im so sure, if we put the apple logo above the huawei one on the back, all iphone lovers will shout out for such the best beautiful design phone of the year yet!
Whaha so trye mate. I really hate iphone simply because there are more gorgeous phones out there; its just in a mindset of a person that iphone is beautiful becuz its expensive :D
It's a shame all the people reviewing this phone fails to mention that you can turn off the knucle functionality. Seems like a lot of people avoided this phone because of this.
Go to Settings Under "Smart assistance", select "More..." Select "Smart screenshot" Toggle "Smart screenshot" to "off". Note that this will disable both the double knuckle knock and the knuckle screen cropping.
I Finn I haven't used the phone but it looks like if you flatten your fingers instead of using the sides it might work. Other than that, do you think it is a good phone to purchase?
Interesting review. Specs are good on the P7, this gets better! I use my P7 to read news and to phone. Looks good, feels good, keeps up 2 days. What lies underneath normal specs is the user-friendliness. Any smartphone can have better specs, but only a few get the package right in my eyes. If you want something that looks elegant such as Iphone, but don"t like the Samsung interface, while cannot afford a Sony Z3, then take a look at Huawei! You could be very suprised in a positive sense! (I would say that in real life the specs of best phone vs good phone mean nothing more than a 20% difference, while the looks, feel, overall package is 80%) Way to go Huwawei!
got the phone and seriously impressed with how well it works, i am now a huawei fan. My friend kept talking shit about the company and how my phone is garbage until i showed it to him and he was gob smacked, now he always asks to use it.
It looks very square like a Sony Xperia phone. The bottom chin seems odd. I expected buttons or a speaker there. Why so negative about the battery life? It seems on par with the S6 with 3.5-4.5 screen on time, and in fact has a bigger battery than the S6, and you guys were favourable with that.It seems like a solid flagship device. It's funny how they seem to have made a good camera whereas HTC have failed year upon year. Who can spell "Huawei?" It's not friendly to the Western market. Imagine typing that in a search engine. They should have branded it better. Other than that it looks pretty darn good
According with the information, it is a fast phone... Octa core and 3GB of Ram, it is fast... The GPU is not the most powerful, but for most users that are not playing so often with the phone and are just at social media, emails and messaging apps, it is more that enough...
Mate 7 has a larger screen, larger battery and a fingerprint reader. Oh, and the call quality is really good. But, as pointed out by others here, they are not very good with updates. Shame really because otherwise I'd say I'm really quite happy with mine.
Buying this phone tomorrow. I hope the camera supports manual controls via the manual app. I was also thinking of just slapping the google launcher on it for that google experience.
I have had one of these for a month, then it died due to moisture, now unsure as to whether or not to replace with the same model.. (once bitten, twice shy..). Generally a great phone, I got used to the Emotion UI after a bit. nice and thin in my pocket. The lack of slow-motion in the video functionality is an oversight I think.
I really despise this apple induced trend of needlessly thin devices with small batteries, I consider my xperia z3 to be pretty thin and we'll designed, because of that it is able to contain a large battery that gets me over 7 hours of screen on time per charge. Form and function, what a novel concept.
Thanks for a good review. I heard from other sources that the P8 Max sold in US and UK has some chinese in the menus, even when english language is selected. What is your experience?
Do you think this phone will last for 2 years without a single problem?, I'm totally in love with it and would like to hear your point of view. Need to make a serious jump from my first gen moto G (8GB and no SD worst thing ever)
I don't know about other countries but in the US at least, we are brand whores... if most people don't know the brand we won't buy their phones.. sad but true
Would you recommend the p8 or the ascend mate 7? :) I'm trying to decide between the two and so far I've seen amazing reviews for both and it's confusing the s*** out of me :) Thank you for uploading, I always check your channel when I'm researching things like this :)
I think it is rather amusing that they still look like an iPhone with iOS, looked like that since the p6 and will probs continue to look like them through the p9 and other phones after that
any chance this phone had at being purchased by many is immediately burned with that bad knuckle sense implementation which by all means is gimmicky and ridiculous. >< Great review Lahnh!
