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[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] maddogster:
how much later than google monthly release does this get security updates/patches on the android OS
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] omaresseldin:
Is the Honor 8X the best mid-range phone that Huawei can offer for this year and the next !?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] sliding_billy:
I am a bit confused by the separation between Huawei and Honor with some phones that are near identical. My sons both have Mate SEs. Can you explain the rationale between having the two companies separated (the Honor BL unlock codes for XDA for example) and if there are any plans to unify the products/support?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] orlandosuarezm740324:
the market of smartphones in Cuba is good for Huawei, attending to the quality-price relation of yours products. Are Huawei planning to sell yours smatphones in Cuba, in a short time?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] ᔕᖺᗩᕍOᗯ:
Taking to account that the Honor 8x is a mid range phone but still looks and feels premium will there be a possibility that Honor will release new colors e.g. something like the morpho aurora on the p20 pro or a leather or matte finish? This is purely aesthetics but wouldn't it be nice to see a mid range phone with this color ways?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
While these will be purely aesthetic, they won't be cheap to produce especially the leather one's and will ultimately increase the price of the phone. As for special edition, the Honor 8X is a budget with a premium feel. Not a premium phone. I don't think Honor will be looking forward to release different colors or anything. But it is possible that the 10X or some other phone may get them.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] iainmann:
Will you be updating the Honor 8X with screen gestures for navigation? It's a big screen so surely Back, Home and Open App screen gestures instead of buttons is the way forward.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] -fluffy-:
like the thread state

ask the honor 8x a Q

but i dont see any off the Q getting any answer

an for how long does this run

an how do we know ho has won ????
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] josemanuelnl:
How many units do you spect to sell?

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How many units do you expect to sell?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Thread will last till 21st after which they will supposedly answer the questions. As for who won, I think they will be declared in a post and then receive a PM. As for selecting the winner, who knows? Maybe it's the person with the best posts? Most posts? The person who asks the most reasonable questions? Or as I believe it will be random. Like six random people choose. One bloke gets a new mobile, other gets some BT Headphones.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] KronwarsCZ:
Does the Honor 8X have DRM content enabled? I can't watch HD videos in Netflix(there is no HD option, i have the ultra membership)

How secure is the face unlock feature? Can it be unlocked with photo of owner?

Why doesn't the 8X have USB-C? (You know, making it a little bit more expensive wouldn't be bad in exchange for having usb-c)
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Scythec:
So, I have heard that this is a big phone, but it isn't too thick or heavy considering the volume. So will this affect the battery life in some way?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] SubwayChamp:
Thx for this I want to participate. To which snapdragon processor do you compare the Kirin 710? And it has additional features in-builded in this version?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
No. The Honor 8X doesn't support HD video playback. The face unlock is a simple 2D scanner. Maybe a photo can unlock the device. Who knows. Think of it like Honor's version for Google's Smart Face Unlock. It will be good but it's not as secure as that of the Mate 20 Pro. USB-C would make it more expensive for the budget market it's aimed at

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Phone may not be heavy or thick but it is large. Besides in modern world it's not so difficult to cram a large battery in smartphones today and the Battery should give you at least a day of useage

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The Kirin 710 is up against the SD 636 or any other SD 6xx. As for features, it's a budget processor. Think of it as the successor to the Kirin 65x line. Don't expect to play heavy games like Fortnite on it. PUBG and Asphalt 9 should have no trouble. Day to Day tasks should be smooth.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Do Honor plan to reply to this thread or is it gonna remain unanswered. I would really like to know as it's 21st and still no reply
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mazerob:
I neither use Honor 8X nor Honor 10, Can I participate??
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
You don't need to own a Honor 8X or 10 to participate. You just need to ask any questions you have regarding Huawei/Honor and the Honor 8X to participate. The Honor 10 is the reward. You can participate by asking any questions you have regarding Huawei, Honor or the Honor 8X.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] NightFox029:
Is there any possibility that honor will let us unlock honor 8x and release kernel source?even realme promised it will unlock their device starting next year,I know I'm not going to win anything with this question,but after I saw the article about realme agreed to unlock their phones,I feel really bad that I choose this phone instead of realme,common honor you're promoting your phone in xda,where everyone want to unlock their phone,where aosp community reside,but you wont let us unlock our phone?really?if product manager or whoever you're reading this,please reconsider about the bootloader unlock,that's it from me,thanks
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Ok. First of all by asking this you won't risk your chance of winning. That's random. Or if by asking these questions the chance of winning is decreased than I should pretty much give up at this point. Next, I agree with what you said. Huawei/Honor have stopped providing Bootloader unlock and yet they want to maintain relationship with XDA. But you have to acknowledge that while XDA is mostly know for it's development, you can't ignore that XDA also covers other Android stuff and not everything here is related to an unlocked Bootloader. Honor uses XDA as a platform to get feedback on their phones, be it from Rooted Users or Non-Rooted users. Lastly the decision to stop providing unlock codes was made by Huawei not Honor. Infact because of the XDA-Honor partnership, Honor went so far as to allow temporary Bootloader Unlocking a while ago in which XDA users could get unlock codes. Judging from that Honor still supports the Development Community. So if you want to blame anyone for the Bootloader Fiasco blame Huawei. By blaming Honor or demanding answers from them, you are barking up the wrong tree.

