Alexey Kudryavtsev.

Theoretically possible support for adapters for output to external device We couldn’t check the images due to the lack of an adapter option that connects to the USB Type C port, so we had to limit ourselves to testing the output of video files on the screen of the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see “Methodology for testing video playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices) 720/24p

Fine No

Note: If in both columns Uniformity And Passes Green ratings are given, this means that, most likely, when watching films, artifacts caused by uneven alternation and frame skipping will either not be visible at all, or their number and visibility will not affect the viewing comfort. Red marks indicate possible problems related to the playback of the corresponding files.

According to the criterion of frame output, the quality of playback of video files on the screen of the smartphone itself is good, since frames (or groups of frames) can (but are not required) be output with more or less uniform alternation of intervals and without skipping frames. When playing video files with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels (1080p) on a smartphone screen, the image of the video file itself is displayed exactly along the border of the screen, one to one in pixels, that is, in the original resolution. The brightness range displayed on the screen corresponds to the standard range of 16-235: in the shadows, only 4 shades merge with black, and in the highlights all gradations of shades are displayed.

Battery life

The capacity of the non-removable battery installed in Honor 8 is 3000 mAh, which allows the device to demonstrate a quite decent level of autonomy. In real life, the smartphone calmly goes through an eventful day, but the developers claim that the presence of proprietary energy-saving technology Smart Power 4.0 “provides up to 1.77 days of operation with normal use and up to 1.22 with intensive use,” which, in general, looks like the truth. The device behaves confidently in any scenario, no failures, no sudden “drawdown” of the battery was noticed, everything is in order with the autonomy of Honor 8.

	Battery capacity	Reading mode	Video mode	3D Game Mode
Honor 8	3000 mAh	16:00	10:30 a.m.	4:00 am
Sony Xperia XA Ultra	2700 mAh	12:00 pm	9:00 a.m.	3:00 am
Sony Xperia XA	2300 mAh	09:40	7 hours 50 minutes	2 hours 30 minutes
Sony Xperia X	2620 mAh	15:50	9:00 a.m.	5 h. 30 m.
Meizu Pro 6	2560 mAh	14:40	9:50 a.m.	3 hours 10 minutes
Huawei P9 lite	3000 mAh	14:30	10:00 am	4:00 am
Huawei P9	3000 mAh	19:00	9:00 a.m.	4 hours 50 minutes

Continuous reading in Moon program+ Reader (with a standard, light theme, with auto-scrolling) at a minimum comfortable brightness level (brightness was set to 100 cd/m²) lasts up to 16 hours. When continuously watching videos from Youtube in high quality(720p) with the same brightness level through home network The Wi-Fi device operates for at least 10.5 hours. In 3D gaming mode, the smartphone works reliably for more than 4 hours.

Unfortunately, a copy of Honor 8 arrived to us for testing without a complete charger. It is known that the device supports fast charging. From the complete memory Huawei smartphone P9 Plus (2 A, 9 V) Our copy of Honor 8 was fully charged in approximately 1 hour 40 minutes with a current of 1.5 A at a voltage of 9 V. Wireless charging the device does not support.

Bottom line

Until the official price for Russian retail has been announced, it is difficult to judge the advisability of purchasing Honor 8. And this is quite important, since initially the Honor line, nicknamed “people’s”, included devices that attracted buyers with the optimal combination of excellent technical characteristics and a very affordable price.

But if we abstract from cost, then we can objectively characterize new smartphone as a device in a very attractive case, with a decent screen, hardware platform, set of communication modules and autonomy. The smartphone's sound and cameras are also quite good, although it has many competitors in this area. In general, the new smartphone of the legendary Honor line turned out to be very interesting, and as for its cost, the wait is very short.

