Category: Honor

Honor 8 FAQ Tips and Tricks Cons
Honor which is a subsidiary of Huawei, launched 3 new smartphones to Indian market in New Delhi on October 12. The newly launched smartphones are Honor 8, Honor 8 Smart and Honor Holly 3. In this post we will have a quick look into Honor 8 FAQ, Tips and Tricks and Cons.

(Left to right) P Sanjeev, Vice President -Sales for Huawei India Consumer Business Group, Randeep Hooda, George Zhao, President of Honor, Nimrat Kaur, Peter Zhai, President, HUAWEI India Consumer Business Group. Source: Honor press release kit.

Honor 8 FAQ Tips and Tricks Cons

What are the different variants of Honor 8 available in India?

There are two variants of Honor 8 is available. One is flagship and another one is mid range smartphone-Honor 8 Smart.

What are the prices of Honor 8 and Honor Holly 3 smartphones in India?

The newly launched smartphone prices are as mentioned below.
- Huawei Honor 8-Rs.29,999.
- Honor 8 smart-Rs.19,999.
- Honor Holly 3-Rs.9,999
What are the different color options available?

Honor 8 will be available in Pearl White, Sapphire Blue and Sunrise Gold color variants. Honor 8 smart will be available in Black, White and Gold color options.

Which type of sim card Honor 8 accepts? Is it a dual sim smartphone?

No. It is a single sim smartphone and accepts 1 nano sim card.

Any offer on warranty of this device?

Yes. Honor provides 2 years of warranty on this device. Apart from this, user will get touch screen replacement guarantee within the first 3 months.

Does it supports microSD card? What is maximum capacity of microSD card we can use?

Yes. It support upto 128GB of microSD card.

What are the specifications of Honor 8?

The summarised specifications of Honor 8 is given below.
- Octa Core Hisilicon Kirin 950 Soc with 4GB of RAM and Mali T880 GPU.
- 5.2 inch Full HD(1920x1080p) LTPS LCD screen with 423 ppi pixel density.
- Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based EMUI v4.1.
- 12MP dual primary camera with one for colour and another one for monochrome.
- 8MP front facing camera with f/2.4.
- 3000 mAh battery.
- Fingerprint scanner.
- 32GB of internal storage and microSD card support upto 128GB.
What are the different task can be performed using Honor 8 fingerprint scanner?

Honor 8 comes with level 4 fingerprint acquisition algorithm, which delivers enhanced security. It also has smart features like fingerprint reader to make payments, take photos, record video, receive phone calls or turn off and alarm or unlock its Smart key button function.

Smart key button function is a customisable option which provides instant access to features and apps along with an instant phone unlock.

How to take screenshot on Honor 8?

To capture screenshot on Honor 8, there are multiple ways are available. The simplest way is using the screenshot button. On a screen on which you want to perform print screen, access the notification area. Then tap to shortcuts. Nowe select screenshot. The screenshot will be captured.

What are the cons of Honor 8?

This is not a review of Honor 8. Based on the experience on demo zone in launch event, here are the few Honor 8 cons. We will make a detailed review on this device once we get the review unit.
- No dual sim card option.
- No 4K video recording option.
- Non user removable battery.
These are the some of the basic Honor 8 FAQ according to us. If you have any specific queries feel free to write in the comment section below.
October 13, 2016
Huawei P9 with dual lens Leica camera wins European consumer smartphone 2016-17 at EISA

Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) is honored to announce that the Huawei P9 has been named ‘European Consumer Smartphone 2016-17’ by the European Image and Sound Association (EISA). Furthering its commitment to pursuing the best quality and design without compromise, this is the fourth consecutive year that Huawei has been recognized in this category.

Designed to reinvent smartphone photography, the Huawei P9 is the first smartphone co-engineered with the global iconic brand, Leica Camera AG. The P9’s dual-lens camera takes smartphone photography to the next level, allowing people to capture both vivid colors and striking black and white images of unmatched clarity, richness and authenticity.

