Huawei P8

GimmeG

New phone out today. Looks good as far as I can tell. The director feature is very interesting. Great specs but is comparable price of the flagships from the better known companies on this side of the world. Good buy anyway?

corwill

GimmeG wrote: »

New phone out today. Looks good as far as I can tell. The director feature is very interesting. Great specs but is comparable price of the flagships from the better known companies on this side of the world. Good buy anyway?

The 16gb is a fair bit cheaper than the 32gb S6 sim-free, with the SD card slot compensating for the difference in memory. It'll be interesting to see what reviews say about the camera and performance, particularly graphics.

Keith186

Seen this yesterday. Looks half decent. Would like to look up some full reviews when they're out.

jimmynokia

Now on Meteor mobile http://techbuzzireland.com/2015/07/14/huawei-p8-launches-in-ireland-with-meteor-mobile-huawei-p8/
the only network to have it right now.

Hellrazer

Anyone picked one of these up?
Thinking of using an upgrade next week to get one of these.
Currently using a Z1--hows it compare to that in particular?

jimmynokia

Been using one a few months its nice,had a few bugs but sorted now,check out this from pocketnow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc6YjTEd1cs you never know who you might see that video p..hint hint

bur

http://www.igogo.es/product333712.html?gclid=CK-23PyCnMcCFQGy2wodbpoPkQ

Would that work over here? Price seems too good to be true anyway though, so maybe the site isn't even legit?

jimmynokia

That's the P8 lite not the P8

sputnick123

Coming v soon to Three I've been told. My mum has one and loves it. Real quality feel and great spec for the price. No brainer I think.

Hellrazer

Can anyone confirm if the meteor one is dual sim.The sales lads in liffey valley say it's not.

jimmynokia

No operator sells dual Sim phones in Ireland.

Hellrazer

Thanks for that.
Reading reviews though there seems to be only one model and that's a dual sim one.The micro sd tray doubles as a sim card slot.

That's put me off..would save a load of hassle carrying 2 phones.

jimmynokia

Yip hate carrying two phones myself,maybe import a dual sim device ??

Hellrazer

Decision day is here.

Z3 or P8..Both on the same plan and same price.

Feel like a change from Sony though...

What you lot reckon is the p8 a good upgrade from a Z1??

sputnick123

P8 won an award there the other day so I would go for P8 myself. Voted best consumer smartphone in the EISA awards. I'm not allowed to post the link here so google it.

Hellrazer

Just picked one up today.

Really impressed.Very,very fast--ok Im comparing it to a Z1 Ive been using for nearly 2 years now but its a really nice phone.

Its flawless with everything Ive thrown at it so far.
Webpages are instant,has played any game Ive put on it without a hiccup and the UI is just amazing.I know people were saying that's its biggest flaw but definitely not.Its really intuitive and easy to get to grips with.

Got a great deal from the new Meteor shop in Maynooth.

He threw in a B1 Talkband and a Case and I got the phone free on an upgrade.

All in all really happy with it so far.

Definitely should be up there with the big boys when it comes to performance.If it had a Samsung badge on it I reckon it would fly off the shelves.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

jimmynokia wrote: »

Been using one a few months its nice,had a few bugs but sorted now,check out this from pocketnow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc6YjTEd1cs you never know who you might see that video p..hint hint

is that you?

jimmynokia

Techmaster wrote: »

is that you?

Lol im in the video,was there with pocketnow at some press events

Curb Your Enthusiasm

jimmynokia wrote: »

Lol im in the video,was there with pocketnow at some press events

Guy with the red lanyard and trainers? :P

Walkman

Am I correct thinking it doesn't support 5GHz wifi?

jimmynokia

Walkman wrote: »

Am I correct thinking it doesn't support 5GHz wifi?

Correct

pyramuid man

jimmynokia wrote: »

Correct

I see there have this phone listed on their website now. Would the people who have it recommend it?

Do you feel it would last a two year contract for normal everyday use?

jimmynokia

pyramuid man wrote: »

I see there have this phone listed on their website now. Would the people who have it recommend it?