I HATE it that no one ever presents the keyboard as well :( i for one love to text and it is one of the features i am looking into a phone ( each person with their own phone thing) so maybe in the future you guys can focus a bit on the SMS app or keyboard functionality :D Ty
Thing is though, if you don't like the keyboard that comes with the phone you can just download one from the play store, the google keyboard is quite nice
Fredrik Wescombe True but i have always liked a phone that has a nice styled keyboard. For me, it makes the phone more elegant ^_^ I just have this thing with the keyboard :)) I don't know why...but i love texting on the phone's default keyboard. Downloading some like the GoKeyboard ones can be tricky as it can sometimes make my phone slower :(
Huawei is also known to forget their phones software issues, they NEVER upgrade and i'm saying this because my cousin never got her kitkat update nor did my friend and they were P series.
Levi Rivaille if you mean upgrading it directly from Huawei's website, they only support a specific model in some country, which is BS. and if you mean to upgrade it by third party, heck no.
I'm looking to upgrade from a Samsung Galaxy S2 and i am not sure what phone to get, should i get Huawei P8 or Motorola X Play? I want a phone with good storage with no bloat ware.
how is the battery life comparred to the galaxy s6 and s6 edge. Also does the quickcharger come in the retail box? And the last question: How fast does it charge?
Why can't Huawei just be honest with itself? It's essentially an iPhone for Android users. The hardware not as much as it has been in the past, but the UI is just about as close as you can get without getting sued to all hell by Apple...
***** In my Xperia Z1, it takes same time to load. And if you say 'youtube takes much time to open', in EVERY android device, it has this issue, IDK but UA-cam app has some kinda of issue.
Like the your videos but the background music men.... after a minute of it was anoyed by it... Remind me of old P*** movies sorry men, keep up the good work :)
Im torn after going thru the reviews. Phonearena says playing games were choppy with p8. And the GUI is ugly there s no multitasking capabilities. I like this phone and also the p8 max esp but unless they have the multitasking ability like samsun
Abhinav Valecha in his older videos (dont know if he still does this havent seen his videos in a while) he would literally conpare everything to apple from windows phone to blackberry and talking about how inconsistebt smartphone makers are with not putting out a great like the iphone. Also in an iphone 6 plus frop test the screen clearly broke of the chassis but when he picks the phone up he switched it to one that wasnt broken and pretended that nothing happened.
migstechunboxings you should watch his videos now... he doesn't compare them with Apple (apart from when needed, of course). but yeah, I remember that drop test 😂😂 ... not sure if it was faked..
Is it usual that p8 does not let you directly access lockscreen notifications? Besides I was not able to get a netflix or youtube notification on lockscreen when using chromecast?!?! That is a no-go
Richard Francisco it's a little bit hidden... Go to Settings Under "Smart assistance", select "More..." Select "Smart screenshot" Toggle "Smart screenshot" to "off". Note that this will disable both the double knuckle knock and the knuckle cropping functionality.
im so sure, if we put the apple logo above the huawei one on the back,
all iphone lovers will shout out for such the best beautiful design phone of the year yet!
True!
Whaha so trye mate. I really hate iphone simply because there are more gorgeous phones out there; its just in a mindset of a person that iphone is beautiful becuz its expensive :D
0 Mao 0 The iphone IS a good looking phone just not the best looking
Yup. ;D I just really hate the Iphone. Theyre always claiming theyve done an innovation even though it exists 10 years ago by android hahaha
0 Mao 0 and sadly majority think that
This looks really solid and the design and bezel seems awesome.
They stepped up their game like crazy.
It's a shame all the people reviewing this phone fails to mention that you can turn off the knucle functionality. Seems like a lot of people avoided this phone because of this.
+SLTV How though?
Go to Settings
Under "Smart assistance", select "More..."
Select "Smart screenshot"
Toggle "Smart screenshot" to "off".
Note that this will disable both the double knuckle knock and the knuckle screen cropping.
I was impressed all the way up until the knuckle gesture issues, that in my opinion just killed the phone and no way to turn it off.
Yeah, not being able to turn it off is a problem.
Roderick Omari while playing games though, oh nooo, not good at all.
I Finn I haven't used the phone but it looks like if you flatten your fingers instead of using the sides it might work. Other than that, do you think it is a good phone to purchase?
***** how? the video claims you can't turn it off.
I Finn agree!!!!
