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[Honor 8 Real Life Review] bricky23:
I don't know how you are getting it hot. I have played games. Used the light for extended periods of time. Used maps. Camera, video. It has never been as hot as other phones I have used.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hitardo:
Thank you for sharing your experience.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] meboy:
I'd like to see some side by sides with the mono camera covered and not.

Please.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] zinko_pt:
Could someone use battery spy and have a print of the temperature development?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] thebeardenpack:
My phone starts to heat up after 20-30 minutes of use. It's only on the top half of the phone.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] ayoosh.rox:
Be it any phone. It wont get heated that easily. Yes it will take a while for it to make u feel it. But the fact is it will only heat if you use it ruthlessly. Give your android its own time. Treat your phone like your own baby. ;)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
Great comments! It is normal that smartphones heat up as their performance improves. Generally, a smartphone heats up relatively more in summer when the temperature is high and relatively less in other seasons when the temperature is not so high.

Power-intensive applications or third-party manager applications often continuously take up your phone's CPU power, which may also result in excessive heat and high power consumption. It is recommended that you perform the following steps to see whether the problem is resolved. It is normal for your phone to generate heat when it's being charged, especially if your phone supports quick charging.

Using your phone while it's charging tends to generate additional heat. Avoid whenever possible. Don't place your phone on your bed or other places that gather heat, because environmental factors can contribute to your phone overheating. Place your phone in a location with good heat dissipation while charging, for example, on a desk.

If your phone becomes too hot from charging, there may be a problem with the hardware or software. Restore your phone to factory settings or update the system to the latest version. Hope that helps! (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] ceroglu:
My phone does not heat up at all with normal usage. I do not think that I have ever owned or used any phone that stays this cool (including LG v20 that I used for about 2 weeks). This is absolutely terrific.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] REPAIRMANAGER22:
Thank You!!!!

My phone heats up a lot troo. Glad to know thatb I am not alone in this!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] raza3434:
yeah it heats up, and im really confused i play clash of clans (online game)(on wifi) which is not a very heavy game but after like 10-15 mints i feel heat and its winter season, can it be considered overheating??
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] ceroglu:
I don't play games but for me a real world test is while driving with navigation, music playing through Bluetooth and messaging apps in the background. Almost every phone that I have owned struggled and heated up while doing this type of multitasking. This phone just feels at the same temperature.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hitardo:
Guys, heat is normal.

Overheating is not.

Like in your laptop 50-60ºC is consider normal, and the fan does not spin.

If you start up a game and play it for a while, your laptop will reach 70-80ºC and your fan will be at maximum speed, in order to get the heat out of the main components, namely your processor and graphics card.

A phone does not have a fan, so, the dissipation of heat is through its body, transferring heat from the SoC to the phone's body, to the air or to other surfaces, like your hands.

If you are gaming, the phone will certainly heat up, because the processor and graphics card (both components are very tiny, really close of each other, in the main motherboard, called SoC) will be under a lot of usage, increasing the heat output.

The only way to take this heat away is through its own body.

During normal use (not games, but simply browsing the web or switching apps) the graphics card will be used, but at a much lower speed, and the processor will ramp up and down.

In the majority of older phones (previously to the big.LITTLE architecture), the SoCs could reach high temperatures, even with the screen off, mainly because high frequencies were available with the screen off, and applications abused of it. the big.LITTLE architecture controls heat with more success.

Honor 8 - I do not own one - through my research, has proven to be a very cool phone during normal usage, increasing heat only during games, or during GPS usage. Which both cases are normal, because the graphics card will be under a lot of stress in both cases, and the GPS antenna and 4G network will be used in the later case.

But the HiSilicon SoCs are, in general and in recent models, very efficient, running cool and spending less power than the majority of other SoCs and phones out there.

And I must add: if you bought this phone to play games, you did a bad choice. The graphics card inside the Honor 8 is weaker than the competition, but enough for the majority of day-to-day tasks.

The OnePlus 3 - with the Adreno 530 inside the Snapdragon 820 SoC - is a much better option for playing games.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] evilpaul13:
If games are one of your major uses for your phone I'd take hitardo's advice and look at the OP3T or something with a Snapdragon 820. It's maximum 3D performance is more than twice the Honor 8's.

And since somebody asked for a Battery Spy screenshot....

