Huawei Honor 8

Honor 8

Reverse side of the Honor 8
Brand Honor
Manufacturer Huawei
Predecessor Huawei Honor 7
Type Touchscreen smartphone
Form factor Touchscreen
Dimensions 145.5 mm (5.73 in) H
71 mm (2.8 in) W
7.45 mm (0.293 in) D
Weight 153 g (5.4 oz)
CPU Hisilicon Kirin 950
Memory 4GB RAM
Storage 32GB/64GB
Battery 3000mAh (typical)

The Honor 8 is a flagship smartphone made by Honor, a smartphone brand under Huawei. It is a successor of the Huawei Honor 7 within the Huawei Honor series.

Specifications

The Honor 8 is a flagship smartphone made by Honor, a sub-brand under the Huawei Group, as part of the Huawei Honor series.[1] It has an eight-core HiSilicon Kirin 950 processor, a Mali-T880 MP4 GPU,[2][3] and a 3000mAh (typical) battery. The phone comes with 32 or 64 gigabytes (GB) of storage,[4] 4GB RAM,[5][6] and runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Honor's Emotion UI interface (EMUI 4.0).[1][7][8] It has a 5.2-inch (13 cm), 2.5D glass liquid-crystal display (LCD) with 1080 x 1920 resolution and "multilayer optical filming" to catch and reflect light.[1][7]

The phone's dual 12 megapixel (MP) camera setup is flush to the phone's reverse side.[1][7] One of the rear cameras has a lens to capture details, and the other has an RGB sensor to record color data.[1][7] The two resulting images are then merged.[1][9][10] The camera app has a "Wide Aperture" mode, among others, which allows users to adjust the focus and depth of field after a photograph has been taken.[7][9] The Honor 8 also has a forward-facing 8MP camera.[11][12]

Other features include an earpiece with built-in notification LED, a fingerprint sensor on the phone's back side, an infrared port allowing the phone to act as a universal remote, dual SIM-card support in select versions,[2] a USB 2.0 /w Type-C Interface connector, and QuickCharge support.[1][13][14] In addition to scanning fingerprints, the fingerprint sensor serves as a customizable "smart button", enabling users to open apps or scroll up or down the screen.[5][11][12] Users can also tap their knuckles on the screen to take screenshots or recordings, or draw letters to open specific applications.[6][11]

The Honor 8 measures 145.5 millimetres (5.73 in) by 71 millimetres (2.8 in) by 7.45 millimetres (0.293 in) and weighs 153 grams (5.4 oz).[12] It has an aluminum bezel,[7] metal trim and glass back.[1] In China, Honor 8 is available in the following colors: midnight black, sapphire blue, sunrise gold, sakura pink, and pearl white.[15] Some hardware versions are only available in select colors.[16] In the United States, Honor 8 is available in midnight black, sapphire blue, and pearl white.[7][11][12]

Release

Honor 8 launched in China in July 2016.[16][17] Registrations were accepted until July 18; sales began on July 19.[4][17][18] Honor confirmed more than 5 million registrations, or indications of interest, within four days of the phone's launch in China.[4][15]

Honor hosted launch events in San Francisco and Paris in August 2016 to debut the Honor 8 in the United States and Europe, respectively.[12][19] The phone launched in the U.S. on August 16, becoming the first flagship model (and second overall, following the Honor 5X earlier in 2016) marketed by Honor in the country.[1][7][13][12] The "unlocked" phone is compatible with GSM networks (AT&T and T-Mobile). Honor sells the phone directly to customers and select online retailers such as Amazon.com and Best Buy, rather than through wireless carriers.[1][20][21] The sapphire blue model was exclusive to Best Buy for the first 60 days of the phone's availability in the United States.[1][6][11]

Honor 8's launch in Sweden included a world record attempt to complete the highest smartphone livestream. On September 5, the phone was placed in a weather balloon at Swedish Space Corporation's Esrange Space Center and carried 18,425 metres (60,449 ft) into the air.[22] The record for highest smartphone livestream was achieved despite the weather balloon's failure to reach the 30,000-metre (98,000 ft) goal.[23]

