I assume the ones slating this phone are iPhone users?

Huawei currently manufacture the new Nexus mobiles, so they definitely are not in the same class as cheapo Chinese phone manufactures like Doogee, etc. The last I checked they were the 3rd biggest phone vendor in the world with sales constantly increasing...

Although, I will admit, before this H7, their support for phones outside of Asia was pretty poor... but they've made a huge effort since the launch of the H7 with vmall/Huawei online shops opening all over Europe, and warranty/repairs all dealt with in the relevant countries.

If you think buying this gives you the same sort of quality and support you'd get from ordering a phone from aliexpress, geekbuying, dx, etc then it just shows how little you understand and should probably abstain from attempting to 'warn' others about purchasing it.

I have this phone and friends always ask what it is and that "it looks a bit like an iPhone 6s Plus". That should tell you all you need to know about the build quality!

For £209.99 with a 'smart band' included you're laughing. Heat added :smiley:

​Thanks for that incredibly helpful warning. I will for sure stay away from it. All of those detailed positive reviews full of technical detail almost tricked me into buying one.

Meh, get Marshmallow and use the sd slot with 128gb - problem is gone

Maybe you should write a chance to win a Z1. Its not definite.

Only 16gb version, rubbish...

Good thanks

Got this phone , great phone cant complain.got it on amazon

Got this phone too from Amazon. Worked out for £130 eventually. But well worth the RRP. Brilliant Value. Not experienced any problems yet either.

​Amazon Deal of the Day for £210. Then £20 Amazon Credit. £25 Nationwide Cashback. Then a £35 refund from Amazon because they made it a lightning deal on Boxing Day. The £35 was due to it being only £175 on Boxing Day.

You're asking for problems buying this

cheers op, just about to sign up :smirk:

Woman at work bought one of these from Amazon at Xmas. Amazing phone for the money. Huawei are a major manufacturer now. Don't be put off by the price or the fact it's "Chinese muck". It's not a doogee or a cubit!

I believe that under the sales of goods act I believe it is covered as an incentive to buy so by law you don't need to return it

I assume the ones slating this phone are iPhone users?

Huawei currently manufacture the new Nexus mobiles, so they definitely are not in the same class as cheapo Chinese phone manufactures like Doogee, etc. The last I checked they were the 3rd biggest phone vendor in the world with sales constantly increasing...

Although, I will admit, before this H7, their support for phones outside of Asia was pretty poor... but they've made a huge effort since the launch of the H7 with vmall/Huawei online shops opening all over Europe, and warranty/repairs all dealt with in the relevant countries.

If you think buying this gives you the same sort of quality and support you'd get from ordering a phone from aliexpress, geekbuying, dx, etc then it just shows how little you understand and should probably abstain from attempting to 'warn' others about purchasing it.

I have this phone and friends always ask what it is and that "it looks a bit like an iPhone 6s Plus". That should tell you all you need to know about the build quality!

For £209.99 with a 'smart band' included you're laughing. Heat added :smiley:

Thanks, missed out on the Amazon belter of £175, will be ordering this for the wifey

Maybe you should write a chance to win a Z1. Its not definite.

I had one of these - nice phone quality for the money, good battery, better than average camera.

Some nice software touches and a useful hardware button.

No NFC (which was a pain for me as I like to transfer photos from my camera to the phone when I'm out and about)

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Good phone but god forbid something goes wrong with your handset, vMall's customer service is the worst I've experienced, a month on and I still haven't got a replacement from my faulty phone - they say apparently this week.

Fair enough, but since it's a flash sale everyone will be a ordering at the exact same time, you can bet there will be more than 100. It's just that someone might buy it only because of the extra phone, and they might be disappointed when they realise they aint getting one.

Marshmallow is not really a good solution. SD cards will be slower than internal FLASH - substantially slower if you buy a cheap one. If you 'adopt' the card in Marshmallow all data storage goes to the card, so you slow down everything on the phone and waste the faster built in FLASH.

It is a good solution for low end phones which you don't expect to be that fast and don't have much fast FLASH to be wasted.