With all this in mind, I would like to know that what was the reason for this. The phones are Cheap and Good for their price so a locked Bootloader won't stop me from buying them. I'll just stomach the bad software and hope that one day it will be fixed. I even suggested some ideas. Like introduction of something similar to Samsung's Goodstar and including Google Framework so people can run Gcam. That would be an improvement.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] yvsmadhav:
Honor makes great devices. The specs are great for the prices. But the EMUI sometimes mars the experience. Besides, why does not Honor provide the latest Android OS and why do the updates take as long as they do?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] drt0:
Which is the most important area for improvement for Honor? I find that most people are satisfied with mid-range device performance (even budget devices are becoming decent in this regard nowadays) but they still prefer expensive models because of camera quality improvements.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] M.rehan:
Is there any scratch resistant layer on the screen? what is the expected time for the android p update for the 8x?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Connor McSwaggins:
From your own perspective, what sets apart your devices from the competion?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] S.K.A.R:
How long SoT this phone will get? I really love any phone that has longer battery life
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Bl4ckAir:
What are the release date for Honor 8X in U.S. ?

Will the price be under $250 in America like the Chinese version, and will it be on Amazon?

If I decided to buy the international version in U.K will it support network like T-mobile and how will it affect my warranty?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] tuksedra:
Could you please unlock the bootloader? i love this device, best screen implementation and good battery life!
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
We can hope. Honor provided bootloader unlocking for XDA users in the past. Looks like they are going to do it again. Maybe. Don't take my word for it
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] VenkySmartGeek:
As A Honor 8x, I am completely happy with its performance and immersive display experience and battery backup is the main key with emui battery optimization... Loved emui because of its amazing features and open to everything system.

***Cons and questions ***

1.No AI mode for front cam

2.poor camera performance in low light conditions and portraits are as awful as hell

3.no fast charging support even kirin 710 supports... Please enable it in next update

4.camera ui... Old one is much better

5.need faster updates

6.in portrait mode camera resolution decreased to 8mp.. Even though worst portraits

If everyone finds out this issues, no one prefers
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
As I don't have a 8X I can't confirm or Deny any thing. But I will do my best to answer.

AI for front cam is only available in high ends. Maybe not even in them. AI is only available for back camera.

It's a mid ranger. If you are expecting flagship performance you got the wrong phone. But let's hope it's improved via future updates.

Pretty sure fast charging requires hardware not software. And even though the chip support it, you need cooling solution so phone doesn't get too hot

That is purely aesthetic. I like the new one better. You will have to swallow it I'm afraid. It's more modern

Updates are also dependant on Google and Regional Restrictions. An alternative I suggested was to upload the update to website from were we can download and then side load it. Similar to what OnePlus does.

Portrait mode already takes great selfies. The feature there is the blur. Not the resolution.

While these are certainly drawbacks, you have to keep in mind that the 8X is mid-range budget phone. And in that segment for the current price it's one if the best options. While it doesn't have premium features it does have the aesthetic of a premium.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mazerob:
Ok here is my question

I see that Huawei uses Kirin chips in lot of their devices why is that?

Do they build or manufacturer Kirin chips?

And that confirms my participation right....
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Kirin chips are manufactured by HiSilicon which is owned by Huawei. They make all of the Kirin Chipsets used in Huawei Phones. So yes in a way Huawei makes there own chips and they are cheaper to use.

