Honor View 40 and four other Honor phones certified with the EEC

12 February 2021
A certification outside China means the phone might arrive on the global stage soon.

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  • m5u
  • 13 Feb 2021

No signs of huawei phones.. am sad...

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    • Anonymous
    • 8u1
    • 13 Feb 2021

    RishiGuru, 13 Feb 2021I say, life without Google Services is not all that bad aft... moreAbsolutely agree. This is the best phone that I used so far. Even better than Samsung Note 9 on Snapdragon which I owned for 6 months. Very stable software without lags after 1.5 years. Installed google services though, did it once and all updates works good. Highly recommend. Waiting for Honor products with google services.

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      • Anonymous
      • YQS
      • 13 Feb 2021

      Please launch with EMUI Skin

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        • Sem
        • Aqd
        • 13 Feb 2021

        Bring back the HUAWEI phones the best in the market. It is a shame for costumers that this happend an can happen to XIAOMI

          i0S.-.Never.-.Again, 12 Feb 2021Will this have Play services out of the box?? What about b... moreI say, life without Google Services is not all that bad after all. But I admit you need to make minor compromises.

          I recently switched to a Honor 9X Pro (6/256GB, Global variant) as they were selling very cheap during stock clearance in my country. After the US trade ban, Huawei/ Honor is unable to add GMS and subsequently Google Playstore in their software. Hence 9X Pro is devoid of GMS is solely reliant on Huawei Mobile Services (HMS). I was very skeptical before & during the purchase of 9X Pro how I will be able to use this device as it lacks 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. In my eyes Microsoft is the saving grace on non GMS Android phones.

          Other than the software situation, 9X Pro just obliterates my Poco M2 Pro/ Redmi Note 9 Pro in hardware section, performance & product quality. The M2 Pro (6/128 GB) retails for ₹16K in my country while 9X Pro (6/256 GB) comes for ₹14K. You also get 10% card discounts over them, time to time, bringing the price down to ₹12.75K ($170/€156) in case of 9X Pro.

          So on 9X Pro I do not get GMS, but the software is rock stable. Everything works as planned. The overall experience of using Huawei's EMUI on Android 9 is superior to Xiaomi's MIUI running on Android 10. Strange but true. EMUI have a level of finesse & immediacy in software which I have not found in any other Chinese brands. In the end I love 9X Pro more than my M2 Pro.

          HiSilicon Kirin 810 SoC in 9X Pro is on another level to Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G found in my M2 Pro. Using both phones side my side you will feel the difference in the fluidity of the UI, be it CPU oriented tasks or pure gaming. Gaming is awesome on 9X Pro, just look at the scores.

          AnTuTu (v8) Scores by GSMArena:

          Honor 9X Pro (Kirin 810): 312668
          Realme 7 (Mediatek G95): 292828
          Poco X3 (Snapdragon 732G): 283750
          Redmi Note 9 Pro/ Poco M2 Pro (Snapdragon 720G): 279625
          Poco M3 (Snapdragon 662): 177904

          I underestimated Honor 9X Pro as it came devoid of GMS and thought it will be unusable as I am a Google junkie. However after receiving the phone it took me just 3 days to figure out all the alternatives. It is true GMS is still better than HMS by a huge margin, but Amazon App Store & APKPure saves it and I get 90% of all my apps I need.

          Huawei knew they are going to face a hurricane without Google support, so prepared a double edged sword (Honor 9X Pro) with a level of construction quality, display quality, SoC, performance, storage size unheard in its sub $200 price range. It is a pity that many (previously, me included) did not realize its potential, but those (now, me included) who used it knows how great the phone is. This is why 9X Pro is now my primary device.

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            • thv
            • 13 Feb 2021

            Miss the moments where Honor n Oneplus r compete to be the best flagship killer in the past, very2 tight. Their V series in the past r just phenomenal
            BTW hopefully they will rework the looks of their Magic UI

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              • Anonymous
              • mIm
              • 12 Feb 2021

              Looks like a Samsung. The Chinese at it again...

                I would LOVE to see Honor become a big brand. I think they should make their own software skin and do tons of marketing and they'll be set

                  Will this have Play services out of the box??
                  What about bootloader unlock??

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