Honor 7 is a nice phone,

I have the mi4, honor 7 and note 5 (and an Iphone6).
OS - I prefer MIUI, honor 7 then the samsung wiz or whatever,
Hardware/features - I prefer the pen from note 5, then honor 7 (finger print thing, and camera features, like light painting etc), mi4 is just very quick/minimalistic
Robustness - Mi4, Honor 7, then note 5.

The Iphone 6 comes last on all counts, I dont like the OS, too single track/minded. Googlemaps is not the same (it has two). Don't like the stupid mute button on the side. Don't like its just that little too small to use as a GPS. Dont like the keyboard. However - do like the compatibility with other devices,

This may sound like im a bit of a fan boy, but actually I use the iphone most often now (work), so- ideally if I could get on with it I would, but I cant. :neutral_face:

Do you own or have you ever owned the phone? Or just going by the general belief I often see here that "all Chinese phones are crap", which roughly translates to "everything except for my (also Chinese made) iPhone/Samsung phone is junk so that I can justify that £500 dent in my bank balance".

I own this phone and am very pleased with it. The only negative aspects for me is the lack of custom ROM support and EMUI (which can be mostly sorted with third party launchers)... but I knew what I was getting myself into when I bought it as I'd owned the Honor 6 prior.
Its never crashed, the screen is fantastic, the build quality seems that of a phone twice the price, the speaker volume is loud, the fingerprint reader is one of the fastest around, the responsiveness and speed during usage is roughly exactly the same as the OnePlus Two - I paid £209.99 when it launched and am more than satisfied, especially seeing as they gave the initial buyers a 3 year warranty upgrade because of slight delays with shipping. Can't complain about that.

I have this phone. Well worth the money and no problems at all with it. Go get it.

Let me get this right? .. I buy the Phone, I eat a Marshmallow, & get an INSTANT 128GB Micro-SD capacity, yeh?, hahahahaha. :-)

Thats not half bad ..... lol.

Tempted to replace my One +1 with this, a lad at work has one and it does indeed look the business

Decisions , Decisions

How's the camera? Been trying to nab a g4 but tempted by this is the camera is better than my g2?

Got an honor 6...great phone and prefer to my work iphone 6 (also nice handset)...just wish they woukd release lollipop update for.us.in uk

Incorrect, especially given its a cheap phone.

Even high end phones come with slow memory, outside of Samsung. Good example beign the Z5, something stupid like 45mb/s writ, 90mb/s read, similar to high end micro sd cards.

I tell anyone here to NOT buy this phone It is a great handset with one serious software bug that Huawei has not solved. Notifications do not come through unless you open apps like Instagram,What's App or Messenger. Even after making sure Protected apps are on & power saving off,notifications turned on nothing still comes through. I didn't have a faulty unit as all you gotta do is Google it and you'll see similar issues with honor 7's everywhere. Sad news as it's a cracking device otherwise. Huawei's notification and app killing software is absolutely terrible

I ordered one of these in bed on Boxing Day from Amazon £175.00 with free delivery, thanks to who ever posted the lighting deal. 23 hours later it was delivered to my front door. I've always had iPhone's in the past but after seeing my uncles brand new Galaxy 6 on Xmas day I decided to upgrade to Android when I decide to get a new phone. The following day the bargain was too good not to buy.
Wow what a phone, easily competes with the £600 range of phones out there and believe me this device takes a royal dump on the iPhone 6

for all the people slating huawei if you research enough you will see that they supply lots of parts for the leading phone manufacturers, as well as the digital boxes and routers most of us have in our homes...ive just bought my 3rd huawei...the latest one being the p8 lite and have never had any issues with them

The hardware looks decent, but the phone is let by Huawei's poor software. The notification bug and the heavy Emotion UI skin is a deal breaker for me. Huawei has a long way to go to compete with the likes of Moto's vanilla Android UI; not bogged down with bloatware, nothing too fancy, just keeps it simple.

Had one of these 16GB Honor 7s on the release for £209. It was a great phone but I got an Argos Price Glitch and bought two S6's for a good price so sold it.

