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Honor is working on a new line of smartphones with Google Services Comments

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X23543
  • XiaomiSamsungHuawei
  • fvT
  • 19 Jan 2021

I think that they should make a new software skin that looks like stock android. That'll get them attention

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  • YUKI93
  • KZK
  • 19 Jan 2021

I'm not sure if this is good news or not considering that Honor is still a Chinese company. So even if the presence of Google Services is good news, I might think this could be a short-term joy. History might repeat again but hey... I could be wrong.

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  • Anonymous
  • 6TT
  • 19 Jan 2021

all I am hoping now is a new OS that is accepted globally, aside from Android and iOS.

Even if honor has google services, if someone decided to ban it.
everything will be back to square one.

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  • Anonymous
  • 6p{
  • 19 Jan 2021

Hawaue Y9 camera is not good working for selfie and videos why?

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  • RishiGuru
  • utg
  • 19 Jan 2021

wbpwns, 19 Jan 2021Anyone know if it will still give android 10 to Honor note 10? With or without gms? After using my Honor 9X Pro for a month, it seems using an Android phone without Google Playstore is not that bad after all. Previously I was so heavily reliant on Google eco-system, I could not think of using a phone without my absolute necessary apps like Gmail, Chrome & Keep all made by Google. A month back I got hold of a Honor 9X Pro (6/256 GB, Global variant), as they were selling dirt cheap in India @INR 12.75K ($170/€156) for stock clearance.

This is the first time I used a phone devoid of Google Mobile Services (GMS) as 9X Pro is solely reliant on Huawei Mobile Services (HMS). Hence no Google Playstore in this Honor. After using the phone for three weeks without GMS, now I can safely say I can live with it. Inbuilt Huawei AppGallery and authentic Amazon AppStore fulfills 70% of my app needs in this phone. For the rest 30% I get it from ApkPure app store. In this phone I have completely switched to Microsoft Cloud based eco-system. I trust it. Believe me when I say Microsoft eco system is damn good on Android. Just never used it before as I was so accustomed to the Google ecosystem on Android.

I changed from:
a) Google Gmail -> Microsoft Outlook
b) Google Chrome -> Microsoft Edge
c) Google Keep -> Microsoft OneNote
d) Google Docs, Sheet, Slides -> Microsoft Office

The Edge browser particularly impressed me. I can safely say it has reached to the level of Chrome, maybe just 2% behind. Everything is as snappy as Chrome but with more added features like Collections tab which I love. In my Windows PC, I synced all my Chrome bookmarks & history to Edge on a second and voila, it is now available on the Edge browser of my PC as well as to Honor 9X Pro thanks to similar cloud based eco-system like Google. In my eyes Microsoft is the saving grace on non GMS Android phones.

Apart from software without GMS, Honor 9X Pro is a great phone for its price. Thanks to my friends, I was able to directly compare it with Poco X2/ Redmi K30, Realme 7, Poco X3 & even Poco M2 Pro/ Redmi Note 9 Pro.

Everything considered, in my eyes only two phones stands out, the X2 & 9X Pro. X2 have better cameras front & rear and GMS. For everything else 9X Pro is better. And that HiSilicon Kirin 810 is a mid-range beast, pumping out Snapdragon 845 grade performance. Now I know the strength of Huawei backing Honor. It is to be seen how the company performs independently.

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S43522388
  • Shui8
  • KZK
  • 19 Jan 2021

Honor got nothing to do with Huawei anymore, give them all license available!

A year later - Honor become top 3 smartphone manufacturer

US - Ban them! Its a National Security concern!

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S43522388
  • Shui8
  • KZK
  • 19 Jan 2021

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B882309
  • Berserker
  • MSE
  • 19 Jan 2021

Plot twist :honor is gonna get all Google licences and will turn into ODM manufacturer for huawei😄

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  • Anonymous
  • y6V
  • 19 Jan 2021

well it's pretty good honor has some phones with gms. UwU

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A1803370
  • Aierlan
  • KhH
  • 19 Jan 2021

Anonymous, 19 Jan 2021These guys are dead. Honestly they don´t stand a chance to the likes of Realme, or Xiaomi etc...They have a chance alright but it will be difficult. All the major offline retailers in China have a stake in the new Honor so they have good distribution channels. The difficulty is though whether they'll be able to make as good phones without Huawei's backing and also not sharing parts with Huawei means smaller parts orders and higher costs

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p10450
  • pesches132
  • sxr
  • 19 Jan 2021

Lets be real, they were only good because they are the cheaper huawei option and basically hand-me-down like oneplus-bbk. I don't think they can beat realme and oneplus without huawei tech and R&D.

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  • Anonymous
  • vG@
  • 19 Jan 2021

Anonymous, 19 Jan 2021These guys are dead. Honestly they don´t stand a chance to the likes of Realme, or Xiaomi etc...Honor wil need to do a complete rebrand

Which includes

Logo change.

All new UI focus on more updates.

Improvement to design language and not just plain Huawei design.

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R307
  • REMBO569
  • ntV
  • 19 Jan 2021

Oh hello huawei xD

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w40375
  • wbpwns
  • uSW
  • 19 Jan 2021

Anyone know if it will still give android 10 to Honor note 10? With or without gms?

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  • Anonymous
  • p37
  • 19 Jan 2021

These guys are dead. Honestly they don´t stand a chance to the likes of Realme, or Xiaomi etc...

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  • Whackcar
  • 6QC
  • 19 Jan 2021

Good. If Honor can deliver the quality products we expect from it, then they'll flourish.

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