Huawei Mate 8 - The True Successor

[DarkTemplar]

It is good enough but don't expect it to match the iPhone or S7

how 's the camera ? anyone

 

[benny888]

how 's the camera ? anyone

It is as good as my current Nexus 6P n even ex Note5. However is a class below my other S7edge n LG V10
Overall i am happy with it

 

[balzebub]

Anyone know a good hard case for this ?

Sent from HUAWEI NXT-L29 using GAGT

 

[gws898]

Anyone know a good hard case for this ?

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http://list.qoo10.sg/item/SPIGEN-SAMSUNG-A5-A7-2016-VERSION-HUAWEI/442796747?selectedOptions=

 

[azarel]

if anyone interested in this casing let me know. bought spare one haha.

 

[hyourinmaru]

is this the one you bought from Jimmy38 ?

if anyone interested in this casing let me know. bought spare one haha.

is this the one you bought from Jimmy38 ?
he ain't replying to me man... damn

 

[azarel]

is this the one you bought from Jimmy38 ?
he ain't replying to me man... damn

whatsapp him at 93501388. i bought tempered glass from him. for now he's not bringing in cases... the one i showed was from ebay hahah.

 

[azarel]

hmm who's brave enough to try this method? heh

http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/general/sd-card-2-sims-mod-t3342343

 

[antdroid]

but the casing will make the mate 8 become more larger...

 

[ufo8mydog]

Here is a mini-review based on my use of this phone, local set for nearly 2 weeks.

Insane battery life. Love this phone.
This should be the gold standard of mobile battery life.

I used a wide range of phones, latest before M8 being LG G4 which would typically last me 6-7 hours before it dies if I conservatively it for email, surfing, spotify (20 minutes) with BT earphone pairing, whatsapp.

Now this Mate 8, I dont even need to watch my clock or how I use, I just spam bluetooth pairing with my pebble, earphone, play spotify as and when I like (usually 20 minutes on the go), watch youtube 20 minutes, email, whatsapp, surf etc lasts me 20 plus hours with 20 or 10% battery. I run avast, cerberus and other stuff in the background too.
The fingerprint scanner is faster than S7 too and I find more intuitive.
Charges 10% to 100% in about 1.45hrs.

The Sucks
Camera
Cam is so-so can't compare to G4 but I'm not a camera user. So not really my concern. Although the cam app is feature packed, I find it not really user intuitive. Fo example, im used to left swipe to change to front to back camera view which can't be done on this cam app.

Damn OS
The huawei stock emotion ui is full of rubbish bugs and bad UI and almost as bad as OPPO. damn chinese can't get their OS right. Xiaomi has a decent OS but I don't like it's almost non-android.
I just downloaded Nova launcher and got it over with.

Verdict?
Buy if you are a power user and need long battery life like me. Big screen, fast charging helps also. Just buy if you don't need water resistance, aMOLED screen, VR (mostly impractical features if you ask me)

 

[azarel]

but the casing will make the mate 8 become more larger...

ha u mean my casing? impact proof man haha. tank run over also won't spoil

 

[antdroid]

ha u mean my casing? impact proof man haha. tank run over also won't spoil

care to show!

 

[kyleongwl]

Juz got the mate 8...
1. Its light in weight
2. Batt seems well as mentioned...(based on 2hrs of online gaming)

The 1 thing that i could not understd is the crazy permission asking...incl those system apps..they siao or poor mgt of therom

 

[ramius_mark]

Thanks for the feedback. The permissions requests are now part of the 6.0 security features, so this will appear on all 6.0 devices.

Juz got the mate 8...
1. Its light in weight
2. Batt seems well as mentioned...(based on 2hrs of online gaming)

The 1 thing that i could not understd is the crazy permission asking...incl those system apps..they siao or poor mgt of therom

 

[kyleongwl]

Thanks for the feedback. The permissions requests are now part of the 6.0 security features, so this will appear on all 6.0 devices.

those system apps(contact, calender,gallery/photo..) should not be asking...i can understd those i install

At least LG G4 and Samsung s7edge, did not ask for the sustem app

 

[ramius_mark]

That's quite strange.

those system apps(contact, calender,gallery/photo..) should not be asking...i can understd those i install

At least LG G4 and Samsung s7edge, did not ask for the sustem app

 

[azarel]

those system apps(contact, calender,gallery/photo..) should not be asking...i can understd those i install

At least LG G4 and Samsung s7edge, did not ask for the sustem app

i assume that's a one-off event?

 

[kennyboy]

On my Nexus 6p system apps also will ask for permissions.

 

[benny888]

i assume that's a one-off event?

No big deal ...just disable such notification once prompted n it will never prompt again

 

[hyourinmaru]

guys i had just started to use huawei mate 8 as my 1st android phone... had enough of apple ios nonsense.... but theres 1 thing that is still bothering me... as in when i plugged my mobile into my pc, the HiSuite (default huawei app) did not give me an option to transfer music over from pc to my mobile... any solution to this problem?