[Honor View 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] qtoo941:
Hello, fellas.

I would like to write few words about a story between Honor's customer care department and a customer, which is me.

First of all, this is not going to be something short but I would like to say "Thank you" in advance for everyone who is patient enough to read the whole story. I have been using Honor devices for the past 4 years but I had to switch to another brand and I am not sure if I will ever get another Honor device or even suggest a friend of mine to buy a phone from Honor.

4 months ago I bought the Honor View 10 (6/128) but I was a little surprised when I saw Android 8.0 out of the box and I was surprised because meanwhile in the United States the same model was shipping with Android 8.1 out of the box, so I thought it is just a matter of time for us, the European customers, to receive the same update. But even now, the phone is still stuck on Android 8.0.

So I decided to contact Honor on Twitter and to request additional information regarding their software support. So I contacted Honorglobal with the simple question "When will the HonorView10 be updated to Android 8.1?" and they advised me that actually I have contacted the wrong team and I have to get in touch with Honor UK. Lol, why exactly Honor UK? They did not even ask where am I from and where I have bought the phone from, they literally copy/pasted a template to answer me. Anyway, I did contact Honor UK and guess their answer - you do have to contact your local Honor representatives. The funny thing is that Honor Bulgaria was advertising Honor 8 as their most recent phone and they did not have information regarding View 10. So once again, I contacted Honorglobal, they once again copy/pasted me a template and I had to contact Honor UK again.

I decided to send them an email. But after few days of waiting, I had to stick back to their twitter page. One month passed since I initially asked them when exactly the Honor View 10 is going to be updated to the latest Android 8.1. And every single day I was getting more and more frustrated by the total lack of customer support.

I decided to change my tactic and started to, literally, spam them. Every time there was a tweet from Honor UK or Honorglobal (99% of the tweets were regarding Honor 10), I was asking them in a comment regarding the update to Android 8.1. Two weeks after I started the spam tactic, I received a direct message from a page called "Honor Assistance". The message I received was stating the following information:

"There is no hardware difference between the North American model and the European one but the North American region has a priority and all major updates/features are first released for North America and after that for the rest of the world". (In case somebody wants an evidence, I can also provide you with screenshots).

I could not believe what I read. Priority? Like, are you F******* serious?

But anyway, I continued with my spam tactic and after few more days I received a tweet from Honor UK - "The 8.1 update is currently underworks and we do not know when exactly is going to be released, but hey, stay tuned."

What do they actually mean by saying "underworks"? The update is absolutely the same as the one running on BKL-L04 which is the North American model. Either they have released the phone in NA with beta version of the software or they are just joking with their customers.

Suddenly I realized that I have never received an answer to my email, even till now, I am still waiting. More than 2 months for an answer to an email from a customer. I am working as a customer care representative in a pretty big company and no matter how heavy our workload is, even with a quite of a delay, we always have to answer the customer. But it seems Honor's customer care department is not working that way.

A few days ago I noticed that I have not seen any tweets from Honor UK recently and I wanted to check them out, but guess what, they have blocked me. But not only that, an Honor-phone owner sent me a DM and told me that they actually have filtered my comments like a month ago (maybe when my spam tactic started). I was shocked, logged in with my girlfriend's account and that fella was absolutely right - most of the comments were not visible.

The device itself is great, the camera is nice, the hardware (except the display which has so crap refresh rate) is amazing but I am not wasting my money on a phone which is not going to be updated. 4 months and I have not received a single update. I had to manually flash an update from Firmware Finder.

I understand that Honor 10 is the most recent Honor flagship but the internals are pretty much the same as these into Honor View 10. So the software support could be almost identical. But no, Honor 10 is currently a priority for Honor and they are only concentrated on that one. I sold my Honor View 10 yesterday and I doubt that I will buy another phone from that brand.

I understand they have millions of customers and losing a single one (me) is nothing for them, but if you actually care about the official software and customer support, you better think again. You are not going to get it from Honor.

Thank you for reading my boring story and I wish you a wonderful day.

Best regards,

Dennis.