The eagerly awaited launch Β of then high-end model of the Huawei value Honor lineup is finally here and starting 7pm chinese time the presenting conference is already under way. So let’s get to it with commented specs and pictures for the Honor V8 launch.
Huawei Honor brand president George Zhao introduced the new Honor V8 flagship and pinpointed the full metal body of the device and the six available color variants.
Honor V8 is going to feature 5.7-inch IPS display with 2K resolution and thus very high 515 PPI for the highest version of the phone or the standard FHD resolution for the lesser version. Worth mentioning is the fact, thats it’s the first time ever Huawei opted to use the 2K resolution in any of their devices. There will be also a special VR headset released for the V8 with dedicated HiFi sound.
Hardware-wise it’s certainly not going to be a slouch with octa-core Kirin 950, 4 GB fast DDR4 RAM and 32/64 GB of storage choice. MicroSD with up to 128 GB support is also present for easy storage expansion. There are going to be various security features built-in the phone and also the support of Huawei Pay indicating the NFC presence, though only in the higher versions of the phone. Smart PA amplifier should take care of the audio side of things. Phone offers also Bluetooth 4.2 and runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with company EMUI 4.1 on top of it.
On the metal body we can find the new 3D fingerprint sensor in the back and the handy Honor smartkey is located on the edge of the device in some updated 2.0 version for better and smarter controls.
Battery capacity will be 3500 mAh with fast charge support 9V2A, USB Type-C connector is also present and the phone will be equipped with a super-saving mode for the desperate moments of low battery and needed uptime.
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Cherry on the top is of course the dual camera setup using the same 12 MPix shooters with f/2.2 aperture as in the Huawei P9 model meaning one being RGB and one monochromatic. Tons of features like professional mode, Super Night and especially the hyped 360 degree 3D dynamic panorama. Front selfie camera is going to be 8 MPix one with f/2.4 aperture. And of course comparison with iPhone 6S Plus is something that can’t be missed at any chinese conference launch.
And what about the pricing ? Well the fully equipped 2K model of Honor V8 with 4GB/64 GB RAM is going to cost 2799 yuan ($429) while the FHD versions are going to be priced in China 2299 yuan ($352) and 2499 yuan ($383). The lowest Standard version seems to be lacking the NFC altogether and let’s wait on the exact details of the LTE bands supported, because it’s a big deal for many customers. The Honor V8 should start selling on May 17th and looks like a pretty nice bang for the buck highend model at first glance.
Along the Honor V8 launch there were also some minor accessories introduced like the new headset for 129 yuan ($20), smart fitness bracelet Honor A1 for 99 yuan ($15) or the same bracelet with leather strap for 199 yuan ($30).
Not only the phone , I am also interested in the Fitness band .
With that price point its extremely lucrative to me , both he phone and Wearables .
The 2499CNY version does have more bands than the cheapest one.
They do list the bands for the 2499 version here http://www.vmall.com/product/186517099.html
FDD-LTE: B1 / B3 / B4 / B7; TDD-LTE: B38 / B39 / B40 / B41 (2555MHz ~ 2655MHz)
Ofc this device will have more versions for diff regions.
Yeah with the bands i would be careful yet, because like you said Huawei quite often has many versions including international ones. We shall see and will surely post some article with details once its rock solid.
That’s their own store, it’s as legit as it can be.
The honor site isn’t listing the device yet http://www.honor.cn/index.html but vmall is Huawei’s own store.
am i seeing right is that a 1.76 micron for the camera?
You are seeing right but it’s not 1.76. The two sensors are 1.25um and they argue that the two added up absorb the same amount of light as a 1.76um sensor or something like that.
They had the same marketing number for the P9. The cams are likely identical to the P9.
hmm i see, they should put there info up so google translate can translate it rather than put images up of the information which cant be translated by the browser, anyways thanks for the info
It’s a shame. P9 and Mate 8 both boast broader network support, to my knowledge. Now I don’t know what to do. This or P9.
The P9 does cost plenty more and the screen is just 5.2 inch. The Mate 8 is as tall as this one but bigger screen, 2999CNY and many bands.
It doesn’t really cost plenty more. I’m not fussed about the 4GB RAM config P9, which means I can pick one up for around the 3000 mark just the same.
The V8 starts at 2299CNY while the P9 starts at 3188CNY on Vmall, that’s 39% more.
Thanks for running the numbers, but I clearly misunderstood you in response and you in turn misunderstood me in kind. I took it as you saying go for the Mate 8 because it’s cheaper than the P9. My response was saying there’s not much argument for the Mate 8 over the P9 on price alone.