Do you feel it would last a two year contract for normal everyday use?

I have had no problems with mine its really nice and very light...

Steve F

Thinking very carefully about this phone
Would be going from an HTC One M7 to the P8

Cant afford HTC M9 at present and don't want a free M8s so any opinions on this phone and moving from my M7 would be really appreciated

Hellrazer

Fantastic phone.
Over a month using it now and its flawless.
You wont be disappointed if you pick one up.

jimmynokia

Can only agree no problems with mine several months on..

Steve F

Thanks for the answers
I'm very tempted
Only reservations are losing the boom sound speakers on my M7 and will I be able to transfer all my stuff to the P8 via bluetooth transfer tool like I did when I upgraded from HTC Sensation to M7. What did you guys do?

sputnick123

Steve F wrote: »

Thanks for the answers
I'm very tempted
Only reservations are losing the boom sound speakers on my M7 and will I be able to transfer all my stuff to the P8 via bluetooth transfer tool like I did when I upgraded from HTC Sensation to M7. What did you guys do?

the way i do it is i have all my stuff on google plus (pics, music files etc) and my contacts in google too. If i change phone all i do is put sim in new phone and log into google and bobs your uncle everything is there. i do have to manually go into my apps to download some of them. if you used bluetooth to do it with your M7 i dont see why you wont be able to with P8 too.

Steve F

Just got this handset and setting it up but can't figure out how to get an app shortcut onto the home screen say for instance the little blue twitter square.Any ideas fellas?
Steve

sputnick123

Steve F wrote: »

Just got this handset and setting it up but can't figure out how to get an app shortcut onto the home screen say for instance the little blue twitter square.Any ideas fellas?
Steve

If it's like G7 the apps are not hidden so just swipe right or left across all pages till u find it. Hold finger on all and I've to where u want.

Steve F

Thanks for that...getting my home screen sorted
Anyone know how to stop the screen lighting up everytime I get a Facebook notification?
I've looked in the app settings on the phone on the facebook page and can't see
anything under notifications unless I'm missing something.
Never used to do it on my M7,and I'm loathe to disable notifications as I like to see them in the bar at the very top of the screen
Steve

sputnick123

Try notification manager in settings??

Steve F

Yeah see that now...just turned off "lock screen" (I'm thick):rolleyes:
Thanks for all your help over last couple of days.I'm still finding my way around this handset,quite impressed so far think this is going to be a good handset

JCJCJC

HI - I've recently been gifted a Huawei P8, love it so far. Can anyone tell me how to access the Huawei cloud services? It has apps for Hicare, Huawei Club, Skytone etc that depend on Huawei's own cloud services, but it doesn't seem to allow me to get a login ID in this 'region' - maybe Huawei cloud is only available in China?
All advice appreciated.

JC

tok9

What's the battery like guys?

I see this is 450 Australian dollars. Seems like the best value for a phone with these specs.

thomasj

tok9 wrote:

What's the battery like guys?

The reviews are saying battery life is decent but it take a long time to charge . phonearena says 180 minutes to charge

Hellrazer

tok9 wrote: »

What's the battery like guys?

I see this is 450 Australian dollars. Seems like the best value for a phone with these specs.

Battery life is fantastic.I easily get 2 days.Depending on usage I can even get into the 3rd day.
Much better than my old xperia z1.

JCJCJC

tok9 wrote: »

What's the battery like guys?

I see this is 450 Australian dollars. Seems like the best value for a phone with these specs.

