I left Samsung for Huawei
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Another one of my Samsung phones bit the dust (physical damage). The Galaxy S3 was probably my favorite phone of all time, but after the S3 I noticed Samsung phones changed quite a bit. Samsung started to try to imitate Apple by giving you no external storage options and a non-removable battery. Not only were changes made on hardware, but TouchWiz progressively became more closed as they introduced Knox and continued to lock it down.
The problem is that only Apple can really pull that off. Apple makes the best locked down devices. You don't buy an android phone to have it locked down. You buy android for it's versatility. If I wanted a dependable locked down device, I would go with an iPhone. They are just better for that type of application.
Anyway, a coworker of mine showed me the Honor 8. I read some reviews on it and the price for the hardware is pretty amazing. 4GB of Ram and an octacore processor in the same league as the Galaxy S7 for half the price. After reading many positive reviews. I found a brand new one on Craigslist right down the road from for $150 cheaper than retail.
My first impression of the phone was that I picked up an iPhone. Huawei's flavor of android is very similar to iOS from the layout to the menus. Apple users would definitely feel at home. I am in not a fan of no app drawer so I installed my favorite launcher right off the bat. Ok cool, I am back to a familiar place. The flavor that the Huawei is using is pretty damn secure. I had to give everything permissions even system apps like phone, internet browser, etc which is something I really love. It also does a great job of killing apps in the background. If an app like facebook or amazon randomly start running in the background you get a pop up and option to close it. Now that feature I love! It was a constant battle with 3rd party task killing apps before. You always needed root for them to work they way you wanted to.
As far as performance. This is hands down the fastest phone I have ever had. Even though the S7 is slightly better on paper and wins out in categories such as camera, TouchWiz is a bloated beast that slows it down.
The screen reminds me on iPhone screen. It is very sharp and beautiful. My S6 screen had great resolution, but the colors didn't pop like the iPhone screen or the Honor 8.
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Looks like an impressive device. Maybe one day if I decide to leave Apple that could be a choice...
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If this was available on Verizon I'd probably go for it.
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I've been very happy with my P8Lite will defo look at another Huawei when upgrade time comes next year.
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Huawei had some popularity a few years back but then faded out behind Samsung.
They have had decent phones for a while.
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@JaredBusch said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
Huawei had some popularity a few years back but then faded out behind Samsung.
They have had decent phones for a while.
I think Huawei remains ahead of Samsung in the Central American markets. We see them absolutely everywhere down there.
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Are Huawei on the Pentagon's security threat list along with Lenovo?
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@Breffni-Potter said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
Are Huawei on the Pentagon's security threat list along with Lenovo?
I've never heard of anything like that. What makes you ask? What prompted that?
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@scottalanmiller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@Breffni-Potter said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
Are Huawei on the Pentagon's security threat list along with Lenovo?
I've never heard of anything like that. What makes you ask? What prompted that?
Yeah. That was kind of in left field. Just because they are a Chinese company?
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@IRJ said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@scottalanmiller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@Breffni-Potter said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
Are Huawei on the Pentagon's security threat list along with Lenovo?
I've never heard of anything like that. What makes you ask? What prompted that?
Yeah. That was kind of in left field. Just because they are a Chinese company?
It's a reasonable question
http://www.zdnet.com/article/is-it-safe-for-americans-to-buy-a-huawei-built-nexus-phone/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/huawei-threat-to-the-us/
https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=huawei security concerns -
@MattSpeller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@IRJ said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@scottalanmiller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@Breffni-Potter said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
Are Huawei on the Pentagon's security threat list along with Lenovo?
I've never heard of anything like that. What makes you ask? What prompted that?
Yeah. That was kind of in left field. Just because they are a Chinese company?
It's a reasonable question
http://www.zdnet.com/article/is-it-safe-for-americans-to-buy-a-huawei-built-nexus-phone/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/huawei-threat-to-the-us/
https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=huawei security concernsThat's what we were wondering... was there some history. As Huawei basically isn't sold in the US, we don't hear about these things.
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@scottalanmiller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
As Huawei basically isn't sold in the US, we don't hear about these things.
For real? They're not unknown up here. Wasn't one of the google phones huawei recently? That was sold in the USA I'm sure
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@MattSpeller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@scottalanmiller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
As Huawei basically isn't sold in the US, we don't hear about these things.
For real? They're not unknown up here. Wasn't one of the google phones huawei recently? That was sold in the USA I'm sure
Yeah, but it's a Google phone, not a Huawei. I've literally never seen a Huawei phone or ad in the US, never once. And I know them well from Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Turkey, etc. I'm very aware of them as a vendor and very aware that you can't reasonably find them in the US. Calling the Google phone a Huawei is like calling the iPhone a Foxconn.
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@scottalanmiller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@MattSpeller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@scottalanmiller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
As Huawei basically isn't sold in the US, we don't hear about these things.
For real? They're not unknown up here. Wasn't one of the google phones huawei recently? That was sold in the USA I'm sure
Yeah, but it's a Google phone, not a Huawei. I've literally never seen a Huawei phone or ad in the US, never once. And I know them well from Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Turkey, etc. I'm very aware of them as a vendor and very aware that you can't reasonably find them in the US. Calling the Google phone a Huawei is like calling the iPhone a Foxconn.
I saw an ad for them on Youtube the other day. Thought it was for an iPhone at first. Made me look at them seriously the next time I need to get a phone.
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I keep thinking of Hawaii every time I see this thread.
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@BRRABill said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
I keep thinking of Hawaii every time I see this thread.
Somebody wants a vacation.
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@scottalanmiller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@MattSpeller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@scottalanmiller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
Calling the Google phone a Huawei is like calling the iPhone a Foxconn.If you called an iPhone a Foxconn in the US, nobody would buy it. That's nothing but sales-dick shystery... I mean, marketing. "Huawei" has zero "cool" points in the US, so they re-brand it. So, while the Google phone is exactly, 100% a "Huawei" phone that has been sales-dickified. Um, I mean rebranded.
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@dafyre said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@BRRABill said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
I keep thinking of Hawaii every time I see this thread.
Somebody wants a vacation.
I actually keep thinking "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"
Maybe I DO need a vacation.
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@RojoLoco said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@scottalanmiller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@MattSpeller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
@scottalanmiller said in I left Samsung for Huawei:
Calling the Google phone a Huawei is like calling the iPhone a Foxconn.If you called an iPhone a Foxconn in the US, nobody would buy it. That's nothing but sales-dick shystery... I mean, marketing. "Huawei" has zero "cool" points in the US, so they re-brand it. So, while the Google phone is exactly, 100% a "Huawei" phone that has been sales-dickified. Um, I mean rebranded.
Careful the last time you used such phrase-ery you offended a sales .... guy.