P9 has multiple models there is one that only supports 1,3,4,7,38,39,40 and 41 like the one listed above. They also have a global model that supports nearly every band. This one will probably be the same way as Huawei is trying to become a global company.
I would love this in 5.2 inch screen
Buy the P9 then
this looks amazing
nice !
the screen size is NEAR perfect !
It IS PERFECT!!! hahaha
6 inch is my dream size !
also , very disappointed in Xiaomi Max :/
my PURE XL is a 6″cher but it kind of exceeds my comfort zone and that the main gripe I have on the phone, but I would do it al again with the ELIFE E9 just for the joy of such beautiful screen I got.
How do you like your Pure XL? I did not buy coz it does not android pay.
Android Pay is NOT a thing yet in my country so is NOT relevant for me … It does have NFC and comes with 3 tags in the box. Its and awesome device and an excellent performer, 3 updates by now, and maybe it will see Andorid 6, not sure, but not backlit buttons and size are my biggest gripe S if any, but not a deal-breaker at all, o highly recommend it.
its hard to hold with one hand ?
No, but here’s the thing it is a beautiful device which comes with a clear coat cover and then a hard case cover included. So without them it’s nice to hold and a Looker I always get asked and complemented about it, but I get scared it migth get dented so I mostly use it with the covers on which makes if fell 3mm wider… If you like them bare then it’s OK.
Just get the 360 N4 and be done with it π
I keep mentioning it in comments since Gizchina doesn’t seem to want to report on the launch lol.
BTW the Mate 8 is 6 inch and as tall as this one at 157mm.
lol … maybe Andi and co are Nubia fanboys π (they have praised them every now and then on occasion π )
Andi is vivo fanboys, afaik.
Andi likes a variety of phones from Xiaomi, LeTV, Vivo and others. I haven’t seen him be a true fanboy really for any-one brand.
hahah
yeah , but they do seem to shower lots of affection on Nubia too
im looking at collecting for the N4 …
This is one of the better value phones lately. Thicks all my cases, but is it true that some apps don’t have support for the Kirin Chips ???
Other than that I would love a grey+black color version. This made to my short list as I’m sure my network carrier migth bring it at some point.
Now just have to wait what the ELIFE E9 brings to the table.
Do you know when Gionee Elife E9 is launching?
Hehehehe I haven’t even heard of it for real, this is just me positively thinking!
Does Honor V8 is launching in USA with LTE bands Support?
They launched the Honor 5X in the US so there is a good chance this one will too. The P9 also has a global model that support all the bands for Tmobile and ATT so this one might as well.
Really? Didn’t know that about the p9.
I should start keeping an eye on Huawei phones from now on
Yea the international model is available on Amazon for $640, it has the following bands:
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/12/17/18/19/20/26/38/39/40/41
http://www.amazon.com/Huawei-Camera-Smartphone-Mystic-Silver/dp/B01EC6G1SM/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1462918456&sr=8-7&keywords=huawei+p9
Forget about it, I’ll stay with 3G
Lol, $640?
Phones don’t last me a full year anymore, I can’t spend that kinda money on a phone. :-p
I pay more than that for the wife’s Samsuck phones which only last her a year haha.
LOL. I am more and more tempted each day to just buy it. But the Zuk Z2 Pro is also coming with Bands 2 and 4 for Tmobile. I am gonna get one of those two. Just waiting on some reviews of the Zuk.
I like the Z2 a lot!
Also waiting for the OP3.
Once both are out I’ll pick one and get rid of this POS π
Z2 Pro or which one ?
Z2 Pro, that is my preferred device.
Ok fine and where does the Hnor V8 and Xiaomi Max now come on your list ?
Honor V8 maybe top 5 but I need to see some reviews of it, Xiaomi Max no where close. I like bigger phones but I think the Max is a little too big.
& that makes it a much worse choice than for instance Samsung Galaxy S7.
Anything is better than a Samsuck for me at least.
No chance, as they are banned from selling anything but Qualcomm chips in there.
If I had to take a guess I would say they will launch it in June with a release of August.
Not true mate.
Honor 6+ and Honor 7 owner here, never had any problems with any apps.
If you are looking for a Huawei P9 at a cut price, this is it.
The Honor series has always been fabulous, because it offers premium features at a mid-range price point.
I would not recommend the 2K display though as the Kirin 950 is not exactly the graphics powerhouse like the SD820 and Exynos 8890.
