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Honor 8 review: 2016 dual rear cam glass flagship.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2016·$400
Overall
78/100
Class rank
#2 of 27
Tier
Mid-Range
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Honor 8.

Honor's 2016 Honor 8 brought P9-style dual RGB+mono cam + glass-back shimmer + Kirin 950 to $400.

01Display

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 75-point average for mid-range phones of 2016.

TypeIPS-NEO
Size5.2"
Resolution1080 x 1920

02Performance

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2016 — 16 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetHiSilicon Kirin 950
CPU2.3 GHz octa-A72+A53
RAM4 GB

03Camera

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2016 — 10 points above the cohort average.

Main12 MP RGB + 12 MP mono
Front8 MP

04Battery

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 74-point average for mid-range phones of 2016.

Capacity3,000 mAh

05Software

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest software showings among mid-range phones of 2016 — 9 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Dual 12 MP RGB+mono cam — like P9/Mate 9.
  • Kirin 950 + 4 GB RAM.
  • Glass back shimmer.
  • USB-C.
What doesn't
  • Glass back fragile.
  • 3,000 mAh average.
  • EMUI heavy.
  • No OIS.
Cross-shop it against
Xiaomi Mi Note 3
$370 · score 72/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 27-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .