Unfortunately, I just returned the Honor 8 to Best Buy. It just wasn't the phone for me. I had a Note 7 but returned it for a refund (The Note 7 doesn't justify a $900 price tag). I have had the following phones to compare the Honor 8 with, Nexus 6P, Galaxy s7 Edge, Note 7 and an LG V10. The Honor 8 stands tall against all of them aesthetically, the blue color and all glass design was very nice. The build quality was also very good, it was just a nice phone to look at. The issues I had with it are.
- It was slippery, it would literally slide off most surfaces
- The EMUI was quirky and resembled iOS too much
- Lock Screen notifications are hit or miss and they only seemed to work with a setting that turns on the screen when you receive a notification
- The camera was not very good in low light and I had too many blurry pictures
- The screen is not very bright in sun light and there seemed to be an issue with the ambient sensor. There were times when the phone did not know if the room was bright or dark and I ultimately had to manually adjust the brightness
On the positive side, the performance was very good. It had great battery life and the reception (Mobile Data & WiFi) were damn good! The display was really nice, colors and saturation were very good.
I'm assuming that Honor will fix many of these issues with software updates but, for me, I went back to the S7 Edge. It was a tough decision and if my decision was merely based on the looks of the phone, the H8 wins hands down. Having said that, functionality trumps looks all day when it comes to a mobile phone.