Yup, yet I would exactly choose the 2K screen as that’s something I enjoy, I have a 6″ er 2K runned by a MTK X10 and it’s quite nice to me, maybe it’s real optimization but it runs smoothly for me. I can’t go back to FHD now… Hehehe
But thanks for the info regarding the apps I run many many different apps and games so I don’t want any “your device is to blame” kind of errors from the play store.
Same standard arhitekture components ARM CPU & GPU cores along with (slightly outdated Tensilica DSP) so compatibility is the same. Part where HiSilicon or for that matter Huawei is not brilliant (& it never whose) are software optimizations.
and today i was jsut worried that i wont have a dreamphone with emui/miui after the mi max launch and this one is now nearly perfect. cant wait for a review int erms of battery life and camer quality.
else i might go for the le 2 pro..but dunno the normal honor v8 seems to fit everything for me.
No, no, no, that’s not how you do an upper-midrange at that price point… Remove all of the good things, battery included, and give us moar leds for the flash! Many moar! At least 8 moar! 10 leds, that’s right! B*tches love leds!
show us on the doll where meizu hurt you
:'( here!
*pointing at the hype*
You also give it an amazing design and make it cheaper than the previous model launched for.
Not only the phone , I am also interested in the Fitness band .
With that price point its extremely lucrative to me , both he phone and Wearables .
The 2499CNY version does have more bands than the cheapest one.
They do list the bands for the 2499 version here http://www.vmall.com/product/186517099.html
FDD-LTE: B1 / B3 / B4 / B7; TDD-LTE: B38 / B39 / B40 / B41 (2555MHz ~ 2655MHz)
Ofc this device will have more versions for diff regions.
Yeah with the bands i would be careful yet, because like you said Huawei quite often has many versions including international ones. We shall see and will surely post some article with details once its rock solid.
That’s their own store, it’s as legit as it can be.
The honor site isn’t listing the device yet http://www.honor.cn/index.html but vmall is Huawei’s own store.
am i seeing right is that a 1.76 micron for the camera?
It’s a shame. P9 and Mate 8 both boast broader network support, to my knowledge. Now I don’t know what to do. This or P9.
You are seeing right but it’s not 1.76. The two sensors are 1.25um and they argue that the two added up absorb the same amount of light as a 1.76um sensor or something like that.
They had the same marketing number for the P9. The cams are likely identical to the P9.
The P9 does cost plenty more and the screen is just 5.2 inch. The Mate 8 is as tall as this one but bigger screen, 2999CNY and many bands.
It doesn’t really cost plenty more. I’m not fussed about the 4GB RAM config P9, which means I can pick one up for around the 3000 mark just the same.
The V8 starts at 2299CNY while the P9 starts at 3188CNY on Vmall, that’s 39% more.
Thanks for running the numbers, but I clearly misunderstood you in response and you in turn misunderstood me in kind. I took it as you saying go for the Mate 8 because it’s cheaper than the P9. My response was saying there’s not much argument for the Mate 8 over the P9 on price alone.
hmm i see, they should put there info up so google translate can translate it rather than put images up of the information which cant be translated by the browser, anyways thanks for the info
P9 has multiple models there is one that only supports 1,3,4,7,38,39,40 and 41 like the one listed above. They also have a global model that supports nearly every band. This one will probably be the same way as Huawei is trying to become a global company.
I would love this in 5.2 inch screen
Buy the P9 then
this looks amazing
nice !
the screen size is NEAR perfect !
It IS PERFECT!!! hahaha
6 inch is my dream size !
also , very disappointed in Xiaomi Max :/
my PURE XL is a 6″cher but it kind of exceeds my comfort zone and that the main gripe I have on the phone, but I would do it al again with the ELIFE E9 just for the joy of such beautiful screen I got.
How do you like your Pure XL? I did not buy coz it does not android pay.
Just get the 360 N4 and be done with it π Not 6 inch but you’ll survive.
I keep mentioning it in comments since Gizchina doesn’t seem to want to report on the launch lol.
BTW the Mate 8 is 6 inch and as tall as this one at 157mm.
lol … maybe Andi and co are Nubia fanboys π (they have praised them every now and then on occasion π )
its hard to hold with one hand ?
im looking at collecting for the N4 …
Andi is vivo fanboys, afaik.
Andi likes a variety of phones from Xiaomi, LeTV, Vivo and others. I haven’t seen him be a true fanboy really for any-one brand.
hahah
yeah , but they do seem to shower lots of affection on Nubia too
Android Pay is NOT a thing yet in my country so is NOT relevant for me … It does have NFC and comes with 3 tags in the box. Its and awesome device and an excellent performer, 3 updates by now, and maybe it will see Andorid 6, not sure, but not backlit buttons and size are my biggest gripe S if any, but not a deal-breaker at all, o highly recommend it.