Interesting review. Specs are good on the P7, this gets better! I use my P7 to read news and to phone. Looks good, feels good, keeps up 2 days. What lies underneath normal specs is the user-friendliness. Any smartphone can have better specs, but only a few get the package right in my eyes. If you want something that looks elegant such as Iphone, but don"t like the Samsung interface, while cannot afford a Sony Z3, then take a look at Huawei! You could be very suprised in a positive sense! (I would say that in real life the specs of best phone vs good phone mean nothing more than a 20% difference, while the looks, feel, overall package is 80%) Way to go Huwawei!
Do you guys realize there will never be a negative review on a flagship?
got the phone and seriously impressed with how well it works, i am now a huawei fan. My friend kept talking shit about the company and how my phone is garbage until i showed it to him and he was gob smacked, now he always asks to use it.
What a beautiful device. Huawei has come a long way.
That double tap screenshot during gaming killed this phone.
Looks like a solid device. I just wish Huawei devices were more readily available in North America.
Apple couldn't make a phone that good. They've done nothing good since Steve Jobes died. Apples are fashion accessories now.
If it just had a fingersprint sensor. I really dont know why they didnt implent it since they have a really good technology already in the Mate 7.
I just ordered this phone. It's gonna be a good upgrade to my HTC One.
Nathalie Magnus Hi ho do you like the P8 phone? do you live in US? does it support 4G LTE?
it's does support LTE
It looks very square like a Sony Xperia phone. The bottom chin seems odd. I expected buttons or a speaker there. Why so negative about the battery life? It seems on par with the S6 with 3.5-4.5 screen on time, and in fact has a bigger battery than the S6, and you guys were favourable with that.It seems like a solid flagship device. It's funny how they seem to have made a good camera whereas HTC have failed year upon year.
Who can spell "Huawei?" It's not friendly to the Western market. Imagine typing that in a search engine. They should have branded it better. Other than that it looks pretty darn good
*Huawei P8 Review* goo.gl/vGP6ci
Awesome review! I like what Huawei have done here.
***** where are you??
Rolling out smart phones without updates is nothing to me. I have given up on Huawei phones!!!
A big no for all chinese phones like Huawei, ZTE, etc.
Does anyone know the name of the game on 3m49 in this review? Thanks in advance
Perfect design,on the other hand it is not a fast phone ,i guess.
According with the information, it is a fast phone... Octa core and 3GB of Ram, it is fast...
The GPU is not the most powerful, but for most users that are not playing so often with the phone and are just at social media, emails and messaging apps, it is more that enough...
Mate 7 has a larger screen, larger battery and a fingerprint reader. Oh, and the call quality is really good.
But, as pointed out by others here, they are not very good with updates. Shame really because otherwise I'd say I'm really quite happy with mine.
camera takes pictures with very vibrant colors?! Guess the screen of my retina macbook is broken.. great review!
I'm waiting for Arsenal FC version. I hope it will be in red and white colour.
finalmente a Huawei teve um pouco de personalidade...
lindo aparelho!!
Carlos César quando costa XD
greetings from Vietnam
thank you for your review, very details
in general, this phone is just AMAZING
emotion ui kills the whole thing.
material design lollipop would have been great
Buying this phone tomorrow. I hope the camera supports manual controls via the manual app. I was also thinking of just slapping the google launcher on it for that google experience.
It actually has a pretty damn good camera! Better than the One M9 that's for sure :D
Thank you android authority i find this review unbiased keep it up specially on battery usage thank you
I'm like 85% from buying this phone but after hearing about the gesture with the knuckle. I'm changing my mind
Excellent phone, excellent review. If only it was available in India.
thanks for making this video, really great review!
I like this phone's design !
This video is very interesting, I am looking at getting one of these phones :) thank you for the review :)
Craig
I have had one of these for a month, then it died due to moisture, now unsure as to whether or not to replace with the same model.. (once bitten, twice shy..). Generally a great phone, I got used to the Emotion UI after a bit. nice and thin in my pocket.
The lack of slow-motion in the video functionality is an oversight I think.
I love the camera, especially the front facing camera! seems good.
I really despise this apple induced trend of needlessly thin devices with small batteries, I consider my xperia z3 to be pretty thin and we'll designed, because of that it is able to contain a large battery that gets me over 7 hours of screen on time per charge. Form and function, what a novel concept.