Battery is Great. OS is fine but I had Nova Launcher running anyway. Camera is excellent, best camera I've had except 20mp, forget about it, it forces the image into a smaller box to get to 20mp so in reality 16mp is the best you're gonna get. The LED flash is better than my S6, it's more daylight coloured so get night time shots better.

Definitely no NFC or Quick Charge but not a turn off for me. If my S6 suddenly needed replacing I'd have no issue in buying an Honor 7 again.

In a dilemma for LG G4 which is £225 there is no stock currently
or to go for this.

This or LG G4?

Can you flash Marshmallow on one of these?

how to get marshmallow?

​I've never seen that problem. I've had mine since october 2015

Ordered the second it was up, but no emails at all, and nothing in order history. Normal?

Ordered one as well within 2 minutes also no order in the history. Looking at a previous order for the wife, it took them 24 hours to confirm the order fully

Had one on back order from amazon following the boxing day deals, but they still haven't received stock yet, so at least I know I will now get the phone in time for my cousin how needs it next week.

Still no confirmation email, just the acknowledgement email, so rung to confirm they received the order, and they confirmed everything was ok, but could not tell me if I was in the first 100, and said even they would only find out at 9:30 tomorrow morning.
Also said that should be dispatched today, and received tomorrow.

Ordered the grey and used the code all looking good, also I see this in the order details -

Free Honor band Z1 (Black, Large)
Product Code: 285103
0 1 See Main Status £0.00
Honor 7 (Mystery Grey)
Product Code: 281214
0 1 See Main Status £208.33
Honor View Flip Cover For 7 (Grey)
Product Code: 281200
0 1 See Main Status £11.66
£33.33 voucher (Net of tax)
Product Code: 282039
0 1 See Main Status £-33.33

So not sure if I will get a band or not.

I saw a LG G4 deal on here for £233. Surely the G4 mops the floor with this?

No I didn't it just appeared. I did however add the case.

Brought one in the amazon lighting deal for the wife.
She had a galaxy s4, she did not think she needed a new phone but loves the honor 7.
Fast and responsive, finger print scanner is brilliant, camera is great. She is not a heavy user and gets todays per charge.

what time did you order, and is that how it appears in the order history, or just the order acknowledgement email?

Ordered at 11:20am this morning and that is a copy and paste from the 'My Orders' tab on their webpage.

Huawei?

Is that a Geordie brand?

LOVE MY HONOR 7:smiley::smiley::smiley:

I have this (black) case it fits perfectly and doesn't add much to the phone.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/381338315756?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D381338315756%26_rdc%3D1

It has Gorilla Glass 3 but still wanted screen protection so get a tampered glass protector:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252133418331?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&var=550972836773&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Just got confirmation e-mail again there, which includes the free Honor Z1 Band. Happy days.

Thanks, but I think I'm going to hold out for the G4. I like the idea of a bigger screen and the specs do seem better on the G4 tbh.

Waiting for the code to come thru after registering. Anyone else wait long?

Is Huawei going to support that feature though?
I currently have LG G4 on MM and there is no way to format SD card as internal memory :disappointed:

Great phone. Make sure you update it to the latest version though.

Is that true? My K1 let me do it so I just assumed it was a standard feature in MM.

got my confirmation, but no mention of the z1

Seems a decent phone if you're not a heavy user as most reviews say battery life ain't great.

Really is time for new battery technology to come in don't you think?

Just checked it again. Unfortunately, SD card can only be formatted as portable storage on my G4. Many thanks for your reply. Hope there is some solution to this. Will have a look on XDA.

Don't be daft. The H7 is a great phone for the money but not better than the S6 or the G4. The dual sim function (which has to be sacrificed if you want to use an SD card) is the only advantage it has over the other two.

Other than that, it has a slower chipset (and a really weak GPU), very low internal memory capacity, slightly worse display, worse camera. Unless you are after a dual sim phone, the £225 G4 is the better buy.

Think these orders are fulfilled by Expansys UK. Strange the payment is made to them as opposed to vMall directly otherwise.

Thanks, yeah. I had to do the same. Ordered and waiting for Order History to populate / confirmation email to arrive.

Unless you don't want the 5.5 inch screen / bigger handset that the G4 provides. Borderline phablet for me.

how can you get the confirmation for band when they have not yet started it?

