We’ve recently attended the official announcement of the Huawei U8860 (Honor) and been dazzled by its features and most importantly its price. So we had an idea to compare Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus which is in the same price range as the Honor to give you guys an insight on which phone will give you more bang for your buck.
Our basis for this comparison is the suggested retail price: the Huawei Honor retails for Php13,999 while the Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus retails for Php13,990.
Specs-wise, the Huawei Honor clearly has an advantage over Galaxy Ace Plus. The only good thing going for the latter is its Bluetooth 3.0 support that is not much of an advantage either.
Software-wise, the Ace Plus offers the usual TouchWiz UI while Honor offers a pre-installed cloud storage app that give users up to 160GB of free additional memory.
As mentioned on our Huawei Honor preview, the team is committed to bring ICS to their handset within the second quarter of the year. Not the same can be said for the Ace Plus. Regardless of the authenticity, I think that both of these handsets can run on ICS with a little bit tweaking and some painstaking effort from developers/hackers.
Summary
Basing from the specs alone, this is a lop-sided match for the Huawei Honor. But one thing that I think the Galaxy Ace Plus have edge over the Honor is the brand. Huawei, being a fairly new company in the smart phone world, will have a bit of a struggle breaking in to the Philippine market unlike Samsung. We’d like to know your thoughts about this.
Samsung is in waaay over their heads this time. The Galaxy Ace Plus is the same old Ace with a slightly larger screen with a higher clocked ARM11 processor, which is terribly slow compared to the Cortex A8 on the Honor. This comparison is quite idiotic in the sense that they’re not even in the same performance class. A more appropriate matchup would be between the Honor, Galaxy W and Xperia Neo V. To put even more insult to injury on Samsung’s part, the Xperia Mini that is 20% cheaper than the Ace Plus and is MUCH faster thanks to a Cortex A8 QSD8255 SOC. The Ace Plus is overpriced turd.
english english ka pa ang hina naman ng pang-intindi mo.
PRICE RANGE PO ANG PINAGBASEHAN KAYA YAN PINAGKUMPARA.
utak pre.
+1 pre. Di ata marunong magbasa. :)
@Kyle
Nakadrugs ka ba? thats too simple pinahaba mo pa sablay naman! wahahhha, read+think!
Twitter: ianvjimperial
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Sir Ronnie is right. Specs and price-wise, I’d definitely go for Huawei. But like many others, I’m not really familiar with the quality of Huawei smartphones as compared to that of Samsung.
Right now, I’m looking at smartphones in the market which cost less than P20,000, and I’m leaning toward Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S. But Huawei Honor is really tempting. Had Huawei been long established in the country, I may just buy it. I’m just really concerned about its performance, quality and after-sales support.
Twitter: JMBalicano
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Samsung usually churns out phones with a lot of bang for buck. Not so with the Ace Plus. Way too expensive. It’s nice to see Huawei making a name for themselves by offering powerful and well-built phones at more affordable prices.
Twitter: k0olmel
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pabor sa huawei nga talaga, wala lang din ako kilala nanakagamit na ng huawei na smartphone pero good na good yung specs nila at yung upcoming ics na update. malaking bonus din ang battery which is unusual para sa range ng handset na to, +1 sa akin ang huawei honor!
It would also be interesting if the Alcatel Sapphire HD be thrown in to make it a triple-threat match (based on price). The Alcatel has a 4.3″ screen which is impressive at a SRP of Php13,999.
Yeah same here. I was actually googling a comparison of the Alcatel OT 995 and the Huawei Honor. From what i’ve researched, the Honor seems better. The Alcatel one seems to have some issues. It doesn’t seem as speedy. I think its 3D UI is just gimmicky and slowing down the phone. I do like though its bigger screen but if the Honor’s battery is really what it says it is, then Honor hands-down.
Way to go, Huawei!
“Huawei, being a fairly new company in the smart phone world”
They’ve been churning out plenty mobiles that are usually re-branded by big networks so they’re not exactly noobs.