Awarding the Huawei P9 European Consumer Smartphone 2016-17, the EISA judges announced, “Sometimes the value of getting the important stuff right cannot be understated, and that’s precisely what the Huawei P9 does. Sporting a 5.2-inch IPS-NEO LCD with Full HD resolution, octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 955 SoC and Android OS 6.0 with Emotion UI 4.1, the P9 is available in an impressive choice of finishes produced from a wide variety of materials. But that’s not all, Huawei makes history by being the first manufacturer to introduce Leica’s photography know how to mobile devices. The dual-lens camera captures more light and provides better clarity for both photos and videos. While the 3,000 mAh battery has enough power for capturing every precious moment between charging, the classy finish of those diamond-cut edges with rounded corners on the unibody design combined with 2.5D glass makes the P9 both practical and beautiful in equal measure.”

Glory Zhang, Chief Marketing Officer, Huawei Consumer BG commented, “We are honored to receive this award from EISA for the fourth year running. This accolade is testament to Huawei’s commitment to creating new mobile innovations that offer new experiences to users. The exquisite design of the P9, praised by the EISA judges, is the result of exhaustive development and attention to detail from the world’s top industrial designers, and their tireless efforts have culminated in a visually stunning design.”

Global shipments of the P9 and P9 Plus exceeded 4.5 million as of July, with strong sales recorded across many European countries including France, Finland and Britain. The Huawei P9 is scheduled to be launched in India on the 17th of August.

About Huawei Consumer BG
Huawei’s products and services are available in more than 170 countries, and are used by a third of the world’s population, ranking third in the world in mobile phone shipments in 2015. Sixteen R&D centers have been set up in the United States, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India, and China. Huawei Consumer BG is one of Huawei’s three business units and covers smartphones, PC and tablets, Wearables and cloud services, etc. Huawei’s global network is built on 20 years of expertise in the telecom industry and is dedicated to delivering the latest technological advances to consumers around the world.

August 15, 2016
Honor 5C Review-Compact Yet Powerful
Huawei’s Honor series is known to provide great value for money smartphones. The smartphones like Honor 6, Honor 7, Honor 5x have kept this reputation strong. Now we have another budget offering from this brand-Honor 5C. Priced at Rs.10,999, it will compete with the likes of Moto G4, LeEco Le2, Redmi Note 3 etc. So here is the Honor 5C Review which will help you to decide whether to buy this smartphone or not.

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Honor 5C comes with slightly curved back which is made up of brushed aluminium alloy. The textures along the sides and near the top and bottom gives a nice feel to the device. As it has 5.2inch screen, it is compact and comfortable to handle compared to most of the 5.5 inch smartphones selling in this price segment.

Honor 5C sports 5.2 inch full HD IPS display screen with pixel density of 423 ppi. The screen brightness, colour accuracy, viewing angles are good. The automatic brightness adjustment struggles a bit while moving from dark to bright environment. The touch screen is quite responsive. Overall it is a good display panel in the price segment.

Honor 5C is powered by latest Kirin 650 Chipset with Flagship FinFET Plus 16 nm Chip Technology and 2GB of RAM. It has 16GB of internal storage. The device comes with hybrid sim card slot. You can use 2 sim cards or 1 sim card and a microSD card. It runs on EMUI on top of Android 6.0. General performance is good. The games like Asphalt 8, Nova 3, Dead Trigger ran well without any issue. Even with extended gaming, Honor 5C didn’t exhibit any heating issue. However, there was a bit of delay in opening of apps. We have got benchmark scores of 52666 in AnTuTu, 19fps in GFXBench, 902 for single core and 3916 for multi-core score in Geekbench 3.

Honor 5C has fingerprint scanner. It is fast and accurate. Good thing is it has more functions other than just unlocking the device. Using fingerprint scanner on Honor 5C, you can take photos, start or stop video recording, recieve incoming calls and stop alarms.

Honor 5C house 13MP primary camera with single LED flash and a 8-megapixel secondary camera. Both cameras are capable of recording upto 1080p videos. The camera app on Honor 5C provides lot of useful functions such as pro photo/Pro Video mode which allows you adjust individual settings such as ISO, shutter speed and exposure. It also has object tracking, smile capture, self-timer, HDR, slow-motion video, time-lapse video and panorama. Though there is bit of noise and loss of colour detail in low light, overall picture output is excellent in this price segment.

