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  • Huawei Honor 4C Cons and Pros Review

    Huawei Honor 4C is a dual sim 3G smartphone within the price tag of 10k. The main attraction of this smartphone is its primary camera. Let us see the Honor 4C review to understand whether it is worth buying or not.

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    Huawei Honor 4C is powered by 64-bit 1.2 GHz Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 620 processor with 2GB RAM and Mali 450 GPU. The device has 8GB of internal storage capacity, in that 4GB is available for user. There is also provision for adding microSD card upto 32GB.  Phone performance is decent but has issues such as crashing of apps. Honor 4C runs on Android 4.4.2 Kitkat with Emotion UI.

    Huawei Honor 4C features 5 inch TFT IPS display with screen resolution of 720×1280 pixels and pixel density of 294 ppi. The sun light legibility and viewing angles are just average. In terms of call quality, Honor 4C does a decent job. However, watching youtube videos using the headphone, the audio quality is not good.

    Honor 4C Review

    Huawei Honor 4C comes with 13MP A/F primary camera with LED flash and 5MP front facing camera. The phone has lot of customisation options in camera settings. Even with default settings, this dual sim smartphone takes a good images and videos in this price. Some of the customisation option available on Honor 4C are Panorama, HDC, All Focus (lets you change focus point of a picture after you have taken it) etc.

    Huawei Honor 4C houses 2,550mAh battery. The battery performance is below average. It drains fast and also gets heated up while charging. The connectivity features of the device are Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS, Wi-Fi , 3G, USB tethering and WiFi hotspot. Unfortunately there is no 4G support. It surprising considering the phones which are priced much lesser than this such as Lenovo A6000, Moto E 4G has 4G support.

    Advantages and Disadvantages of  Huawei Honor 4C

    Pros Honor 4C

    • Good camera performance.
    • Competitive pricing.
    • Decent build quality.
    • Good selfie camera.

    Cons of Honor 4C

    • No Android Lollipop out of the box.
    • Battery drains faster.
    • No headphone in the box.
    • No 4G connectivity
    • Only 4GB user available internal storage.

    Huawei Honor 4C Specification

    • Dual-SIM.
    • 5-inch 720p HD TFT IPS display.
    • 64-bit 1.2GHz octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 620 processor.
    • 2GB of RAM and 8GB internal memory.
    • Expandable storage up to 32GB via microSD card.
    • 13MP A/F rear camera with Flash, 5MP front camera.
    • Android 4.4 KitKat with Emotion UI 3.0.
    • 2,550mAh battery.
    • Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G.

  • Huawei Honor 4X Cons and Pros Review

    The budget 4G Android smartphone segment is becoming more competitive.  We already have Yu Yureka, Xiaomi Redme 2 and Lenovo A6000 in the market. Now there is new entrant to this segment. That is Huawei Honor 4X. This 4G phablet has bigger battery life and good processing power. We will see whether Huawei Honor 4X is worth the buying?

    Huawei Honor 4X is powered by 64 bit 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 CPU with Adreno 306 graphics and 2GB of RAM.  It has 8GB of internal storage and supports microSD card upto 32GB.  The device runs on Android 4.4.4 Kitkat with Emotion 3.0 skin.

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    Huawei Honor 4X comes with 5.5 inch IPS LCD  display panel with screen resolution of 720×1280 which translated to 267 ppi pixel density.  The screen is sharp enough to  see images and text crisp.  The screen sun light legibility and viewing angles are average.

    Huawei Honor 4x 4G

    Huawei Honor 4X has 13MP rear primary shooter made by Sony and a 5MP front facing camera. It houses a massive 3000 mAh battery. This 4G phablet has dual sim configuration and works in dual standby mode. The connectivity features of Honor 4X are Wi-Fi a/b/g/n and Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP.  This device can connect to Indian 4G LTE networks  operating in the 1800MHz and 2300MHz bands.

    Competitors for Huawei Honor 4X

    Yu Yureka Review

    Lenovo A6000 Review

    Xiaomi Redme 2 Review

    Advantages and Disadvantages of Huawei Honor 4X

    Pros of Honor 4X

    • Good performance: Decent chipset with 2GB of RAM does provide a good day to user experience.
    • Battery Life: The battery life the device excellent compared to the competitors.
    • 4G connectivity: Having support for Indian 4G network is good addition.
    • Decent 5MP front facing camera:  It is one of the best front facing camera available in this budget.
    • Decent call quality: The call quality and signal receiving are good.

