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Did the Mate S replace the Mate 8?

I finally decided to ditch Samsung, after owning and using the Note 1 and then the Note 3. I was all set to upgrade to the Note 5, the biggest reason among many, is because they did not increase the screen size. I am tired of the "small" 5.7 inch screen, and wanted at least a 6 inch screen. After much research, I realized the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 was a very nice phone, but the rumored specs of the Mate 8 looked incredible. I was anxiously awaiting Huawei's press conference at IFA today, and with the phone they did announce, the Mate S having a 5.5 inch screen, that is going completely in the wrong direction for me. Totally have no interest in a small phone.
I am currently looking into the LeTV Le Max X900. This phone has pretty much all that I want/need. Fast processor, 4GB of ram, 2K display, and a screen bigger than 5.7 inches. The only major con, is the battery size, would of been nice if it had a 4,000+ mAh battery.

Huawei P8MAX?

that's exactly the same for me! Now I'm considering to buy the mate 7

I am a very happy user of a Mate 7, after LG G3 (broken screen after 2 month), and this is the best mobile I have ever used! Great display, good, crisp picture, fingerprint login works great, battery fantastic (my first phone ever going about 1.5,max 2 days with one charge - yes, I am a heavy user)!
Only con (not for me) maybe Kitkat. But, I had LP on my G3 (and Moto X) before, seen all the bugs of it, honestly don't miss it at all.
In short: mate 7 is great, go for it!!

Mate 8 rumors will be launched next year with kirin 950. Maybe in Barcelona. will see

alexre123 said:
Mate 8 rumors will be launched next year with kirin 950. Maybe in Barcelona. will see
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So the Mate S is not the next evolution of the Mate 7 then ?
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If you want the Mate 7 its still available:
http://liaow.com/huawei-mate7-gold.html

No it didn't replace Mate 8 !
Mate 8 will release later on with kirin 950 maybe next year..

XDADEVX said:
No it didn't replace Mate 8 !
Mate 8 will release later on with kirin 950 maybe next year..
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Definitely one to look out for then in 2016

Huawei Mate S phone is very good, but the battery is too small.

Krystyna said:
Huawei Mate S phone is very good, but the battery is too small.
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Do you own it ? Do you think that Honor 7 is better ?

SlyUK said:
So the Mate S is not the next evolution of the Mate 7 then ?
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If you want the Mate 7 its still available:
http://liaow.com/huawei-mate7-gold.html
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I think Mate S is an after construction and the result of the delay of Kirrin 950 processor.
I think they are saving better camera and 2K display for Mate 8.
Mate 8 Will also most likely have an edged screen just like S6 edge, this also explains why they have now
starting to use amoled to prepare for future phones..
The weak battery is the biggest disappointment and idioticy with the Mate S.
That it have Amoled was the biggest surprise, amoled is to prefer but according to android authority it is not as bright as one would wish to be.

XDADEVX said:
Do you own it ? Do you think that Honor 7 is better ?
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Huawei Mate S phone is too expensive, not consider buying, Huawei honor 7 phone is good, worth buying.

Don't worry the price will drop soon..

yes, the price will definitely drop, but now these Chinese phone companies love to play "Hunger marketing", maybe still take awhile to wait the price drop.

deputyfree said:
yes, the price will definitely drop, but now these Chinese phone companies love to play "Hunger marketing", maybe still take awhile to wait the price drop.
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Man please..
You DO know how business works you should know it..
Just because it is Chinese company they must keep price down?
Don't you know that ANY business which starts from beginning their prices are always low to lure ppl then when business grows automatically prices grows?
Come on man this is procedure of EVERY business around for the world..
Why you not complaining how sky rocket prices has apple or Samsung..
Check out aliexpress or eBay there will be prices low quite fast..

