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[Honor 8 Real Life Review] mgbotoe:
The honor does fast, and smooth all around. I have not experience any form of "gittering" with their default battery management setup, thus it does not take away from the performance at all. Now when I switched the battery management to "performance" you would notice slight difference when playing heavy duty games. Over all, they did really good with the overall speed of the software.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jonmorris:
I benchmarked the Honor 8 and my P9 and the Honor 8 won. Not necessarily the fairest test as I only ran it once, but perhaps the Honor 8 has been further optimised? Or can manage thermal issues better?

Either way, they're so close that unless you really want the premium look and feel of the P9, get the Honor 8. You also get Infrared and a fast charger in the box, which you certainly don't with the P9!

BTW, I don't own a Honor 8 (at least not yet) and love my P9 - but the Honor 8, especially in blue, looks awesome!

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[Honor 8 Real Life Review] bricky23:
It is fast, no lag. Haven't found a game yet that it couldn't handle.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Karly Johnston:
It has good cpu speed but the gui rendering is choppy in spots. It would have been nice if they used a GPU that matches the CPU but they cheaped out just like Mediatek. The real bummer is the poor battery life.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] OliviaRodin:
At the moment ir runs well, no lag, cause I didn't install many apps now on my phone, but to be honest, when I watch movies with it for 6 hours, it will heat, this makes me a little sad.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] zman_11:
I have had no issues with the performance. I am running Nova Launcher on it and have no issues. Also, great battery life and no signs of getting hot during regular use. The software is definitely something that you have to spend a lot of time looking at. Not used to having to whitelist aps in order to keep them on when the phone is off such as Google Clock for alarms, etc. I also use Textra for texting as with the stock ap it doesn't pop up at all, just gives a small notification in the top bar.

But once I got it set up the way that I liked, it has been running great!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
Thank you for the positive comments on the overall speed of the Honor 8 device! Housing a 9V/2A fast-charging technology reaches a 47% (from 0%) charge in just 30 minutes. So when you’re out there changing the world, the Honor 8 has you covered — with up to 10 hours of nonstop video playback and a speedy recharge. We appreciate the feedback! (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
It Performs great
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] seanchong:
I have been using Honor 8 for more than a month. Everything is fast and smooth, which can handle almost any apps easily. However, the phone can be very hot when running demanding game like GTA:SA.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
That's due to the weak GPU on it, even SD810 devices have better GPU
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] nrfitchett4:
Poor battery life? I hope not. All the reviews talk about better than expected battery life.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] oifi:
For me, average uptime is about 1d12h with 5+h screen on
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
Even users here are getting great SOTs
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] fix-this!:
probably the most fluid device ive owned, id say faster than the s7.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
Even in games?!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XenithV:
Temperature of gpu does not affect how powerful or weak they are. Gta SA is easily maxed out on mediatek 6595 with powervr6200. If its hot, means the person is new to smartphone or maybe dont own any smartphone at all before this. The average temp while gaming is around 38-40°c only on the screen area(depends on how graphic intensive youre playing). Honor 8 is one of the coolest in temperature when it comes to gaming.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
That's very informative, thanks :laugh:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] zinko_pt:
I would add this

https://youtu.be/4PNvj419AAs

As a real usage test. It performs on par with Mi5s Plus, only slightly beaten by the extra 2GB of ram. SD821 is also a bit cooler and with better GPU. But Kirin 950 architecture, RAM and file management is pretty much up there with the best.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
OMG! Kim K posted another selfie with tons of cleavage! Rate this thread to express how quickly apps launch on the Honor 8. A higher rating indicates that even the most intensive apps launch quickly and without hesitation, even if they are no longer in RAM.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
If you own another flagship, can you tell us how they perform side by side.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] seanchong:
Honor 8 can launch apps really fast. Apps that I use daily are WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube. It is a real enjoyment to see app loads that fast compare to my older phone.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
How about games?! Most android devices struggle at launching them
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] seanchong:
As fast as your tear drops when watching Titanic:crying:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
Haha, that's good
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
Honor 8 Apps

