Seriously I don't see any problem at all with the 1080p display vs the 2k on my other V10 n Nexus 6P
You need to view yourself to have a better judgement

Easily 9-10 hours on mine with mainly internet stuffs on a mix of LTE n wifi. If fully on wifi just on few hours usage I project up to 12 hours. Overall I deemed even better than Mate7. Guess Marshmallow is a contributing factor too

Equally good n I had zero issues hsndling 6inch display phones. Ergonomics are personal issue

Mate 8

Everything as good as N6P except lack plain vanilla n quick firmware updates
Its major advantages ext sdcard n much better battery life
I had decided to sell my 128gb N6P already - 3 months old tiptop very good condition

I already bought mine ( China set) n had been using it past 2 weeks
Since Msia launching 8 March just wait for it
Am sure sites such as Lazada, 11th street will offer lower prices than official retail. Unlikely directd or satugadget can match their prices

TechnoBuffalo review of the Mate 8



Some personal comments of Huawei UI :

Some users will not like the HW UI as it lacks an app drawer. I had been on the default UI for about 10 days already and seriously I do quite like it. I had given up using 3rd party launchers such as Nova, Action 3 as I found the refresh of widgets was just too miserably slow on reboot. Probably is the UI 4.0 bug or related to Marshmallow. I had never faced such issues on previous HW phones up to Kitkat/Jellybean. I had not try other 3rd party launchers besides these two
Using the default UI allows one to change to any of the large variety of themes available

The new UI 4.0 has made very great improvements vs earlier releases. Now is freaking easy to add apps into any created folder. Just select one's app and tap those app you need in one go unlike dragging each app in previous versions

I had disabled practically all the irritating notifications eg battery warning certain apps are using more power, apps using higher memory than usual etc. I feel all these are wasting system resources.
The battery life of the Mate 8 is already very very good and I easily get 9-10 hours SOT on a mix of wifi/LTE on mainly internet based stuffs

I had posted a simple brief comparison of the Mate 8 vs Nexus 6P and LG V10 here :
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3874280

I don't know what happened last time? Today I tested again using Action 3 launcher n this time all Widgets appear immediately after reboot ! Previously all the widgets refresh back very slow

Cheaper is possible as seen in China market

Only whatsapp but it had lessen very much after I installed the app push notification fixer. One must also go down into settings/notifications n enable what you need
I had no other notification issues on mail ( use maildroid only for gmail, yahoo, outlook), tweeter, newsfeed etc

Why bother ? Local launching soon on 8 March

If your set holdup by custom you need to pay rm106 for sirim and 6% gst too
You need check with seller whether they covered such costs n arrangement to be deliver to you
Different sellers at Lazada does this differently n there is no standard practice.

This post has been edited by benny888: Feb 29 2016, 09:10 AM

1. YES but for China rom you nned to install Google playstore and playservices separately from the HW app store
2. It is easy. Just download the firmware - extract it till you get a dload folder. Just copy this folder to ext SDcard and select update form settings/local update OR the phone will auto update if you switch off phone, press both volup n vol down cum power button simultaneously. Once you see the HW logo, just release the power button and allow phone to detect the updated firmware . Once you see firmware being detected than release both vol buttons

LG V10 is undoubtedly the camera king amongst all the Androids I had used to date
I would say Mate 8 camera is equally as good if not better than Note5 n Nexus 6P. Noise ? I don't see this as a problem at all. Few minutes usage is often inefficient to assess
I had used all these phones n currently keeping the Nexus 6P ( plan to sell) n Mate 8 , LG V10

Just received notice of 2nd update on firmware. This is the second in my 3 weeks usage





This post has been edited by benny888: Mar 1 2016, 08:29 AM

You mean that screenshot is not in English? Mine is fully English
For language settings I had chosen English (US) n region United States
I had no idea why it is in Chinese in your case?

Very good pricing indeed...guys - if you have the budget just take up the 4gb ram/64gb model. Overall I rate a very good phone n just slightly lose to LG V10 mainly on camera side. Its battery life is simply amazing for me with 9-10 hours SOT on mainly internet stuffs but no gaming

That is for 3gb ram/32gb model only

Camera has been perfect for me till now...I had been using the phone for 3 weeks already

Your previous phone could have hardware issues - did you send in to check
No problem with GPS - used few times going up to KL n Spore