With the Honor 8 Pro, the brand breaks through a price of more than 500 euros for the first time. The motto of Honor is nevertheless: A lot of smartphone at a good price. The flagship of the Huawei brand with processing, high resolution and good battery is convincing in the test. But software and camera are not dull.
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1Honor 8 Pro in the test – a lot of smartphone for good money
New painting by metal instead of glass
5.7 inches and WQHD
Dual camera without Leica in black and white
Modern hardware, old security patch
4,000 mAh with fast charging
Dual SIM, Infrared and USB Type C
Conclusion
Price and availability
Honor 8 Pro in the test – A lot of smartphone for good money
With the 8 Pro, Honor tries out a smartphone with a premium claim, which is also the price at 549 euros the most expensive model to date. To date, this title had the former flagship Honor 8 (test), which however with 399 respectively 449 in the premium version up to 150 euros was cheaper than the new top model. Nevertheless, Honor emphasizes the price-performance ratio of the smartphone.
In the test, the smartphone shows itself as a high-quality addition to the portfolio, which combines already known technology from the predecessor, but also from Huawei top models such as the Mate 9 (test) and also sets its own accents. Nevertheless the brand remains with the camera with proven technology, so that the bank does not give an improvement over the predecessor generations.
At first sight, the Honor 8 Pro reminiscent of a mixture of the predecessor Honor 8 and the Huawei P9. The front of glass is particularly reminiscent of Honor’s previous flagship, while the back of metal is on Huawei P Series phones. The antenna strips break the aluminum visibly, with the P10 (test) and P10 Plus, Huawei has already placed these as on the Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus (test) on the edges of the case. However, this design has not yet been adapted for the Honor 8 Pro.
The front is occupied by the large, lightly arched display. The edges on the sides are narrow, but at the top and bottom are larger than, for example, the Mate 9 or Samsung Galaxy S8 (test), which accommodate a larger display on a similar or even smaller area. The mirroring on the front as well as the Honor 8 is comparatively strong.
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Precise processing
The processing is also very good in the new model – the transitions are precise, the gap is minimal. Each component is firmly seated in its place. All the openings for connectors and loudspeakers are also fault-free and accurate. Despite its slim and elongated design, the model is resistant and stable. The back was a bit slippery in everyday life. The dual camera of the 8 Pro does not protrude from the case, so the smartphone does not tilt on flat surfaces.
The volume rocker and the on / off switch place Honor on the right side. All buttons offer a rich pressure point and can be easily distinguished from each other even without looking, especially the ribbed structure of the power button helps in this case. This is however also at the same time with the test model also somewhat wobbly. On the back is a circular fingerprint sensor, which is lightly embedded in the metal. Located in the earphone is the status LED. On the left side, the combination sits for two nano-SIM cards or a nano-SIM and a microSD.reminiscent of Honor 8
All openings are very precise
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As with the Honor 8, the processing convinces and shows that even more affordable smartphones from Huawei are high-quality. Unlike its predecessor, the new metal backs up fingerprints significantly less strongly, while the front brings the same shimmering effect, but also more strikingly reflected.
5.7 inches and WQHD
For a long time the screens of Huawei flagships “solved” with Full HD, but now also the WQHD used by other manufacturers for years has established itself in more and more smartphones of the manufacturer. According to the Huawei Mate 9 Pro / Porsche Edition and the P10 Plus, the Honor 8 Pro also distributes 1.440 × 2.560 pixels over the screen, in this case to 5.7 inches. The display should also be close to the DCI-P3 color space and thus also have a large color space cover.
The LTPS display measures 5.7 inches
High resolution, good brightness
The color representation of the 8 Pro convinces, the image is strong, but not saturated. With a white point of about 7,100 Kelvin, the picture is tendencially cool, as is common for many smartphones. The brightness is satisfactory with 450 cd / m², although not on the highest level of other top models, even from the own ranks. Due to the additional comparatively strong reflection of the front, the readability in the incident sunlight is sometimes difficult. The contrast is good with 1,500: 1. Even when viewed from the side, all the contents on the screen are easy to recognize and do not distort.
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