Honor 8 VS iPhone 7 Plus: bokeh mode dual camera duel

The end of the year is usually mid-range, and of course, there are no big surprises outside of iOS, which is always presented at the same time as new Apple devices. at the end of the year.

Last night was Apple’s keynote introducing us to the iPhone 7 and also the iPhone 7 Plus with a dual 12-megapixel photo sensor as a notable feature. However, its features quickly reminded us of the youngest Android.

Huawei P9 of course, but also Honor 8. iPhone 7 Plus with dual 12 MP photo sensors with bokeh mode retails for €909, but can Honor’s latest €399 price stand shoulder to shoulder with it? We will see that right away.

Comparative technical sheets of iPhone 7 Plus and Honor 8

On paper, the innocent tend to believe that the largest number necessarily equals the best. And facing the quad core of the iPhone 7 Plus, the Honor 8 surely does better with the octa-core Kirin 950.

But as you know, this is not the case if you are used to following the smartphone universe: With its closed system, Apple can optimize as it sees fit its chips to draw all the power from it and the iOS system is also less energy intensive. As a result, it can pair well with or even surpass the Kirin 950 like the Snapdragon 820.

This is also a quality that we find ironically in Honor and Huawei phones, the manufacturer is at the root of these chips and knows it perfectly. optimize your skins and Android system. It’s a quality we underlined in our Honor 8 and Honor 7 test before it.

Therefore, the decision will be made when the iPhone 7 Plus is released and can be thoroughly tested… However, if its optimization is equal to that of the American manufacturer, the largest number of games can benefit Honor in this regard.

More colorful screens than ever before

Apple highlights an important element of the smartphone it says it has sublimated with a thousand lights: its display, which highlights a wider color gamut with scientific words like “wide color gamut” and “true tone display.” measured by DCI-P3Superior to sRGB.

A truly excellent screen, skipping the technical details, there’s no doubt about it. A simple test to determine this is the one designed by Apple itself: this red/orange square that will appear full depending on the color spectrum width of your screen, or will show a logo in its center.

Warning: If you download it, compression will make the image appear no matter what, rendering the test useless. The priority is the web screen.

Proof that iPhones have a great display? Clearly. So what happens if we look at this frame from the screen of Honor 8? Surprise, the logo looks good in the middle of this frame. This is because Honor’s latest version not only respects sRGB 100%, but also respects color space. 96% NTSC.

The NTSC color space was created by the FCC in 1953, but is no longer used by televisions and serves only as a measurement system. DCI-P3 is used since 2007 digital is used in our cinemas, but almost no screen can reproduce it in its entirety.

To give you an idea, when Apple claims to the letter that it’s DCI-P3 compliant (nearly 100% though), it’s 100% NTSC equivalent. DCI-P3 at 82.2%. Not bad for a half price phone, right?

In fact, NTSC covers slightly less red and slightly more green, while DCI-P3 contains more red, less green and slightly more blue. However, the difference really minimalboth offer a really wide color gamut.

Dual 12 MP sensors with different virtues

The iPhone 7 Plus’ dual 12 MP sensors are comparable to that of the LG G5, meaning it uses a wide-angle sensor combined with a telephoto sensor to offer natural 2x zoom. Digital zoom has also been improved, though this is a natural consequence of the telephoto sensor.

Apple has always been ahead on the sensor side because greatly optimizes the photo chip together with the software. However, as stated in the technical data sheet, this is also the case for Honor, which does not hesitate to optimize its system as much as possible.

It will be necessary to decide on the parts, especially since the dual sensor of the Honor 8 has a second sensor, not Telephoto. monochromatic Thanks to its fusion with RGB, it gives a more precise and contrasting image.

Where an argument from Apple evaporated bokeh mode, it will come at the end of the year with just one update. Honor 8 already has this mode with capture preview. It also offers post-shot blur and focus intensity shifting, allowing you to change the subject after you take the shot. Two features that have already been introduced in the Honor 6+ and further improve the quality in this latest model.

What plays more for the apprentice professional photographer? With its hybrid autofocus feature, it is also extremely quick to catch and even in low light conditions it is nearly impossible to achieve an unusable shot.

All in all, the two phones make the same arguments: quality therefore it will be the last ground they will face. But even if the Honor 8 has a lower capture quality than its rivals… it also has one final quality that Apple has never advanced.

Half the price of iPhone 7

The biggest difference in all these points is the price: the Honor 8 retails for €399 at launch, while the iPhone 7 Plus costs €909. Of course it is not the same format, the Plus is next to the phablets with its 5.5 inch screen, but the iPhone 7 does not have dual sensors and continues to be sold at €769.

Not to mention that the looks argument doesn’t hold up: The Honor 8’s design is just as highly rendered this year as it was on the iPhone 7. Apart from that, its dual sensor does not cause an unpleasant protrusion on its back. We find ourselves in a situation similar to comparing it to the Galaxy S7: Water resistance becomes one of the only assets at the top of the range.

Ironically, as in Android circles, IP68 has been around for many years and is even found in mid-range phones. Apart from this argument, we prefer to spend our money on the Honor 8, which has the same features as its iOS rival, even if its performance is lower. And this is in a free system.