The stylish new product will be presented in Paris on August 24, and now the manufacturer’s first steps to attract the attention of domestic buyers are already known. For the first buyers of the new smartphone, the company has prepared a special offer: if from August 17 to 24 you subscribe to the company’s news on the online store website shop.huawei.ru, then when purchasing Honor 8, users will receive a monopod for selfies. And the lucky ones who are the first to score 500 points in the Honor 8 Go game will receive a coupon for a 1000 rubles discount when purchasing Honor 8.

Another Huawei copy appeared in my “test laboratory”. The budget model was released in 2018, but still raises many questions. I will answer the most popular ones, and at the end I will tell you about the interesting features and secrets of Honor 8C (BKK-L21). I will also leave a link to official instructions manufacturer. It is usually not included in the box - saving on paper to protect nature. All screenshots were taken on a test unit with Android 8.1 and EMUI 8.2.

There are 3 ways to reset Honor 8C. Make sure to fully charge your phone just in case.

Option 1

Open “Settings”.
Go to the “System” section.
Click on “Restore factory settings”.
We agree to the destruction of all data.
The reset will complete after rebooting.

Option 2

Dial on the phone *#*#2846579#*#*
Select “Restore Factory defaults”. I got a warning that I have a working Google account.
We agree to the destruction of information and reboot.
Reset complete.

Option 3

In the off state, press and hold the volume up and power buttons for a couple of seconds.
We release “power” after the logo appears on the screen, and continue to hold “plus” until the recovery menu appears.
There we select the second line - “wipe data/factory reset” using the volume buttons and confirm by pressing the power button. You can perform these actions directly by pointing your finger at the screen.
Next, the phone will ask you to write the word “Yes” on the keyboard. Do this and press the “wipe data/factory reset” button.
Click “reboot system now”, the phone should reboot.
Reset is complete.

If all else fails, the only remaining option is to reflash the device.

How to unlock Honor 8C if you forgot your password?

After resetting the settings on phones with Android 8, a menu appears asking you to enter the password for Google account. Resetting settings does not solve the problem. This technology is called Factory Reset Protection (FRP) is designed to protect your phone if it is stolen or lost. But what to do if you didn’t lose your phone, but just forgot your password?

I will not describe the entire password reset process in this article. Follow the link and watch the video where an unlock specialist explains how to unlock Honor 8C.

How to insert a SIM card?

Honor 8C uses 2 active Nano-SIMs (4FF is the fourth form factor produced since 2012). During a conversation, the second SIM card is deactivated. Additionally, you can add a Micro SD card.

To open the SIM slot, take a paperclip from the box.
Find a small hole on the left side of the phone, insert the injector into it and press lightly.
The SIM card holder will appear from the case and can be pulled out by hand.
Place the SIM card in the tray and push it back into the smartphone.
After a few seconds the network should appear.

It is not necessary to turn off the device for this procedure.

How to connect to a computer?

The procedure is practically no different from any other modern devices.

The smartphone memory also contains setup files for the HiSuite application, which allows you to set up synchronization if you decide to click not on “File Transfer”, but on “Photo Transfer”. They are located in the virtual CD drive, which appears when connected to the computer. You need to activate HDB mode on your phone, which is located in the settings in the “Security and Privacy” section.

It is not necessary to install the program if you need, for example, just to look at and copy photos.

At this time on TV:

Go to settings.
Open “Network” – “Wi-Fi Direct”.
After finding Honor, select it from the list, make a request and confirm.
The phone is now paired with the TV.

True, I don’t know why you might need such a connection. And to transfer the image from the phone screen to the TV, there is a MirrorShare function. The TV must support Miracast technology. Connecting the phone to the TV is done through the “Settings” → “Advanced settings” → “MirrorShare” menu.

The same thing needs to be enabled on the TV. With this method, the image and sound from the phone are duplicated on the TV screen. Supported by TVs with Android version 4 and higher.

Expert opinion

Egor Razumny

I know how to assemble and disassemble computers, laptops, tablets, phones. Sometimes successfully. I have mastered the skills of diagnosing breakdowns with using Google and Yandex.

