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Review of honor 8x photo capabilities

Let’s say right away that Honor 8X was a pleasant surprise: we didn’t expect such agility from a representative of the middle class. The test began according to tradition in good lighting conditions. The smartphone demonstrated high quality and detail, correct color rendition. One of the “tricks” of mobile photography that we note—oversharpening on a 100% crop—occurs here as well.

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Honor 8X has a panoramic mode that confidently copes with its task. The gluing is correct; Even passing cars did not cause any problems to the smartphone camera. There are only some difficulties with exposure when the sun hits the frame.

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The already familiar portrait mode and wide aperture mode are also present in Honor 8X. The second camera with a resolution of 2 MP is responsible for determining the depth of the scene and blurring the background. This function works quite confidently and determines the contours of objects well, clipping them and blurring the background. This is not to say that there are no problems at all, but in general the technology works.

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We also enabled/disabled HDR mode. Honor 8X coped well with the dark parts of the frame, but in the overexposed area, almost nothing has changed.

Honor 8X also handled shooting indoors quite confidently: there were practically no focus misses and, as a result, a minimum number of defects. Correct color rendition, high detail – everything is very good. The only thing that became noticeable indoors was that when there is a lack of light, the automation increases the shutter speed, since there is no optical stabilization in the smartphone, and electronic stabilization does not always cope.

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The most difficult scenario for any smartphone, and even more so for a representative of the mid-budget price segment, is shooting in the dark and in low light conditions. Honor 8X copes with these tasks quite well, even despite the lack of optical image stabilization. In addition, a “Night” mode has appeared here, which allows you to shoot at an increased shutter speed handheld.

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Productivity

Honor 8 Pro, like Huawei P10, operates on the most powerful HiSilicon mobile platform – the single-chip Kirin 960. The new SoC uses the most current technologies today, such as Cortex-A73 processor cores, UFS 2.1 flash memory interface , as well as a powerful eight-core Mali G71 video accelerator. The chip is manufactured using the 16-nanometer FinFET Plus process technology, and the new SoC is twice as powerful as the Kirin 950 in terms of GPU performance.

The Kirin 960 configuration includes two clusters of four processor cores: ARM Cortex-A73 with a maximum frequency of up to 2.4 GHz and ARM Cortex-A53 with a frequency of up to 1.8 GHz. However, the amount of RAM here, unlike the same P10, is not 4, but as much as 6 GB (5.55 GB, to be precise). True, even in a new device, after clearing the memory and closing all applications, 3.9 GB are free, although this is more than enough for current tasks. About 49.5 GB of internal memory is free out of 64 GB of total capacity.

It is possible to expand the memory by installing microSD cards; you can also connect external flash drives in USB OTG mode. It is not proposed to format the memory card so that applications can be installed on it; it is used here only to store user files.

According to test results, Honor 8 Pro slightly outperformed its relative Huawei P10 – obviously due to the larger amount of RAM. SoC HiSilicon Kirin 960 is almost equal to Snapdragon 821, with the exception of the results in AnTuTu. But it is still very far from the results of the most powerful Samsung Exynos 8895, on which the new Galaxy S8 and S8 have now been released.

In any case, this SoC provides the system with reliable performance and in real scenarios allows the smartphone to cope with any task without exception. There are no problems with games either; all the games we tested, including Modern Combat 5, Mortal Combat X and others, run without the slightest slowdown at maximum settings. Honor 8 Pro is a very productive device that has a significant “margin of safety” for future updates.

обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro
обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro

Testing in complex tests AnTuTu and GeekBench:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC17OKplieY

For convenience, we have summarized all the results we obtained when testing the smartphone in the latest versions of popular benchmarks. The table usually adds several other devices from different segments, also tested on similar latest versions of benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the obtained dry figures).

Honor 8 Pro

(HiSilicon Kirin 960)
LG G6

(Qualcomm Snapdragon 821)
Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe

(Qualcomm Snapdragon 820)
Meizu Pro 6 Plus

(Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa)
Samsung Galaxy S8
(Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa)
AnTuTu (v6.x)
(more is better)
130540 138718 149788 113351 172891
GeekBench (v4.x)
(more is better)
1868/6328 1741/4221 1728/4036 1482/3836 2008/6433

Testing the graphics subsystem in 3DMark, GFXBenchmark and Bonsai Benchmark game tests:

When testing in 3DMark, the most powerful smartphones now have the ability to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the rendering resolution is fixed at 720p and VSync is disabled (which can cause the speed to rise above 60 fps).