Thank you for the positive review on your Honor 8! The Honor 8 is powered by an octa-core CPU @4x2.3GHz + 4x1.8GHz built on a 16nm architecture. 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM enable flawless multitasking and seamless gaming. If you notices a lag, we always recommend users to shut down their devices for 3-5 minutes everyday to re-calibrate. We appreciate the feedback, as always! (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] simeon4real:
It's a Flagship device. I didn't expect anything less :D :D
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
You will see difference while gaming (weak GPU compared to Qualcomm ones :( )
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] simeon4real:
That's right. Either It's cool with me. (Not an ideal gamer anyway) :)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XenithV:
Launching speed? Its the fastest android phone right now. I own it and all I can say it is comparable to ip6s in launching speed. Anandtech did confirm this on their review too.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
It smoked iphone 7 in a test, (on youtube)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] br.moss:
I saw that too, was actually a factor in me going for it over the 7. But yeah, it's lightning fast.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] salihss:
For sure honor 8 is the best phone for launch speed so far. Even faster than oneplus 3 and iPhone 7. iphone 7 is only faster at launching games
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Kirin 950 is the best one of HiSilicon today. :victory:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
the 960 is coming out soon
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Really? When?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10766/huawei-announces-hisilicon-kirin-960-a73-g71

its announced so next year probs
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Cool. Another flagship will run it for sure.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
yep 9xx is flagship 6xx is crap models :laugh::laugh:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
I prefer to call them "midrange"
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
:laugh::silly:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Launches fast enough
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] brljak83:
App launch speed is amazing couse just look at some real time you tube reviews it opens some apps faster then iPhone 7
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] SALENTINVM:
Fast. And if you set the animations time at 0.5 x in the developer settings it becomes even faster. This smartphone is the best.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
App opens in an instant after clicked.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Hai, i see 5x on stock get lagg after using for 3-4 days.did u feel any difference?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
This is for Honor 8.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
But i was talking about your device:rolleyes:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
Kirin couple with i5 processor and 4 GB RAM does the job pretty well and no lag faced in app launched speed.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hassanjavaid8181:
phone is snappy.app launch speed is fast didnt face any lag
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] alimir98:
fast enough for daily use.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] itisiryan:
Zero delays in launch.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the Honor 8 performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the Honor 8 keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] seanchong:
The Honor 8 I am using has 4 GB of ram. I tend to open as many apps as I need without closing any apps, and the lowest free memory left when I was using is still more than 1.5 GB. The ram management is really great and everything is smooth.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
With 4GB, you cannot ask for more. Muktitasking, gaming, you name it. Honor 8 can handle them all. Simultaneously.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
very fluid between apps
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Fluid as a full cream milk. :laugh:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
:victory:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Very Fluid
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] brljak83:
I like the multitasking and there is always a lot of ram free so that you can really do multitasking...

But the other thing of multitasking is lots of apps running it drains a bit more the battery..
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] nikeid:
the phone is smooth, but i wouldnt say that the multitasking is flawless;

if you have too many apps opened and stored in ram (like 5+ or so; such as fb, messenger, email, youtube, instagram, ...), it will cause restart of the app once you e. g. lock the phone, unlock it and try to launch the app you have already opened and stored in ram .. even if it shows you have 1,5 gb free ram

i dont see whats the point in high ram in phones (3-6 gb) when even with that much ram the phone isnt able to hold them "opened" in ram all and the apps "reopen" when you try to recall/launch them ..

but the "reopening" or "relaunching" apps is very fast, of course .. so the experience with the phone altogether is great, but its not like that with 1,5gb free ram left theres no restarting apps .. there still is, which bugs me
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] KevinN206:
The reloading is by design from the battery management app. If you're using MM and EMUI 4.1, then you can make sure that an app is *NOT* closed when the screen is off. I don't know how Huawei decides which to keep on and which to keep off when the screen is off, but you can force to keep the app running in the background when the screen is off. To do so:

1. Go to Settings > Advanced settings > Battery manager

2. Go to Protected apps (Protected = Keep running in back when screen is off)

3. Flip each app that you want Protected to be on

4. Now, all the apps that are Protected will continue to run (suspended in memory) even if the screen is off

BTW this was the reason why my Reddit app Relay Pro keeps reloading after the screen is off. Once I had it protected, it now resumes exactly where I left off. I keep most things NOT Protected except for communication apps, browser, and the reddit apps.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] nikeid:
no, it's not that. the screen doesnt have to be turned off in the meantime for the issue to occur. it happens even if i switch between apps; i turn on fb, messenger, insta, youtube, chrome (simply the "heavier" apps), and then work in one and try to switch to another -> and sometimes it starts to reload/reopen the app (the heavier the app, the more likely it happens) .. so turning display on/off isnt the only time it happens ..