I tried to display a photo from my smartphone gallery. Strangely, the image seemed to be trying to adjust itself every couple of seconds. That is, there was a characteristic ripple. I haven't tested the videos. I would be glad to receive feedback from users, I would like to know if it’s just me or everyone who has this problem.

How to use the second camera?

The main role of the dual camera on Honor 8C is to create a bokeh effect or blur the background.

Launch the Camera app and in the list possible options shooting, select Aperture. The background will blur a little and it will feel like you are shooting with a professional camera.

To change the depth of field after shooting, click on the icon with the aperture blades and adjust the position of the slider to your liking.

You can also reconfigure the focus. To do this, click on some other object that is out of focus in the photo. After finishing editing, do not forget to save the result.

Depth of field is also used in portrait mode.

How to remove the back cover?

On the left side of the case there is a tray for cards. He needs to be pulled out. Then pry the lid off with your fingernail or use a plastic spatula. If these steps do not help, heat the back of the case with a hairdryer. Watch the video for details:

Replacing the screen yourself or in the service

Briefly, the process of disassembling and replacing the Honor 8C display looks like this:

Using a mediator, cut the glue between the frame and the glass, peel off the cover and find the fingerprint scanner cable, unclench the clamp and pull it out. After this, you can remove the cover completely. Next, release the clamps of all the cables that are in front of your eyes (antennas, display matrix, battery, buttons, touchscreen, front camera, two main ones and the bottom board cable). Then snap it off motherboard from the case and peel off the battery with the bottom board. Use a separator to heat the screen matrix, disconnect the spare parts from the matrix, and glue the new display (already with glass) onto the case and fix it for a day, then assemble it.

If this all sounds confusing, watch the video:

The approximate price of such a procedure at a service center is 700-3000 rubles, depending on the origin of the screen and what exactly needs to be changed - the entire display module, touchscreen or glass. Not every master will undertake to replace them individually - the equipment for gluing a touchscreen to a display is expensive and requires experience.

The screen is flickering - what to do?

Such symptoms are usually observed when water gets inside the housing. The problem is solved by replacing the display module, which was discussed in the previous section.

Take the phone to service center for diagnostics or return it under warranty if it is still valid.

Proximity sensor

The proximity sensor is responsible for the sensitivity of the screen. Its breakdown or poor calibration can cause the following problems:

The screen does not go dark when you touch your face.
The phone may spontaneously unlock in your pocket.
Accidental clicks occur.

Ready! Now you can connect from the created network from other devices.

How to take a screenshot?

The easiest way to take a screenshot on Honor 8C is to simultaneously hold down the “Power” and “Volume -” buttons.

The second option is to move the curtain from top to bottom and click the “Screenshot” icon.

And there is a third, cool option for this model:

Go to “Settings” - “Controls” - “Moves” - “Three-finger screenshot”.

To take a screenshot, swipe down with three fingers. The picture will be taken and three buttons will appear at the bottom: “Send”, “Edit”, “Long screenshot”. If you click on the last option, you can scroll through, for example, the article in the browser to the end and the phone will take a long photo footcloth.

How to change the font?

In the pre-installed Themes application, all fonts are paid.

Regular TTF fonts The phone is not capable of receiving, so a converter is needed.

To change the default font in Play Market There is an application “Themes for Huawei and Honor” from gmanrainy by Team MT.

After installation, launch the application and go to the "Fonts" section. Find the one that suits you and click on it.

For example, I'll choose the Oswald font. I click on it, and then on the “Download this font” button.

Once the font is downloaded, your phone will send a notification. Close the program and find the standard Themes application. Open it and click the "Me" button at the bottom right. Go to the "My Text Styles" section. Find the downloaded font and click the "Apply" button.

Now all your text (menu, tray, messages, etc.) will be displayed in a new font.

Why is Instagram not supported?

