For those obsessed with the bokeh effects, the Honor 8 Pro does that pretty well, creating shallow depth-of-field (DoF) effects on par with DSLR cameras.Both the Honor 8 and the Honor 8 Lite had a glamourous glass-metal combo body.With all these specifications, the Honor 8 Pro sails through any regular tasks thrown at it. On the whole, EMUI is constantly improving and feels a lot more matured than the version we experienced on the Honor 8 Lite a few months back.The finer wood markings are visible in natural colours, thanks to the immense detailing. However, with the arrival of the OnePlus 5, Honor now has the chance to challenge it with its latest offering — the Honor 8 Pro. The LTPS technology makes for sharper images with high contrasts while keeping the temperature under control. It is practically shouting out loud that it has a dual camera setup. On a day-to-day basis, the Honor 8 Pro is simply super fast.Lastly, the front 8MP selfie shooter produces average results, giving us nothing special to write about.The Honor 8 Pro really shines in the photography department. A monochrome sensor excels at capturing details, which is then combined with the result of the RGB sensor using clever algorithms at ground level to produce astonishingly detailed photographs. While OnePlus found immense popularity with its handsets in the Indian smartphone market, Honor couldn’t exactly set the market on fire with its premium phones — at least not yet. The colours rendered on the display are vibrant and brightness levels are great, which help in impressive sunlight legibility.With these flagship class specification, the Honor 8 Pro glides through resource-intensive games with great ease.With the Pro mode enabled, you can get some DSLR-level photographs in low light conditions, like this light trail photo (below) that we managed to capture without a tripod. For an extensively customised interface, EMUI 5.The camera manages to capture natural colours in low light conditions pretty well. The smartphone promises to be a great purchase on paper along with a competitive price tag of Rs 29,999 in the affordable premium smartphone range.(Source).1 doesn’t show any signs of lag or stutters. You can easily flick between five to six apps at once.Honor also provides the latest Android security patches to EMUI, thus making it one of the few customised UIs to get timely updates.The white colour is overexposed but the camera manages to achieve the bokeh effect. In fact, the entire profile of the Honor 8 Pro harks to the China headphone plugs manufacturers Apple iPhone 6 Plus, especially with a large 5.The Honor 8 Pro runs EMUI 5.Colours are maintained with good levels of detailing and ample contrast.

One major issue here is the lack of Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS). To complete the powerhouse specifications, there’s 6GB of RAM for aiding easy multitasking and 128GB of onboard storage to accommodate apps and user data. The 8 Pro flanks a premium metal build for the rear with the dual camera sensor and prominent antenna bands, which is pretty reminiscent of the iPhone 6 Plus. Little things like the tiny screws beside the USB Type-C port helps showcase extreme attention to details.Their last flagship for 2016, the Honor 8, was a great smartphone with a premium build and an excellent dual camera setup to challenge the then OnePlus flagship.Verdict:When large manufacturers give their time, efforts and attention on a product, a brilliant smartphone is created, which is exactly what the Honor 8 Pro is. It would have been better if Honor could incorporate the OIS mechanism in the camera to make it a decent complete package.8GHz. See sample shots for bokeh below. However, expect some low quality textures on these high-end titles as not all games are optimised for different chipsets and 2K displays on various Android devices. The matte finish on the metal surfaces provides ample grip, despite the phone’s gigantic form factor. This processor is aided by a Mali G71-MP8 GPU for handling graphics.The camera can shoot videos in 4K resolution without losing out on details and colours. So, we had it with us to check out whether it stands on its intention of providing a notable affordable flagship smartphone experience.7-inch display that we shall discuss later.To power that brilliant 2K display and the camera, Honor has managed to stuff a mammoth high density 4000mAh battery within the 7mm slim body.4GHz alongside four low-power Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1. Users are given an option to choose between an iOS-inspired home screen menu layout or a traditional Android app drawer layout, which a great thing for people accustomed to the stock Android setup. Although the electronic trickery cannot make up for the actual hardware’s inability to stabilise photos on the move, it still manages to even out the vibrations by losing out a bit on quality.In overcast conditions, the photos manage to maintain the detail but colours are processed to retain the vibrancy. However, the ‘Dual Lens’ branding on the camera panel takes away the overall premium feel of the device, when noticed carefully.Rating: The affordable flagship smartphone category, promoted to casual smartphone users as "flagship killers", has found an indispensable place in the consideration of mid-range smartphone seekers. Note that the sky isnt overexposed. If you don’t care about a stock Android experience and need a good smartphone camera, then at Rs 29,999, the Honor 8 Pro is probably the best affordable flagship smartphone money can buy. Games like Asphalt 8 and Need For Speed No Limits run on this handset without issues. There is a 12MP RGB sensor clubbed with a 12MP monochrome sensor and a dual tone LED flash to handle the camera duties. OnePlus started the trend, followed by Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo and Honor later on. Although theres a lack of sharpness, it manages to capture decent photos without any major issues.The details and natural colours of the stream make up for the overexposed sky.

