The Update to EMUI 5.1 and/or Android O (8.0)

[Morty2264]

This would be awesome! As Dpham said, most manufacturers will update their phones for at least two years; so let's hope that the Honor 8 does get this next software update. It'd be great to see yet another side to EMUI.

 

[dpham00]

This would be awesome! As Dpham said, most manufacturers will update their phones for at least two years; so let's hope that the Honor 8 does get this next software update. It'd be great to see yet another side to EMUI.

It would certainly be interesting to see which direction they go, keeping with emui 5 and going closer to stock,or going back to emui4 which had a lot of customization

 

[Morty2264]

It would certainly be interesting to see which direction they go, keeping with emui 5 and going closer to stock,or going back to emui4 which had a lot of customization

Can't wait to see!

 

[krazyatom]

Honor 5x and 6x are good budget phone but honor 8 is so close budget price with flagship spec!

 

[krazyatom]

I love my s8+, it's a great phone. Not a fan of AMOLED screens, or Samsung's inability to have timely updates. the fact that Android O beta is out and you won't see it hit a Samsung phone till next march. I guarantee honor 9 with have Android O before Samsung.

I really love AMOLED screen and I wish Huawei can have more AMOLED panels for their phone. What part do you not like about the AMOLED screen?

 

[dpham00]

I really love AMOLED screen and I wish Huawei can have more AMOLED panels for their phone. What part do you not like about the AMOLED screen?

I would be interested to know the problem of amoled as well especially on the s8+ which is a top notch screen.

 

[anon(9918034)]

I prefer the more natural look of the LCD display over the AMOLED. Also the whole screen burning in which Samsung says doesn't happen and then it happens. it's already happening the S8 screens with the solid navigation bar. They have since released an update where the nav bar is transparent and you can hide it on every screen.

 

[lumivalo]

I prefer the more natural look of the LCD display over the AMOLED. Also the whole screen burning in which Samsung says doesn't happen and then it happens. it's already happening the S8 screens with the solid navigation bar. They have since released an update where the nav bar is transparent and you can hide it on every screen.

Hmm... That's a valid point. I especially use my phone as a desk clock when I'm studying, so I feel like burn-in might become an issue.

 

[orangecroc]

I'm getting slightly disappointed at the slow updates to the security patches. I would love to see a new update soon but am also hopeful they are working on the oreo update to be released alongside the Mate 10

 

[dov1978]

I'll take Amoled screens purely so we can get Always ON Display. It can be done with Lcd panels as LG has shown but it's far better with amoled

 

[dpham00]

I'm getting slightly disappointed at the slow updates to the security patches. I would love to see a new update soon but am also hopeful they are working on the oreo update to be released alongside the Mate 10

I don't see Oreo released on the honor 8 by the mate 10 launch.... Seems highly unlikely.

 

[orangecroc]

I don't see Oreo released on the honor 8 by the mate 10 launch.... Seems highly unlikely.

I didn't mean that exactly, more that oreo would be ready for the mate and then not far off beta for honor 8 as was the case when the mate 9 was launched with nougat last year.

 

[dpham00]

I didn't mean that exactly, more that oreo would be ready for the mate and then not far off beta for honor 8 as was the case when the mate 9 was launched with nougat last year.

Ah, that is a possibility. I hope that they do do that.

 

[lumivalo]

I'm getting slightly disappointed at the slow updates to the security patches. I would love to see a new update soon but am also hopeful they are working on the oreo update to be released alongside the Mate 10

Honestly, I'm not quite sure about it anymore. It seems to me that Huawei is sort of backing out of the US market.

 

[lumivalo]

I'll take Amoled screens purely so we can get Always ON Display. It can be done with Lcd panels as LG has shown but it's far better with amoled

I absolutely agree - it's a killer feature that gives such convenience to a phone

 

[orangecroc]

Honestly, I'm not quite sure about it anymore. It seems to me that Huawei is sort of backing out of the US market.

Fortunately I'm in the UK and our carriers are actually vying for exclusive deals with Huawei for their phones

 

[dpham00]

Honestly, I'm not quite sure about it anymore. It seems to me that Huawei is sort of backing out of the US market.

Or it could be that they are trying to secure a deal with att and didn't want to release that same unlocked phone

 

[lumivalo]

Or it could be that they are trying to secure a deal with att and didn't want to release that same unlocked phone

Hmmmm. Good point. I guess we can't really know until the public announcement (or a really definitive leak)

 

[dpham00]

Hmmmm. Good point. I guess we can't really know until the public announcement (or a really definitive leak)

I take all leaks regardless of source with a grain of salt. Sure we can speculate about what's leaked but really... The actual announcement will be what matters

 

[lumivalo]

I take all leaks regardless of source with a grain of salt. Sure we can speculate about what's leaked but really... The actual announcement will be what matters

Very true.