yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Honor 8's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] josephnero:
interested to learn more about display's quality.owners please comment
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] alaa.85:
Screen brightness is great even in Auto mode, visibility is great
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] MrWilsonxD:
Definitely, anyone with this phone, would you be willing to share your comments about the visibility of the phone under harsh tattoine like sunlight?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
The Honor 8’s 5.2-inch FHD display with a 96% high color gamut (NTSC), color enhancement, and dynamic pixel-level contrast adjustment provides a better viewer experience, with vivid and crisp images making the screen easier to see during the day. The Eye-Care Mode makes looking at your phone at night more comfortable and safe by filtering part of the blue light to reduce eye strain. (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] narkisos:
Honor 8 display is just amazing, better than my old Samsung J5 and on par with many flagships.

Keep in mind that LTPS screens have advantage to other LCDs , due to the manufacturing process.

That means lower consumption and better sunlight visibility. I had phones with LTPS panels and they were all awesome!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] malnabokor:
Honestly I expected a little bit more. Don't get me wrong I can see the content however I feel that the brightness could be a bit more and the numbers (450-490 nit) says so. But overall it is better than most of its competition's :)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Erik1974:
So much better than what i was used to, i could almost never see anything on my old phone (Acer Liquid E700) in the sunlight. Now i can read the screen just fine no matter what weather it is. Only thing that bothers me a little bit is that the auto brightness is a little to aggressive in dark environments, the screen gets to dark to my liking.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
visible in bright sunlight and it isnt a problem to use phone
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
No issues, excellent outdoor visibility
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] brljak83:
Outdoor visibility is good only when full brightness is turn on.. but still had some phones evan then it was not visible..
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] FoggyGardenFarts:
Despite not being the brightest on the spec sheet, it beats the S6 in the sun. (which was 600 nit or somewhere along those lines)

Simply, it is very good.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] netvorCZEK:
It could be better, I compared it with O+3 which has better visibility on sun.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PuffDaddy_d:
The specs and the real world performance put the readability in sunlight squarely in the "average" category. It will work in a pinch, but it's not the best available. It's also not the worst, so just keep your expectations reserved for average and you wont be disappointed.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] brljak83:
Many phones are worse..

At least that was my experiance ..

I had many phones..

My last nexus 6 motorola was so bad that 100% brightness did not help to see in the sun at all

And the Honor 8 is the lets say second best phone in the sun I had

Better I only had the Samusung A5 2016..

So I would say.. yes there are better phones.. but Honor 8 is good enough to see in the sun..

BUT, to see you MUST have 100% brightness and that one discharges battery realy realy fast
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] netvorCZEK:
I'm using auto brightness so on sun is on 100% all the time.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] brljak83:
I do not use auto brightness

Couse I have noticed when I set

Lets say 50% auto brightness its a bit dimmed

Couse if I set manually 50% it is bit brighter

Did not tried it outside and with 100% auto or manual

Couse I have it always manual

Will test a bit more then give you final opinion for my case
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] netvorCZEK:
Will test it too though
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
I used it while high noon and no problems with visibility. :)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
not the best or AMOLeD quality but still does very well. better than many out there. in normal condition brightness is sufficient, you may feel little uncomfortable in direct sunlight but we use it very less in such situations..so performs well and no complaint
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] alwynjoshy:
O+3 uses AMOLED and amoled visibilty is low in direct sunlight and you found it less than h8 then it states that h8 is not good:confused:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] iceepyon:
I am quite impress with how Huawei managed to get the IPS display on their flagship device to get so bright outdoors.