And yes, that confirms your participation. Although about winning, well no body knows.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] oslo83:
Are you planning to release android 9 on honor 8x ?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
The Honor 8X comes with Android 8 out of the box. It will definitely be upgraded to Andromeda Pie and Maybe even Android Q
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mridulmohanbagri17:
Will Honor 8x purple variant be released in India
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I think so. India is one of Honor's Home Markets. But don't take my word for it.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
So, it's been two days since the event was supposed to end i.e 21st. Now would be a good time to get some official statements.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mazerob:
Well Thanks for Informing and for the information.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] blaup:
how long battery life does it have and what camera. wich android

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what dpi will you use. and what kind of ram !! can you flash the ROM or wifi debug. what colour, and if any colour combinations like Huawei p20 pro. and if i compared it with samsung note 9 8gb ram version, Huawei p 20 pro, the new iPhone and one Plus 6T. and good day to you here from Denmark ;)
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Are you serious? You are comparing a Budget phone to Flagships. The Honor 8X is a budget phone, not a flagship. Since Bootloader Unlocking is no longer possible no Custom ROMs can be flashed. If you want color combination then wait for the Honor 10 lite.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Paul_Days:
Question.

Why did Huawei decide to have the Honor line as a Brand and not a product line? I am a big fan of Huawei and have their watch and had a P10. Here where I live there is no getting of the Honor brand, but it feels like Huawei could have been viewed as a monster if it had the Honor line as a products. I would love to get to know the brand and see how their product stands up against the likings of the top tiers. Thank you for being so active in the mobile devices community, it is rather remarkable of Honor.

Cheers,

Paul
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
So. I have a question regarding this campaign. When will you announce the winners. How will you select the winners? The person with most number of posts? The person with best questions? Or totally Random. Please don't be random. I have terrible luck in those things. Or did those people won who received the PM from Honor. If so, then that didn't mention what I won. It's been 5 days since the event was supposed to end (21st November)
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] paulroland:
Hello, why does the Honor 8x still have a micro USB port, like many other mid-range smartphones? Is this only a marketing decision to make this devices less "High-quality" comparing to high class phones?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I have replied to exactly this question before and the official statement isn't gonna be much different.

The reason why the 8X has Micro USB instead of USB-C is because it's more expensive. The company aimed this phone at a budget market. In that segment USB-C isn't that big a deal. Using USB-C with unnecessarily increase the cost of the phone. And the Honor 8X has other great specs. So I assume that USB-C is a feature that the people in the Budget market don't care about.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] miststudent2011:
>When will you announce the winners.

Generally it will be around a week or 2 after completion of the contest.

> How will you select the winners? The person with most number of posts? The person with best questions? Or totally Random.

The person with most number of posts?--> I dont think it will be the criteria else there will be more spam posts rather than valid questions.

> Or did those people won who received the PM from Honor. If so, then that didn't mention what I won.

If I am not wrong you have received some PM from Honor is it correct if so what did it state ? If you dont want to disclose in public you can PM me regarding the message.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Thanks for the reply. Correct me if I am wrong but it has been a week since the event was supposed to end (21st). So the announcement should be coming soon. As for the PM I did receive one. And I am not sure if I am allowed to share it but I'll PM you.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] anshuraj132:
What do you expect from Honor 8X's Mali G51 MP4 GPU ? How well it can handle gaming, specially heavy games like asphalt 9 and PUBG ?

Why wouldn't customers go for a phone with better GPU like Adreno 512 or Adreno 16x in same price range ?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] noel_leon:
What do you think about the notch, and if you don't like it what do you hope replaces it?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] irhur:
I love my Honour 8x - such great value for money. I would like to know if it will ever support multiple users so that my son can occasionally use it but log in as a different user.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
It already has Multiple Users available. Search for it in setting. You can also assign a particular fingerprint to log into a particular user
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mhmfinance:
DIfferent Users

Hiii, I tried and search but failed to find both 2nd user and 2nd space. I used 2nd space in my honor 8 pro, but unable to find in honor 8x. Can someone please guide me???
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Uh. I exactly don't have a 8X. I am just saying because my 6X had it. So I really don't know. Did you try searching the internet
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mhmfinance:
Private Space and 2nd user in honor 8X

Hello,

Can you please tell me, how to enable private space / 2nd space in Honor 8X. I tried all settings but failed to find the settings. Even I called to honor service centre and they also failed to help me.

