Huawei P8 & P8 Lite - Reviews, tips & tricks

[RichardG]

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What's the hype about this phone. If it was the dad I could understand, had to explain to my friend that's the baby.

 

[AirWolf]

What's the hype about this phone. If it was the dad I could understand, had to explain to my friend that's the baby.

Price is king .

 

[PsYTraNc3]

Game is selling the p8lite for R2899
1 day after the sale started, all stores in CPT were sold out

 

[vwdude]

Samsung is going to lose marketshare in the budget to midrange.

The only competition to the P8 lite is the Samsung J5(takealot).The amoled screen is
better on the Samsung but Huawei is getting the basic specs right. Conventional OEMS are still using 8gb internal and 1 gb ram, while the Chinese are designing attractive and well speced midrange devices. The only thing I hate about Huawei is the lack of updates, the P8 lite will be lucky to see 1 update from Huawei.

 

[vwdude]

The black border around the white p8 lite annoys me.it looks better in black.

 

[AirWolf]

The black border around the white p8 lite annoys me.it looks better in black.

I have the white P8 and it doesn't have a black border.

Edit: Do you mean on the screen? I never even noticed before today.

 

[vwdude]

I have the white P8 and it doesn't have a black border.

Edit: Do you mean on the screen? I never even noticed before today.

Yea i meant on the screen.

 

[vwdude]

Have any of you guys tried 1 of these aluminium style covers and do you like it?
http://raru.co.za/imports/us/produc...ascend-p8-blue?match=B011AZQCFK&Color=Silvery

 

[AirWolf]

Nope, I don't use covers.

Still trying to find a local supplier for the Touchplus. Those are like unicorns or flying pigs.

 

[Fleming]

Nope, I don't use covers.

Still trying to find a local supplier for the Touchplus. Those are like unicorns or flying pigs.

Please let us know if you find one. Also been looking.

I don't understand why they don't include it with the phone.

 

[vwdude]

Nope, I don't use covers.

Still trying to find a local supplier for the Touchplus. Those are like unicorns or flying pigs.

Try ebay, aliexpress or amazon.

 

[vwdude]

Nope, I don't use covers.

Still trying to find a local supplier for the Touchplus. Those are like unicorns or flying pigs.

Are you refering to this :http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free...otection-Tempered-glass-Film/32338301336.html

 

[AirWolf]

Are you refering to this :http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free...otection-Tempered-glass-Film/32338301336.html

Yep, that's the one. With the rand situation, that will come out at ~ R700.

 

[BigBear]

Pics : https://drive.google.com/folderview...5aTzVYN3dSZUc1a2pORWx0Tm52QU5MVHc&usp=sharing

So far so good ,need to go and check if I can find a cover for it.

Screen protector pre-installed.

Does it come with back cover as well ?

 

[AirWolf]

Does it come with back cover as well ?

No, it does not.

 

[Raithlin]

Re touchplus - the v170 firmware update removes touchplus, enabling doubletap to wake instead.

 

[AirWolf]

Re touchplus - the v170 firmware update removes touchplus, enabling doubletap to wake instead.

Link?

 

[Raithlin]

Link?

To the firmware, or change log? Found it on xda for a friend, can personally attest to the results. Much more stable though.

 

[AirWolf]

To the firmware, or change log? Found it on xda for a friend, can personally attest to the results. Much more stable though.

Both.

 

[Raithlin]

Firmware thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-huawei-p8-t3140838
International version is (GRA-L09).

I did find this thread, which attempts to bring back TouchPlus... http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/b170-touchplus-t3177692