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I use a Huawei - it takes surprisingly great photos and is generally well made. Some annoying software pop-ups, though. I guess the worst part is that I feel th

I use a Huawei - it takes surprisingly great photos and is generally well made. Some annoying software pop-ups, though. I guess the worst part is that I feel the need to loudly state that "I support the actions of the Chinese government" on a regular basis, just to be safe.

euix 7y ago
Huawei is just like Apple in my mind. An overly expensive premium phone with bells and whistles I don't need. I had a ZTE for many years that is finally bricking. After this I will probably get some $100 phone from one of those millions of unknown Shenzhen OEMs, UMIDIGI or something.
- esquire_900 7y ago
  Depends which one you buy I guess? I bought an Huawei Y7 2019 a year or so ago which is surprisingly good, around 160 euro's.
- ChrisSD 7y ago
  Huawei have long done good phones in the roughly £100 to £200 range. They tend to be arguably the best hardware for their price. But as mentioned, the software isn't perfect so you'll either need to put up with some annoyances or be willing to hack around it.
  - jandrese 7y ago
    How is the Cyanogen/LineageOS coverage on Huawei? It seems like if you want updates after a couple of years you'd best make sure your phone isn't locked out from aftermarket ROMs.
    - yorwba 7y ago
      LineageOS supports 5 different Huawei devices: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#huawei https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#huawei The last time I bought a phone, I consulted that list first and compared all recent entries without fixating on a specific manufacturer. I ended up with a Xiaomi Mi A1 that's been holding up well so far and already went through one major Android update without problem.
manishsharan 7y ago
I got a P30 PRO recently. The battery life is so good -- I get almost 2 days even with constantlye being on Twitter and Whatsapp.
charles_f 7y ago
> I feel the need to loudly state that "I support the actions of the Chinese government" on a regular basis, just to be safe. Have you noticed that the battery was going up when you do that?
baybal2 7y ago
I have Maimang 5. I replaced the battery 2 times already, and did one screen replacement along with the usb connector. I think, I am about to replace the loudspeaker soon too. The thing just keeps breaking. Huawei does very well in a niche of quite pricey mid-range phones without anything special. The quality is as you see, quite average. The screen and loudspeaker died from improper sealing, batteries died to safety triggering both times. At least they come with sound mechanical engineering. Why I bought it? It's still the best option if you want to buy a moderately well built phone, but don't want to go for a "superphone."

euix 7y ago

Huawei is just like Apple in my mind. An overly expensive premium phone with bells and whistles I don't need. I had a ZTE for many years that is finally bricking. After this I will probably get some $100 phone from one of those millions of unknown Shenzhen OEMs, UMIDIGI or something.

esquire_900 7y ago
Depends which one you buy I guess? I bought an Huawei Y7 2019 a year or so ago which is surprisingly good, around 160 euro's.
ChrisSD 7y ago
Huawei have long done good phones in the roughly £100 to £200 range. They tend to be arguably the best hardware for their price. But as mentioned, the software isn't perfect so you'll either need to put up with some annoyances or be willing to hack around it.
- jandrese 7y ago
  How is the Cyanogen/LineageOS coverage on Huawei? It seems like if you want updates after a couple of years you'd best make sure your phone isn't locked out from aftermarket ROMs.
  - yorwba 7y ago
    LineageOS supports 5 different Huawei devices: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#huawei https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#huawei The last time I bought a phone, I consulted that list first and compared all recent entries without fixating on a specific manufacturer. I ended up with a Xiaomi Mi A1 that's been holding up well so far and already went through one major Android update without problem.

manishsharan 7y ago

I got a P30 PRO recently. The battery life is so good -- I get almost 2 days even with constantlye being on Twitter and Whatsapp.

charles_f 7y ago

> I feel the need to loudly state that "I support the actions of the Chinese government" on a regular basis, just to be safe. Have you noticed that the battery was going up when you do that?

baybal2 7y ago

I have Maimang 5. I replaced the battery 2 times already, and did one screen replacement along with the usb connector. I think, I am about to replace the loudspeaker soon too. The thing just keeps breaking. Huawei does very well in a niche of quite pricey mid-range phones without anything special. The quality is as you see, quite average. The screen and loudspeaker died from improper sealing, batteries died to safety triggering both times. At least they come with sound mechanical engineering. Why I bought it? It's still the best option if you want to buy a moderately well built phone, but don't want to go for a "superphone."