Sometimes resetting Honor 8C to factory settings results in some applications such as AnTuTu, Instagram and many others “not being supported on this device" This happens, including due to the mistakes of Google and program authors. Wait for the update, contact the application developers via contacts in the Play Market, or do the following:

Go to "Settings" - "Applications and notifications" - "Applications" - "More" - "Show system" - " Google Services Play" - "Memory" - "Manage space" and select "Delete all data".

Alternative option through the Recovery menu:

With the phone turned off, press the Power button and Volume up (down or up).

Hold them for 10 seconds.

After launching the Recovery menu, select the line “Wipe cache partition”.

You can also delete the cache of one program:

Open “Settings” - “Applications”.
Select the program, click on the “Memory” line, then “Clear cache”.
After this, the application cache will be deleted.

It may seem strange that a few months after the release of its top flagship P9, Chinese company Huawei releases a smartphone that has many of its features but costs half the price. In terms of hardware, Huawei Honor 8 is practically indistinguishable from its more expensive predecessor.

Smartphone Huawei Honor 8 - Reviews

Probably, for Huawei, the incentive was the release of such high-quality budget smartphones as ZTE Axon 7, OnePlus 3, Alcatel Idol 4S and Lenovo Moto Z. The company decided to prove that it can compete on equal terms with flagship killers.

Huawei Honor 8 impresses with both its design and technical characteristics, and at the same time it is relatively inexpensive. But what about availability special functions and use in practice? We tested the Honor 8 to find out.

Exquisite design of Huawei Honor 8

Honor 8 may formally belong to the category of “mid-class” smartphones, but the design completely contradicts this.

Two tempered glass sides on the front and back of the metal body with beveled edges provide strength and protection to the Huawei Honor 8 smartphone.

At the front of the device, the glass panel curves smoothly to create the effect seen on the iPhone.

Above the display is the front wide angle camera, LED flash and speaker, at the bottom is the Honor logo. Thus, the front side looks like an iPhone, and the back looks more like a Galaxy S7.

The minimalist design of Huawei Honor 8 is simple, and the light show created by the laminated glass is impressive.

It is this glass that can be considered a unique feature of Honor 8. Thanks to the patented 15-layer design, back panel refracts incoming light in shimmering patterns, and, according to Huawei, no two options are exactly alike.

The Honor 8 has a dual camera setup on the back with a laser sensor, autofocus and LED flash. Under the camera you will find a fingerprint scanner and another logo.

On the side there is a thin power button and volume control, as well as 2 slots for SIM cards and MicroSD. At the bottom there is a speaker, USB port Type-C and 3.5mm headphone jack.

Thanks to the curved edges and glass, the new Huawei Honor is very comfortable to hold in your hand even after several hours, and it seems more compact than it actually is. But there is a standard drawback of modern glass on smartphones - they become covered with fingerprints too quickly.

Huawei Honor 8 operating system and applications

operating room Android system 6 Marshmallow in Huawei Honor 8 runs on its own Emotion 4.1 user interface (EMUI). Although EMUI has its positive aspects, sometimes it makes simple tasks difficult for unknown reasons.

For example, notifications. You need to swipe down from the top of the Honor 8 screen to open notifications with timestamps. It takes up much more space than the notification bar on standard Android. Besides, in third party applications You have to manually enable notifications to show, and they aren't always positioned correctly. We hope this will be fixed with an OS update.

But Emotion UI also has several interesting features that are missing in basic Android. For example, “Smart Assistant” allows you to assign different actions to the Huawei Honor 8 fingerprint sensor: one click can launch the camera, and a triple click can launch a photo gallery. Gestures are also supported - by default, swiping your finger down on the sensor will open the notification panel. You can set up to answer calls, clear notifications, and much more.

If the Honor 8 is lying on a table, Knuckle Sense comes in handy, as in the P8, Mate 8 and P9 from Huawei, it allows you to quickly perform various actions simply by tapping your fingers on the screen. You can take a screenshot by tapping the display twice, tapping twice with two fingers to record a video, and so on.

