I'm guessing mate 8 inherit the same hardware awesomeness as mate s. huawei hardware is top notch.

I'm also guessing mate 8 inherit the same software awfulness as mate s. EMUI reminds me of Touchwiz on S5.

64gb version now available for pre-order on gemfive

After discount RM2088

emui is actually the ios skin of apple..
no app drawer..not a big deal with me,since i already normal with it..
Not much bloatware apps..can disable when not using it at all..
Motion control is great,knuckle gestures..
Overall emui consider not bad la..H7 is emui 3.1 while Mate 8 is emui 4.0...so maybe it should be better..but as i see from reviews,the fingerprint function on mate 8 gone dy..mean u can't swipe notification up and down,take picture with it..it just a fingerprint..

Warranty by local manufacturer, means not huawei malaysia ?

Definitely official Huawei Store since it's in their website as well as Huawei collection center .... besides the price , pre order delivery date is next week for collection , no confirmed date ... Seriously ? It makes me wonder , does Huawei really have shops like these as their official agent or the lady behind the counter is just " blur "

My note 5 didn't give me such problem, may be you can send urs to service Center.

I have placed my booking of noicha brown from lazada, and directd is giving rn500 hotel voucher and Sd card .

This post has been edited by bearbearhong: Mar 9 2016, 05:49 AM

What hotel?

I never faced such issues at all on my previous Note 5 or any of my other phones too. You should sent in service center to check with such irritating problems. Is totally abnormal
And to the user who asked my photo of mocha brown just go to HW main site - the shown unit is similar.

This is a really good deal

It doesn't has app drawer like many other China source phones - iphone like!
Anyway app into folder in Emui is now easier - just tap app you wish from list into folder you need. Simplest n fastest implementation I had seen so far
Anyway Google had plan to do away with app drawer in Android N too!
You can also use any other 3rd party launcher eg Nova , ACTION3 - I had tested only these 2
Using 3rd party launcher will disallow you to choose the many HW themes available
The default software allows you to set permissions n notification options for all app an unseen feature in other androids I had used. Just explore it to tweak to your satisfaction

The most attractive feature of this phone is its insane battery life ...I brought this phone with me to Taipei but never use it. In 3 days battery level only drop 4% with wifi left on n phone unused. My mail n whatsapp n other
app notifications continue to work in background.
Normal daily usage I could easily get 9-10 hours SOT with a mix of LTE/wifi. In Taipei I am using my V10 as my daily phone

This post has been edited by benny888: Mar 9 2016, 08:41 AM

nice. but it also list 64gb have space gray.... lol. got such thing?

never bought from gemfive b4 also...

seems cannot get the link for this…

My s6 same issue with you always no signal. Sent to sc they replace motherboard.

Only managed to access from mobile.. dont have this offer.

32GB 2059
64GB 2368

But 32GB has gold option and 64GB has space grey & silver?

Just use the following voucher code when u wanna checkout

TECH280

My S6 Edge+ also got very weak signal reception. I sold it off after I got Nexus 6P. N6P got very strong signal reception since it was designed by Huawei.

not sure, checked at their website, not interested to deal with directd so proceed with my purchase from Lazada, now lets hope i can get my unit on friday

Mate s launch Oct 2015. Mate 8 launch yesterday.

Mate 8 cheaper den Mate S.

Mate 8 seems to be better speced than Mate S.

rather confusing strategy i think.

64GB / 4GB Ram = RM2399 (Mocha brown and gold)
32GB / 3GB Ram = RM2099 (Silver and Black)

should've waited for this....