Huawei Honor 8 Teardown

The Huawei Honor 8 features a 5.2-inch 1080p display and is powered by the HiSilicon Kirin 950 processor. It comes in three versions: 3GB RAM with 32GB ROM, 4GB RAM with 32GB ROM, and 4GB RAM with 64GB ROM. The phone has a dual 12MP rear camera supporting laser autofocus and an 8MP front camera.

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Before the teardown process, we need to remove the SIM card tray first.

There is no screw at the bottom cover, so the back cover and the chassis are glued together. We need to heat the back cover with a heat gun for about five minutes.

Insert a guitar pick between the back cover and chassis and slide it along the edges to remove the back cover completely.

Open the back cover slowly. Be careful, the fingerprint module cable still connects to the motherboard.

The fingerprint module is secured to the motherboard via a metal bracket.

Remove the two screws that secure the metal bracket and disconnect the fingerprint cable from the motherboard.

Now, you can remove the back cover completely.

Close-up of the fingerprint module

After removing the bottom cover, you can access the motherboard, battery, and the small circuit board at the bottom.

The metal frame acts as a buffer to protect the glass back cover when the phone is dropped.

Remove all screws securing the middle frame.
The middle frame is also bonded to the metal chassis to prevent water ingress.

Close-up of the middle frame.

This is the dual-color flashlight embedded in the metal frame.

The motherboard of the Huawei Honor 8 is relatively compact. The main chipsets are all covered with metal shields.

This is the speaker module and the USB Type-C port.

Remove all screws securing the motherboard and carefully separate it from the metal chassis.

The speaker of the Honor 8 is square and has four touch points (the left one is indicated above). As shown in the image above, the light sensor is located to the right of the speaker.

Speaker module and small circuit board

The rubber ring prevents the headphone jack from becoming loose due to frequent plugging and unplugging.

The phone features a 3000mAh battery and supports 18W fast charging.

The volume buttons and power button are secured by a metal bracket.

Here are the light distance sensor and speaker.

The Huawei Honor 8 features a 12MP rear camera with a Sony IMX286 sensor and an 8MP front camera.

1. Micron 4GB LPDDR4 RAM and Kirin 950 SoC
2. Samsung 64GB eMMC 5.1 ROM
3. NXP 66T16 NFC
4. VIA CPM1.0A RF chip
5. VIA CBP8120 CDMA Band Chipset
6. QuaTek BQ25892 Fast Charging IC
7. SKY77621-51 RF Amplifier

1. FCI FC7712A CDMA3G/2G
2. HiSilicon Hi6362 RF chip
3. SKY77360-2 GSM/GPRS/EDGE/TD-SCDMA
4. SKY13535 SP12T SP9T
5. SKY77765-1 CDMA/WCDMA/HSDPA/HSUPA/HSPA /LTE RF chip
6. HiSilicon Hi6422 RF chip
7. Broadcom BCM43455XKUBG Wi-Fi
8. Broadcom BCM4774 GNSS Positioning Chipset
9. HiSilicon Hi6421 Power IC
10. HiSilicon Hi6402 Audio IC

Huawei Honor 8 internal parts