Huawei Honor 8 has very useful applications. For example, Phone Manager, which opens up a wide range of possibilities for customizing a smartphone, especially its energy consumption.

You can turn off those using energy unnecessary applications, find out how much energy is spent on them, open statistics for the day, month and year. You can also switch between different power consumption levels (Performance, Smart and Ultra) and select an extreme battery saving mode, which reduces the screen resolution to 720p (1280 x 720).

Emotion UI also has a smart controller function that uses the Honor 8's infrared emitter to control TVs, audio receivers, DVD players and other devices that receive IR signals.

Specifications Huawei Honor 8

The Honor 8's hardware isn't amazing, but it doesn't lag behind its competitors either.

Honor has a proprietary HiSilicon Kirin 950 processor, which was used on the flagship Mate 8. The processor has 8 cores: 4 ARM Cortex-A72 with a frequency of 2.3 GHz and 4 ARM Cortex-A53 with 1.8 GHz. As you can see, it is only slightly weaker than the Kirin 955 in the Huawei P9.

Scrolling and opening apps is easy and fast. The same goes for scrolling through hundreds of photos on Instagram, reading news, downloading messages with attached files on e-mail and other daily affairs. Multitasking at the level of Kirin 950 and allows you to work without significant delays background applications.

But performance in everyday tasks is not reflected in the tests. The Honor 8 received a score of 931 in the Sling Shot test, which is much lower than the Lenovo Moto Z's score of 2615. This low score is most likely due to the Mali-T880 graphics chip.

In addition to the Kirin chip, there's a dedicated i5 coprocessor that handles lighter tasks like speech recognition and location tracking. Huawei claims that this helped significantly extend the battery life of the smartphone.

Honor 8's impressive and durable battery

The Huawei Honor 8's battery capacity is 3,000 mAh, which is lower than recent flagships such as Lenovo's Moto Z Force, which has a 3,500 mAh battery. But it still matches the competitors: the battery capacity of Alcatel Idol 4S and Moto Z is 3000 mAh and 2600 mAh, respectively.

Huawei claims that a full charge of the new Honor will last for an entire working day. In our testing, using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and making calls, the battery was never able to reach even 25% at the end of the day, much less completely drained.

More resource-intensive tasks can drain the battery faster, but most people don't use them, so you can safely expect 14-16 hours of battery life.

Moreover, the charge of Huawei Honor 8 is also quickly restored. Fast charging 9V 2A is similar in functionality to QuickCharge 2.0 technology. We have checked and confirm Huawei’s claim that you can charge your smartphone up to 50% in half an hour, as well as the ability to reach 30-40% charge in 15 minutes.

It's not as fast as Quick Charge 3.0, which can charge the device to 80% in 35 minutes, but with daily use the time difference isn't too noticeable.

Good screen Huawei Honor 8

The screen of Huawei Honor 8 is bright, colorful and contrasting, but of course, up to Galaxy Note 7 and iPhone 6S Plus are far from it.

The 5.2-inch display has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, which is on par with the OnePlus 3, but it's not Quad HD (2560 x 1440) like the screens on the Lenovo Moto Z Force and ZTE Axon 7. The viewing angle isn't too wide - the phone's display often distorts colors when tilted from side to side, especially noticeable in applications and on web pages with a white background.

It is difficult to read the text in direct sunlight, but it is possible.

Smooth touch screen Honor 8 responds to every touch, and thanks to the curved display and 2.5D glass, working with it is a real pleasure.

Huawei Honor 8 has several hardware features:

First: infrared sensor. In recent years, IR ports have become less common on smartphones, even in the area of controlling TVs and household appliances they are being replaced by Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. But not everyone has smart technology at home, so control via IR is still relevant.
Second: a budget smartphone has long been unable to surprise with the presence of a fingerprint sensor, but Honor 8 is superior to the rest in this. It has one of the most accurate and fastest scanners we've ever tested, takes a fraction of a second to detect a fingerprint, and relies on the best Level 4 encryption algorithm available today.