While the Electronic Image Stabilisation (EIS) manages to reduce vibrations for still photographs satisfactorily, the same cannot be said for videos.1, which is built on top of Android 7.The bottom sports a USB Type-C port, which is accompanied by a loudspeaker and a 3. The build has immaculate attention to details, the camera has the capability to challenge an entry-level DSLR camera in terms of image quality, the 2K display beats OLED displays in terms of colours and contrasts, and the giant 4000mAh battery makes sure that you get to enjoy the best of Honor’s efforts without worrying about hunting a charging source.5mm headphone jack, whereas the top sports a secondary noise-cancelling microphone along with an IR blaster for controlling supported appliances. With an extensive usage that involves texting, calling, gaming, photography and video streaming, the Honor 8 Pro manages to last a day and a half, falling just short of the 2-day battery in our tests. Unlike dual camera units on most competitors that focus on optical zoom, the Honor 8 Pro’s dual camera focuses on image quality. Sadly, Honor seems to have eliminated the much-needed OIS (Optical Image Stabilisation) in order to keep the two rear cameras flush with the rear panel.Although theres a noticeable loss in details, colour tones and contrasts are maintained in night light conditions. You can achieve slower shutter speeds up to three seconds and larger aperture values as well in the pro mode.One of the main highlights of the Honor 8 Pro is its 2K display.It is possible to notice the smaller particles and water in this picture. And for those worried about smudges and fingerprints, the Honor 8 Pro’s display unit is smudge resistant too. Rest apart, the beautiful metal body makes the phone heavier too — thanks to all that metal and the large battery that is incorporated within.Being a flagship phone, the 8 Pro is built on the 16nm FINFET HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset with four high-performance ARM Cortex A73 cores clocked at 2.With the 2.5D curved Gorilla Glass 3-protected display, the Honor 8 Pro surely feels premium to hold.7-inch 2560 x 1140-pixel LTPS LCD display for providing an ultimate viewing experience, especially for VR. Honor has provided a massive 5. The flagship Honor 8 Pro ditches the convention and goes for an all-metal construction. There’s a hybrid SIM card slot to the left and hardware buttons to the right. There’s a lot of stock Android-inspired minimalism across the software.However, that can be achieved if you turn down the screen resolution from 2K to Full-HD.Overall, the camera produces good photos with respectable levels of details, colour balance, contrasts and exposures. The only distinguishing element in the rear panel is the fingerprint scanner, which, while being responsive, is a tad smaller, making it hard to reach on a large phablet, especially if you have smaller hands. The photos capture natural colours with the right amount of contrast.0 Nougat. Apps open instantly, loading times are lower, and animations are slick. One notable aspect of the battery is that even with 9V, 2A fast charging capability and a metal body, the phone doesn’t heat up uncomfortably, which is commendable.