That was either spamming Geekbench 4, Antutu's 3D benchmark, or recording 1080p60 video I forget which. I'm not sure if it throttles at 50C or it just doesn't get any hotter. I think the latter.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xdanewbiedude:
We had this happen too. (xdaforums.com)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hitardo:
I would guess that, in order to get a fast focus and HDR photos output - as well as the "stitching" of the two cameras; the CPU is put at a higher low frequency, making the phone more responsive, as the ramp up of the core's frequency will be faster.

But this is a guess, not a fact.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xdanewbiedude:
Mine will heat in literally 10 minutes when I play a game like clash royale
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
That's fast heating. Maybe because you use mobile data along gaming. Mobile data heats up the phone fast.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
very hot when gaming and using camera, should be better in a cpu like this
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
I quick rest should cool it down in no time.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
Phone heats up when using the camera

To achieve high quality images, your phone's CPU usage is high when you are taking photos or shooting videos. It is normal that your phone heats up when you have been taking photos or shooting videos for a long time. Your phone comes with a dual-lens camera. When you are taking photos, both the two focus motors and two ISP image processors are working at the same time, causing excess heat on your phone. This will not affect the normal use of your phone. Your phone has undergone rigorous temperature tests to have its quality guaranteed.

If your phone heats up, it is recommended that you do the following:

+ Exit photo or video shooting mode when you are not taking photos or shooting videos.

+ Avoid using your phone to take photos or shoot videos for prolonged periods when the temperature is high (for example, under direct sunlight in summer).

+ Use the protective case provided with your phone, and avoid directly touching the metal area.

Hope that helps! (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Does heat up, but no issues though
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] CronaMell:
It does heat up, but nothing dangerous
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] DarkGuyver:
All mobile devices heat up, when used for performing intensive tasks like playing 3D graphics intensive games. But the Honor 8's glass and metal construction makes it more suspetible to heating. As the glass panels act as heat insulators keeping the heat in the device, while the metal frame acts as a heat sink.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] SpeaqerDev:
Heats up if you play games alot or leave camera on in the background.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
that happens for all phones...
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] SpeaqerDev:
Wow, Did I say that it happens only to Honor 8? It just feels in hand quite hot, probably because aluminium(i guess?)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
ahahah its the gpu isnt as good as snapdragon ones right now and heats up a lot
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] SpeaqerDev:
Yeah, I guess that is the reason why it heats up but it spreads and feels in my hands quite hot because the metal facings.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] CronaMell:
Yes, as I notice heat even with a little bit of gaming
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Same for me, but its common for smartphones
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] CronaMell:
The materials of build are the main reason
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] venom007:
thats common with all the smartphones
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] CronaMell:
Indeed
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] SSyar:
not a heavy mobile user,, but have face some heating in some of tasks
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Sheldd:
Normal heat for me, a little bit when i'm playing intensive games and a bit when a record video. The rest is fine
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] brljak83:
Hii to all Honor 8 owners :)

First need to say I don't play games on my phones

For that I have my desktop pc

Therefor I can not tell about heat issue during playing games on phone

But what I know is in my case for browsing or you tube and evan when charging

there is no heating issue. It does not get hot at all
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] brljak83:
Delted

Reason : Double posting
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] iceepyon:
This is all due to the glass and metal sandwich construction of the Honor 8. The glass panels act as a insultator keeping the heat in the device while the metal frame acts as a heatsink.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Insulater**

But still the devices heats like hell
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
nothing unusual heating but if played heavy games then there is little bit of heat felt but nothing over. so everything is way under control
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hassanjavaid8181:
no heat on daily light usage.on gaming produce a lilbit of heat
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] alimir98:
i am a heavy user so felt a little heat.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] itisiryan:
Goes very hot sometimes.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the Honor 8's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Droiderr:
Attached are some lowlight shots. I am impressed. All were taken in auto mode with (some with wide aperture) during diwali. Check the firecracker and the macro ones

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[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Droiderr:
Just awesome
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] malnabokor:
Two night picture (one with manual settings and one with the night mode).

I was using a tripod and I did not set a timer to take the perfect shot without movement but I used voice control.

manual by David Rajki, on Flickr

night mode by David Rajki, on Flickr
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] beachparty2k:
I love the low light capabilities of this phone!! I've been a big HTC fan for the past six years and loved their cams but this really blows me away considering the price. I really like the Pro mode cause that's where i'm able to take advantage of what this lil thing can do. Here's some shots I took while camping and used the Pro mode for all of it. Long exposure, high ISO...