Honor 5C sample video

Honor 5C Camera interface and Settings

Honor 5C packs 3000 mAh battery. In a single charge, we got around 1 and half days of usage. As it does not comes with fast charging it takes around 2 hours to completely charge. Call quality, network and data connectivity are good in this device.

Honor 5C Review Verdict: Honor 5C is a good all round performer. Considering the price, it performed decent in all segment. If you are looking for a good compact smartphone with good features and performance in the price range of 11k, then it is worth considering this smartphone.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Honor 5C

Pros of Honor 5C
- Good Design and Build Quality.
- Decent display panel.
- Fast and Accurate fingerprint scanner.
- Decent performance.
- Good battery life.
- Good camera performance.
Cons of Honor 5C
- Hybrid sim card slot.
- No USB OTG support.
- No fast charging.
July 14, 2016
LeEco Le 2 Vs Honor 5C Which one is better
Huawei Honor 5C and LeEco Le 2 are the two popular mid range Android smartphones which offers good value for money to the user. Both have their own merit and demerits. Based on the requirement of the ones needs selection can be made. So here is the comparison of LeEco Le 2 Vs Honor 5C which might help one to choose right smartphone.

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LeEco Le 2 Vs Honor 5C Which one is better

Below are the LeEco Le 2 Vs Honor 5C comparison based on my usage experience.

Design and Build quality
- LeEco Le 2 Dimensions: 151.1×74.2×7.7mm and weighs 153 grams.
- Huawei Honor 5C: 147.1×73.8×8.3 mm and weighs 156 grams.
Both smartphones feature all metal unibody design. Le2 has advantage of thin bezels which makes the device compact in spite of having a 5.5inch screen.Hence its screen to body ratio is higher. It is marginally lighter than the Honor 5c as well. Honor 5C provides three colours options to choose from whereas Le 2 currently available in only one variant. As it has only 5.2inch screen, it is comparatively smaller in size than the Le 2.

Winner: Draw

Display
- LeEco Le 2: 5.5inch full HD display screen with 401 ppi pixel density.
- Honor 5C: 5.2 inch IPS full HD display screen with 423 ppi pixel density.
Le 2 has advantage of bigger screen and Honor 5C has the advantage of higher pixel density. Viewing angles, sunlight legibility, colour saturation are good in both smartphones. Sharpness, colour accuracy and brightness are slightly better in Honor 5C.

Winner: Honor 5C.

SoC, RAM and OS
- LeEco Le 2: Octa core Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 with 3GB of RAM, Adreno 510 and runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.
- Honor 5C: Octa Core HiSilicon Kirin 650 Soc with 2GB of RAM, Mali-T880MP2 GPU and runs on Android Marshmallow.
LeEco Le 2 has advantage in segment. It has more RAM and it provides better performance in terms of multitasking and gaming performance.

Winner: LeEco Le 2

Storage
- LeEco Le 2: 32GB of internal storage.
- Honor 5C: 16GB of internal storage with optional microSD card support.
Honor 5C has less internal storage. But as it has hybrid sim card slot, users have the option to add additional storage via microSD card. Even you have the option to select Default location as microSD card. Whereas LeEco Le2 has higher internal storage but there is no option to add microSD card.

Winner: Draw.

Camera
- LeEco Le 2: 16MP primary camera with f/2.0, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) and 8MP front facing camera.
- Honor 5C: 13MP primary camera with LED flash and 8MP front facing camera.
Honor 5C primary camera has BSI sensor with 78-degree wide-angle 5-element (5P) macro lens. It also has an anti-reflective, oleophobic and infrared-absorbing coating to reduce glare, prevents fingerprints, and stops unwanted IR light from reaching the sensor. In terms of camera performance, Between LeEco Le2 and Honor 5C performance there is not much difference.

