No Oreo for the Honor 8: thoughts?

[Morty2264]

As I still have one year left of my 2 year contract, I am certainly disappointed at this news, especially as I was looking forward to the update in the next couple of months as previously confirmed from Honor's CEO. The update issue in general really does Honor a disservice when they produce such good hardware for the money and from this thread looks like it's going to lose the company a fair number of what might otherwise be loyal customers when it comes to choosing their next phone.

But trying to be philosphical about this, since I have another year and 7 days to go, does the Honor 8 still perform with Nougat? Well, yes - it's still snappy to use, battery life is still really good, I have no hiccups with connections, it's still in great condition. It still does everything I wanted from it whan I bought it last year - but I do now feel a bit of a love/ hate relationship with it following this news. (Let's hope it's 'fake' and the CEO actually had the right info for a change!!)

I agree with you: my Honor 8 still runs really well with Nougat - it's not like I have any complaints with its performance - it's just a bummer that it won't get Oreo.

 

[dpham00]

This news only affects to people who uses the same phone for 2+ years. If you change phone every year then this doesnt impact you whatsoever. Although I agree with security updates. if they can't do 2 big os updates, the least they can do stay up to date with security updates.

The honor 5x wasn't well supported even for 1 year

 

[Morty2264]

The honor 5x wasn't well supported even for 1 year

It only got about a year's worth of support/updates? Bummer.

 

[dpham00]

It only got about a year's worth of support/updates? Bummer.

It did not get quarterly updates at any time as promised by Huawei , although it did get one or two updates.

 

[Morty2264]

It did not get quarterly updates at any time as promised by Huawei , although it did get one or two updates.

Oh wow! That's awful!

 

[orangecroc]

This hasnt affected my opinion of the phone, but definitely of the company. It's making me consider jumping over to a Nokia at the end of the year when I upgrade, or maybe even spoil myself and wait for a pixel 3

 

[Morty2264]

This hasnt affected my opinion of the phone, but definitely of the company. It's making me consider jumping over to a Nokia at the end of the year when I upgrade, or maybe even spoil myself and wait for a pixel 3

I agree a hundred percent: it hasn't affected my view on my phone - but it has made me disappointed in the company. Are you thinking about the Nokia 9 when it comes out?

 

[Aljean Thein]

it won't get Oreo update but it will emui 8 features update.

 

[orangecroc]

it won't get Oreo update but it will emui 8 features update.

EMUI 8 is built on oreo.
EMUI 7 was the nougat build with features from 8

 

[Aljean Thein]

EMUI 8 is built on oreo.
EMUI 7 was the nougat build with features from 8
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Let's hope it gets the oreo update. I'm down for that

 

[dpham00]

EMUI 8 is built on oreo.
EMUI 7 was the nougat build with features from 8
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It's possible that it would get like emui 7.8, similar to when Microsoft promised wp8 on phones then reneged on some phones saying meh, we will give you wp 7.8. I was one of those who got a flagship wp phone with promise of wp 8,only to get the half measure 7.8 so it wouldn't surprise me if Huawei did a similar thing here.

Hey they can call it emui
8 or 9.or 100 if they want but I don't care, I want Android 8.0 as they committed to.

 

[orangecroc]

It's possible that it would get like emui 7.8, similar to when Microsoft promised wp8 on phones then reneged on some phones saying meh, we will give you wp 7.8. I was one of those who got a flagship wp phone with promise of wp 8,only to get the half measure 7.8 so it wouldn't surprise me if Huawei did a similar thing here.

Hey they can call it emui
8 or 9.or 100 if they want but I don't care, I want Android 8.0 as they committed to.

The CEO specified android 8.0
Pixels will probably be in 8.2 by then.

 

[dpham00]

The CEO specified android 8.0
Pixels will probably be in 8.2 by then.

I take what Huawei says with a grain of salt, although I do hope that you are right

 

[orangecroc]

It's coming soon!

 

[dpham00]

It's coming soon! //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180210/d3a3bf181fb05aa7283e372ddc187ef8.jpg

Did I miss something? That has nothing to do with oreo

 

[Morty2264]

It's possible that it would get like emui 7.8, similar to when Microsoft promised wp8 on phones then reneged on some phones saying meh, we will give you wp 7.8. I was one of those who got a flagship wp phone with promise of wp 8,only to get the half measure 7.8 so it wouldn't surprise me if Huawei did a similar thing here.

Hey they can call it emui
8 or 9.or 100 if they want but I don't care, I want Android 8.0 as they committed to.

You have a really good point. It feels like they are just trying to throw us a bone in order to save face. But I'll try reserve my negative thinking until we know more!

 

[dpham00]

You have a really good point. It feels like they are just trying to throw us a bone in order to save face. But I'll try reserve my negative thinking until we know more!

Most definitely, I will give them the benefit of the doubt for now, but I won't be buying another Huawei phone anywhere near retail until the honor 8 gets Android 8

 

[orangecroc]

My security patches have only come with big updates in the UK. I'm still on the August security patch.

 

[dpham00]

My security patches have only come with big updates in the UK. I'm still on the August security patch.

May be it is a uk thing. The last Android update in version number including minor and major updates was about a year ago to Android 7. The usa honor 8 has received a few security updates and software patches since then but no change in Android version, minor or major.

 

[Morty2264]

Most definitely, I will give them the benefit of the doubt for now, but I won't be buying another Huawei phone anywhere near retail until the honor 8 gets Android 8

Agreed... I won't be buying another Huawei phone for the next while, as well. Maybe in another two years... But we'll see.