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[Honor 8 Real Life Review] dngen:
Not a big fan of the low light after switching from a Nexus 5x. Low light is decent, but nothing too amazing. Wish the Night Mode processed faster; it's impossible to hold the phone steady for 5 seconds
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] nillone:
Yeah, the 5x's lowlight abilites were amazing. Google's software-optimization-thing (hdr+) delivers great results. If only it was possible to get it to work with other phones as well.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Lowlight capabilities of Honor 8 is really awesome, I saw many samples of it and I must say it is really superb.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
very good camera love the sharpness
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Do you have the Honor 8?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
nope but all the pictures ive seen are amazing and i want one
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Then go get one. :laugh:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Can someone post more lowlight photos?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
Google has a few
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
I want some from the community though.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
:laugh: wont be too long a wait then
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
I know. :)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] mikeyek:
I'll post some later today. Taken both with and without a tripod.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
I'll wait for it buddy. :D
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
Nice :good:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] mikeyek:
I've attached some low light photos for everyone, enjoy. Images 1, 2 and 5 are without a tripod and 3, 4 and 6 use one.

Also should be noted: Picture 2 and 4 are taken on the same night of the same bridge. 2 was just taken as a point and shoot while 4 made used of the night shot. I haven't messed around with the Pro mode because I have a DSLR and much prefer that, but I can try taking some over my vacation next week for skiing in Vermont.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Duuuude. Even without night shot, the images are very clear and stunning. Amazing quality.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
Really good camera and photos :good:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Does perform well in all conditions
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] mr.b4rt:
some low light pictures
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Nice shots:svetius:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Cool shots you got there bro.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] DarkGuyver:
The dual camera setup on the Honor 8 does allow it to take better lowlight pictures.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] supamike:
In the bus this morning, through the window, shaking like crazy, in auto mode...

Not the best photo for sure but I didn't expect to be that good.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] CronaMell:
It looks good :svetius:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Looks cool man
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] supamike:
Some night photos I just took today. I am not an expert so I never use the manual mode.

The first three photos were taken with a small tripod and I used the Night Mode (+ a little bit of photoshop).

The others in Auto mode, without a tripod and without photoshop ;)

It was a bit misty (pollution) so the sky was not very clear, but still, the result is better than I expected. Even my Canon Compact doesn't take as good photos at night.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
very nice low light shots, surprised there isnt more noise on the pics
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] joshimoshi1997:
Managed to get a few shots. But I need tips for my camera handling skills though. Need at least 6 more posts before I can post my images :(
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Magic2010:
Took this one Today...Nothing special but, great colors.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] DarkGuyver:
I am really impressed with the quality of the low light shots with the Honor 8. The picture quality is fantastic!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] joshimoshi1997:
Yeapppp, those are some nice colours right there ?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] b1tt1:
I now had a little time to play with raw files that became available with the Nougat/EMUI5 upgrade. I'm quite pleased, both with the jpg and raw quality, up to ISO 800. Using Lightroom I can squeeze more details and get better noise reduction from raw, but the jpg is not bad either with really good contrast.

When you go to ISO 1600 or ISO 3200 you get muddy dark areas, but that's to be expected since we are talking about a phone camera.

With ISO 100 raw doesn't bring you detail or noise advantages, but of course you still don't get jpeg artifacts that can be seen occasionally in the phone jpg when you zoom to 100 %.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Levi1vargas:
These are some lowlights. On the camera viewfinder it was completely dark.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Aristotle Honor 8:
4.5
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
Lowlight is mediocre in my honest opinion.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
Certainly comparable to any flagship at that time when it was launched,.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hassanjavaid8181:
impressive i would say.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] alimir98:
in my opinion it performs better than honor 8 pro in low light
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Nah. Honor 8 pro is better.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] curiocritters:
Wrong. The Honor 8 utilizes dual Sony IMX 286 Exmor RS sensors, which result in better image quality.

The Honor 8 Pro utilizes sensors of unknown origin, and IMO the picture quality is significantly lower.

Heck, while taking a casual night shot, from my window, the 6X was able to do a far better job, in terms of brightness and image clarity.

The 8 pro wasn't far behind but had significantly less detail and more grain.

And the 6X is half the price.

Honor India also refuses to divulge which sensors utilized on the 8 Pro, despite contacting them repeatedly.