I’m more worried about their Chinese military ties.
Ano gusto mo? Taglish? Not good for technical jargon.
The point is this: they’re NOT in the same performance zone. Eh alam na pala sa spec sheet palang na basura specs ng Galaxy Ace, bat mo pa i-kukumpara? Halata ang pagkakaiba, bat pa papatulan? A proper comparison would be phones in the same price zone with similar innards. i.e. Galaxy W, LG Optimus Black, Xperia Neo V. What do these phones have in common? A Cortex A8-based SOC, a WVGA screen, a relatively large 3.7″ screen, and they’re occupying the Huawei Honor‘s price territory.
Kukumpara mo ba Inline-4 2.4L Honda Accord sa V6 3.8L Hyundai Genesis Coupe na nasa same price range? Utak pre.
Pinahaba? The author didn’t even expound on what makes the Huawei Honor so much better than the Ace Plus.
“Specs-wise, the Huawei Honor clearly has an advantage over Galaxy Ace Plus. The only good thing going for the latter is its Bluetooth 3.0 support that is not much of an advantage either.”
He never mentioned the ancient ARM11-based processor the Ace Plus is using that no other phone in the 13K Php and up price range is using. In short, wala sa spec sheet na nilista niya and that’s a big thing. They all use either Cortex A8s or Cortex A9s.
P.S. Read+Think ka rin. I’m OBVIOUSLY siding with the article with my first post, but this comparison is pointless because the Ace Plus never stood a chance in the first place.
Twitter: JMBalicano
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@Kyle: I think the thing they are taking issue with is the idiotic remark. Don’t worry, I read the second half of that sentence and know what you mean by idiotic. Still, it’s important that this comparison be made since not everyone likes to keep updated with phone specs.
The original Galaxy Ace was one of the more popular entry/mid level phones during the first few months after it came out. New (uninformed) buyers might automatically go for the Ace Plus just because of the positive feedback associated with the name.
This comparison isn’t what you would call pointless seeing as there are still quite a few people who are inquiring about the Ace Plus when they can get a phone like the Xperia Ray that has a better screen, better styling, and guaranteed ICS in the future for 2-3k less than what you can get the Ace Plus for.
Twitter: rahrahoohlala
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the Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus vs Huawei Honor comparison may somehow be mis-matched, but not everyone would always be in favor for a phone that’s worth every penny. I’d still go with the well established Samsung over Huawei.
We’re all trying to weigh things out here. All your inputs should be considered correct, but subjective nor constructive criticisms shouldn’t be the focus here.
Yung dalawang device po ang compared dito, hindi yung commenters. Huawei is the king here, obviously.
Just saying.
Twitter: rogsonline
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What’s the ppi for each phone? Yuga do you know?
Twitter: JMBalicano
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@Roegan Taron
Ace Plus: 158ppi
Honor: 245ppi
oo nga naman I agree with audiatoms.
Si Samsung di rin sya popular before. Looks like nagpapakilala na si Huawei. Dati nirerebrand ng mga network yung mobile broadband nila. Ngayon sila na nagmomodernize ng mga network. Sana mas marami pang smartphones ang lumabas like Ascend Quadcore!!!!!!!!
A key factor is Durability. You bring your phone everywhere you go inevitably exposing your phone to constant stress and strain. No matter how good the specs is, if the phone is not durable its gonna breakdown.
But there are people who can handle their phones pretty well. If you are one of them then the Huawei is the obvious choice.
Xperia U na lang! 13990 pesos SRP mid May nga lang ang release. Dual core plus ARM Mali GPU, 280 PPI etc. Problema lang walang micro sd. Around ~6GB lang storage. Mag rerely ka sa cloud storage na 50GB free online storage.
bottomline panalo Honor sa 3 days of battery life. pwedeng di na magdala charger for a weekend escapade.
@Guest
Are certain of the Xperia U pricing?
Honor seem so tempting, though am not sure about its quality and after sales support.
Huawei Honor is tempting, though am not sure with quality and after sales support.