[Huawei P8max] TheTruthSeeker:
Huawei has potential...but...

Here's the thing,

While Huawei was on to something with the P8Max, any Sony Z Ultra fan was salivating at the prospect/specs of this phone, the phone, much like the company, leaves you wanting.

-Lack of support, no true western development community...support for the phone is well, Chinese. Which is to be expected, given the intended market. But, there's no footing for it. No solid base of people looking to take risks to dev for it. Why? I have no clue.

-The not so premium device. Take your pick of what that means; mid tiered specs, bland UI (although the double tap screenshot is slick), average camera, average headphones, lack of accessory support, bland user forum experience.

This is a premium device in idea/thought. It is not a premium device in reality.

-It is still on 5.1. Let that sink in. This is Huawei's premium device, that is still sitting on 5.1. No I don't want to argue that the Note 4 and 5 were on 5.1 for a long time. Those phones were NOT marketed as premium devices. They were marketed as top business devices. The reviewers, fanboys, consumers tagged it as a premium device. It has premium device status indeed. However, the P8Max, is/was marketed as a premium device. Think about someone giving you VIP tickets to the Playboy mansion. You're stoked and excited to meet Heff, the pool, the...well everything V.I.P. but when you get there you were actually given VIP passes to sideline sidewalk area where you get to see the real VIPs drive into the mansion. That's what Huawei did here.

The phone is a great one off idea that Huawei took a chance on but fell flat by not pushing it as a device worth choosing over an iPhone, Note 4,5 or S6 and providing the reasons why. The VIP program is laughable. As a result the phone was more of a gimmick than a serious piece of hardware. People talk about how huge it is and how dumb people look while making calls from it, they never want the specs, because well who cares. Then there are the cliche joke, you compensating for something guy? You can't read the screen on a regular phone?

It was more of the same, its just like its sibling, the P8 which has the better selfie camera no (because folks just look at numbers.) The Ascend Mate 7 was a healthy compromise/choice over this and its an older stable mate.

So to wrap up. Your Note 4, I had a Note 4 SE 910U, has better specs, better screen, removable battery, better camera, better supports, easier rooting, actual ROM development community, long list of accessory supports, better band support, forums and the list goes on....

The P8Max is a bloody amazing root for Huawei device road map but when you have nothing to compare it to it comes up short and miserably so when you compare it to the other flagships available.

IMHO, stick to a Note.

Huawei 6.8" gimmick is near the end of the course. There marketing team sucks and they have no plans to change their business to compete with Apple and Samsung on the Jailbreak, ROM markets.

Cheers.

As for the Mate 8. Same problem, lack of community. The specs are great if you just want the phone as is and don't plan to do anything but make calls and surf the web. But you're here. Seeing that, you want ROMs and control over customizing your phones.

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---------- Post added at 04:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:02 AM ----------

Can you elaborate please...

How is it faster that the Note 5 and P8Max? Faster to game on? Edit videos? Music? Snap pictures? Type on?

How is better? What does it do better?

Is there something different that we may not know yet or can read on the internet?

Not to be rude but I ordered the Mate 8 and LeTV Max and the old LeTV Max blew the Mate 8 out of the water gaming, video editing on device, and in almost every other department except battery life.

Curious and looking forward to your reply.

Cheers.