WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:01.320 Still a lot to celebrate. 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:03.120 This is a lot of phone for the money 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:05.460 and I'm gonna tell you all about it. 00:00:05.460 --> 00:00:17.200 This video is sponsored by Honor. 00:00:17.200 --> 00:00:20.440 So really, Honor's deal has kind of been the same 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:22.080 ever since the brand launched 00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:26.240 and it's all about sort of more phone for your dollar, 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:28.260 which isn't to say that you like get more phones, 00:00:28.260 --> 00:00:31.120 although, I mean, if it's, you know, 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:33.640 a quarter to a third of the price of a flagship, 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:36.120 I guess you could actually get more phones for your dollar, 00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:37.720 but most people probably wouldn't do that. 00:00:37.720 --> 00:00:39.260 They would just buy one. 00:00:39.260 --> 00:00:41.240 And anyway, I don't know the exact price of this yet. 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:46.240 So I do know the price of the 8X Max, maybe in the yen, 00:00:46.420 --> 00:00:49.540 but how well that translates into US dollars 00:00:49.540 --> 00:00:51.140 is yet to be known. 00:00:51.140 --> 00:00:55.260 So it's probably somewhere in the 250 to 350 US dollars 00:00:55.260 --> 00:00:59.120 range and what you get for your money is looking pretty good 00:00:59.120 --> 00:01:02.100 because especially if you're into the whole phone 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:03.500 as a fashion statement thing, 00:01:03.500 --> 00:01:05.840 with the Honor 10 and with the 8X, 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:07.700 they have put a lot of work 00:01:07.700 --> 00:01:10.300 into making their devices really stand out, 00:01:10.300 --> 00:01:11.440 which is kind of funny 00:01:11.440 --> 00:01:13.440 because you think about how upset Apple was 00:01:13.440 --> 00:01:15.080 all those years ago about, 00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:16.520 oh, everyone's ripping off 00:01:16.520 --> 00:01:21.400 the plain black rectangle visual design of the iPhone. 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:25.560 And then now, you know, whether it's red or blue or, 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:29.140 you know, kind of iridescent colors or whatever it is, 00:01:29.140 --> 00:01:30.800 phone manufacturers are going out of their way 00:01:30.800 --> 00:01:34.420 to not look like a plain black rectangle. 00:01:34.420 --> 00:01:36.900 But viewers of this channel are probably less concerned 00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:37.700 with what it looks like 00:01:37.700 --> 00:01:39.900 on the outside and more concerned 00:01:39.900 --> 00:01:41.660 with what's going on on the inside. 00:01:41.660 --> 00:01:43.440 First, though, I should probably mention 00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:47.020 the AI camera from the Honor 10 is back. 00:01:47.020 --> 00:01:51.360 So even though this uses a lower spec Kirin processor, 00:01:51.360 --> 00:01:52.680 the AI functionality, 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:55.020 which is to say the intelligent battery saving 00:01:55.020 --> 00:01:57.360 and object recognition, 00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:01.080 so whether it's a landscape or an animal, person, food, 00:02:01.080 --> 00:02:03.280 whatever the case may be, that is back. 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:05.500 So they'll be trying to optimize the image based on that. 00:02:05.500 --> 00:02:07.340 We've got a rear fingerprint sensor. 00:02:07.700 --> 00:02:09.660 Then back around to the front. 00:02:09.660 --> 00:02:13.580 So what's kind of cool about this particular processor, 00:02:13.580 --> 00:02:16.460 so this is the Kirin 710, 00:02:16.460 --> 00:02:21.300 is that it actually uses almost the same CPU cores 00:02:21.300 --> 00:02:23.200 as the 970. 00:02:23.200 --> 00:02:25.480 So it's still got an octa-core processor 00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:28.500 with four stronger ones and four weaker ones, 00:02:28.500 --> 00:02:32.320 but it does have a downgraded GPU. 00:02:32.320 --> 00:02:36.520 So how much that translates to actual performance, though, 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:37.520 I mean, hey. 00:02:37.700 --> 00:02:40.740 What's better than just firing up an actual game 00:02:40.740 --> 00:02:41.680 and seeing how it runs? 