---------- Post added at 03:29 ---------- Previous post was at 03:27 ----------

That is incorrect as I have a Note 4 which has a QHD Super AMOLED display and I can view content on it outdoors in direct sunlight without any problems.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
It is fine outdoors but not under direct sunlight..
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] alwynjoshy:
My brother have too. once I used the note 4 under direct sunlight i couldn't see even on full brightness, from that day I hate AMOLED as it not manageable daily use under sunlight working condition
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] iceepyon:
That is strange. Unless you have poor eye sight. I'm currently living in Hong Kong and I can easily view content on my Note 4 N910C in directly sunlight wearing my Ray Ban Olympian sunglasses, which have G15 lenses.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
What about naked eyes?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hassanjavaid8181:
with full bightness in sunlight no problem
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] iceepyon:
No problems either way. And that is with auto brightness turned on.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] itisiryan:
No need for max brightness to be visible.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
How well do you know your fifty shades of grey? Rate this thread to express how good the Honor 8's display contrast is. A higher rating indicates that black is true black, rather than a very dark gray.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] venom007:
excellent display with good saturated colors
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
good black colours nd very vibrant spectrum
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Excellent display, no issues though
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] venom007:
but the colors could have been accurate
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Foukos:
Very good display but poorly calibrated. Has a blue tint like 1st gen amoled. Have to say I am used to it by now and enjoy the screen.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] laconic5:
The contrast is a little too high, and details in the shadows are lost. When watching a movie with lots of night scenes, such as Daredevil, I can barely see what is happening. I'm pretty sure it increases contrast when a video is played. I've noticed that when I play a youtube video then rotate the screen the video suddenly gets darker.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sysak:
If you're a stickler for accurate calibration then apparently it's not great in this regard. But IMO the screen looks very good and I even got unsolicited compliments on its clarity and colours (what most people like i guess) from users of iPhone 6 and Galaxy Note 4.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] evilpaul13:
Anandtech has science-y exact measurements in their review. I agree with what other people are saying. The whites are a bit bluish, but I'm not bothered by it. The Nougat/EMUI 5.0 update adds a Night Mode/blue light filter that I didn't like at first, but does seem to be easier on my eyes at night.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] brljak83:
The contrast is good.. I dont have anything to complain for the contrast.. the colors and the black I like on this one
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] SALENTINVM:
One of the best IPS on the market. I don't complain a weak smoked. Yes, the black on that kind of screen is real black and bla bla bla, but guys, IPS screens are way better and resistant, and the adaptive brightness on this smartphone is excellent.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
Can't complain much here. Kinda 50/50
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
Excellent display, no issues though
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hassanjavaid8181:
crisp n sharp display with good colours
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] itisiryan:
Very black blacks. :laugh:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
If you're colorblind, please disregard this thread. Rate this thread to express how you deem the color saturation and accuracy of the Honor 8's display. A higher rating indicates that you think that color accuracy is very high and saturation is excellent.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XenithV:
Accurate? Nop. The display is way to cold by default. Even on the warm mode I can see a bit bluish. The display need some tweaking. Get it right honor!asap!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] venom007:
well saturated display, wish it was amoled
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] AllieKitty:
I haven't received mine yet, but the Anandtech review highlights the display as one of the weakest areas:

CCT: 8919K (should be 6500K, far too blue)

Average ΔE2000 greyscale: 8.82 (this is colour accuracy, and lower is better - this is one of the worst of any phone)

The red and green points are wide gamut, but the blue is short of sRGB.

They have more numbers, but needless to say the LCD panel is extremely poorly calibrated, and they claim that none of the colour calibration settings make anything better. I'm hoping in real life, it isn't as bothersome as in theory.

Can anyone who has theirs comment as to these specific concerns, because they're what's worrying me most...
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] dagbro:
It's rubbish really. Good contrast but nothing about it is correct.

*Gamma ranges from 1.2 in the midtones to 1.8 in the shadows, and just today I noticed it gets even worse if the ambient light sensor detects very bright conditions (gamma is made even worse to increase midtone brightness).

*Black level is 7 or 8 RGB levels too low.

*Color temperature is very blue and the color temperature setting provided does almost nothing, the range is too small.

No way to correct any of the above. Photographers and graphic artists should stay away from this phone.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] AllieKitty:
This has me concerned, I was seeing the Honor 8 as my move back to Android (on an iPhone SE now bought in anger at the Nexus 5X's unbearable slowness), but it may not be. I couldn't resist $260... I won't actually get it until just before Christmas as I'm not in the US, it's being shipped to a friend.

Are there any third party tools that could fix this, or any hope of better calibration coming in EMUI 5? It seems like the LCD should be good, and it is a purely software issue...
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
Waiting to receive mine so I can rate in all of this threads. :D
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] raju0101:
I really like this phone. Is there any way to recalibrate the screen?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XePeleato:
We are working on it.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] timwelter:
Nice! Guessing this will require root? I'm holding off on rooting until custom ROMs become usable.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XenithV:
Damn I have been waiting for this! :D

Is this emui built in display color calibration for feature firmware? MM or coming in nougat update?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XePeleato:
This has nothing to do with EMUI, it's not being developed by Honor.

Yes root access is required.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] evilpaul13:
Settings -> Developer tools -> Increase readability under sunlight to Off will probably fix the second part of the Gamma issue.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] BBEN66:
32 vs 64GB

Colors seems to be dependent on what device u have. Or maybe on what type of display is build in.

