The most delicate flagship. Review Huawei P8
World elite smartphones something like a crowd of show
business - "pop stars" remain popular for years to come, with even
when all the old songs jaded to the holes, and newcomers leave the underground
and become "People's Artist" is extremely rare. Exactly the same
things on the market of gadgets where year already, most buyers need only for a
cheap theater, which translates into a confrontation Apple and Samsung, as
Chinese producers, except far the global Xiaomi, behind the scenes. But the
most visible and aggressive players from China are de facto Huawei and Lenovo:
these two brands sold in their homeland a huge number of smartphones, and only
then, gaining experience, to create a balanced "export" model. Huawei P8 - this is exactly the case when the Chinese
engineers collect all the achievements in the same model, then to take it with
the help of customers from the market leaders. His progenitor, Ascend P6 (in
translation - "bottom-up") a few years ago made a splash at the
expense of a record low thickness of the body, but the steepness of stuffing
could not boast. The next generation was also not afford to keep up with the
flagships of their time. But the characteristics of P8-overdue look quite so
slim and powerful metallic smartphone has all chances to become a favorite of
the public. By the way, the old prefix Ascend for some reason, "fallen
off" from the flagship Huawei. Does this mean that the
"bottom-up" smartphone has just made and "ascended"? We
will check whether the thin cell phone to be fast enough, and P8 is comparable
with modern flagships.
Specification Huawei P 8:
Operating system: Android 5.0 Lollipop; Screen : 5.2-inch, 1920 × 1080 resolution, IPS, 424 ppi; Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 930 2000 MHz (8 cores, 4x Cortex-A53 + 4x
Cortex-A53e); Graphics: Mali T628 MP4; RAM: 3 GB; Read-only memory: 16 GB MicroSD slot; Link: 4G (LTE Cat6), 3G, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b / g / n), Bluetooth
4.0, GPS, GLONASS, NFC; Cameras: main: 13 megapixel, autofocus, video 1920x1080, front: 8 MP; Battery: nonremovable, 2680 mAh; Dimensions: 145x72x6,4 mm; Weight: 144 g.
Design and Management
Huawei is not one of those companies that are able / love to
push their vision of smart phrase "all that has been developed to our news
- nonsense, in fact you have always dreamed of a device such as our new
leader." Therefore appearance P8 became a collective image of the premium
smartphone with completions neat little things carelessly implemented
competitors.
For example, in metal smartphones inevitable gaps under the
glass antenna Huawei P8 does not look like a "war paint" in the style
of Adidas - in the upper part of the body of the unit is hidden under the glass
panel that runs flush to the camera. Yes, and the camera itself is flush with
the body than the creators of the smartphone is not without reason to be proud
- say, competitors, even in thicker hulls ridiculous carved protruding sensors.
In part, the Chinese are right, but the trend is that in mid-2015 hyped rear
camera on the back of mobile phones have no one rebelled, and most importantly
today - this is the camera to work properly. The compact sensor in Huawei P8
we'll check in, but the glass on antennas contaminated very quickly, but it is
perhaps the only flaw in the appearance of the flagship Huawei. Side frames in the smartphone is very thin, and the margins
at the top and bottom of the typical modern mobile phones. Eliminate the entire
frame to the sides, especially since the Chinese do not bend the display become
so visually creates the illusion that Huawei P8 thicker, say,Samsung Galaxy S6
Edge , though in reality it is not. But the benefits of a smartphone is
different.
According to the new tradition unkind buyer's flagship
smartphone is obliged to choose between two operating SIM-cards or odnoySIM +
micro SD.This need is similar to the choice of "tea without welding or
without water" and, frankly, annoying. For smartphone with
Full HD display, 16 GB of memory can not be called an ideal option, and
integrated fares with 4G and minute packages are cheaper today than a couple of
heterogeneous graphics cards. Perhaps, the configuration of the drives and
SIM in our Huawei will be chosen in the vast majority of cases .
