Huawei Honor 8 Latest News & Update: Available For Purchase In United States, One Of The Best Phones Under $400?

Huawei Honor 8 is now available for purchase in the United States making it the latest model for a smartphone that has great features and is under $400. However, the only color of the model available now in the market is white.

The Chinese phone was officially announced by Huawei to be available in the U.S. market last week. The exact price of the phone is $399.99 and those who will register in the website of Huawei will get a $50 coupon. The other colors that are available are black, blue, gold, and pink, GSM Arena reported.

The Huawei Honor 8 is the latest of the line of phones that have been offered at an affordable price. The model comes after the budget-friendly iPhone SE was released along with the other brands like OnePlus 3, ZTE Axon 7. Huawei Honor 8 is not locked so it could work with GSM carriers such as T-Mobile and AT&T, Business Insider reported.

The advantages of Huawei Honor 8 are the physical features, the fingerprint scanner, its display and its speed. Many are saying that Huawei Honor 8 have rounded edges, dotted speaker grill, and has a mix of aluminum and glass, which is not that normal as compared to the Samsung and Apple brands. It also has the right weight as it is not too heavy or too light.

For the fingerprint scanner, it is said to be very fast. Owners of the Huawei Honor 8 could locate it at the top of the back of the phone. It could open different apps via one press, a double press, and a long press. It could also double as a way to take photos instead of the usual onscreen button. The display is also highly-praised as it as a 5.2-inch and 1080 IPS panel.

Regarding the speed of Huawei Honor 8, it is equipped with Huawei's own HiSilicon Kirin 950 chip and 4GB of RAM. The camera is also one of the hottest features of Huawei Honor 8 as there are two 12-megapixel cameras.

The $399.99 Huawei Honor 8 has a 32GB memory but if a customer wants a bigger memory, one could pay $50 more for the 64GB version of the phone. A microSD slot is also a feature of Huawei Honor 8 so it could have an expanded memory of up to 256GB more.

The battery life of Huawei Honor 8 is also a great feature of the phone as it has 3,000 mAh battery pack.

Huawei Honor 8 is also available in other countries like Europe, Russia, and the Middle East.