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:46.580 So I'm gonna whip up PUBG here and see how that goes. 00:02:46.580 --> 00:02:47.740 The way that I see it, 00:02:47.740 --> 00:02:49.840 your player should always be naked 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:53.220 because it is the mark of how well you're doing in the match, 00:02:53.220 --> 00:02:55.620 how much good gear you can steal from other people. 00:02:55.620 --> 00:02:59.360 I'm actually so glad that the trend to, 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:01.340 if you have to have bottom firing speakers, 00:03:01.340 --> 00:03:02.740 instead of having it on this side, 00:03:02.740 --> 00:03:04.380 where you're much more likely to be cupping it 00:03:04.380 --> 00:03:05.980 with your palm, 00:03:05.980 --> 00:03:07.660 I'm glad that the trend is to put 00:03:07.660 --> 00:03:08.500 them on this side now. 00:03:08.500 --> 00:03:09.380 Oh, speaking of which, 00:03:09.380 --> 00:03:10.320 there's a headphone jack, 00:03:10.320 --> 00:03:11.780 if you're into that sort of thing. 00:03:11.780 --> 00:03:14.420 It uses micro USB for charging, 00:03:14.420 --> 00:03:17.040 and then there's a bottom-mounted speaker there. 00:03:17.040 --> 00:03:19.120 Oh, I think there's someone to fight up here. 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:20.800 Oh, this sucks. 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:22.420 So I'm in the red zone. 00:03:22.420 --> 00:03:24.730 Oh, is someone shooting at me? 00:03:24.730 --> 00:03:26.910 Oh, dang it. 00:03:26.910 --> 00:03:28.650 Where's this loser? 00:03:28.650 --> 00:03:30.720 Why not kill me? 00:03:30.720 --> 00:03:32.970 Did I get him? 00:03:32.970 --> 00:03:34.050 I wanna run this guy down. 00:03:34.050 --> 00:03:40.970 Where he at? 00:03:40.970 --> 00:03:42.250 It's actually pretty loud. 00:03:42.250 --> 00:03:44.790 Oh, I was heavily injured by bombs. 00:03:44.790 --> 00:03:47.100 Oh, I'm still... 00:03:47.100 --> 00:03:47.940 Why do I... 00:03:47.940 --> 00:03:49.860 Whoa, why is it all that green gas 00:03:49.860 --> 00:03:51.560 that comes out when I die? 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:55.740 So while gaming isn't necessarily a focus for this device, 00:03:55.740 --> 00:03:57.980 it didn't get crazy warm, 00:03:57.980 --> 00:03:59.620 and it was playable, 00:03:59.620 --> 00:04:02.060 even if not the smoothest frame rates. 00:04:02.060 --> 00:04:04.860 So not a bad showing for something 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:07.300 that's really more about beefy CPU, 00:04:07.300 --> 00:04:09.060 and less about GPU. 00:04:09.060 --> 00:04:11.800 Also, expansion options are a nice touch here. 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:12.760 Check this out. 00:04:12.760 --> 00:04:15.080 So we've got micro SD expansion, 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:16.600 which Honor says is good 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:19.540 for up to 400 gigs and two SIMs. 00:04:19.540 --> 00:04:21.880 And unlike some other devices out there, 00:04:21.880 --> 00:04:23.440 none of them are combo slots. 00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:27.200 So you can install all of those things at the same time. 00:04:27.200 --> 00:04:29.280 So I'm going to throw my SIM 00:04:29.280 --> 00:04:32.620 and my 512 gig micro SD in here. 00:04:32.620 --> 00:04:34.760 512 gigs, it's only rated to 400, 00:04:34.760 --> 00:04:36.540 but yeah, we'll see what happens. 00:04:36.540 --> 00:04:37.840 Oh, I was worried there. 00:04:37.840 --> 00:04:41.260 It said unsupported SD card on the notification. 00:04:41.260 --> 00:04:42.860 Check that out. 00:04:42.860 --> 00:04:47.260 But then you just have to format it. 00:04:47.260 --> 00:04:48.760 Hopefully there's nothing important on it. 00:04:48.760 --> 00:04:51.300 So even though the official support is only 400 gigs, 00:04:51.300 --> 00:04:56.300 once again, our 512 gig card is supported. 00:04:57.630 --> 00:04:59.990 Dang, so you can change the default location, 00:04:59.990 --> 00:05:02.910 internal storage is currently blah, blah, blah, et cetera. 00:05:02.910 --> 00:05:04.150 All requires a restart, 00:05:04.150 --> 00:05:06.350 but you can actually change the default storage location 00:05:06.350 --> 00:05:07.230 to your SD card. 00:05:07.230 --> 00:05:08.430 That's pretty cool. 00:05:08.430 --> 00:05:09.770 Probably not necessary, 00:05:09.770 --> 00:05:12.870 since it comes in either 64 gigs or 128 gigs, 00:05:12.870 --> 00:05:14.850 but it's nice to have the option 00:05:14.850 --> 00:05:16.230 if you're a total data hoarder. 00:05:16.230 --> 00:05:19.360 So now the next thing I wanna see 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:24.240 is their face unlock uses AI now, apparently, 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:28.460 to adapt for changing conditions, to lighting, 00:05:28.460 --> 00:05:30.640 changes to kind of the face you're making. 