Screen
The hero of our test is equipped with IPS-display with a
resolution of 1920x1080 pixels at 5.2 inches: frankly - not the latest
technology.However, the image density is still steps over "strategic"
400 ppi, therefore, to find fault with image sharpness is very difficult. The
brightness of the display P8 rife, maximum viewing angles.Modest as flagships for the resolution of the display almost
turned from a lack of "chip» P-Series.
At the time, Ascend P6 was equipped with HD-display,
although it was at that time under way smart phones equipped with matrix with a
resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. Color reproduction display Huawei P8 more than ¾ palette
covers sRGB, and this means that the smartphone would not misinterpret the
photos and videos on your own. However, fans of warm or cool colors on the
screen of a mobile phone can adjust the color temperature settings to your
taste. In general, the display of Huawei P8 quality, but without the frills.
Sound
Huawei P8 sounds much better than it is expected from the
"lean" mobile phone with metal housing.
Speakers reproduce high frequencies clearly and loudly,
medium - cut slightly, so the melody is lost among the percussion instruments,
and the more bells and whistles of modern music. Approximately half of the
midrange and a few bass sounds muffled - metal body makes itself felt.However,
the effect is so bright that you can say, well, we like the sound of P8 from
the pan - the sound remains more or less valid, just not as crisp to highlight
this feature separately.
The quality of the sound and volume is similar to the
smartphone Samsung Galaxy S5. From Galaxy S6-th he lags behind in clarity of
sound, and, much more significantly - in volume. LG G4 and HTC One M9 sound
quality stand head and shoulders above all of these models. At the same time
close to Huawei P8 from the ideological point of view, Samsung Galaxy A7
reproduces the sound worse, and ASUS ZenFone 2 gives similar with Huawei
quality but inferior competitor in volume.
As for the features DTS and its implementation in the smart
phone - perhaps for its analysis of the elite need headphones, but on
conventional equipment is nothing unusual in this, "uluchshayzer" We
could not be found. Yes, the bass "inflated", the sound becomes
louder and a little clearer, but that's the effect resembles a raised lever preamp
equalizer in any player from Google Play.
Audio Player is typical for smartphones Huawei and has not
changed since the Android KitKat: grouping of songs obscene, support play music
from folders (a useful feature for those who like to download music from
nowhere) and the inability to customize the sound. In short, the option of a
number of "anything to play," and nothing more.
Iron
Processor - Huawei engineers abandoned the usual "sandwich"
when the eight-processor consists of four fuel-efficient and powerful four
cores. Representatives
HiSilicon said that core Cortex-A57 - the development of confused, because they
are now they provoke overheating smartphones and eat away the battery, and are
not able to operate at full power. Processor 930 Kirin received a rare design, with 4 core
Cortex-A53 works on the usual frequency of 1.5 GHz, and the power under high
load consists of all of the same "53rd" cores, only raskochegarennyh
to a record 2 GHz. From overheating and power loss at this frequency processor
Huawei safeguard small chip area and steep (better yet only the Samsung Series
S6) 16 nm process technologies. As part of the graphics chip HiSilicon it looks modest.
Carefree cool video in 1080p smartphone, of course, is able to, but in the
games is not capable of feats - all new igropromyshlennosti run, but the
"safety margin", like graphics Samsung Galaxy S6 or even inexpensive
ASUS ZenFone 2, in the stuffing Huawei P8 no. Save the situation only a modest
(by the standards of the flagships) resolution display Huawei P8, due to which
the schedule is not working in this extreme mode as it could. As we have noted, Kirin processor 930 is not prone to
overheating. However, the ultra-thin smartphone him have not sweet, and shows
that the temperature of the body of the smartphone. The lower part of the front panel P8 warmed in games to 55
degrees Celsius, and it is quite a lot. The rear part is heated less, but there are some nuances: if
a plump smartphones besides hot area on the islands found that almost no heat,
the thin aluminum P8 warmed up in the games almost evenly over the entire area. As a result, the average temperature of the body is not so high, but keep warm
metal in the hands of even an hour in a row is not too nice. This is the
reverse side of the notorious "noble chill" housing, which is so
expected of them metallic smartphone buyers. Modern thin models can be cold
except in the standby mode. The level of acceptance of satellite navigation medium,
holds a smart phone in sight, on average 15-16 satellites, but is able to
maintain a stable relationship with only 9-10 of them (6-7 GPS, 3-4 GLONASS).