The Honor 8 has the same six-lens lens that the Huawei P8 debuted with.

The rear dual camera setup consists of two 12MP sensors with f/2.2 aperture and 1.25μm pixel size. One camera uses an RGB sensor and records color data, the other is monochrome, here to measure brightness. This combination makes Honor 8 and P9 capable of taking pictures even in low light.

This is not the only feature of Huawei Honor 8. It uses Hybrid Focus technology - combining laser autofocus with special software, this ensures fast focusing at the right moment.

How does this work in practice? We tested the Honor 8's camera in low-light conditions (from sunset to dim room light) and the image came out noise-free every time. Detail and brightness in dark conditions surpasses most cameras on budget smartphones.

Black and white photos are as clear as color photos, with impressive depth and contrast.

The P9's rear cameras were called a "revelation" and put them on par with the iPhone 6S Plus, Galaxy S7 and LG G5, and nothing has changed on the Honor 8.

The front camera of Huawei Honor 8 differs little from the main one. The 8MP resolution and f/2.2 aperture make it possible to take great selfies with advanced face tuning, and the image is as sharp and clear as if taken with the rear camera.

The front sensor lacks an LED flash, without which it is difficult to do good photo in low light, but the special Perfect Selfie app softens the dimming.

Tune front camera It’s not difficult, there are many modes available, such as “Panorama”, “HDR” and “Slow Motion”. There are also more unusual ones: “Document scanner”; “Night photography” (helps with color reproduction in dark conditions, but requires a tripod and a special holder).

You can configure more professional settings such as shutter speed, ISO, focus, white balance, exposure value, auto/manual focus and so on. The camera interface is adapted for horizontal control.

Experienced photographers will undoubtedly appreciate the ability to save images in RAW format, which is useful when using them in programs such as Adobe Photoshop.

Huawei Honor 8 warranty

Huawei's limited warranty covers manufacturing defects, but does not cover accidental damage not caused by the company. Repairs do not include shipping and the warranty lasts one year.

Is it worth buying Huawei Honor 8

Huawei achieved a miracle: they used almost every high-end component of their flagship P9, in a device that costs $400 for the 32 GB version (25,500 rubles) and $450 for 64 GB (28,700 rubles). This deserves praise.

Advantages

An impressive combination of metal and glass in design.
Camera with two sensors.
Useful IR sensor.
Fair price.

Flaws

Software problems.
Mediocre display.

Of course, the Honor 8 touch screen is not so bright, there is not enough RAM, and software The company is already a little outdated. However, the main advantage of the Huawei Honor 8 smartphone is that it offers excellent specifications.

Although Huawei Honor 8 cannot be called a suitable option for everyone, if you value a high-quality camera, a fast fingerprint scanner, an IR sensor and a bright appearance- it was created for you.

"Iron", performanceAndwirelesscommunications

Inside the Honor 8X, Huawei’s proprietary chipset is installed - HiSilicon Kirin 710. It is eight-core: four Cortex A73 cores with a maximum frequency of 2.2 GHz, plus the same number of Cortex A53 cores with a frequency of 1.7 GHz. Mali-G51 MP4 graphics with a frequency of 650 MHz are also integrated here. Based on the specifications, it is not difficult to guess that this chip is a direct competitor to the Snapdragon 636 from Qualcomm. In the second case, the graphics subsystem is a little better, but the GPU Turbo algorithm - also a Huawei proprietary feature - brings the graphics to a level where we can at least talk about fair parity.

There are no complaints about the performance of the system and the behavior of the smartphone while surfing the web, watching videos, working with documents, mail or communicating in instant messengers. The available 4 GB of RAM is absolutely enough for normal multitasking.

In games, the device also does not lose face: in absolutely all top mobile projects You can play at least on medium graphics settings. At the same time, the phone does not heat up like an iron, but only becomes slightly warm. There is certainly throttling: in the corresponding test, 15 minutes after it started, performance dropped by 19% from the stated maximum. The loss is noticeable, but not so critical - we've seen worse.