which bugs me a lot is Runkeeper app.. i rebooted the phone, cleared apps in RAM so the only app running was Runkeeper .. went cycling and after some time (i dont know, maybe 1-2 hours) i stopped, took the phone out of pocket, turned the display on, clicked on runkeeper and violá -> it starts to reopen/reload and once it reopens my existing workout and tracked route was gone .. and yes i had Runkeeper selected in protected apps .. all of that with ~2.2 gb of ram free
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
With 4gb of ram, I can't complain. It feels like living in a large room with minimal furnitures.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Do u mean features? LMAO
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
No. Large room with minimal furnitures. You can still add more furnitures but the room will still have more space.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
as we say for ROMs, buttery smooth
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hassanjavaid8181:
multitasking on this phone is smooth kirin+4gig ram does a job well
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] alimir98:
had no problem in multitasking
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] itisiryan:
No lags while task switching.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the Honor 8 under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] svetius:
Screen touch response is above-average.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] mgbotoe:
Smoothness all around, no sluggish reaction at all!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Bl00dRunzC0ld:
What about the wait time to select items after scrolling?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Karly Johnston:
The scrolling flies, but the rendering lags to catch up
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] venom007:
its a problem with emui,every emui device i have come across this same problem persists.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] kbhatia1:
easy to use

no touch problem quite good touch quality :):)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] venom007:
touch quality is awesome but its the animation that annoys sometimes
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] popeye331:
I have always turned off animation ( just seems useless IMHO). When i bought phone i put on glass screen protector and touch did seem a bit slow in response, so i turned on gloves mode option in settings and now touch response is great, no lags, no having to press just a little harder... My 2 cents anyway.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] spix123:
Scrolling is nowhere near as smooth as on Xiaomi Mi3, there is lots of stutter. You get this will all big.little cpu though as its using a slow cpu for this task.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] evilpaul13:
This and lack of sRGB mode are my two biggest complaints with this otherwise awesome phone. (The sRGB mode thing is in distant second place.)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
If you are rooted, you can use L Speed to improve the overall smoothness. :)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] miva2:
Incredibly smooth for me!

Only had problems in one game but I think that was the games fault (it has bugs all over the place)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
Most of the time when games lag, it is actually the game's fault especially in a high end phone like Honor 8.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] aleix0826:
My problem at my honor 8 is the small nav bar size, any option to make it larger?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] spix123:
New Chinese update b171 makes the nav bar taller, released 2 days ago.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] aleix0826:
Mine is L09
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] spix123:
Will likely come with your next update, Chinese updates always released sooner
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] venom007:
hope the updates lands on our devices soon
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] spix123:
Before after
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] venom007:
hope they included an option to adjust the height of the navbar according to user preference
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
OEMs don't really add much customizations, but CM based ROMs cam do it. :)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] spix123:
nope

accoridng to the chinese forum the reason height was increased is because many people were complaining about unresponsive back button but really it was people missing it because it was too short.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] venom007:
glad to know:svetius:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
very good performance
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Incredibly smooth
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] SSyar:
a lot of the apps are not smooth while scrolling through the app
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] venom007:
blame emui, performance on custom roms are far better
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Are you talking about cm13??
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] nani67:
mine is very smooth and fluid... no lag or shutter whatsoever
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] goorek:
In recent Mate 9 anandtech review they talk about this issue as well, apparently it's being addressed by Huawei in future software update.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] skeeterfood:
The "bounce-back" effect when you hit the end of a list is set WAY TOO HIGH on this phone, especially in the notifications on EMUI 5. It's damn near impossible to read the last item in a list of notifications longer than the screen without being super-careful to move the list really slowly so it doesn't bounce all over the place, or accidentally close the notifications.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] brljak83:
Scrolling is good and like the scrolling effects on the home screens
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] colinnwn:
For me this phone has 2 speeds. Buttery smooth, or such terrible lag it is almost unusable. It can take 15 seconds to scroll 1 screen. I have to force reboot it at least once a day to get it to respond at all. System process, Chrome, and Facebook crash 10 or more times a day.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] netvorCZEK:
No complaint about scrolling smoothness at all.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
Scrolling smoothness si superb.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] tiguy99:
This is the fastest Android/ touch response phone I've used.

