Honor 8 Hands-On: Some High-End Specs Mixed with Premium Design

Honor, Huawei's sub-brand, is back this year with another flagship, the Honor 8. The smartphone mixes mid- and high-end specs, along with premium design. Aimed at young consumers, the Honor 8 is no perfect, but makes few compromises.

It's a great device for those who want the feel of a flagship smartphone, but can't afford to pay a fortune. The Honor 8 is available for purchase for $400 outright, but retail price vary by carrier and country.

The Honor 8 is a slightly downgraded version of the P9, Huawei's first flagship launched this year. Instead of the Kirin 955 chipset, the Honor 8 comes with a Kirin 950 processor inside, as well as 4GB of RAM and either 32GB or 64GB of storage (expandable up to 256GB via microSD).

Although they both come with the same display, 5.2-inch with full HD (1080p) resolution, the P9 uses a different IPS-N...