There is a lot of built-in memory: 128 GB inside the smartphone for less than 20,000 rubles - that’s really cool. By the way, not even all flagships can boast of this. Well, even 64 GB in the younger version of the Honor 8X for 18 thousand looks great. And this despite the fact that the developers did not skimp on a separate slot for a microSD card. So you can enjoy all the joys of life with two SIMs, and expand the memory if you ever need it.

The connection quality is fine: LTE, although only Cat. 4, but in real life it is unlikely that you will be able to reach the maximum declared data transfer speed limit of 150 Mbit/s. Wi-Fi picks up signals in both bands and transmits and receives data very quickly. And NFC (in PCT versions of Honor 8X) is available in this price category compared to other competitors from China it becomes a significant advantage.

⇡ Qualityshooting

The Honor 8X, like any other smartphone in the same price category, does not pretend to be a camera phone, although the presence of two lenses on the rear panel may mislead the inexperienced user. So, you don’t have much hope for the second matrix: its resolution is only 2 megapixels, and it is needed, in fact, only for better separation of the foreground from the background and subsequent software blurring of the background. Well, all the main work falls on the second module with a resolution of 20 megapixels and an aperture ratio of ƒ/1.8.

By class standards, the device takes photographs quite well. There are no problems at all in obtaining good, detailed images during the day, including in dull cloudy weather.

The device does not give up even if you need to take a macro photograph of some flower or other relatively small object: everything is in order with sharpness at the focus point, and there is a beautiful blur around it. You can bring the lens quite close to the subject.

If, when shooting outdoors, the camera forgives the format of working in the “point and shoot” mode, then this will no longer work indoors. There is no stabilizer, so you need to hold the smartphone firmly and levelly in your hands, and be sure to remember to select the desired focus point. If you also slightly manually adjust the exposure using the slider, then the amount of noise will be minimal, and the sharpness will drop slightly compared to daytime photos outdoors.

Well, taking photographs at night with a phone, of course, becomes quite difficult. Sharpness drops significantly, a lot of noise appears, and attempts by the built-in noise reduction to smooth them out sometimes make the frames frankly plastic. And the Honor 8X struggles with complex mixed artificial light. However, this is all completely normal and expected for a smartphone for this kind of money.

The front camera with a resolution of 16 megapixels is very decent. In the dark, of course, you shouldn’t expect cool self-portraits from her, but in daylight and with sufficient artificial light, selfies are only pleasing: the color rendition is normal, and the detailing is absolutely wonderful. The main thing, again, is not to rush anywhere and do not forget to choose a focus point, since there is autofocus here.

There's not much to say about video shooting. Yes, you can record videos in Full HD resolution at 30 frames/s, but this is all more of a “capture the moment” kind of thing. During the day the quality is decent, in all other cases - so-so.

⇡ AutonomousJob

Honor 8X has a non-removable battery with a capacity of 3750 mAh. By the standards of large smartphones, the figure is slightly higher than the “hospital average.” In practice, this gives a confident full day battery life from very early morning until very late evening. If you lower the brightness below 50% and forcefully limit the appetites of particularly voracious applications in the settings, then you can probably squeeze even more out of this battery. In our traditional HD video playback test with maximum brightness, the device lasted exactly 8 hours.

There is a lot of debate on the Internet about whether the gadget supports fast charging or not. Formally, it is not stated anywhere, but in fact, the Honor 8X charges from 0 to 60% in an hour using the native adapter included in the package, and the indicator travels from 0 to 90% in 95 minutes. Not a record, but fast enough. The remaining 10% is gained significantly more slowly - in 45 additional minutes, so it will take you 130 minutes to fully charge your smartphone. Just remember that instead of the seemingly almost ubiquitous USB Type-C, Honor 8X is for some reason equipped with an archaic microUSB connector.

