Honor 8 hands-on experience: It’s worth it to spare no effort for the appearance

After experiencing this additional episode of Honor V8, the Honor brand has brought us the best-looking Honor phone to date.

As the orthodox flagship of the Honor family, Honor 8 not only continues the flagship configuration such as Kirin 950 processor and dual rear cameras, but also puts a lot of effort into the appearance design of the phone. When you hold the real phone in your hands, I believe many people will have the same opinion, that is, all the efforts Honor has made in appearance this time are worth it.

Better first impression of product

The outer packaging is naturally an important dimension of whether a product looks good or not, but it is not an easy task to make the outer packaging just right without being excessive. The packaging box of Apple iPhone is a representative one, and the Honor 8 also does a good job this time.

The overall outer packaging of Honor 8 is a relatively small rectangular shape. Pulling it open from the bottom, you can see Honor 8 standing sideways inside the box in a distinctive way, which directly shows the texture of the phone's metal frame and polished chamfers, giving people an immediate feeling of being bright.

Without a 2K resolution display, the outer packaging of Honor 8 is no longer as interesting as Honor V8, which can be transformed into a VR glasses. However, the simple style and ingenious structure are still a plus point for the success of Honor 8.

After metal, this time it’s glass

The appearance of this year's Apple iPhone 7 has been basically confirmed, but not long ago, there was news that next year's iPhone 8 will return to glass as the main choice of body material. If after metal, the trend of smartphones will be glass again, then Honor 8 will undoubtedly be one step ahead of iPhone 8.

With the double-sided glass, Honor 8 is much more artistic than previous Honor phones. The back glass is carved with 3D photolithography and processed through 15 layers of technology. It will also emit different effects under different light, but the white machine in our hands does not show it so obviously.

The overall structure of the Honor 8 has many similarities with its predecessors, such as the openings in the metal frame and the rear dual cameras. The smooth metal frame and double-sided glass bring a very comfortable feel, and the rear dual cameras are flush with the back without protrusions, which is definitely worth a thumbs up.

As a mobile phone equipped with a 5.2-inch 1080P screen and a narrow bezel design, the Honor 8 is not stressful to operate with one hand. The charging port at the bottom is USB Type-C, and the smart key function of the Honor mobile phone is integrated into the fingerprint recognition area on the back of the phone. Yes, the fingerprint recognition area of ​​the Honor 8 can be pressed. You can basically understand it as moving the fingerprint recognition button on the front of other smartphones to the back of the phone.

From the appearance, it is no exaggeration to say that the design style of Honor 8 has been "completely transformed". We still remember last year's all-metal gold Honor 7, which would remind us of products like Huawei Mate and P series from time to time. This year's Honor 8 has its own style and is quite eye-catching.

Unchanged "honor taste" experience

Although the Honor 8 is equipped with the brand-new EMUI 4.1 developed based on Android 6.0, the overall operating logic is not much different from the previous EMUI. However, when the screen is turned on, the system will give people a breath of fresh air. Perhaps the main reason is the light-colored default wallpaper that is different from the past.

The Honor 8 full network version we have is equipped with a Kirin 950 processor, supplemented by a 4GB+64GB large-capacity memory combination. It is a bit regrettable that the running score is less than 100,000, which is comparable to the Honor V8. Of course, such performance data is more than enough for most users.

It should be noted that the Honor 8 is not very ideal in terms of heat control. When the 16nm processor is running complex tasks such as large-scale games, the metal frame in the upper right corner of the machine will still have obvious heat. In addition, the battery life of the 3000mAh capacity is not too surprising. The official data shows that it can last for 1.77 days under normal use. In actual use, it is inevitable that the Honor 8 needs to be charged once a day.

Finally, the Honor 8 continues the rear dual-camera configuration to maintain the excellent photo-taking experience, supporting up to 1200W pixel photo shooting and 1080P/60FPS full HD video recording. In particular, the background blur effect that is the advantage of Honor products, with the inherent advantages of dual lenses, the performance of the Honor 8 has been further improved.

In the era of appearance, Honor 8 is right

After some experience, it is not difficult to see that the biggest breakthrough of Honor 8 lies in the product's appearance design.

In today's world of serious homogeneity of smartphones, what do mobile phone brands rely on to stay alive? Some say it's performance, so Honor is equipped with increasingly mature Kirin processors; some say it's photography, so Honor is one step ahead in using rear dual lenses; some say it's whether the phone looks good enough, so Honor 8 is here.

In general, Honor 8 can be regarded as the most beautiful mobile phone of the Honor brand, and at the price base of 2,000 yuan, Honor 8 may also be the best choice for those who are obsessed with appearance.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.