***** You must be a Huawei fanboy. I have the Huawei Honor 6, by the way, but I prefer Sony.
then get the p8 max thin and has 4350mAh
Apple introduced concept ? LOL. The Huawei P6 released back in 2013 is 6.1mm thin.
for all ages and genders entertainment and techies P8 Max?! Wow... gonna Google that!.... OMG... that's a tablet, lololol. 6.8 inches?! Nah bruh..
***** uh no , just no
No OTG support, dealbreaker for me who freq use Corsair Flash Voyager GO 64GB
Can't recommend that stick enough, a blessing.
When can I buy one in the US?
Great review! You've improved a lot, Lanh.
That's two nice Chinese phones I can't get now. :(
*Xiao Mi Note Pro and this*
Thanks for a good review. I heard from other sources that the P8 Max sold in US and UK has some chinese in the menus, even when english language is selected. What is your experience?
Do you think this phone will last for 2 years without a single problem?, I'm totally in love with it and would like to hear your point of view. Need to make a serious jump from my first gen moto G (8GB and no SD worst thing ever)
This is AMAZING phone for The Huawei
Great review! Thanks.
I don't know about other countries but in the US at least, we are brand whores... if most people don't know the brand we won't buy their phones.. sad but true
matthew von
here in brazil, people buy iphone, just to show how "rich" they are
Aglaecio Júnior verdade, nego compra iphone pe fica se achando de mais
† XonXon™ nego ta comprando iphone 4s e se achando o máximo kkkk
+Haroon Hussain here in the UK people buy Iphones to be cool. TBH it kinda works xD
Would you recommend the p8 or the ascend mate 7? :) I'm trying to decide between the two and so far I've seen amazing reviews for both and it's confusing the s*** out of me :)
Thank you for uploading, I always check your channel when I'm researching things like this :)
the construction looks pretty solid, i just don´t like that much the operative system
Please do a review of the Huawei P8 Lite
I have P7. P8 will be my next ;)
Everyone's On Samsung's Back About The Design For The S6 Looking Like An iPhone But Look At This Huawei's Design WTF
I have z2 and its bored now,and im thinking of p8 or z4...i like both :v
0:10 You can see Iron Man torso-up action figure blurred in background!
I think it is rather amusing that they still look like an iPhone with iOS, looked like that since the p6 and will probs continue to look like them through the p9 and other phones after that
omg the ui looks same as the apple camera home touching in the middle search for apps etc. the chinese copy!
any chance this phone had at being purchased by many is immediately burned with that bad knuckle sense implementation which by all means is gimmicky and ridiculous. >< Great review Lahnh!
I HATE it that no one ever presents the keyboard as well :( i for one love to text and it is one of the features i am looking into a phone ( each person with their own phone thing) so maybe in the future you guys can focus a bit on the SMS app or keyboard functionality :D Ty
Thing is though, if you don't like the keyboard that comes with the phone you can just download one from the play store, the google keyboard is quite nice
Fredrik Wescombe
True but i have always liked a phone that has a nice styled keyboard. For me, it makes the phone more elegant ^_^ I just have this thing with the keyboard :)) I don't know why...but i love texting on the phone's default keyboard. Downloading some like the GoKeyboard ones can be tricky as it can sometimes make my phone slower :(
Huawei is also known to forget their phones software issues, they NEVER upgrade and i'm saying this because my cousin never got her kitkat update nor did my friend and they were P series.
Insane CoolAid you need to upgrade it yourself
Levi Rivaille if you mean upgrading it directly from Huawei's website, they only support a specific model in some country, which is BS. and if you mean to upgrade it by third party, heck no.
i will buy this phone monday
P8 or P9 lite?
Ethan Behzinga p8
I'm looking to upgrade from a Samsung Galaxy S2 and i am not sure what phone to get, should i get Huawei P8 or Motorola X Play? I want a phone with good storage with no bloat ware.
how is the battery life comparred to the galaxy s6 and s6 edge. Also does the quickcharger come in the retail box? And the last question: How fast does it charge?
thank you. 😄
Huawei is like IOS and Android combined, am i right??
No...