No, but here’s the thing it is a beautiful device which comes with a clear coat cover and then a hard case cover included. So without them it’s nice to hold and a Looker I always get asked and complemented about it, but I get scared it migth get dented so I mostly use it with the covers on which makes if fell 3mm wider… If you like them bare then it’s OK.
This is one of the better value phones lately. Thicks all my cases, but is it true that some apps don’t have support for the Kirin Chips ???
Other than that I would love a grey+black color version. This made to my short list as I’m sure my network carrier migth bring it at some point.
Now just have to wait what the ELIFE E9 brings to the table.
Do you know when Gionee Elife E9 is launching?
Hehehehe I haven’t even heard of it for real, this is just me positively thinking!
Does Honor V8 is launching in USA with LTE bands Support?
If I had to take a guess I would say they will launch it in June with a release of August.
They launched the Honor 5X in the US so there is a good chance this one will too. The P9 also has a global model that support all the bands for Tmobile and ATT so this one might as well.
Really? Didn’t know that about the p9.
I should start keeping an eye on Huawei phones from now on
Yea the international model is available on Amazon for $640, it has the following bands:
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/12/17/18/19/20/26/38/39/40/41
http://www.amazon.com/Huawei-Camera-Smartphone-Mystic-Silver/dp/B01EC6G1SM/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1462918456&sr=8-7&keywords=huawei+p9
Forget about it, I’ll stay with 3G
Lol, $640?
Phones don’t last me a full year anymore, I can’t spend that kinda money on a phone. :-p
LOL. I am more and more tempted each day to just buy it. But the Zuk Z2 Pro is also coming with Bands 2 and 4 for Tmobile. I am gonna get one of those two. Just waiting on some reviews of the Zuk.
I like the Z2 a lot!
Also waiting for the OP3.
Once both are out I’ll pick one and get rid of this POS π
Not true mate.
Honor 6+ and Honor 7 owner here, never had any problems with any apps.
If you are looking for a Huawei P9 at a cut price, this is it.
The Honor series has always been fabulous, because it offers premium features at a mid-range price point.
I would not recommend the 2K display though as the Kirin 950 is not exactly the graphics powerhouse like the SD820 and Exynos 8890.
No chance, as they are banned from selling anything but Qualcomm chips in there.
Same standard arhitekture components ARM CPU & GPU cores along with (slightly outdated Tensilica DSP) so compatibility is the same. Part where HiSilicon or for that matter Huawei is not brilliant (& it never whose) are software optimizations.
& that makes it a much worse choice than for instance Samsung Galaxy S7.
Anything is better than a Samsuck for me at least. Excellent hardware ruined by a terrible design and terrible software.
I pay more than that for the wife’s Samsuck phones which only last her a year haha.
Z2 Pro or which one ?
Z2 Pro, that is my preferred device.
Ok fine and where does the Hnor V8 and Xiaomi Max now come on your list ?
Yup, yet I would exactly choose the 2K screen as that’s something I enjoy, I have a 6″ er 2K runned by a MTK X10 and it’s quite nice to me, maybe it’s real optimization but it runs smoothly for me. I can’t go back to FHD now… Hehehe
But thanks for the info regarding the apps I run many many different apps and games so I don’t want any “your device is to blame” kind of errors from the play store.
Honor V8 maybe top 5 but I need to see some reviews of it, Xiaomi Max no where close. I like bigger phones but I think the Max is a little too big.
and today i was jsut worried that i wont have a dreamphone with emui/miui after the mi max launch and this one is now nearly perfect. cant wait for a review int erms of battery life and camer quality.
else i might go for the le 2 pro..but dunno the normal honor v8 seems to fit everything for me.
No, no, no, that’s not how you do an upper-midrange at that price point… Remove all of the good things, battery included, and give us moar leds for the flash! Many moar! At least 8 moar! 10 leds, that’s right! B*tches love leds!
show us on the doll where meizu hurt you
:'( here!
*pointing at the hype*
You also give it an amazing design and make it cheaper than the previous model launched for.
Huawei Honor V8 Unboxing and Camera Shots Antutu Score and more
http://wp.me/p5jCmt-2ux
Huawei Honor V8 Unboxing and Camera Shots Antutu Score and more
http://wp.me/p5jCmt-2ux