Battery is not a problem, as other posters have said. I get a few days easily, but I tend to leave it connected to my desktop computer at work and laptop at home.
What surprises me is the fact that the Hisuite pc messaging and contact management utility has to be connected by cable to this phone, even the most basic Nokia can do it via bluetooth.
Also, I'm having difficulty setting up an app to find the phone, that will run on android on the phone and on an iPad.
Overall, very happy with this phone though.

enno99

I got one of these a few days ago its nice phone quick and easy to use
Im not into phones much
It was an upgrade from meteor on wifes acc
I wanted to unlock it to accept my sim
rang meteor for unlock code said it would be in email in a couple of days
never arrived rang back today
girl on phone said to try sim anyway as a lot of these are sim free anyway
popped in card from 3 worked no problem she also said some HTC phones are the same

melisswhel

Hi, I recently bought one of these too. On my apps (viber,whatsapp, snapchat) does anyone know if there is a way of displaying the red number on the top right corner of the app icon that shows how many unread messages I have?

GT_TDI_150

So, my contract is up in 42 days

And I'm starting to look around.

I used to have an Iphone4S, but changed to a HTC One since have a Sony Z3 Compact and for work I have a Samsung S3.

I really like what I'm reading about the Huawei P8 but its nice to get opinions from locals ....

So,

whats it like to use?
Any apps give anyone trouble on it?
How much of the 16GB is used by the O/S?
Does it come with headphones, what's the quality of them?
whats the camera quality like?
I assume the charger is the same as samsung / htc / sony / etc
are there good (non-walletty or non book covery) covers out there?

Any personal observations you want to add?

Walkman wrote: »

Am I correct thinking it doesn't support 5GHz wifi?

jimmynokia wrote: »

Correct

what is the significance of this?

biebiebie

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

what is the significance of this?

Red this article, it explains it quite well
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29396/~/what-is-the-difference-between-2.4-ghz-and-5ghz%3F

So basically you'll be able to connect to 2GHZ wireless but not 5GHZ.

GT_TDI_150

biebiebie wrote: »

Red this article, it explains it quite well
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29396/~/what-is-the-difference-between-2.4-ghz-and-5ghz%3F

So basically you'll be able to connect to 2GHZ wireless but not 5GHZ.

And is typical home wifi 2.4 or 5?

biebiebie

Modern routers can do both.
Are you trying to ascertain what your home wifi is?

GT_TDI_150

biebiebie wrote: »

Modern routers can do both.
Are you trying to ascertain what your home wifi is?

Yup

biebiebie

Download this app. It'll scan local wifi and give you info on it including whether it's 2.4 GHz or 5GHz. You'll need to play around with it a little but don't worry you won't break anything.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer

GT_TDI_150

biebiebie wrote: »

Download this app. It'll scan local wifi and give you info on it including whether it's 2.4 GHz or 5GHz. You'll need to play around with it a little but don't worry you won't break anything.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer

Thanks.

Been playing with that a while now, stillnot sure which it is

biebiebie

Click the Eye icon and then select "A List".
That'll list all local wifi signals and inform you of the mhz of each. Simply look for your own home one.

2437 mhz = 2.4GHz
5180 mhz = 5GHZ

Come on you're almost there!

GT_TDI_150

biebiebie wrote: »

Click the Eye icon and then select "A List".
That'll list all local wifi signals and inform you of the mhz of each. Simply look for your own home one.

2437 mhz = 2.4GHz
5180 mhz = 5GHZ

Come on you're almost there!

2.4GHz

So atleast if I got it i wouldnt be stuck not being able to connect to my own wifi :P

Thanks for the guidance ...

Now, anyone able/willing to answer some of my earlier questions in relation to the phone? it would be greatly appreciated

sputnick123

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

2.4GHz

So atleast if I got it i wouldnt be stuck not being able to connect to my own wifi :P

Thanks for the guidance ...

Now, anyone able/willing to answer some of my earlier questions in relation to the phone? it would be greatly appreciated

What network are you on? Three have just released the Huawei Mate S - might be worth checking this out as it comes with a premium headset and free smart cover in box. 32GB memory with 3GB RAM, Looks really nice.

GT_TDI_150

sputnick123 wrote: »

What network are you on? Three have just released the Huawei Mate S - might be worth checking this out as it comes with a premium headset and free smart cover in box. 32GB memory with 3GB RAM, Looks really nice.

On three but was looking at moving to vodafone