Ditto with the 9i. Not one source mentions the type of sensors used.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] itisiryan:
Another strange move by Huawei.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
I confirmed this from Honor. Honor 8 pro uses the same sensors from Honor 8. There's nothing strange in this.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] itisiryan:
That's good.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] curiocritters:
I understand you have been on this forum for a long time.

That does not mean you should provide misleading information.

We know for sure that the Honor 8 utilizes dual Sony IMX 286 Exmor sensors.

Just as we know for sure that the Honor 6X uses a Sony IMX 386 sensor (the second lens utilizes an omnivision sensor).

However, while the camera on the Honor 8 Pro uses the same set-up (i.e one monochrome, one RGB sensor), that is where the similarities end.

The Honor 8 Pro DOES NOT use Sony sensors. If that was the case, Honor would have clearly stated so, on it's official website.

Heck, the Mi Max 2, which is NOT a camera centric device uses the same sensor as the Honor 6X (Sony IMX 386) and Xiaomi clearly states the fact.

No OEM is going to use a Sony sensor and NOT advertise the fact; it's an important upselling point.

Furthermore, NO information about the the sensors used in the Honor 8 Pro can be found anywhere on the world wide web. Not on Youtube review videos, nor on any website.

I would be very interested to see proof of your claim that 'Honor' has confirmed to *you* that the same Sony sensors were utilized on it's 2017 flagship killer.

Please don't spout rubbish and mislead others.

This is the reason why I sold off my Honor 8 Pro.

And I owned both color variants.

Cheers!

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Except it does not. I highly doubt this claim and would like to see some kind of validation from the person who claims that he's had official confirmation from Honor.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] curiocritters:
The fact that I have sold the device (and I can provide screen caps for both purchases) bears no relevance to the matter on hand, which is the type of sensors are utilized on the Honor 8 Pro.

I asked you to provide *tangible* evidence of your claim that the Honor 8 Pro uses the same dual Sony IMX 286 sensors since this fact hasn't been verified by Huawei/Honor.

The screen shot you were kind enough to furnish, does not prove or disprove anything, and the word 'rubbish' when used in context of incorrect information, bearing no factual evidence to back up your claim is not being rude.

As a long time member, and self-professed Honor OEM fanboy, the least you could (and should) do is ensure the veracity of the information you provide.

Cheers!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
Great !! But if u have noticed or not. I replied to u not immediately after reading the post. It took me sometime waiting for the staff come online. I was a normal member like any untill i met the honor team at a honor fan meet. With that i got some good contact with few honor staff members. Even though they dont reveal anything secret regarding internals. They can answer what their devices had right now. The same info i got for 8 pro on 14th october. And as said i can get official information to prove the info i got is genuine.what so ever , its a already a long discussion and the claim i made, the screenshot i posted arent anything mentioning related to honor, but being someone whom trusted by many i would rather never make a false claim while being trust worthy. If u seriously need any proof. You could have contacted hihonor.com/us/support and made a chat with them instead of such a discussions here for proofs.

*****Peace*****
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] curiocritters:
You were the one who made an unverified claim. I merely questioned it's veracity, since the brand (not type) of sensors used has not been officially verified by Huawei/Honor.

The fact that you met with some staff members or developed 'good contacts' does nothing to support your claim regarding *Sony* sensors being utilized on the Honor 8 Pro.

Also, I clearly mention in my original comment that Honor India has, till now eluded all queries regarding the sensors utilized on the 8 Pro.

Perhaps, if you had bothered actually reading my comment before making several knee-jerk reaction posts, you wouldn't have had your foot in your mouth and unnecessarily prolonged this rather futile debate.

Get your facts right and provide tangible proof before making wild claims.

Cheers!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
And it will be great if u go through discussions on the devices what u hold. U dont have a device right now so u have nothing to do with 8 pro or 8 :cool:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] curiocritters:
Actually, I currently own an Honor 6x, an Honor 8 as well as a Mi Max 2.

I sold the Honor 8 Pro last week, and have been through three different units (two black, one blue; can provide proof of purchase for all three, along with screenshots/photographs of my current crop of devices).

So, I AM on the right thread.

Also, you don't have a say on which thread I may participate in (irrespective of the fact whether I own the device) as long as I am not spouting factually incorrect, misleading information, and/or making unverified claims.

Am happy to share screen caps of the build number of all my devices and do not make unsubstantiated claims, unlike you.

Cheers!