Honor began accepting pre-orders in the Middle East region on August 24, 2016; sales started on September 1.[24][25]

Promotion

According to Honor's president George Zhao, the brand's U.S. launch strategy replicates the successful campaign in China by highlighting Honor 8's "cool design, serious components, [and] appealing prices",[1] and by targeting millennials.[7][20][26] To appeal to younger users, Honor focuses on the phone's "unique" aesthetics, high-performing dual-lens cameras, and fingerprint sensor.[7]

Gift card rebate offers were available to U.S. customers who pre-ordered the Honor 8 through the brand's website or select retailers by September 3.[1][11][14] In addition to its standard one-year warranty, Honor has offered an extended warranty to fix glass covering damages during the first three months after purchase.[6][7][20] Honor has also guaranteed continuous software updates for the Honor 8 for at least two years, in an attempt to attract consumers.[27][28][29]

Reception

Alex Dobie of Android Central called the Honor 8 an appealing phone with a "less industrial" and "more elegant" appearance than its predecessor.[30] Business Insider's Jeff Dunn said of the phone and its price: "Huawei's newest phone looks great, feels great, and runs with aplomb. There's a sense of heft and flair to it that cannot come from something you'd call 'cheap.'"[31] Cherlynn Low of the technology blog network Engadget complimented the phone's camera and design.[7]

Honor 8 has been compared to the Samsung Galaxy S7 and iPhone.[26][32][33] Fast Company's Harry McCracken, who tested a "pre-release" version of the phone, was impressed and called the Honor 8 worthy competitor to the more expensive Samsung Galaxy S7.[1] Matthew Miller of ZDNet appreciated the phone's appearance and value. He called the model a "fingerprint magnet", but opined, "phones like this are really going to make people question paying double for the latest Samsung Galaxy or Apple iPhone".[6]

References

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  4. 1 2 3 "Honor 8 has already scored over 5 million registrations for its first sale". GSM Arena. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Amadeo, Ron. "Hands-on with Huawei's Honor 8—$400 for flagship-class specs". Ars Technica. Condé Nast. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
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  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Low, Cherlynn (August 16, 2016). "Huawei Honor 8 goes after millennials with fancy dual cameras". Engadget. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  8. ↑ Low, Cherlynn (August 16, 2016). "Huawei Honor 8 goes after millennials with fancy dual cameras". Android Authority. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  9. 1 2 Hongzuo, Liu (August 18, 2016). "Huawei's new Honor 8 comes with P9's dual-rear camera setup". HardwareZone. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  10. ↑ Goode, Lauren (August 16, 2016). "This is Huawei's first dual camera smartphone for the US". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Huawei's gorgeous Honor 8 arrives in the US for $350 if you preorder (hands-on)". CNET. August 16, 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thomson, Iain (August 22, 2016). "Honor 8: Huawei targets young people with high-spec cheapie. 3 words – Food pic mode". The Register. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  13. 1 2 Dobie, Alex (July 26, 2016). "5 things to know about Honor 8 in the U.S.". Android Central. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  14. 1 2 Goenka, Himanshu (August 17, 2016). "Huawei Honor 8 Flagship Killer Open for US Preorders". International Business Times. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
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  16. 1 2 "Huawei unveils the Honor 8 with dual rear camera, 4GB of RAM". GSM Arena. Jul 11, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
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  19. ↑ Dolcourt, Jessica (July 13, 2016). "Huawei's next Honor phone launches Aug 16, possibly with two cameras". CNET. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  20. 1 2 3 King, Hope (August 16, 2016). "Huawei's Honor 8 is an eye-catching Samsung Galaxy alternative". CNNMoney. Time Warner. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
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  22. ↑ Curtis, Sophie (September 5, 2016). "Watch LIVE as Huawei sends a smartphone into space in world record attempt". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. OCLC 223228477. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  23. ↑ Bosnjak, Dominik (September 6, 2016). "Huawei Honor 8 Breaks Livestreaming World Record". Android Headlines. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Honor 8's Middle East launch set for early next month". GSM Arena. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  25. ↑ Fernando, Chris (August 24, 2016). "Huawei's Honor 8 Comes to the Middle East". PC Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
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