It's really good with instant touch response vs Samsung, One Plus etc.

For Android, it's very close to iPhone level touch response and in some cases it surpasses it.

No complaints here
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
Agree. I can't imagine any more smoothness than this.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] tiguy99:
Yes indeed!

I've had many of the latest Android flagships and I'll be the first to say this one doesn't need SGS touch screen booster to fix touch latency.

It's that good
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
Scrolling is not that much smooth as we expect but certainly with EMUI 5 this has evolved and much better now.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] tiguy99:
Wow haven't seen this behavior on my phone.

How many apps are you running at once and how much free storage is left on your device?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hassanjavaid8181:
running smooth.no lag.no complain
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] alimir98:
smooth as butter..snappy
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] itisiryan:
Super smooth.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Honor 8 stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] mgbotoe:
I have not experience any form of heating where I could bake anything, but enough to make me aware of it. Of course heat during mapping is normal, gaming wise....I actually think it has been descent. Played Asphalt 8 for a good 30 minutes (thats my gaming time frame on regular basis) with nothing out of the norm. Could be better.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
It's probably due to the Kirin SoC, which is power efficient.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] x3r0.13urn:
I always suspect it at much, though I find myself lacks of love to Kirin SoC due to almost no progress on custom development, and some sites reported poor performance of it, but I myself, who never play (or have any intention to play) any games on mobile device, use them strictly to communication usage (and some web surfing), I find Huawei's tradeoff performance over heat and battery life might very good concept.

I never care about synthetic benchmarks. I just need a device that can last long and stays cool all the times with my activities, and it never lags. My most demanding tasks might be watching 3-7 minutes of YouTube's videos for some times or navigating the roads with GPS.

But just like almost anyone else here, I can't stand the EMUI, just no. Still hoping Huawei will fully support custom dev with their new commitment.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
We all hope huawei try to push sources for dev always and ASAP
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] venom007:
tends to warm up a lil bit, bt no overheating.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] rollei:
Glad to know there is no overheating.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jonnybb1:
Mine gets really hot when you work the camera(s).
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] purplepigfarm:
Every single phone on the market will overheat. Some overheat very easily, and some take a while, but is not a one that will not get hot until it melts (even if it takes months of you playing asfault to do it :D). If you wanted a practical answer though.... no, my friend has one and it doesn't get too hot when playing a game on it for a few hours. ;)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Syssx:
Once I almost burned my hand while playing on my OnePlus One and charging it. This phone keeps lower temperatures than my OPO so that's a plus for me.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hitardo:
This is a topic I am really interested.

My present phones, the LG G2 and the OnePlus One, get really hot, specially in the Summer. The LG G2 is the worst, as it has everything in the same place, and the Snapdragon 800 is a little less refined than the 801.

I do not play on my smartphone, and I only use GPS once a month.

I use my phone to comunicate (call, text, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Viber), track my packages (Deliveries), watch some videos on YouTube and search quickly something on the internet.

I am a light user, but when I do something, that thing needs to be done quickly and right.

So, heat is a no-no for me.

This SoC seems to be a better option, even against the Snapdragon 820, which was my previous SoC of choice.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] ouardo:
Actually this Honor 8 tends to get warm. And when you use the camera for some minutes it gets really really hot in the upper part.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hitardo:
What do you mean by using the camera?

- Having it open while trying the features;

- Taking multiple shots;

- Making a video;

- Taking HDR photos; or

- Other use, please describe your usage.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] ouardo:
Simply having it open. It overheats very quickly. Seems to be an issue with Huawei p9 too, an owner told me.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hitardo:
In my opinion, I suspect that is a software issue.

To have a better performance and take pictures very quickly, the CPU and GPU are taken to the limit and have a more aggressive governor and higher minimum frequency.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] ouardo:
I don't know. Could be for the dual camera though. Whose usefulness, by the way, is at least dubious.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hitardo:
Yes, I agree.

At least on the heating problem.

From the review of Pocketnow, it is clear than it has a positive affect on the dynamic range of the photos. HDR becomes obsolete, which is a good thing, as HDR uses more power from the phone, takes more time and requires to be still for longer.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] ouardo:
Look, I've experimented with the cameras in every light condition. Covering the mono sensor and leaving it active. I myself could not really tell a single difference between the photos taken.I really don't.