The Huawei Honor 8 is Huawei's newest offering announced yesterday from China. It seems to compete with Huawei's own recent flagship, the Huawei P9, on every dimension except two: build quality (glass back vs. unibody construction) and price (this one is about 30% cheaper). We covered the P9 back in April, and the Honor 8 really is almost identical as you can see from the specs:
Honor 8 | P9 | |
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Processor | Kirin 950 (4 x Cortex A72 2.3GHz + 4 x Cortex A53 1.8GHz + always-on I5 coprocessor) | Kirin 955 (4 x Cortex A72 2.5GHz + 4 x Cortex A53 1.8GHz + always-on I5 coprocessor) |
GPU | Mali T880 | |
Memory & Storage | 3GB/32GB, 4GB/32GB, 4GB/64GB | |
Screen | 5.2" 1920x1080 LTPS LCD (423 PPI), 96% NTSC color reproduction | |
Camera (rear) | 12MP, F2.2, dual lens (1 B&W, 1 RGB) | |
Camera (front) | 8PM, F2.4 | |
SD Card | Hybrid microSD (dual nano SIM or nano + SD) | |
Battery | 3000mAh | |
Software | EMUI 4.1 on Android 6.0 | |
Measurements | 145.5 x 71 x 7.44 mm, 153 g | 145 x 70.9 x 7 mm, 144 g |
Build | "2.5D" glass front and back, metal frame | All metal unibody construction |
Colors | White, Gold, Black, Pink, Blue | White, Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, Gray |
As far as I can tell, except for being ever so slightly slower, bulkier, and cheaper with the glass back, these two phones are almost identical. The same B&W/RGB dual camera setup, the same multipurpose fingerprint reader / button, the same RAM/ROM options, the same GPU, etc.
The biggest difference is definitely the price, with the Honor 8 starting at ¥1,999 ($299), significantly less than the P9 which is available for around $450 on GizOK.