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  • Honor 5X Review- Pros and Cons

    Huawei’s sub brand Honor range of smartphones are developed and positioned to compete in the budget and midrange smartphone segment. It was intended to target developing markets like India. Huawei Honor range with value for money smartphones, made significant impact in the budget and midrange smartphone segment of China, India and across Europe. For the price of Rs.12,999 in India, it offers lot of features such as metal body, good screen, decent camera and finger print scanner.

    Huawei Honor 5X is powered by 64 bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 processor with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 405 GPU. The device runs on Android 5.1.1 with EMUI 3.1 on top. It has 16GB of internal storage in which around 9.8GB is user available. There is also  provision to add microSD card upto 128GB. The performance on the device is decent and has minimal heating issues.

    Huawei Honor 5X

    Fingerprint scanner on the Honor 5X is remarkably accurate. With the fingerprint scanner, you can, not only unlock your phone, you can set different apps to open with different fingerprint. It is dual sim smartphone which accepts one nano SIM card and one microSIM card. Both sim slots are 4G enabled.  Honor 5X is backed by 3000 mAh battery . The battery with normal performance mode turned on, easily lasted for more than a day.

    Honor 5X sports 5.5 inch IPS LCD screen with resolution of 1920×1080 and 401 ppi pixel density. The screen to body ratio is 72.2 percent.  The display screen offers wide viewing angles and  good colors (plus a color temperature adjustment option in the settings). One demerits about the display is it does not have oleophobic coating, hence it attracts smudges from even casual use.

    Honor 5X houses 13 MP primary camera with single-tone LED flash and variable focus, and a 5-megapixel front camera with fixed focus. The primary camera can record 1080p videos and secondary camera is capable of recording 720p. There are plenty of video modes and options available for both the camera such as panorama, all-focus, HDR, slow motion video, watermark, audio note ,beauty, food, time-laps and bunch of manual controls, filters and settings.  The primary camera captures photos with excellent colour and detail in good light.  Low light shots, colour and details bit off. Overall camera performance is decent. The front facing camera performance too good, considering the price. It also takes relatively sharp shots from the 5MP sensor even in indoor lighting.

    Lets us summarize Honor 5X review by segregating the features into merits and demerits. The device will compete with the likes of Letv Le 1S, Lenovo K4 Note, Moto G Turbo etc.

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    Advantages and Disadvantages of Honor 5X

    Pros of Honor 5X

    • Good quality display screen.
    • Decent design and build quality.
    • Accurate fingerprint scanner.
    • Decent camera performance.
    • Overall good value for money performance.

    Cons of Honor 5X

    • No Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box.
    • UI needs more refining.
    • Display is catches smudges easily.
    • Larger than usual bezels around the screen.

    Honor 5X Specification

    • 5.5-inch 1920×1080 IPS LCD screen.
    • 64 bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 processor with 2GB of RAM.
    • Dual sim(nano sim+microSIM) with 4G LTE.
    • Android 5.1.1 with EMUI 3.1.
    • 16GB of internal storage and support for microSD card upto 128GB.
    • Fingerprint scanner.
    • Non removable 3000 mAh battery.
    • 13MP primary camera and 5MP front facing camera.

  • 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