Honor 8 Pro

(HiSilicon Kirin 960)
LG G6

(Qualcomm Snapdragon 821)
Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe

(Qualcomm Snapdragon 820)
Meizu Pro 6 Plus

(Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa)
Samsung Galaxy S8
(Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa)
3DMark Ice Storm Sling Shot
(more is better)
1417 2409 2676 1869 2628
GFXBenchmark Manhattan ES 3.1 (Onscreen, fps) 18 12 31 13 19
GFXBenchmark Manhattan ES 3.1 (1080p Offscreen, fps) 21 24 32 24 36
GFXBenchmark T-Rex (Onscreen, fps) 46 38 59 52 57
GFXBenchmark T-Rex (1080p Offscreen, fps) 57 61 92 71 103

Browser cross-platform tests:

As for benchmarks for assessing the speed of the javascript engine, it is always worth making allowance for the fact that their results significantly depend on the browser in which they are launched, so the comparison can only be truly correct on the same OS and browsers, and such the opportunity is not always available during testing. For Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

Honor 8 Pro

(HiSilicon Kirin 960)
LG G6

(Qualcomm Snapdragon 821)
Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe

(Qualcomm Snapdragon 820)
Meizu Pro 6 Plus

(Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa)
Samsung Galaxy S8
(Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa)
Mozilla Kraken
(ms, less is better)
3139 2494 2931 13047 2535
Google Octane 2
(more is better)
10155 10036 9287 3116 9905
SunSpider
(ms, less is better)
478 551 584 1383 490
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AndroBench memory speed test results:

обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro

Screen

Honor 8 Pro features an IPS display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass protection. The screen dimensions are 71×127 mm with a diagonal of 5.7 inches. The resolution is 2560 × 1440, the pixel density here is very high, about 515 ppi.

The frame around the screen is narrow, only about 3 mm on the sides and up to 15 mm on the top and bottom, which looks quite elegant on such a large area of ​​the front panel.

The display brightness can be adjusted manually or set automatically based on the ambient light sensor. The AnTuTu test diagnoses support for 10 simultaneous multi-touch touches. It is possible to manually adjust the color tone; you can also use the “blue filter” mode. The screen is compatible with gloves.

A detailed examination using measuring instruments was carried out by the editor of the “Monitors” and “Projectors and TV” sections, Alexey Kudryavtsev. Here is his expert opinion on the screen of the sample under study.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface that is scratch-resistant. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen are better than those of the Google Nexus 7 (2020) screen (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, here is a photo in which a white surface is reflected in the switched off screens (on the left – Nexus 7, on the right – Honor 8 Pro, then they can be distinguished by size):

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

The screen of the Honor 8 Pro is darker (brightness according to photographs is 106 versus 120 for the Nexus 7). The ghosting of reflected objects in the Honor 8 Pro screen is very weak, this indicates that there is no air gap between the layers of the screen (more specifically, between the outer glass and the surface of the LCD matrix) (OGS – One Glass Solution type screen).

Due to the smaller number of boundaries (glass/air type) with very different refractive indices, such screens look better in conditions of intense external illumination, but their repair in the case of cracked external glass is much more expensive, since the entire screen has to be replaced. On the outer surface of the screen there is a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating, which is even better in efficiency than that of the Nexus 7, so fingerprints are removed much easier and appear at a lower speed than in the case of regular glass.

When manually controlling the brightness and displaying the white field in full screen, the maximum brightness value was about 560 cd/m², the minimum was 5 cd/m². The maximum brightness is very high, which means, given the excellent anti-glare properties, readability even on a sunny day outdoors should be at a good level.

In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. There is automatic brightness adjustment based on the light sensor (it is located to the left of the front speaker slot). In automatic mode, as external lighting conditions change, the screen brightness both increases and decreases.

The operation of this function depends on the brightness adjustment position, with it the user can try to set the desired brightness level in the current conditions. If you do not interfere, in complete darkness the auto-brightness function reduces the brightness to 5 cd/m² (too dark), in an artificially lit office (approximately 550 lux) it sets it to 145 cd/m² (normal), in a very bright environment (corresponds to the lighting on a clear day outdoors, but without direct sunlight – 20,000 lux or a little more)

increases to 560 cd/m² (to the maximum, which is what you need). We were not entirely happy with the result, so in complete darkness we moved the slider slightly to the right, and for the three conditions above, we got the following values: 19, 155 and 560 cd/m² (suitable values). It turns out that the auto-brightness function works adequately and to some extent allows the user to customize their work to individual requirements. At any brightness level, there is no significant backlight modulation, so there is no screen flicker.