Actually i own two Honor 8, first one in blue with 32GB (since September) and the Premium version with 64GB in gold.

The 32 GB has a dark screen with blueish tint while the 64GB Premium version is the one that deserves his name. Rich colors with a nice touch of almost good balance in saturation. Should not be but it is so.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] venom007:
thats weired, so they are giving different lcd panels for different storage models??:rolleyes:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] evilpaul13:
I haven't heard anyone else mention it, so it could be a one off? I have heard of lines of phones shipping with the screens all calibrated (or not calibrated I guess) so that some ship with definite shifts in color so some units arrive with yellow, blue, pink, or green tinges to the screen.

In any case I would like it if Huawei had an sRGB mode option available.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] rajeshkapa:
Hope Huawei provides SRGB mode
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] AllieKitty:
This would be hard to provide given it doesn't sound like any calibration has taken place (given the reports of different panels). Reminds me of the Nexus 5... had three different Nexus 5s with different colour balance - one VERY different (warm and almost incandescent like, vs the very cool of the other two - one greenish and one purpleish).

You can't take a phone that hasn't been calibrated and go back and offer calibration... the screens need calibrated before they leave the factory, then you can offer calibrated modes. The best Huawei could offer us, really, is a gamut restriction (since the gamut is more or less a known) and RGB adjustment sliders.

They should offer at least the latter...
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] BBEN66:
Agree

Yes, indeed, had this on my 32GB version too.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] BBEN66:
Image

Here´s a (quick) comparison of my both Honor 8 (Gold = 64GB / Blue = 32GB).

Both set to Auto Brightness and both with same color temp.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
The Honor 8 has a crazy crisp display. Just kidding, this is automated text so who knows if this screen is any good. So, you be the judge! A higher rating indicates that it's extremely sharp and clear, and that you cannot see pixels with your naked eye.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Erik1974:
1080p really is more than enough for a 5.2 inch phone, higher resolution drains the battery faster too anyway. Only if you are into VR you can do with a higher res screen, all other applications i really don't see the benefit.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] dmooney7291:
Never had an issue with the display. Isn't the most colour accurate panel I've seen, but still have a lovely appearance in my eyes
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
very good display on the phone
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Excellent display
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] tiguy99:
Display is really nice. Coming from a Note 4, I find the display to be descent. Only thing I would change is the brightness could be about 10-15% brighter. Other than that I knew it would be great for 1080p.

I like that it's really crisp and sharp.

I also like it better than the my old LG G2 & G3 screens and I thought both were awesome when they came out
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
The first time I powered this on, my eyes perked with delight. :D
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
display/screen is decent enough. when you see it you feel the real clarity. its good but still not comparable to AMOLED
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] tiguy99:
Doesn't have the viewing angle of an S8 and the screen brightness isn't as bright but it wins hands down in all other screen areas.

Had a Note 4 before this phone. That had the best phone screen before the S8/Note 8 that's out now.

Had this phone for a month now and don't miss AMOLED
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] iceepyon:
That is 100% correct.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
But you can't expect the S8 quality in a phone launched a year back
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] tiguy99:
That wasn't the point but.......oooookay
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
Yeah definitely not the best i know :good:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hassanjavaid8181:
very good
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] itisiryan:
All clear. Almost as AMOLED.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You don't want to give your significant other yet another reason to yell at you while you're reading XDA in bed. Rate this thread to express what you think of the Honor 8's display minimum dimness. A higher rating indicates that the display can get extremely dim, ideal for reading in very dark environments.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Erik1974:
I think the auto brightness makes the screen to dark if the environment is dark. Small letters are hard to read and there is not enough contrast to use the screen comfortably.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] dmooney7291:
Auto brightness is quite poor to be honest. I know it's meant to be improved in a future update though
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Erik1974:
Update B130 fixed the minimum brightness when set to auto brightness. In a dark environment my phone no longer sets the brightness to an absolute minimum :). Haven't tested outside yet, the weather is pretty sh*tty lately.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
can get to low brightness to save battery life
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Does well, but sometimes the auto brightness dosent work well
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] SSyar:
sometimes i have to disable/enable auto option from notification menu to correct the auto brightness
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] francibon93:
Auto brightess may be improved
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] brljak83:
I dont know if it is a bug but the minimum brightness is on auto when the brightness goes really down.. As much as I have read on auto everybody say that it has a bug to turn down to much indoors.. but I think that it is programmed to work this way to protect the eyes.. but still.. is it to much going down with the brightness?? -Yes, but I think it is ment that way..to protect the eyes and not that it is a bug
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
Minimum brightness is still too much for me in the dark. So I use a screen filter.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
on minimum brightness, no problem in dark room or during night. can use on 10-30% brightness for most of the time and no issues seen
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hassanjavaid8181:
having no problem
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] itisiryan:
Minimum brightness is just the right amount.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you call granny, does she keep saying "Huh?! Wut?!" or does the conversation flow pretty well? Rate this thread to express how you feel about the Honor 8's call quality. A higher rating indicates that calls are clear and crisp, and that regardless of background noise, you can hear the other party clearly (and with ample volume) and they can hear you.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] mgbotoe:
No complaints, everyone hear me...I hear them...everyone is happy. No background noises what so every, very ...very clear.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Erik1974:
Clear sound, had to turn down the default volume though, the first caller made me jump as he began to speak! :D
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] kingconnought:
Hey Honor 8 owners! What is background noise cancelling like? What if you use the speaker instead and hence have the mic away from your mouth? Thanks in advance.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] dmooney7291:
Works well, I've never had any trouble walking on speaker phone, I can both hear the person and they can hear me.