⇡ Conclusion

Honor 8X is definitely one of the most successful Huawei smartphones this year. An indicative fact: there is not a single flaw here that could be called fatal. Scratchy glass? Yes, all these glasses are scratched, even the most tempered ones. Protruding cameras? You can get used to it or hide the phone in a case. Old microUSB? We used to live with these ports - and nothing.

At the same time, the list of advantages is such that when choosing a smartphone in 2019 at a price of up to 20,000 rubles, you won’t be able to pass by the Honor 8X even if you want to. Here you have an interesting design, a huge amount of memory, a large screen with normal resolution, decent hardware, and even NFC. Definitely a successful purchase, worthy of the most positive recommendations.

Advantages:

looks more expensive than it costs;
high-quality display;
good “filling”;
attractive price;
a lot of built-in memory;
separate slot for microSD;
There is NFC and a headphone jack.

Flaws:

microUSB;
easily soiled body;
protruding camera lenses;
The glass on the back is easy to scratch.

I won't write about technical specifications, they can be viewed on the Internet. I will write about the features that I liked in the phone. And about the phone itself.

The phone is very fast, I have something to compare it to. I used to have Samsung Galaxy S3. This was my first touchscreen phone. Since it was my first, I really liked it at first. But then I realized that he was slowing down very much. It slows down when loading pages on the Internet, slows down when loading an application, slows down when you turn on the phone book to find a number. In general, after it, Honor seemed to me very fast, lightning fast. Also when compared with Galaxy Grand Prime and Galaxy A5, Honor 8 are faster. I also compared Honor 8 with Honor 9, Honor 8 was also faster. That's why I chose Honor 8, although I wanted to take 9. I don't regret it at all.

What did I like about it? Apart from being fast, I liked the fingerprint sensor. This is very convenient, I liked that this sensor is also a button. With a long press I take a screenshot, with a short press I turn on the camera, with two short presses I turn on the flashlight. Even with a locked phone, this is very convenient.

When you hold down the volume key while the phone is locked, the microphone turns on and you say the name of the person you want to call. And the number is dialed automatically.

I also liked the video recording from the screen, it’s very convenient. There is also a long screenshot. You can see in the photo what it looks like.

When you take a selfie, you can turn on the beautiful face feature. There is also a function where when you take a selfie, the screen lights up white for a few seconds before taking the picture, thereby illuminating your face. I still haven’t figured out how to enable this function, but in my opinion it only works in poor lighting conditions.

It also has its own photo editor. See the photographs for more details.

I liked the "do not disturb" mode - this is when certain time you will not hear any sound on your phone, calls, SMS, nothing except the alarm clock. That is, the call will go on, the SMS will arrive, but the screen will not light up and no sound will be heard. I do this at night.

There is also voice control and motion control, but I don’t use them, the same functions were in Galaxy. There is a scheduled switching off and turning on of the phone. That is, you can make sure that the phone turns off at night, for example, so that the battery does not run out. By the way, the battery lasts for 2 and a half days of non-active use.

There are also disadvantages to this phone. In my opinion, it's the sound. The sound of the speakers is loud, when the call volume is at full, I even get scared, so I keep the volume set to less than half. But I don't like the sound quality itself. My husband says it's a normal sound. Apparently I got used to Galaxy, it had a completely different sound, beat, bass. In general, I don’t know how to explain.

I also don’t like that the back and minimize buttons are on the screen itself, and not like in other phones under the screen, on the right and left. At first it was very inconvenient for me; my fingers could not fit into these narrow buttons. This was my first disappointment with the phone. I still don’t understand why they did this, because there is a lot of space under the screen, they could have put buttons there.

Another bad thing for me personally was that the keyboard did not have a microphone. I'm used to Galaxy that you press the microphone, say a message and the sound is translated into words. You don’t need to write anything; if you need to write a large text, this is very convenient.

I had to download another keyboard, but I really liked it, I just fell in love with it. I've been using the phone for 2 months now and haven't fully explored it yet. If I find any other interesting functions, I will add to my review.