    Cons of Honor 4X

    • Average display:The sunlight legibility is average. Also the viewing angle are not great.
    • No screen protection: The display does not feature any protective glass . This means you need to use screen guard.
    • Average camera performance: The primary camera is low to focus. Also in day light it faces a problem with adjusting the highlights and shadows and some shots, there is little bit of noise.
    • No Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box.

    Huawei Honor 4X specifications

    •  64 bit 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 CPU with Adreno 306 graphics and 2GB of RAM.
    • 5.5 inch IPS LCD  display panel with screen resolution of 720×1280.
    • 8GB of internal storage and supports microSD card upto 32GB.
    • Android 4.4.4 Kitkat with Emotion 3.0 UI
    • 13MP rear primary with LED flash
    • 5MP front facing camera
    • Wi-Fi a/b/g/n and Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, 4G
    • 3000 mAh battery.

  • Huawei Honor 6 Pros and Cons Review

    Year 2014 seen the game changer smartphones from Chinese mobile manufacturers. Started with Xiaomi Mi 3 which set the standards for a mid range smartphone and Redme 1S for the entry level smartphones. Now it is turn for Huawei. Till so many years they were focused on more on other fields such as routers.  Though they were in smartphone manufacturing, it was marketed through other brand names mostly. But with Huawei Honor 6, it entered market with great interest among the consumers. Let is have quick look into Huawei Honor 6 Pros and Cons to understand whether it is a best sub 20k smartphone available today.

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    Huawei Honor 6

    Huawei Honor 6 is powered by 1.7GHz Kirin 920 Octa Core Processor which uses four 1.7GHz Cortex A15 cores and four Cortex A7 cores.  This is developed by Hisilicon a subsidiary of  Huawei. Unfortunately, the GPU Mali-T628 MP4 gives a mid range performance. The Honor 6 comes with 3GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage.  It does supports microSD card upto 64GB.

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    Huawei Honor 6 has 13MP primary camera with Dual LED flash. It also has 5MP front facing camera to take self portrait and video calling. Connectivity features of the device includes 2G, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth USB, NFC and Cat 6 LTE. 2.3GHz band used  by Indian service provider such as Airtel 4G is not supported in the device. It also has USB tethering and WiFi hotspot.

    Huawei Honor 6 runs on Android 4.4.2 along with Emotion UI 2.3.  The device has 5 inch LCD capacitive touch screen with screen resolution of 1080×1920 pixels and 445 ppi pixel density. The viewing angles and sunlight legibility are just average as it is not a IPS screen. Honor 6 comes with 3000 mAh battery. It lasts on average 10 hours with battery saving features on.

    Advantages and Disadvantages of Huawei Honor 6

    Pros of Huawei Honor 6

    • Fast  Performance: With Octa core processor and 3GB of RAM, provides a super fast performance. There is no or negligible lag is visible.
    • Front facing camera: Honor 6 front facing is of 5MP. It does take good quality photos and videos. It is one feature many of the selfie enthusiast can look into.
    • High resolution screen: The 5 inch screen comes with 1080p resolution which results in crisp and clear display.
    • Great Value for Money: Priced at 19k, it is a great value for money we can purchase.

    Cons of Huawei Honor 6

    • Build Quality: The glossy back panel attracts lot of scratches. In a day to day use, we have seen that, it very prone to scratches. Also the device feels slipper while holding.
    • Average Graphics Performance:  As mentioned earlier, the GPU in the device is of mid range.
    • Average Battery life: Though it has 3000 mAh battery, it performance very similar to the other smartphones 2600 mAh battery.
    • Average Viewing angle: As it doesn’t  feature IPS display screen, the viewing angles and sun light legibility are not upto the mark.
    • Sound Crackles at volume : In spite of having Dolby DTS technology, at higher volumes sound crackles. Even earpiece volume is low in phone calls.

    Huawei Honor 6 Tips and Tricks

    Take screenshot: To take screenshot on Huawei Honor 6, you can use the UI way. Just swipe down on the  screen on which you want to take screen shot to get the quick toggle menu. In that, take screenshot option is available. Tap on it to take the screenshot.

    Use as Modem: You can use Huawei Honor 6 as modem through USB tethering or WiFi hotspot features.

    Huawei Honor 6 Specifications

    • 1.7GHz Kirin 920 Octa Core Processor with 3GB of RAM
    • Android 4.4.2 along with Emotion UI 2.3
    • 5 inch LCD capacitive touch screen with screen resolution of 1080×1920 pixels
    • 13MP primary and 5MP front facing camera
    • 16GB internal storage and support for 64GB microSD card.
    • 3000 mAh battery