Honor 8 Pro Review: The Affordable Huawei P10 Plus minus Leica camera
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Honor 8 Pro back
Honor 8 Pro
8.5
Pros
- Great build quality
- Comes with cardboard VR headset
- Accurate & fast fingerprint scanner
- Great 5.7-inch 1440p IPS display
- Good rear camera
- Excellent performance
- Good battery life
- Under RM 2000
Cons
- No IP-rated dust and water resistant
- No OIS
- Battery drain with machine learning algorithm
- Slow charging
Intro
Last year, we reviewed the Honor 8 over at Tech-Critter and overall we are very satisfied with the form factor and performance of the phone. Not to mention the extremely competitive pricing as well.
The Honor 8 Pro now comes with a larger and sharper display, high-performance chipset and bigger battery. Let’s find out what does Honor has to offer for the price of RM 1, 999.
Honor 8 Pro Specifications
| Honor 8 Pro | Honor 8 | |
| CPU & GPU | HiSilicon Kirin 960 4 x 2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 + 4 x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) | HiSilicon Kirin 950 4 x 2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 + 4 x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) |
| RAM | 4 GB / 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Storage | 64 GB | 32 GB / 64 GB |
| Display | 5.7 inches 1440p LTPS IPS Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | 5.2 inches 1080p LTPS ISP Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Camera (rear) | Dual 12 MP f/2.2 PDAF, Laser AF Dual tone LED flash | Dual 12 MP f/2.2 PDAF, Laser AF Dual tone LED flash |
| Camera (front) | 8 MP f/2.0 | 8 MP f/2.4 |
| Battery | Non-removable 4000mAh Li-Po | Non-removable 3000mAh Li-Po |
| Operating System | Android 7.0 Nougat EMUI 5.0 | Android 7.0 Nougat EMUI 5.0 |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano + Nano) Hybrid SIM tray | Dual SIM (Nano + Nano) Hybrid SIM tray |
| Connectivity | GSM / HSPA / LTE Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS | GSM / HSPA / LTE Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| Features | Fingerprint scanner | Fingerprint scanner |
Unboxing
What’s in the box:
- Honor 8 Pro
- Huawei Super Charge adapter
- USB-C cable
- Earphones
- VR headset
- Paper works
VR Headset
The box can be transformed into a card box VR headset with the included cardboard cut out and the lenses.
Contents