This smartphone uses an IPS type matrix. Microphotographs show typical IPS subpixel structure:

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

For comparison, you can see the gallery of microphotographs of screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without significant color shift even when viewing large deviations from perpendicular to the screen and without inverting shades. For comparison, here are photos in which the same images are displayed on the screens of Honor 8 Pro and Nexus 7, while the screen brightness is initially set to approximately 200 cd/m², and the color balance on the camera is forced to switch to 6500 K.

White field perpendicular to the screens:

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

Note the good uniformity of brightness and color tone of the white field.

And test picture:

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

The colors on the Honor 8 Pro’s screen are clearly oversaturated, and the color balance varies slightly between screens.

Now at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

It can be seen that the colors have not changed much on both screens, but on the Honor 8 Pro the contrast has decreased to a greater extent due to the strong highlighting of blacks.

And the white field:

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

The brightness at an angle of the screens has decreased (at least 5 times, based on the difference in shutter speed), but the Honor 8 Pro’s screen is still darker. When deviated diagonally, the black field brightens greatly and acquires a reddish tint. The photographs below demonstrate this (the brightness of the white areas in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the screens is the same!):

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

And from another angle:

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

When viewed perpendicularly, the uniformity of the black field is very good:

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

The contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is high – about 1300:1. Black-white-black response time is 28ms (15ms on, 13ms off). The transition between 25% and 75% gray halftones (based on the numerical value of the color) and back again takes a total of 43 ms. The gamma curve, constructed using 32 points with equal intervals based on the numerical value of the shade of gray, did not reveal any blockage in either the highlights or the shadows.

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

This device has some kind of dynamic adjustment of the backlight brightness in accordance with the nature of the displayed image. As a result, the resulting dependence of brightness on hue (gamma curve) may not correspond to the gamma curve of a static image, since the measurements were carried out with sequential display of shades of gray on almost the entire screen.

For this reason, we carried out a number of tests – determining contrast and response time, comparing black illumination at angles (however, as always) when displaying special templates with a constant average brightness, and not monochromatic fields in full screen. It should be noted that in this case, the brightness correction is weakly expressed and has a not entirely obvious dependence on the image, but it would be better not to have it at all.

Color gamut is noticeably wider than sRGB:

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

We look at the spectra:

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

We have already seen this in the case of, for example, Sony Xperia Z2 and other mobile devices. Sony indicates that these screens use LEDs with a blue emitter and green and red phosphors (usually a blue emitter and a yellow phosphor), which, in combination with special matrix filters, allows for a wide color gamut.

Yes, and red phosphor apparently uses so-called quantum dots. For a consumer device, a wide color gamut is not an advantage, but a significant disadvantage, since as a result, the colors of images – drawings, photographs and films – oriented to the sRGB space (and the vast majority of them) have an unnatural saturation. This is especially noticeable on recognizable shades, such as skin tones. The result is shown in the photo above.

The shade balance on the gray scale is average, as the color temperature is well above the standard 6500K, but at least the deviation from the blackbody spectrum (ΔE) is mostly below 10, which is considered acceptable for a consumer device. At the same time, color temperature and ΔE change little from hue to hue – this has a positive effect on the visual assessment of color balance.

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

This device has the ability to adjust the color balance by adjusting the hue on the color wheel.

Обзор смартфона Honor 8 Pro. Тестирование дисплея

In the graphs above, the curves are Without corr. correspond to the results without any color balance correction, and the curves Corr. — data obtained after shifting the point to the position indicated in the image above. It can be seen that the change in balance corresponds to the expected result, since at least the color temperature has approached the standard value.

To summarize: the screen has a very high maximum brightness and has excellent anti-glare properties, so the device can be used outdoors without any problems, even on a sunny summer day. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. It is also possible to use a mode with automatic brightness adjustment, which works adequately.

Also, the advantages of the screen include an effective oleophobic coating, the absence of an air gap in the layers of the screen and flicker, high contrast and excellent uniformity of the black field. The disadvantages are the low stability of black to the deviation of the gaze from perpendicular to the screen plane and an excessively wide color gamut.

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