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.
no ICS or JELLYBEAN upgrade?
At first, I doubted. I read the reviews and went to SM MOA Memoexpress. Best buy! I am enjoying my Honor. Really Honorable. I like the Cloud feature also. Highly recommended!
galaxy ace plus is a piece of crappy plastic for a mid range, not worth my 13 grand on that…
mas ok ba yung huawei kesa sa sony ericsson experia arc s? yun kase yung pinag iisipan ko bilhin
mas angat po ang Arc S in quality and performance. It’s one of the better cameraphones and it has mobile Bravia technology so that images and movies appear better. Maganda nga po ang specs ng Huawei Honor, pero colors on the screen look a bit washed out. With the Arc S, you get a bigger and better screen along with one of the best cameras you can get on a phone. It’s also one of the best single core phones out there.
Hello everyone! Huawei Honor, MediaPad, and Vision are now available in these areas. MemoXpress and Globotel shops start selling Huawei Mobile WiFi. METRO MANILA – Cities of Makati, Mandaluyong, Manila, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Pasay, Quezon, Taguig, and Valenzuela. LUZON – Laguna, Pampanga, and Rizal; CEBU – Cebu City ———————— As of May 8, 2012: METRO MANILA – MAKATI CITY – Comcentre Parksquare (886-3701); Globotel Greenbelt 1 (888-0104); MemoXpress Cash&Carry (836-9475); MANDALUYONG CITY – Ephone SM Megamall (621-5356); MemoXpress SM Megamall (635-5304 / 637-7781); MemoXpress Robinsons Pioneer Forum (687-1325); MANILA CITY –ComCentre SM San Lazaro (786-2651); EPhone SM Sta. Mesa(714-0812); EPhone Robinsons Place Manila (567-0422); MemoXpress SM San Lazaro (786-2641); MemoXpress Robinsons Place Manila Midtown (567-1965); MARIKINA: MemoXpress SM Marikina(477-1892 to 93); MUNTINLUPA – MemoXpress Festival Mall Alabang (659-3590/850-3724); PARAÑAQUE CITY – EPhone SM Sucat (820-7632); PASAY CITY – MemoXpress Mall of Asia (556-0540); QUEZON CITY – EPhone SM North (738-2310); MemoXpress SM North (332-1915 / 332-2382); MemoXpress SM Cubao (709-2724); MemoXpress Trinoma (916-7653); TAGUIG CITY – ComCentre Market! Market! (886-3701); VALENZUELA CITY – MemoXpress SM Valenzuela (292-7466) ——— LUZON – LAGUNA – MemoXpress SM Sta.Rosa (049 534-4529); MemoXpress SM Calamba (049 530-0352); PAMPANGA – MemoXpress SM Clark(045 499-0325); MemoXpress SM San Fernando Pampanga(045 455-4078) QUEZON – Lucena City – MemoXpress SM Lucena (042 710-9460); RIZAL – ComCentre Sta.Lucia East Grand Mall(681-7599); MemoXpress Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall(681-7487/681-5458) ——— CEBU CITY – MemoXpress SM Cebu(032- 236-4705)
My husband is using huawei ideos, free kasi sa smart postpaid line nya. Ok ang performance, mabilis mag connect, clear ang pictures, malambot pindotin, ok ang battery performance. Sana available na rin on postpaid itong huawei honor coz malapit na akong mag renew para may libre akong unit hehe.
Hello, our Service Centers are headquartered in Manila. But we have satellite stations in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
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For smartphones and tablet concerns:
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hi, i want to know the address of your service center in manila.. thanks
Huawei Honor for the win :D
I am considering the Huawei Honor.
Why not? Nobody cared about Samsung phones before when they were known for TVs and microwave ovens. But look at them now. Huawei is not known by regular people but they are the biggest network technology supplier in the world. I am not surprised they are making good phones. I am excited to see this phone and try it out.
Hello everyone. Thank you for your kind words. We really appreciate it :-) The new Huawei Honor is now available at ePhone, Globotel, Mega Exchange, and MX MemoXpress :-) 1) ePhone Shop: SM North EDSA Annex A (738-2310), SM Sta. Mesa (714-0812), SM Mandaluyong (621-5356), SM Manila (567-0422), and SM Paranaque (820-7632); 2) Globotel: Greenbelt 1 Mall Makati (888-0105); 3) Mega Exchange: SM Megamall (637-3163), SM Mall of Asia (556-0542); 4) MX MemoXpress: Festival Supermall Alabang (659-3590: / 850-3724), SM North EDSA Annex 1 (332-1915/332-2382), SM Valenzuela (292-7466), Trinoma Mall Quezon City (916-7653), Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall (681-7487/681-5458), SM Marikina (477-1892 to 93), SM Cubao (709-2724), SM Megamall (635-5304/637-7781), Robinsons Place Pioneer Forum (687-1325), SM San Lazaro (786-2641), Robinsons Place The Huawei Honor will be available at ePhone Shop: SM North EDSA Annex A (738-2310), SM Sta. Mesa (714-0812), SM Mandaluyong (621-5356), SM Manila (567-0422), and SM Bicutan (820-7632); Globotel: Greenbelt 1 Mall Makati (888-0105); Mega Exchange: SM Megamall (637-3163), SM Mall of Asia (556-0542); MX MemoXpress: Festival Supermall Alabang (659-3590 / 850-3724), SM North EDSA Annex 1 (332-1915/332-2382), SM Valenzuela(292-7466), Trinoma Mall Quezon City (916-7653), Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall (681-7487/681-5458), SM Marikina (477-1892 to 93), SM Cubao (709-2724), SM Megamall (635-5304/637-7781), Robinsons Place Pioneer Forum (687-1325), SM San Lazaro (786-2641), Robinsons Place Manila Midtown (567-1965), SM Mall of Asia (556-0540), and Cash & Carry Mall (836-9475). Midtown (567-1965), SM Mall of Asia (556-0540), and Cash & Carry Mall (836-9475).
thanks for the info.
thanks. i needed the info.
They’re selling it for 15K (card) over at MX Store in SM North Edsa Annex 5th floor.