So I've had the Honor 8 for about a week now, and I'd just like to give my review on the device, if anyone is curious about Honor.
The device itself is great. I find the 5.2 inch screen size to be the perfect size for me. Im trying to stay away from the 5.5+ inch screen phones, and they are becoming more and more common these days, so its nice to see a phone with a bit of a smaller size. I cant see it on my device because its the white model, but when light hits the back of the device, it creates a nice effect on the back (probably from all the glass). It is very slippery so i did pick up a case. The Honor 8 does support its own form of quick charging (0-50% in about 30 mins), and has a decent size battery (3000 mAH)
Performance wise this phone is speedy. The fingerprint sensor on the back unlocks the phone almost instantly, faster than the iPhone i was using. The one thing not so great could be the software. Its resembles iOS abit, like all chinese phones, but with a little work and help from Nova Launcher I have it looking fairly close to stock android. The phone also came with a gift box that included an extra charger and cable, which is a plus!
I upgraded it to nougat right away, so it did add some new software features and changed the EMUI interface (Honor's skin on Android) which was much better than what came out of the box upon initial booting. I havent expierenced any slowdowns what so ever with the phone. Multi tasking is great thanks to the 3GB of Ram. I can also expand the storage if I need to. Cant use android pay though (Stupid RBC) and i dont feel like using RBC wallet app to make purchases at the moment
Call quality has been great, and i have had a constant LTE connection, where on my iPhone i would have 3G in some areas. So i can confirm that the phone will work on the network (The US Model).
Picture quality is good too, with the dual cameras. Not a real photo phanatic, all the pictures ive taken have been with snapchat tbh. Few of my friends disliked that im not using my iPhone anymore but oh well, Android has always been better
If anyone would like to know other things about the phone, hopefully i can answer them
@srlawren i actually got it from newegg.ca, and i paid about $460 CDN before tax and everything. But to my surprise i few days later, the more expensive model went on sale for $400
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But considering how its sold for $400 USD, i wasnt too too upset with paying $460. The phone came the next day which is nice