So I have no complaints!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Tmobilefan906:
Anyone install a sound mod? I hear Dolby can definitely improve it!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] professorpasta:
Call clarity has been great, hearing the other party clearly. Though, it doesn't integrate with Google Voice like other phones do.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] kevev:
As a very unsatisfied previous owner of a Moto X Pure with VoLTE choppy audio on T-Mobile network, I am very satisfied with the call audio quality of the Honor 8. Even in low bandwidth areas VoLTE is very clear. Great speaker phone. I wish it was a little louder in speaker phone mode. But it seems that all Android phones are this way from my experience.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Ascertion:
No complaints on call quality/volume here. It just works....!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
okay quality when talking
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Very clear, no issues at all
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] chemist.ihab:
Hi , call quality is great , sound is clear .. but ..

i am using L10 , with 2 sims , the 4G major sim works just great in calls , the 2G one always get disconnected and / or very bad call sound quality.

i exchanged the sims , and the 4g / 2g options , and still facing the same problem ! so when i want to use sim 2 for a clear call , i just have to set it to 4G , then set it back to 2G after the call .

Huawei Honor 8 FRD-L10 running B380 Android 7
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] brljak83:
I use two sim card.. and the call quality is actually very good.. couse this is the firs phone I can hear my girlfriend very clear LooOOooL.. becouse on every other phone she sounds very silent .. but on this one its not the case.. I hear her very good and clear..
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
Clarity is very good as well as the volume.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hassanjavaid8181:
good call quality.no issue
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
Call quality is good but then the hybrid sim support ruined the fun here. Wish it had dual sim+sdcard support
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] itisiryan:
Loud and clear calls.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Honor 8's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] mgbotoe:
Excellent range, picks up my wifi as soon as I pull in range. I pick up service outside myhouse, my garage, downstair, and every corner upstair. I like the wifi+ setup they have going on that manages your wifi settings. Neat feature.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
What does this Wi-Fi+ do?!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] darkhaos:
Wifi... Not working. Haha. I mean, not working AT ALL.

I should be really unlucky and may have received a defective unit. When trying to activate WiFi, it does nothing, then the phone is laggy when trying to move away from the settings screen. Wifi never turns on, I even tried a stock wipe, it did not help.

I think I'll have to send it back to the shop :(
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Erik1974:
Wifi reception is very good actually. We have a room in the house that has very poor reception but i can easily watch a 1080p 60fps youtube video with the Honor 8. Something i wasn't able to do before.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
very long wifi range on this phone
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Excellent wifi reception, connects very fast though
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] SSyar:
i feel like wifi is not as stroong as it should
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Sheldd:
Wi-fi seems very good to me
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] francibon93:
Wifi range is long enough
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] flyinghighaero:
Wifi is good enough for me. Signal reception is good through close to three brick walled room. After that wifi+ will kick in and switch to mobile data. It's much better than my mom's huawei g8
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] i2000s:
Wifi is good, but no Wifi-Calling so far. Hopefully there will be future release to fix the wifi calling feature on their part.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] moazhar:
It will automatically turn off Wifi and switch to mobile data when there is no known networks. But when you are in coverage of known (saved) networks it will turned on and connect automatically.