The proprietary charging is a downer since all my chargers support qc 2.0/3.0/Samsung fast adaptive charging. Charging at 5v/1a from these bricks would be very slow.I already did and I have ordered mine. The Android Central review (finally! lol) has sealed the deal for me.
Honor 8 review: A new competitor in the U.S. | Android Central
The proprietary charging is a downer since all my chargers support qc 2.0/3.0/Samsung fast adaptive charging. Charging at 5v/1a from these bricks would be very slow.
The Honor 8 doesn't offer wireless charging despite its glass back, but does work with its own proprietary quick charging solution that you'll only find from its in-box charger — using a 9V/2A brick that can add 45% to the battery in just 30 minutes. When plugging it into my Quick Charge 3.0 wall plug or Quick Charge 2.0 battery it would only pull about 5V/1A, which is rather slow ... a "standard" 5V/2A charging plug gave it the best speeds outside of its own in-box charger.
I don't like to leave my phone on the charger overnight... I will leave it charging while eating a meal or at my desk for a bit... And 5v/1a is super slow.(since I have qc chargers). It isn't the end of the world, but... It would have been nice to keep the same accessories.You're right, that is a valid downer. For me, it's almost a non-issue because I have never tried a phone that has 3.0 fast charging. Fast charging is cool but I don't need the fastest speed. As long as it doesn't take forever, I'm good. I'm indifferent about wireless charging, personally. I doubt that I would be using fast charging all the time, just half of the time.
I don't like to leave my phone on the charger overnight... I will leave it charging while eating a meal or at my desk for a bit... And 5v/1a is super slow.(since I have qc chargers). It isn't the end of the world, but... It would have been nice to keep the same accessories.
Having used the 5x, emui definitely isn't my favorite. But Nova launcher helps quite a bitI'd like to see more photos from the Honor camera before I make my decision. Also I'm a little leery of the EMUI software layer. I only upgrade my phone about once every 3 years so I've been reading and watching everything I can on all the phones in the $400 range.
I have used a few zte phones (currently typing on a ZTE ZMAX pro that I paid $40 for) and it runs much more normal Android uiIt's true .it's specialy China ui
I don't expect that on the Honor 8 especially with the kirin chip.I will consider upgrading when I see a healthy development scene
I don't expect that on the Honor 8 especially with the kirin chip.
Right.... I understand that but... Only time will tell how well supported it would be. As for now (or in the near future) I don't really expect a healthy developer support. Perhaps down the road though...Honor and XDA have a partnership, so I think it is possible for these things to come. There's already fonts.
Nexus 6p is still a great phone, especially if you want quick updatesIf I didn't have an Nexus 6p then honestly I would highly consider it
The one thing about recent Nexus/Pixel phones that deters me from buying them is the lack of a microSD card slot.