In place of a power button is a fingerprint scanner, similar to whats found on mobile devices.Can the venerable laptop keyboard get more touchy-feely - and in a good way?Were about to find out. But when fixing typos in documents, selecting email to delete and even editing photos, my trackpad is generally more precise than my fat fingers on the screen.HABITS AND DISCOVERIESThe new volume and brightness sliders are much easier to use than tapping the appropriate function key multiple times to get the level I want. Without physical keys, the device is just 0. The Touch Bar will be more useful for those who look down at the keys when typing.The traditional keyboard has never struck me as needing much improvement, although people whove grown up on touch screens might well feel differently. These touch innovations, in fact, may mostly be aimed at luring such users to laptops.38 inch thick, or about two-thirds the thickness of the new MacBooks. You still have to type in my password occasionally as a security measure, but you can avoid doing so most of the time when resuming a session or installing new software. But that changes to play and pause if youre watching Netflix, while your name and address pop up as choices when filling out online forms.DISAPPEARING KEYBOARDMeanwhile, the 10-inch Yoga Book (about $500 for Android, $600 for Windows) retains the clamshell design of a laptop but has a second touch screen where the keyboard normally goes.An Australian startup called Sonder is already planning to ship such a keyboard for $199 this year, but who wants to carry around an extra accessory? If it makes it onto a future laptop, it could mark a true revolution that goes well beyond the minor changes the Touch Bar and the second touch screen offer. The Touch Bar models start at about $1,800 for a 13-inch screen and $2,400 for 15 inches. And the Touch Bar does make it easy to include emojis in messages.

Third-party apps can add their own functionality, too, though the ones I use regularly have yet to do so. You still type primarily on a traditional keyboard, but you can poke screen icons and menus directly with your finger instead of navigating with a mouse or trackpad. But the keys themselves always appear in standard English and in upper case, even when youre typing in Thai.People sharing a computer can instantly switch profiles with their own fingerprints.You get touch access to system controls, such as "cancel" and "save," so you dont have to move your cursor.One suggestion: The mute icon stays the same regardless of whether the Mac is already on mute. Apples Maps app offers one-touch access to nearby businesses or directions. And the MacBook retains a headphone jack, something the latest iPhones dropped. Mail and Messages offer auto-complete suggestions as you type, plus a button for emojis, similar to what youd find on iPhones and iPads.. Call it a missed opportunity. On the plus side, you can now connect the power charger on either side, depending on where the outlet 3.5mm to rca is. Its also generally faster to just keep your fingers on the keys. This may matter less if, like me, youre a pretty good typist with a command of keyboard shortcuts.Because I use it frequently, I made the screenshot function a default icon. Unlike pop-up touch keyboard in tablets, this one doesnt block the main display as you type. That means buying adapters to connect older printers, scanners and your iPhone to the new USB-C ports. A stylus helps, but Im prone to misplacing it. Higher-end models of Apples MacBook Pro now come with a narrow touch screen above the regular keyboard for quick access to common settings and tasks, while Lenovos Yoga Book laptop loses the physical keyboard entirely. But its high-end MacBooks are getting a separate, narrow strip that replaces the top row of function keys youll find on most keyboards.You can fix up to four icons in place; the initial defaults are brightness, volume, mute and the Siri voice assistant.If you dont need the Touch Bar or the fingerprint scanner, you can save $300 with an entry-level MacBook Pro, but it is slower and has ports only on one side. In Photos, I can scroll through my library more quickly than using arrow keys.

Ive also discovered functions I never knew existed, such as the ability to highlight text in Preview with different colors. This Touch Bar offers the same functions, but instead of hitting F11 or F12 to change volume, for instance, you tap the speaker icon to bring up a volume slider.So how do the new touch features improve typing and computing?TOUCH SCREENS, NOT KEYBOARDSMany Windows laptops and tablets with physical keyboard accessories have long had touch screens.You no longer get regular USB ports or an SD memory card slot for photos. How about a distinct icon to unmute, now that the options are dynamic?FINGERPRINTSThe Mac now turns on automatically when you open the lid. No more opening Grab, navigating a menu and returning to the window Im trying to preserve.TOUCH KEYSLargely for these reasons, Apple has shunned touch screens on its notebooks.You would think that with a touch keyboard, the Yoga could reconfigure the keys to toggle between upper and lower cases and switch languages, much the way a touch keyboard on a phone or tablet does on the screen. It takes longer to type because of all the typos, which gets annoying very quickly.The Yoga provides both tactile and audio feedback when you hit the keys, although its still easy to miss the ones youre aiming for. The rest of the strip changes based on context. The touch keyboard also doubles as a handwriting pad for notes and doodling with the included stylus.When youre using the Safari browser, for instance, you typically get thumbnails of individual tabs for easy switching between websites.This can be useful for basic tasks such as opening apps, moving the cursor to the search bar and rebooting the machine.WHAT ELSEThe MacBook Pro has a larger trackpad and is lighter and thinner than previous models, thanks in part to shorter keys that dont feel awkward.