Thanks

Rahi
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] miststudent2011:
Go to SETTINGS->USER$ACCOUNTS->USERS->ADD USER you will find the option.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mhmfinance:
Yes, even I chatted online with honor executive for around half n hour but failed to find private space / 2nd space / more users :(

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Hi thanks for reply but no, i don't find "user accounts" under settings
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] miststudent2011:
Then I think its not available in EMUI 8.2
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I know that the entries won't be accepted now, but I would generally like to get an answer on this. While searching Google about the Mate 20 Pro, I found that it's an A-ONLY device. A deeper search revealed that all of Huawei/Honor devices are A-ONLY. They don't support seam-less updates. Ultimately, it really doesn't matter as the devices are Project Treble Compatible and GSI are the only way to flash Custom ROMs on them now. But I am curious to know. Why doesn't a single Huawei or Honor device support Seam-less updates considering that even the Pocophone F1 does. And that's a 300$ flasgship killer.

Also correct me if I am wrong, but Seam-less updates is a software feature and as such can be implemented on any Project Treble Compatible device. It does not have any hardware requirements and the only downside is the System Partition taking more space. But with phones with 256GB of Internal that shouldn't be an issue. So why doesn't any Huawei/Honor phone support Seam-less updates?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] miststudent2011:
Seamless Updates doesnt add much to the device other than few less clicks while updating and it also take more space as it should have a separate partition but thats not feasible for lower memory variants . And its not entirely software dependent it should be implemented when the device memory mapping is designed.

Also Huawei has to make complete rework with EMUI inorder to implement this which is not worth an effort, Hence they are staying with A only partition.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] The4anoni:
Poco F1 > Honor 10 ;)
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Nickitt:
Such a beautiful amazing looking, speedy phone. These Honor phones are having me second guess me being a Samsung guy.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Rawwr:
what i been really wanting to ask honor is why they don't use Snapdragon Processors ?

i know about being a sub-brand they have to use Huawei's processor, but why dont they try it for the first time and see maybe the sales will get higher.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Uh, there are SnapDragon Honor phones available. There is a version of the 8X which launched with a SD 636 in China. Maybe we can expect a Global Release?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Rawwr:
that would be awesome, but flagships you know....
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
While I do admit a flagship with a SD processor would be awesome that won't be happening sadly. The reason why I think so, and this is my personal thought and is in no way official by Huawei or Honor, one of the standout features of Huawei devices are the Kirin Chipsets. All other smartphone have the same SnapDragon so Huawei Kirin really sets it out. Maybe a special edition of the Flagship with a SD will happen. But don't take my word for it. But the idea of a SD 845 Mate 20 Pro would be awesome I think it would require a complete rework of EMUI to ensure compatibility. Most of the phones use Kirin anyway. But there are budget phones with SD so we may see a Flagship as well.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] moolash:
Is the winner announced? Or am I missing something?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
The winner hasn't been announced yet. But it should be announced in a day or two. I guess they will receive a PM and an announcement of the winners in this thread. That is, if it ever happens
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] love4chat:
Is There Be Any Release Of Kernel Source Code For Honor 8X?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Lol. Are you serious. Huawei has stopped providing bootloader unlock codes. Now the only way to unlock it is via third-party services such as Ministry of Solutions which will cost you 30$. I don't know anyone who will be willing to spend that money. As a result development for recently released Huawei/Honor phones is dead. Just look in the development section of the Mate 20 series Forums. Not a single post. And if you are thinking of flashing a Treble ROM, then good luck. A simple search of any of the threads will reveal that almost NO Treble ROM boots on Huawei/Honor devices. And those that do are buggy. Keeping in consideration these points I think that I won't be wrong when I say that Development for Huawei/Honor phones is no more. As a result, there would be no point in releasing kernel source. And even if they do, and someone does make a custom ROM or Recovery, how will people flash it via a locked Bootloader
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mbwf:
Maybe you'd like to start a relationship with a proof reader? ;)
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
???

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Well. Now it's the first of December. 10 days after the event was supposed to end. Half a month since it was posted. Till yet we have no contact from Command Central regarding our queries. The winners of the Lucky Cup haven't been announced. Still holding hope out here. It's cold.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] riokung:
please support our honor 8x developers not satisfied with honor for not supporting our developers! let us enjoy our honor 8x
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] :
If you mean custom development I am afraid that's not gonna happen. Huawei has stopped providing Bootloader unlock code. Which is another way of saying we don't care about Custom development. Let's just hope EMUI improves in the future.

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Have the winners been announced already? :confused: :confused:
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] rohitagstam:
We can unlock bootloader by visiting service center, confirmed by honor moderator... Ss attached