I do not like the phone more than 5 inch

SC36DC said:
I finally decided to ditch Samsung, after owning and using the Note 1 and then the Note 3. I was all set to upgrade to the Note 5, the biggest reason among many, is because they did not increase the screen size. I am tired of the "small" 5.7 inch screen, and wanted at least a 6 inch screen. After much research, I realized the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 was a very nice phone, but the rumored specs of the Mate 8 looked incredible. I was anxiously awaiting Huawei's press conference at IFA today, and with the phone they did announce, the Mate S having a 5.5 inch screen, that is going completely in the wrong direction for me. Totally have no interest in a small phone.
I am currently looking into the LeTV Le Max X900. This phone has pretty much all that I want/need. Fast processor, 4GB of ram, 2K display, and a screen bigger than 5.7 inches. The only major con, is the battery size, would of been nice if it had a 4,000+ mAh battery.
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Hi SC36DC,
Well, same career as you phone-wise that is, and on that same ditching point with both LeTV Max or Huawei P8 Max as possible alternatives.
BUT:
LeTV max suffers too much from thermal throttleing: reports are you can't even use it as navigation with car charger simultaniuously plugged in (what good is it to have a n-th core chip that has it's cores idle and their clock frequencies underclocked in order not to burn them; search Youtube for video's that let's LeTV Max perform 3 consecutive Antutu benchmarks on a row and how it's performance drops dramatically) and no native LTE band 20 (800 MHz) support.
Huawei P8 Max super screen and external SD card support but no native LTE band 20 support.
For the Qualcomm equipped LeTV Max, there seems to be a work around to add additional LTE frequency bands, but I haven't come accross a method for the Kirin chip set / P8 Max.
I am kinda hoping that, since the Mate S and P8 Max share the same chipset setup and the Mate S supporting almost every imaginable frequency band, it might be possible to flash the Mate S' modem onto a P8 Max...
If so, that would be the best phone I could imagine :fingers-crossed:
And since the rumoured Mate 8 only seems to support LTE band 1 / 3 / 7...
Which still makes me hesitate and on the look out for a method to add LTE bands to the P8 Max
Kind regards,

XDADEVX said:
Don't worry the price will drop soon..
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I found Mate S has dropped more than $100

Krystyna said:
I found Mate S has dropped more than
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I really want to see b4 christmas
I have purchased Mate 7 last december 5 just for £300
So with mate s will be the same .. am not rushing I always sit back and wait
I have waited patiently and I purchased P8 just for £150

XDADEVX said:
I really want to see b4 christmas
I have purchased Mate 7 last december 5 just for £300
So with mate s will be the same .. am not rushing I always sit back and wait
I have waited patiently and I purchased P8 just for £150
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This price is difficult to buy p8, good luck.

Nexus 6P to P9 what will I miss?

Hi there!
I am currently using a Nexus 6P and am loving every minute of it! However, I tend to get "bored" of using the same phone every time. I was checking out other phones Huawei has to offer and I saw the P9. The only difference was that the screen was a bit smaller and the camera on the P9 is better.
Would there be a "big" difference when changing the P9? Was the smaller screen a deal breaker for some using the 6P? I also say the Mate 9 and that thing is a beaut too but $700 dollars.. I don't know about that.. lol
Also, if I wanted to use the P9 here in the US (AT&T LTE), which model would I have to purchase?
Should I buy the P9 or would you recommend I wait for the Mate 9?
Thank you!

Wanted to better understand Honor 9 Lite before purchase.

Hello Everybody
I have LG G6 currently but i am still looking to jumpship to Honor 9 Lite for Huawei's great software support and 9 Lite price.
LG is hardly supporting G6 these days and i am still waiting for the Oreo update, but i hope i can get it within few weeks.
I started this thread to better understand Honor 9 Lite before plunging in it.
How many major Android updates it can get ?
Does EMUI 8.0 offers all Oreo features ?
Doesn't have face unlock and protected notifications ?

I cannot understand why Huawei even released the Honor 9 Lite...
Go and buy the Honor 7X which is equivalent to the 9 Lite only in ways even better. Bigger screen and larger battery for the same price.
Why would anyone even consider buying the Honor 9 Lite over the 7X??

kanej2006 said:
I cannot understand why Huawei even released the Honor 9 Lite...
Go and buy the Honor 7X which is equivalent to the 9 Lite only in ways even better. Bigger screen and larger battery for the same price.
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Except it costs 50€ more...

herlgl said:
Except it costs 50€ more...
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Well I paid for my Honor 7X €216 inclusive of delivery, making it just €16 more. :laugh:
For a larger screen and bigger battery I think that's more bang for your buck.
Seriously, they are both almost identical and the release of the new Honor 9 is a waste...

kanej2006 said:
I cannot understand why Huawei even released the Honor 9 Lite...
Go and buy the Honor 7X which is equivalent to the 9 Lite only in ways even better. Bigger screen and larger battery for the same price.
Why would anyone even consider buying the Honor 9 Lite over the 7X??
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because it's smaller and cheaper? I don't understand why would anyone buy 7X over 9, in Europe difference between them it's like 20-30EUR, only benefit of 7X it's nicer design with smaller bezels

4GB version has got and NFC which defers it from 7X.
Well... I got 3GB/32GB version ( LLD-AL10).
I do own an Huawei 9 lite so Honor 9 lite was a Birthday present which I bought for myself.
Compares to H9lite it has got a bigger screen in almost the same body, Apptwin and VoLTE.
The main reason to buy was an astonishing blue/mirror design. Phone looks great.
Until You touch it ... mirror-glass back is 'collecting' fingerprints better than New York police.

