Well I ended up biting the bullet and going all out on the Honor 8X due to a well known high street store having a weekend discount on it... so far really liking it, despite initially still being unsure about it the overall size but it's hardly any bigger than my OP5T, if anything about 3mm taller but also around 3mm slimmer along the sides which helps even more for one hand use. The only noticeable difference is the bigger screen / smaller bezels but I have seem to of adapted to it pretty much straight away - going back to my OP5T when copying data over onto the new device strangely didn't seem right / outdated due to the bigger bezels along the top & bottom.
EMUI has improved a lot now when compared to when I last used it on a Mate 10 Pro I briefly owned just over a year ago - seems cleaner, smoother, closer to the stock android feel, less complicated settings to work around and a lot less buggy. This was why I returned the Mate 10 Pro previously. The 8X hasn't shown any signs of lagging yet, even when porting data across & restoring apps. So far - very impressed, all ready to go only after a couple of hours of setting everything up.
I did very nearly go for the Honor 10 Lite but the place I was shopping at literally sold out of all the versions this morning (it appears the 3GB RAM variant is only available in the UK, as opposed the 8X having 4GB - this was another concern about the 10 Lite), I wanted to stick to this place of purchase either way as I've got a 30 day window for return... I could have opted for CPW instead but from past experience they prove to be tricky when it comes to returns (a few years ago it was a 14 day return window for online orders only?).
Will give the 8X a good run for it's money and put it through it's paces to ensure I am definitely happy with it for the next few days, if by chance I am not then I'll return it in favour for the 10 Lite.
Liam.
EMUI has improved a lot now when compared to when I last used it on a Mate 10 Pro I briefly owned just over a year ago - seems cleaner, smoother, closer to the stock android feel, less complicated settings to work around and a lot less buggy. This was why I returned the Mate 10 Pro previously. The 8X hasn't shown any signs of lagging yet, even when porting data across & restoring apps. So far - very impressed, all ready to go only after a couple of hours of setting everything up.
I did very nearly go for the Honor 10 Lite but the place I was shopping at literally sold out of all the versions this morning (it appears the 3GB RAM variant is only available in the UK, as opposed the 8X having 4GB - this was another concern about the 10 Lite), I wanted to stick to this place of purchase either way as I've got a 30 day window for return... I could have opted for CPW instead but from past experience they prove to be tricky when it comes to returns (a few years ago it was a 14 day return window for online orders only?).
Will give the 8X a good run for it's money and put it through it's paces to ensure I am definitely happy with it for the next few days, if by chance I am not then I'll return it in favour for the 10 Lite.
Liam.
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