Voice and 4G-Internet works flawlessly.
Software
P8 is running Android 5.0 Lollipop with fully redraw
interface - Huawei is promoting its proprietary shell EMUI. Quotes from
sverhuspeshnyh "OSes" production Xiaomi visible to the naked eye, but
the whole Chinese system design looks nice.
Application menu and desks crammed into the same menu, and
the notifications panel looks even more attractive than the "bare"
Android, moreover, that the installed programs spravshivayut it permission to send
notifications or SMS-ca.
In comparison with the monstrous superstructure ASUS ZenUI ,
program filling authored it looks modest, though with a heap of programs
Samsung and Lenovo this shell could compete: there is support for third-party
themes, use of a simplified regime for the elderly, gesture support, and most
importantly - a firm " zapreschatel "all that only you can prevent
your smartphone. The center "autocracy" consist of antivirus
management online application access, cleaning "useless stuff" and a
set of tools to set a password or hide applications, contacts and messages.
The smartphone is and voice assistant named Emy, though he
only knows how to respond to the voice if Huawei P8 lost among other things in
the apartment.
Cameras
Huawei P8 is equipped with a rear camera with a resolution
of 13 megapixels and the front with a resolution of 8 megapixels - a decent
performance for a modern smartphone. About the rear camera it is known that it
used RGBW-sensor Sony with optical stabilization and aperture f / 2.0. Promise
that these characteristics allow the smartphone even better pictures in the
dark.
The camera interface is aimed at the user who does not want
to understand anything, believing that for such little money these concerns
should take the automatic. For this reason, all settings are hidden too deeply
in the menu, and mode banal HDR (for rich images) instantly is not included.
However, in most cases it is not necessary: a smartphone
quickly focuses instantly takes a picture, and Macro or photographing
fast-moving objects generally do not require any training. By the way,
snapshots can be made from standby mode - just press and hold the volume key.
Separately, in the chamber of the smartphone are marked with
high exposure modes suitable for shooting water plume from car headlights at
night, etc. Without a tripod, they are useless - totally smeared image. It's a shame that the advantages of the sensor in the night
mode turned more advertising noodles rather than real improvements. In
automatic mode, the camera turns night, helpless and without the flash can not
capture anything. With the outbreak of the situation is good, but under such
conditions the photo well give any modern flagship However, after the activation of the night mode allows the smartphone
to measure up to 40 seconds of exposure for which squeezes out of the camera
images in the dark is something more or less discernible. Once again we return
to the fact that without a tripod (gift is not necessary with the phone) this
mode leads to "soap" image, but suffer when shooting instead turn the
flash on and remove the object properly, for some reason do not want.
Below is a video art "late for work," shot, so to
speak, on the run. So, stabilizer showed himself very well - at ZenFone 2 even
in a static imagejumping much sharper, and the stabilization program from the
Taiwanese smartphone (and other competitors) quality cuts up to 1280x720, and
only makes the picture more sharp leaps and spontaneous. But Huawei P8 as a
video included in the stabilization does not lose - you will even be able to
see the street name "Georgian Tree" long before the viewfinder will
be a few steps away from the plate.
Autonomy
Thinnest smartphone will not shine battery life: the example
of Huawei P8 and thinner Samsung Galaxy A7 perfectly clear how the battery may
be trimmed to "surrender" to the long-term load. Not that the
discharge rate of a thin Huawei was critical - the smartphone without any
problems will last until the end of the day, if you use all the functions
slowly. But it is not only the battery but also in the efficiency of the
processor.
Results Galaxy S6 edge (and the battery capacity he is the same as
that of P8) we are just ashamed to add to the plate: a model with an advanced
Super AMOLED display, and the most economical of the powerful processor, "
broke "all competitors by a wide margin of autonomy.
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