Winner: Draw

Battery
- LeEco Le 2: 3000 mAh battery with fast charging.
- Honor 5C: 3000 mAh battery.
Both smartphones feature non removable 3000 mAh battery. However, the power efficient Octa Core HiSilicon Kirin 650 Soc and smaller screen size helps Honor 5C to provides better battery life.

Winner: Honor 5C.

Price and Availability
- LeEco Le 2: Rs.11,999. It is available in flipkart and LeMall via flash sales.
- Honor 5C: Rs.10,999. It is available in Flipkart via open sale.
Honor 5C is more affordable and easier to purchase. Whereas Le 2 can be purchased only through flash sales as of now.

Winner: Honor 5C.

Verdict: Whether to buy LeEco Le2 or Honor 5C is upto each individual’s decision based on the preferences. My personal choice would be Honor 5C due to its compact size and better battery life. I like small screen smartphones. Also I am not quite happy with the quality control measures taken on the LeEco Le 2. I have written a detailed post on it. The link is provided in the starting of this post. Which one you prefer between LeEco Le 2 Vs Honor 5C and why? Share it in the comment section.
July 11, 2016
Honor 5C Tips and Tricks with FAQ
Honor 5C is the latest Android smartphone which is launched in India. The main USP of this device are 5.2 inch full HD display screen, 13MP primary camera and 8MP front facing camera. Honor 5C price in India is Rs.10,999. Let us have quick look into Honor 5C Tips and Tricks with FAQ,

Honor 5C Tips and Tricks with FAQ

What size sim cards Honor 5C accepts?

Honor 5C comes with dual sim hybrid sim card slot. It accepts 2 nano sim cards.

What are the different colour variants of Honor 5C available?

Honor 5C is available in Gold, Grey and Silver colours.

Does it has dedicated microSD card support?

No. As it has hybrid sim slot, you can either use 2 sim cards or 1 sim card along with microSD card.

What is the internal storage on this device? How much is user available storage?

Honor 5C has 16GB of internal storage. In my unit the user available storage out of the box is around 9.78GB.

What are the box content of Honor 5C?

Honor 5C box content are device, sim ejector pin, charger and USB to microUSB cable.

How many fingerprint id can be configured on this device? What are the different functions or Fingerprint scanner tips and tricks?

You can add upto 5 fingerprint ids. Below are different functions which can be done using the fingerprint scanner on Honor 5C. You can access these settings from Settings->Fingerprint ID.
1. Tap and Hold gesture:
  - Take photo or video: From the viewfinder screen, touch and hold the fingerprint scanner to take photo or record video.
  - Answer call: if you enable this, you can answer a incoming call by touch and hold fingerprint sensor.
  - Stop Alarm: When an alarm goes off, touch and hold fingerprint sensor to stop the alarm.
2. Slide Gesture:
  - Show notification panel: Slide down on the fingerprint sensor to display the notification panel. Double touch to clear the panel and slide up to close the panel.
  - Browse photos: When viewing photos in full screen mode, swipe left or right on the fingerprint sensor to switch to the previous or next photo.
How to take screenshot on Honor 5C

There are two ways through which you can take screenshot on Honor 5C.
1. Screenshot button method: To capture screenshot using this method, you need access the notification panel->Shortcuts. Now tap on to the screenshot button.
2. Volume down and power button: To capture screenshot on Honor 5C using this method, you need to press and hold volume down and power button at the same time.
How to download PC suite for Honor 5c? What are features of it?

You can download the Honor 5C PC suite from the official support page. For more details on this you can refer to my post Honor PC suite download and Features. You can directly install PC suite for Honor 5c by connecting the device to PC as well.

What about review on Honor 5C?

I started using the Honor 5C from past 2 days. So far I am pretty happy with the device. The performance, build quality, camera performance all are good. Only con of Honor 5C I felt is hybrid sim card slot. However, I will be making dedicated Honor 5C review in the coming days in which I will be discussing the pros and cons of Honor 5C in detail.

These are some basic Honor 5C tips and FAQ. If you have any questions related to this device, please mention it in the comment section below.
July 7, 2016