I emailed them about the two email addresses and not appearing in my account and though I would ask if I was in the 1st 100, and got this in response
"The winners of the Z1 band will receive an notfication in their vMall account 24 hours after they placed the order. "

Therefore why some people have got it in their confirmation makes it confusing, either that or they are troilling!

In that case I am going to have reconsider my choice of next phone again I think.

Any HUKD members got / win / won / given a FREE Z1 with their order out of the first 100 yet?

​lol, my dad's had two doogee phones. they were both horrible!

Nice phone, but I'd err wrt the gpu (mali)

Not really. As I said, the H7 has the feel of a phone twice it's price. It's not plastic with a sprayed coating of metal over it. It's chassis is aluminium alloy. If they added an iPhone logo to the back and put iOS on, sheeple would lap it right up at £500.

Probably worked out cheaper for them to use Expansys' warehouse/staff to store and process orders instead of Huawei opening their own, etc.

ok, I got a response direct from Expansys, saying that I didn't win (ordered within 2 minutes of the offer).

In regards to my account, because I paid via paypal, it overwrote the email address and can't be changed, so I am unable to track it in my account. They did however said my phone has already been dispatched.

Disappointed about the watch, but as 008 said, still got the phone for £209.99

​hi causingit I placed my order this morning and completed transaction at 9.32ish. I received the confirmation email but there was no mention of z1. was I too late? when did you place your order if I may ask?

My order appeared in my account about an hour after ordering, and an hour after that, it showed a z1 for free too. Then a couple hours after that, email confirming my order with free z1 :smiley:

For reference, I bought it right on 9:30. I literally spammed the code in the checkout page till it accepted it, presumably once their servers hit 09:30, paid with paypal.

Ordered at 1.17, and still no order confirmation or Order History... (6pm). Have at least emailed them to confirm the phone will be sent separate to case (latter 19 days til in stock) so assume it's okay... :neutral_face:

Sorry to the others I didn't answer earlier. I ordered at exactly 9:30. This is the email I received at around 1pm.

That seems a fantastic deal, however, the OP is a bit misleading as surely it should say a "chance of winning" a Z1 rather than implying everybody will receive one?

This sounds dodgy - sounds like the poster is in on this!

If I could sell my OP2 in time I would be all over this!

It's 21:16 and still 61% left, unplugged 6:10

Had my order part shipped and the handset has been posted, band says yet to ship so still not sure if I'm getting it or not.

Still waiting for an order confirmation after 9h. A bit random / rubbish.

I wouldn't touch this brand again with a bargepole. I bought the Honor 6+ from Three without a contract (£299.99) and it hangs up calls (when holding the device to your ear, then comes up sim error - doesn't happen on speaker/handsfree) and it also has no end of "Google Play Services has stopped" errors, this is because it is a cheap fudged phone with a dodgy OS that has had GAPPS ported onto it, and not very well either.

Cheap **** Chinese rubbish, I wouldn't EVER buy another thing from them.

Three refused to refund too!

whats the chance i can still order one and get it at this price with the z1

Hot deal but I've been burned previously by Huawei when I bought a P1 LTE which was a flagship model at the time with the promise of an upgrade to Jelly Bean. It never happened and the handset was abandoned. Not for me but good luck to those buying!

Expired

Spraying yourself with a different and more interesting shade of tan to what everybody's mum has, would be a better comparison.

Owful service and **** site!my reply to them

Hi
just to let you know - delivery will be refused
Item was ordered from my account and after 24h there is still no sign of My order being tracked

All email is coming to mu paypal mail despite the account mail being different - this is probably why the account is not tracking order.

Obviously your service is at fault, not to mention the lack of information on the promotinal £40 off and Free Smartphone offer promised and not kept or tracked anywhere in my order

Customer service promising something (applying voucher manually on order if not initailly tracked) to be then denied the next day by another representative despite proof of converstaion offered. Owful service

Wanted to give your site a change but unfortunatelly you failed miserably.

Thanks

Phone just arrived. Still no order email, order history, or payment taken... :smiley:

or sign of a Band Z1 :disappointed:

Just rang Vmall and was told that the first 100 orders were completed in the first 5/6 seconds!