00:05:30.640 --> 00:05:34.200 So what I wanna do is see if we can throw it 00:05:34.200 --> 00:05:35.540 for a bit of a loop here. 00:05:35.540 --> 00:05:39.560 So under normal conditions, 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:41.650 okay, that was pretty quick. 00:05:41.650 --> 00:05:44.550 You can tell from the lock at the top here. 00:05:44.550 --> 00:05:47.480 Okay, yep, cool. 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:49.360 Now, why don't we do this? 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:51.280 Why don't we like kill one of the lights 00:05:51.280 --> 00:05:52.940 or a couple of the lights, actually? 00:05:52.940 --> 00:05:55.990 Let's go ahead and boom, unlock. 00:05:55.990 --> 00:05:58.650 Okay, no problem. 00:05:58.650 --> 00:05:59.550 So you can see it. 00:05:59.550 --> 00:06:00.390 Oh, nevermind. 00:06:00.390 --> 00:06:01.710 I was gonna say it takes a little longer, 00:06:01.710 --> 00:06:03.030 but it didn't on that one. 00:06:03.030 --> 00:06:10.570 Okay, now it's time to start making some faces. 00:06:10.570 --> 00:06:11.470 Got it. 00:06:17.850 --> 00:06:22.490 Took it a little bit that time. 00:06:22.490 --> 00:06:24.520 Ah, got that one pretty easily. 00:06:24.520 --> 00:06:27.320 Not bad, actually. 00:06:27.320 --> 00:06:30.620 Now, of course, facial recognition is less secure 00:06:30.620 --> 00:06:32.800 than some other, I don't know, 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:35.100 unlock methods, including a fingerprint scanner, 00:06:35.100 --> 00:06:37.200 but it does have one of those as well. 00:06:37.200 --> 00:06:38.760 Something I'd like to see, actually, 00:06:38.760 --> 00:06:40.140 if anyone from Honor's watching, 00:06:40.140 --> 00:06:42.760 is a combo one, like a multi-factor. 00:06:42.760 --> 00:06:45.000 So face scan and fingerprint scan, 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:45.980 it would be harder to defeat 00:06:45.980 --> 00:06:48.280 if you had to pass both of them at the same time. 00:06:48.280 --> 00:06:49.640 So one of the other key features 00:06:49.640 --> 00:06:52.900 they're really touting for this thing is the AI camera. 00:06:52.900 --> 00:06:54.400 And one thing stood out to me, 00:06:54.400 --> 00:06:57.860 and that's that apparently they're using multiple shots 00:06:57.860 --> 00:07:01.520 and their artificial intelligence engine inside 00:07:01.520 --> 00:07:02.880 in order to sharpen, 00:07:02.880 --> 00:07:04.980 and stabilize low light shots. 00:07:04.980 --> 00:07:06.460 So as you guys can see, 00:07:06.460 --> 00:07:09.120 we're in a fairly dim area of the set. 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:12.240 So we've got most of the lights off for the WAN Show. 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:17.860 And you can see it's actually taking more shots. 00:07:17.860 --> 00:07:19.000 That's why that message comes up. 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:22.240 It's taking more shots after you take your initial picture 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:24.660 in order to try and sharpen it. 00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:25.600 Here's an interesting thing. 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:27.820 So here's an iPhone XS Max for comparison. 00:07:27.820 --> 00:07:28.640 Of course, remember, 00:07:28.640 --> 00:07:31.680 this costs three to four times as much or whatever. 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:33.980 But it does manage to retain more sharpness 00:07:33.980 --> 00:07:34.820 in the image overall. 00:07:34.820 --> 00:07:37.720 And I'd say the color is closer to true life than this. 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:41.200 This goes for more of like a vibrant poppy look. 00:07:41.200 --> 00:07:44.160 But there's certain elements like that hive text, 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:45.240 for example, 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:47.420 that still managed to come through really well 00:07:47.420 --> 00:07:48.480 on this camera. 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:52.120 So the Razer logo actually has more separation 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:55.900 on the 8X than it does on the iPhone XS. 00:07:55.900 --> 00:07:57.140 See that? 00:07:57.140 --> 00:07:59.000 Object and scene recognition is back. 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.240 So it identified that it's overcast 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:02.860 and optimized the conditions for that. 00:08:02.860 --> 00:08:04.100 You can see the sky still has 00:08:04.100 --> 00:08:05.180 some blue in it. 00:08:05.180 --> 00:08:06.560 Maybe more than is actually there, 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:08.320 but it all depends on what you're after. 