kanej2006 said:
I cannot understand why Huawei even released the Honor 9 Lite...
Go and buy the Honor 7X which is equivalent to the 9 Lite only in ways even better. Bigger screen and larger battery for the same price.
Why would anyone even consider buying the Honor 9 Lite over the 7X??
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The Honor 9 Lite ships with Oreo, it has NFC to support digital payments, it has quad lens cameras, 2 in front and back and supports USB on the go. I can't tell from any of the phone spec sites whether it supports both 2.4 and 5 GHz WiFi.

up Only 2.4 GHz

mke1973 said:
The Honor 9 Lite ships with Oreo, it has NFC to support digital payments, it has quad lens cameras, 2 in front and back and supports USB on the go. I can't tell from any of the phone spec sites whether it supports both 2.4 and 5 GHz WiFi.
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These are my exact reasons for buying the 9 Lite, 4 things that the 7X really should have for the extra price. I was at the launch for the 7X and hands on the 9 Lite isn't that much different.

Nokia 7 Plus vs Honor 10

Hey all! I am going to sign a new contract with my carrier and I consider to buy a new phone. I am currently using the Huawei P9. The Phone is still good but i think it will hold up good one more year maximum and then it most likely become pretty bad but I can sign a new contract with carrier only once every 2 years so now its my chance to get a new phone at kind of a good price. So I am wondering between the Nokia 7 Plus and the Honor 10. I need a bigger screen and I want it to be good cuz i consume a lot of media (youtube, movies) on the phone and I also text a lot. The camera has never been a priority for me but after I got the P9 I make more shots than before just cuz the camera is super nice and the Leica branded filters really makes the pictures look great. I dont know how is the Nokia 7 Plus camera. From the reviews I understand that it is not bad but for sure Honors camera is better. I like Honor 10 design more even that reviewers says that the Nokia looks a lot better on person but I am 100% sure that the build quality of the Nokia is far superior than Honors. I really like that the Nokia is AndroidOne device but still official support is kinda the same as others (2 years with 3 years security patches) but it will got them faster for sure. Battery life is mistery for me for both phones. I dont like the notch on Honor 10, I dont hate it, but definitely dont like it too. Overall from the reviews on YouTube that I have watched I prefer Nokia displey - its bigger, no notch and I think it have a little bit better colors. So my question is what will you guys reccomend to me ? I want to ask peoples that are using the phone now. I want to ask also how is the software experience and is pure android really better than the skins. Also want to ask is there any glitches and bugs that are more common among users cuz in some of the reviews they say the software was not perfect for sure but it was very early software and after the number of updates that you received how is the software experience and bugs and glitches ? Nokia 7 Plus is also e bit cheaper than Honor 10. Tell me also what was a good surprise and what was not using the phone for the period. I hope you can give me some opinions on the dilemma and which phone worth the price. Sorry for my bad English and Thanks in advance!

Hey, i was on the same boat last week. p9 lite and went to a nokia 7 plus very nice phone don't go for a huawei phone their updates are limited.. while nokia provides you 2 years of update and 3 years of security updates.

Kcetin20 said:
Hey, i was on the same boat last week. p9 lite and went to a nokia 7 plus very nice phone don't go for a huawei phone their updates are limited.. while nokia provides you 2 years of update and 3 years of security updates.
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Yes, that is one of the main reasons I consider the Nokia. But I have a P9 which was a flagship 2 years ago and now I can only afford a premium mid-range phone since Huawei phones gone up in price too. The Honor on the other hand has the flagship Kirin 970 CPU but has a skin which I am not sure I like. So the question is Honor 10 for the design, specs and cameras or Nokia 7 Plus for the software experience, display and build quality ?

Swallen said:
Yes, that is one of the main reasons I consider the Nokia. But I have a P9 which was a flagship 2 years ago and now I can only afford a premium mid-range phone since Huawei phones gone up in price too. The Honor on the other hand has the flagship Kirin 970 CPU but has a skin which I am not sure I like. So the question is Honor 10 for the design, specs and cameras or Nokia 7 Plus for the software experience, display and build quality ?
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Do not mind about kirin 970.. it sucks ass.... camera on the nokia is amazing also the design sits so nice in your hand...battery ? i won't even comment on it 3a charge, i do charge from 70% > 100 in about 15mins

Deff Nokia 7 plus I had a honor 10 camera is lame
And now that they have stopped you unlocking bootloader the development for honor phones will be non existent now , no brainer better phone better up dates and android pie straight off [emoji16]
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Honor play pretty much same as honor 10 same 970 Kirin 4GB ram bigger battery for £100 less but don't suppose camera up to much too
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What will your next phone be ?