Have had confirmation that my Honor 7 is on its way from Parcel force..

was also told that returns are free

So this deal has expired then??

lol i said owful not owlful - guess we both made an awful mess of spelling it!

I have had this email -

Dear vMall customer,


Congratulations! You are a winner!

You won a free Honor Band Z1, which will be sent to you in the next 14 days. Before you receive your Honor Band Z1 we will update the ‘My Account’ section.

Simply log in to check your ‘My Account’ section after 10 days to track the delivery status of the Honor Band Z1.

Thank you for participating!

Your vMall Team
[email protected]

So it looks like I might get the band and looks like a lucky dip affair.

I got this email

On this occasion, you were not selected as one of the lucky winners. We wish you lots of fun with your Honor 7, and look forward to seeing you again for one of our upcoming promotions.

Kind of a relief, no dispatch email and I'm desperate for a phone right now. My S4 just loves cutting off the mic mid call.

I have ordered precisely 9.31 AM and I haven't received a Z1 watch. I would probably return this phone just for the fact that this promotion was fake. I cant imagine in 1 minute 100 people would have ordered. They have conformed they got 1000 orders in a minute. I wonder why didn't the site crash.

Because it's not a fake promo at all. This sale was advertised everywhere. Infact I can bet a lot of people found it just from google ads. Simply typing into honor 7 into google at any point in the last week will result in many adverts for the flash sale + free band on many websites. Not just HUKD.

They probably ordered the winners from whoever entered their code in first. One of the main reasons I used a PC too over phone/tablet.

Oh and 1000 purchases in a minute isn't exactly a lot, especially given its a web store powered by Expansys. It's not like there were hundreds of thousands of sheep clicking at once to buy an iPhone for release day.

The phone is a bargain at £210 regardless. You clearly didn't want it in the first place if you're considering sending it back over something so trivial.

Oh and it doesn't look like anyone who got the free Z1 band will get it in time for the weekend either, so at least that's something for those that missed out. God knows when/if it'll turn up.

Got mine this afternoon and love it, seems like really good build quality and I don't mind the launcher either.

Also, this offer was across all of Europe, so very slim chance to be honest

Not had an e-mail with the discount code... do you need this to get the £40 off price?

huawei, yich. take a smart ultra 6 any day. not my cup of tea, sorry.

I've got an Honor 6 and it's the best phone I've had by miles. Beats my previous iPhones and Nexus hands down in my opinion.

Too much of a gamble this one. Saw it posted a few days back (Thanks OP) .. I nearly went for it. But, for me, I'm not the gambling type. Offer me the deal up front, with it in basket and I'll bite, not a 'maybe-if-lucky'.. not for me. Good job for those that got this though! :stuck_out_tongue:

I had the SU6 as well and I agree with this comment. It was this phone I upgraded to.

This phone is great..just bought it from Amazon to replace my honor 6 which I had for a year and it was excellent phone. I paid £108 for the honor 7 which was great

Long story but here you are:

It was on Amazon before christmas for £209.99. They were also giving £20 code with it (which I used to buy something else from Amazon). I also had £7 voucher they gave me for buying gift card from them the week before. So the total to me was £183. Few days later they had the phone for £175 in lightening deal...I complained and asked for a refund of the difference. I was expecting £35 refund, as many people had (difference between £210 and £175) but they refunded me £75...i guess they thought I bought it for full price (£250)..Obviously I did not complain

Good work - don't think I'm going to be able to repeat that though! Are you happy with it as it only cost £108 - or would you be just as happy if it cost £209?

I'm still holding out for a Voda LG G4 for just a few quid more, nut if they don't come back in stock soon the Honor might be a good substitute.

My fear is the G4 will easily sell for £80 ish in a years time, I doubt the Honor will be worth much - opinions anyone?

How does this compare to the S6@ £260?

signed up but no code?

I am very happy with the phone..even at £250 still very good

Why has this not been expired?

Sending mine back as EMUI operating system is nasty. Ordering the nexus 5x to replace my trusty nexus 4. I fear change :smiley: