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Honor first smartphone in US, I really looking forward it, and you?

I'm always looking forward to new brands of smartphones. Each iteration usually brings something new. I'll be checking out Honor. The Honor 7 pics certainly look nice.
 
Huawei doing a rebranding for Western markets are they?

"Honor" is easier to pronounce correctly than "Huawei", especially if one doesn't speak Mandarin. ;)
 
Looks like the power/volume buttons are swapped from how we are used to seeing them - Power below the rest. Although I could be wrong, as it appears there is some sort of button in that position on both sides of the phone.

Other than that, the device does look pretty slick.
 
Rxpert83 said:
Looks like the power/volume buttons are swapped from how we are used to seeing them - Power below the rest. Although I could be wrong, as it appears there is some sort of button in that position on both sides of the phone.

Other than that, the device does look pretty slick.
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Huawei likes to do that. They are that way on my P8 Lite/ You get used to it after a couple days.
 
looks a little too generic for my taste and i never used a HiSilicon Kirin 935 chipset or anything related to it. if it performs anything like a rockchip or amlogic im out. Personally i think qualcomm is a much better choice. i wonder if it supports big.LITTLE and if it does can it do it without losing anything in operating. this was a problem with early exynos cpus. if there was more documentation on this chipset plus some user reviews i think i would be a little bit less reticent. personally i dont want a 28 nm process cpu due to heat and also want ddr4 memory not old ddr3. i do like the fm radio and fingerprint reader lol.
 
I don't think the kirin chip is coming stateside. I think it will be the Qualcomm 615 or 616 chip in the US. That's what they did with the P8 LIte. I think it has to do with the LTE bands over here, but that's above my technical geek grade. :p
 
so its would be like going back to my gs4:(... but i get you need mid level devices. I think a little competition wouldn't hurt though, and maybe they might release something more high end down the road. i just hope honor isnt just a name to distance Huawei from their lower tier devices... kinda like toyota's scion branding.
 
myfishbear said:
so its would be like going back to my gs4:(... but i get you need mid level devices. I think a little competition wouldn't hurt though, and maybe they might release something more high end down the road. i just hope honor isnt just a name to distance Huawei from their lower tier devices... kinda like toyota's scion branding.
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Agree, I don't totally get what Honor is to Huawei, but the Scion analogy is probably good. FWIW, the P8 Lite I thought punched above its class, and I have four of them when comparing what you got for the price paid. That said, EMUI is terrible IMO, but it runs OK with a custom launcher.
 
I totally get that. 350 is a bit for a new cell but i sell them when im done and it helps pay for the next one. sold the g3 for 200. so i basically paid 150 after all was said and done since flagships hold value for about 2 years.
 
myfishbear said:
I totally get that. 350 is a bit for a new cell but i sell them when im done and it helps pay for the next one. sold the g3 for 200. so i basically paid 150 after all was said and done since flagships hold value for about 2 years.
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I'm really curious on pricing. If they get something similar to what was pictured in one of these threads for around $200 it could really get some attention.
 
Unforgiven said:
I'm really curious on pricing. If they get something similar to what was pictured in one of these threads for around $200 it could really get some attention.
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I checked some Honor reviews from other countries, the Honor 6 and 7 both come out to about $300 when converted to US dollars.

A quality phone for around $200 would be very interesting. :thumbsupdroid:
 
Here in China "Honor" is a series of phones made by Huawei, and has been like that for a while now. Rather like what "Galaxy" is for Samsung. But it looks like in the US, "Honor" is the actual main brand now, and no mention of Huawei at all, except in small type at the bottom of their US websites.

And they're making a big deal of it as well, like glitzy CES shindigs, sponsoring Phandroid and AF, etc.

Don't think it's going to change here, like I go to buy a Huawei Honor 8 phone, all the store signage and marketing probably will still have "Huawei" on it.
 
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Huawei likes to do that. They are that way on my P8 Lite/ You get used to it after a couple days.
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I would imagine if you're holding it right handed that's more or less where your thumb would rest, which makes sense as it's the button you'll use the most. That's what I found with my SGS 3 that had the button in the same place (albeit it was a smaller phone).
 
I hold the Honor 5X left handed and it's fine. Same for the newly announced GX7. Plus, I rarely use the power button as I unlock it using the fingerprint scanner on the back.
 
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