00:08:08.320 --> 00:08:10.500 And then also that we're taking a picture of a car. 00:08:10.500 --> 00:08:12.180 And you know, I'm actually curious. 00:08:12.180 --> 00:08:14.320 Do you think it'll recognize my car as a car? 00:08:14.320 --> 00:08:15.600 Hold on, I'm gonna blank it out. 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:17.600 And then let's see. 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:20.080 Does it still know that that mess is a car? 00:08:20.080 --> 00:08:24.070 Oh, rip. 00:08:24.070 --> 00:08:25.940 Come on, baby. 00:08:25.940 --> 00:08:29.780 It's like, no, no, this is not a vehicle. 00:08:29.780 --> 00:08:32.010 Nobody should drive this. 00:08:32.010 --> 00:08:32.950 Ouch. 00:08:32.950 --> 00:08:36.180 Every, I was testing this before we turned on the camera. 00:08:36.400 --> 00:08:37.900 There's like other cars behind. 00:08:37.900 --> 00:08:39.680 So see, check this out. 00:08:39.680 --> 00:08:42.670 New car, car. 00:08:42.670 --> 00:08:47.860 Pella's car, also car. 00:08:47.860 --> 00:08:49.680 See, Pella's car, also car. 00:08:49.680 --> 00:08:51.240 Dennis's car. 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:54.430 Hold on, let's blank it out. 00:08:54.430 --> 00:08:55.530 It's not a car. 00:08:55.530 --> 00:09:02.810 But that, that's a car. 00:09:02.810 --> 00:09:05.310 Drove that thing for years, okay? 00:09:05.310 --> 00:09:08.490 So one of the big things that honors touting with this phone 00:09:08.490 --> 00:09:12.510 is how close the 19 and a half by nine aspect ratio is 00:09:12.510 --> 00:09:14.090 to a cinematic 21 by nine aspect ratio. 00:09:14.090 --> 00:09:14.890 It's like, wow. 00:09:14.890 --> 00:09:18.670 So you do still end up with black bars, 00:09:18.670 --> 00:09:23.150 but not nearly as big as you'd otherwise be dealing with. 00:09:23.150 --> 00:09:24.590 And yes, I'm one of those freaks 00:09:24.590 --> 00:09:27.090 who watches with subtitles on, whatever. 00:09:27.090 --> 00:09:28.210 There's another really cool thing. 00:09:28.210 --> 00:09:29.710 I don't remember exactly how they're doing it, 00:09:29.710 --> 00:09:32.730 but you can see they're actually not that far off 00:09:32.730 --> 00:09:35.710 Apple's chin bar, even though they can't yet. 00:09:35.710 --> 00:09:38.210 I don't remember if it's a patent or an exclusive. 00:09:38.210 --> 00:09:39.650 They can't yet use the same tech 00:09:39.650 --> 00:09:43.580 that Apple's using in the 10 and the 10S. 00:09:43.580 --> 00:09:45.540 So you end up with very little bezel to speak of. 00:09:45.540 --> 00:09:49.400 And you're watching cinematic content. 00:09:49.400 --> 00:09:51.800 So really there's no surprises with the 8X, 00:09:51.800 --> 00:09:56.320 but that's not necessarily a terrible thing. 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:59.240 So what you're getting is a whole lot of phone for the dollar. 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:02.780 So it's got four gigs RAM, 3750 milliamp hour battery, 00:10:02.780 --> 00:10:05.760 which with their power optimization from my experience 00:10:05.760 --> 00:10:08.320 should give you a heck of a lot of battery life. 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:10.560 And of course, strong CPU, 00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:12.480 even if it's kind of a middling GPU 00:10:13.490 --> 00:10:15.790 and all for a very reasonable price. 00:10:15.790 --> 00:10:18.390 Thanks to Honor for not only sponsoring this video, 00:10:18.390 --> 00:10:22.830 but also giving away two Honor phones to two lucky winners 00:10:22.830 --> 00:10:25.350 in the hashtag cheer for Honor 8X giveaway. 00:10:25.350 --> 00:10:27.550 So just post what you love about the Honor 8X 00:10:27.550 --> 00:10:29.090 to Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram 00:10:29.090 --> 00:10:30.970 using hashtag cheer for Honor 8X, 00:10:30.970 --> 00:10:32.530 and they'll select two lucky winners 00:10:32.530 --> 00:10:35.020 to get a brand new Honor phone. 00:10:35.020 --> 00:10:35.980 So that's pretty much it. 00:10:35.980 --> 00:10:38.300 Thank you to Honor for sponsoring this video 00:10:38.300 --> 00:10:39.640 on the Honor 8X. 00:10:39.640 --> 00:10:41.440 Guys, if you hated this video, 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.120 you can go ahead and hit that dislike button. 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:45.040 But if you liked it, hit like, get subscribed, 00:10:45.040 --> 00:10:45.920 or maybe consider checking out 00:10:45.920 --> 00:10:48.180 where to buy the stuff we featured at the links below. 00:10:48.180 --> 00:10:49.360 Also down there is our merch store, 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:51.120 which has cool shirts like this one 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:54.020 and our community forum, which you should definitely join.