Hello guys ,
So i was currently thinking of upgrading my oneplus 3
But i couldn't settle on a certain phone , the only 2 phones in my mind would be the oneplus 7 pro and Samsung galaxy s10 plus since both cost the same where i live , let me know what you think guys

I am going to wait for the Pixel 4 and then make a decision..
I would choose the 7 Pro over the S10 Plus for its VFM and screen!

The s10's price is diving so you may be able to pick up a bargain. Depends on your criteria.
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Currently using the 3T and will be upgrading to the s10 plus. I'm just waiting for the price of the s10 plus to dip a bit further down. Personally I think the s10 plus is more equipped with features and well rounded.
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Ordered the Oneplus 7 pro (Almond colour) 8/256, will arrive tomorrow. Very excited.
But will still keep my OP3 with me for as long as it lives.

laz3r69 said:
I am going to wait for the Pixel 4 and then make a decision..
I would choose the 7 Pro over the S10 Plus for its VFM and screen!
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Pixel devices are great no doubght but they are really expensive at the same time

Butit said:
Currently using the 3T and will be upgrading to the s10 plus. I'm just waiting for the price of the s10 plus to dip a bit further down. Personally I think the s10 plus is more equipped with features and well rounded.
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The S10 plus is a really great phone but i keep getting pulled away due to the below points
1. Touch wiz and the history of updates
2. Developer community always better on one plus devices
3. The notchless screen on the oneplus 7 pro makes it look much appealing the s10 plus screen .

affection788 said:
Ordered the Oneplus 7 pro (Almond colour) 8/256, will arrive tomorrow. Very excited.
But will still keep my OP3 with me for as long as it lives.
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Congrats , let us know what you think when you receive it

I get your point. Samsung is refining oneui to bring it closer to stock android and is increasing update supports for it's flagships, according to latest reports and that's good enough for me.
Oneplus phones surely has more community support, but nowadays phones with stock roms has got so much better that the idea of installing custom roms is becoming less tempting.
The 7 Pro may look more appealing because of it's all screen design, but I still have some reservations about the pop up camera with regards to how long it will remain functional as a moving part.
I'm not trying to convince you as to why the s10 plus is a better phone then the 7 Pro because both phones are great in their own way, I'm just sharing my personal reason why I'm going to get the s10 plus as my next phone.
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Personally I'm keeping my op3 as long as it's working and not struggling with doing anything. However of it were to die tomorrow I'd be looking at he op7 pro, the Xiaomi black shark 2, or the oppo Reno 10x zoom

Take a look at Xiaomi Mi 9

Zenfone 6 since it will officially receive lineage os. I don't like the size of the phone and just 18W charging but it has the greatest battery life.
If the s10e becomes cheaper and receives lineage os, I'll gladly opt for it.

Wait for the Pixel 4

Darkweb_182 said:
Wait for the Pixel 4
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The pixel devices are always highly priced

I'm looking for a mate 20 pro, I'm waiting for huawei/trump fight to end (I don't want to buy a phone that is not going to have android Q).
Also I'm a little bit annoyed to not be able to unlock bootloader.
But mate 20 pro is what I want, great camera and battery

reco1 said:
The pixel devices are always highly priced
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You have the budget for the S10, so I don't see why you can't buy the Pixel
Right now in India, the smaller pixel 3 is priced lower than the s10. I don't know how much it is in your country.
Pretty sure the smaller pixel 4 variant will be around the same price range.

I sure as hell won't buy a device with a notch and no headphone jack. I am at minority here but those are my requirements for now.
Redmi K20 Pro and Zenfone 6Z are top contenders for my money (I don't want to go back to IPS LCD but might have to). OnePlus phones are naturally out because they decided to "follow trend" and removed headphone jack. OP3 is working fine for my usage and i don't need the best camera, an average camera will do for me so no appeal of Pixel 4 to me at all. So for now, yeah, not many options, K20 pro is choice 1, zenfone 6z being 2nd.

I'm thinking about OP6 as it's the last OP with headphone Jack and notification LED. I know the notch isn't great but for me, small notch + OLED > LCD.

OP7, not the pro version because I definitely do not want a phone with moving parts. No Samsung, I have nothing with the brand...
But as others said before, will keep using my OP3T as long as possible. Fast, two days of battery life, great camera and straight forward; still did not find a good reason for making a switch. ..

I'd buy an iPhone, currently using oneplus 3, lasted for 2years. Still snappy with good battery backup.