Kitkat um yes unless you are blind
Yes
Gonna buy P8 because of this! :D
+Kavv never update the phone i did it and now i got big problems i need to buy new phone now because i did the update from android 4.4.2-5.1.1
What is the game he was playing at 3:50 ?
Why can't Huawei just be honest with itself? It's essentially an iPhone for Android users. The hardware not as much as it has been in the past, but the UI is just about as close as you can get without getting sued to all hell by Apple...
it's so well built
hnnng
Great video lan
I was just wondering, is this device still worth buying in 2019 ?
apps load fastly: twitter takes 2 seconds
***** In my Xperia Z1, it takes same time to load. And if you say 'youtube takes much time to open', in EVERY android device, it has this issue, IDK but UA-cam app has some kinda of issue.
Make it a 4.7" size, ill get one..
Guys need a p8 max review
which one is better huawei p8lite or huawei p8 don't know what one to buy
Super want...desperation mode
Like the your videos but the background music men.... after a minute of it was anoyed by it...
Remind me of old P*** movies sorry men, keep up the good work :)
Im torn after going thru the reviews. Phonearena says playing games were choppy with p8. And the GUI is ugly there s no multitasking capabilities. I like this phone and also the p8 max esp but unless they have the multitasking ability like samsun
am I the only one who prefers this guy's reviews over *****'s ?
Nope im with you there j havent watch a josh review in a long time because he is deceitful and terribly biased
well I haven't noticed biasing, but Lawn's (if I'm spelling it correctly) videos are a pleasure to watch, as compared to Josh's..
Abhinav Valecha in his older videos (dont know if he still does this havent seen his videos in a while) he would literally conpare everything to apple from windows phone to blackberry and talking about how inconsistebt smartphone makers are with not putting out a great like the iphone. Also in an iphone 6 plus frop test the screen clearly broke of the chassis but when he picks the phone up he switched it to one that wasnt broken and pretended that nothing happened.
migstechunboxings you should watch his videos now... he doesn't compare them with Apple (apart from when needed, of course).
but yeah, I remember that drop test 😂😂 ... not sure if it was faked..
migstechunboxings Link to video pls
what should i buy the p8 or sony z3?
I have gotten 7 hours of screen-on time
how much does it cost and is it avaible in the U.S yet
Where can I get this, I have T-Mobile as well.
Is it good enough to replace my galaxy s3?
Yes. It is going to be big jump. But iOS like ui will take some time to get use to it
Well, I'll just install nova laucher...
+Luke Gardiner 5.2 in
yes go for it . galaxy s3 is nothing infront of it.
+Inteesher Abdus ofc lol
that´s right!
Is it usual that p8 does not let you directly access lockscreen notifications? Besides I was not able to get a netflix or youtube notification on lockscreen when using chromecast?!?! That is a no-go
What's the name of the game you're playing at 3:50 ? I used to play that on my Windows 95 PC back in the day!
Waiting on Huawei p8 max to come out...
I have problem with viber. It always go offline even if I am connected to wifi. Please help me fix this
Does this work well with VR sets?
P8 or Mate 7? What do you think?
does the camera take photos in 4:3 or 16:9 format ?
hi I wonder if it can save pictures from twitter directly?
what color is this phone? i am trying to get one.
The Knuckle feature CAN BE DISABLED!!
how?
Richard Francisco it's a little bit hidden...
Go to Settings
Under "Smart assistance", select "More..."
Select "Smart screenshot"
Toggle "Smart screenshot" to "off".
Note that this will disable both the double knuckle knock and the knuckle cropping functionality.
I have never made it through a full day. I am always on my phone for short bursts.
Does his keyboard have emojis?
Samsung galaxy j5 or Huawei p8
Where can you get one? I can't seem to find it on Huawei's store.:/
Awesome phone!
Which is better P8 or Honor 7. The camera is important for me.
honor 7
+MasterYoda Are Asus zenfone 2 and G3 better than Honor 7. Thanks!
+Kamilar135 no problem. I'm not sure about that sorry
Does it supports WIRELESS CHARCHING?
Should i get Moto G2 or Xiaomi Mi 4i or Asus Zenfone 2 (2 GB Variant)?
Hi all. I would like to get my hands on a Asus zenfone 2. Where can I buy one in the US?
this or xperia z3 ?
what was that shooting you played called