The Trend of Cheaper Phones Continues: A New Benchmark Set by the Honor 8

Phonese are always getting cheaper, and there's no stopping that trend from the looks of it. Through the course of this year alone, we've seen some fantastic phones already, but the Honor 8 might set the benchmark in terms of design and specs at this new price point, especially when it comes to close to matching the Huawei P9 spec sheet.

Wow, this phone looks utterly amazing! It's mind-boggling to see that it looks to some degree like the Samsung Galaxy S7. It has a 2.5 D curved glass covering it, which just like the S7 shimmers in these cool patterns thanks to how light bounces off the surfaces. It's almost hard to wrap our head around how the Honor 8 looks so good, especially when compared to the Honor 5X from earlier in the year. Everyone else needs to step up their game.

The 5.2-inch 1080p display may look like AMOLED at first glance, but in reality, it is actually an IPS LCD screen with deep and vibrant colors just like AMOLED. There's really not a whole lot to complain about the screen here since its resolution quality seemed favorable at the moment. Of course, it still drops comparisons to the Huawei P9 in some aspects.

Most of the specs are identical between the two phones, but one main difference relates to the processor. The P9 gets the top-tiered Kiran 955, while the Honor 8 is slapped with a slightly less powerful Kerin 950. Now, this is acceptable considering that the phone is being targeted towards Millennials and has enough power to handle all the basic stuff. Given the EMUI 4.1 software running on top of Android Marshmallow, this combination makes perfect sense.

However, it's hard to say how the Honor 8 will handle gaming. The fingerprint sensor on the back shows that they're no longer isolated to high-end phones and acts as another form of unlocking the phone. It's super speedy and doubles as a button as well, where you can program it to launch the camera app with a single press or Google search with a long press and even double tapping for screenshots.

The cameras on the Honor 8 appear to be almost like the ones on the Huawei P9, with an 8-megapixel front-facing camera and a dual-tuned pixel camera setup on the back. Notably, the branding or attachment is different, but despite that, this dual-camera setup allows the phone to readjust the focus level or bokeh level post-shot.

In recent years, we've seen flagship-level phones get cheaper and cheaper, even for new phones coming to market. This trend shows no signs of stopping, and most of these aggressively priced phones reflect their price in terms of performance. Subpar qualities like slow processors, lack of expanded storage, and ugly designs are common in these phones.

But the Honor 8 is beating many of its rivals announced this year already with a spec sheet worthy of a flagship device combined with a beautifully crafted design. This phone is making quite the convincing statement.

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AMOLED there's really not a whole lot to complain about the screen here since its resolution quality seemed favorable at the moment of course still dropped many comparisons to the Huawei p9 most of the specs are identical but one the main differences they'll relate to the processor the p9 gets the top tiered Kiran 955 well the honor 8 is slapped with a slightly less powerful keren 950 now this is acceptable considering that the phone is being targeted to Millennials it has enough power to handle all the basic stuff and given the emui 4.1 software that's on board and running on top of android marshmallow this combination makes perfect sense although who knows how it will handle gaming there's also a fingerprint sensor here on the back which again shows that they're no longer isolated to high-end phones it acts as another form of unlocking the phone but we're impressed that it's super speedy and it actually doubles as a button as well where you can program it to launch the camera app which is a single press or launch Google search with a long press and even double tapping it to take a screenshot as for the cameras it appears to be almost like the ones on the huawei p9 there's 8 megapixel front-facing camera and you have the dual told my pixel camera setup on the back the notable change here is that it four goes to like a branding or attachment now despite that this dual camera setup allows the phone to readjust the focus level or bokeh level post shot the same shooting modes are pretty much the same here but it'll be interesting to see if it's quality for a budget price phone can be flagship level phones have always gotten cheaper even for new phones that are just coming to market we've been seeing this trend for the last couple of years now with no end in sight usually the performance of these aggressively priced phones reflect their price so that means subpar qualities like slow processors lack of expanded storage and ugly designs you can say that the honor eight is beating many of its rivals announced this year already with a spec sheet worthy of a flagship device combined with a beautifully crafted design the honor eight is making quite the convincing statement so if you guys want to learn more about the honor eight you could check out our website and droid authority comm this is John Vee signing offphones are always getting cheaper that's just the trend we've been seeing and there's no stopping that from the looks of it through the course of this year alone we've seen some fantastic phones already but the honor eight might set the benchmark in terms of design and specs at this new price point especially when it comes to close to matching the huawei p9 spec sheet Wow this bone looks utterly amazing it's mind-boggling to see that it looks to some degree like the Samsung Galaxy s7 it has this 2.5 D curved glass covering it which just like the s7 shimmers in these cool patterns thanks to how light bounces off the surfaces it's almost hard to wrap our head around how the honor ain´t looks so good especially in comparison to the honor 5x from earlier in the year everyone else needs to step up their game the 5.2 inch 1080p display looks like amlet at first but in reality it is actually an IPS LCD screen it has those deep and vibrant colors just like AMOLED there's really not a whole lot to complain about the screen here since its resolution quality seemed favorable at the moment of course still dropped many comparisons to the Huawei p9 most of the specs are identical but one the main differences they'll relate to the processor the p9 gets the top tiered Kiran 955 well the honor 8 is slapped with a slightly less powerful keren 950 now this is acceptable considering that the phone is being targeted to Millennials it has enough power to handle all the basic stuff and given the emui 4.1 software that's on board and running on top of android marshmallow this combination makes perfect sense although who knows how it will handle gaming there's also a fingerprint sensor here on the back which again shows that they're no longer isolated to high-end phones it acts as another form of unlocking the phone but we're impressed that it's super speedy and it actually doubles as a button as well where you can program it to launch the camera app which is a single press or launch Google search with a long press and even double tapping it to take a screenshot as for the cameras it appears to be almost like the ones on the huawei p9 there's 8 megapixel front-facing camera and you have the dual told my pixel camera setup on the back the notable change here is that it four goes to like a branding or attachment now despite that this dual camera setup allows the phone to readjust the focus level or bokeh level post shot the same shooting modes are pretty much the same here but it'll be interesting to see if it's quality for a budget price phone can be flagship level phones have always gotten cheaper even for new phones that are just coming to market we've been seeing this trend for the last couple of years now with no end in sight usually the performance of these aggressively priced phones reflect their price so that means subpar qualities like slow processors lack of expanded storage and ugly designs you can say that the honor eight is beating many of its rivals announced this year already with a spec sheet worthy of a flagship device combined with a beautifully crafted design the honor eight is making quite the convincing statement so if you guys want to learn more about the honor eight you could check out our website and droid authority comm this is John Vee signing off\n"