Huawei is still making its baby steps in the U.S. market, with the only device currently available
being the Honor 5X, which was unveiled earlier this year.
Opening up the box, the first thing you see
is the Honor 5X.
It's no doubt that one of the more impressive releases earlier in the year
was the Honor 5X from Huawei.
Among the specs worth highlighting
is the honor 5X's dual - SIM configuration.
All you need to know
is the Honor 5X is fast at registering your print and it will unlock as soon as you want it to.
Both phones offer dual - SIM capability as well as SD card slots, with the one big hardware differentiator
being the Honor 5X's one - touch fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone — that's a big deal for both security and convenience.
Not exact matches
It
's not as crisp as the 1080p displays you'll get on $ 200 Moto G4 or
Honor 5X, but again... $ 50.
The
Honor 8 smartphone, released in 2016,
is a notable upgrade over the
5X, with premium features and a flashy design.
Huawei
Honor 5X is powered by 1.2 GHz octa - core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 processor and it comes with 2 GB of RAM.
The Marshmallow update rolled out to Huawei
Honor 5X is based on EMUI 4 UI.
The update
is available for
Honor 5X (KIW - L22) model number.
The
Honor 6X will
be the successor to last year's
Honor 5X and comes with an affordable price tag as well.
It
's made primarily of machined aluminum and glass, with plastic endcaps painted to match the anodized shell, just like the
Honor 5x.
We've unboxed it, and while we
're reviewing it, we
're checking in with some early impressions on the Huawei
Honor 5X.
It
's not a new idea, but at its price point (in the case of the
Honor 5X, 200 freaking dollars), it
's pretty notable.
The
Honor 5X is packing a respectable rear camera.
Skeptics
were proved wrong in September when Google launched the Nexus 6P and the Nexus
5X, and Huawei had the
honor of putting its name on the prestige device of the pair, the 6P.
We
're happy to report that many of the design influences we enjoyed on those phones have found their way to the less expensive
Honor 5X.
Budget phones
are hot right now, so we'll
be continuing the discussion as we spend some more time with the
Honor 5X.
We
're also fans of the
Honor 5X, which
is cheaper than the MX6 and has better connectivity, plus a surprisingly good camera.
We've compared the
Honor 5X to the Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3, we recently we reviewed the Oppo F1, and a Moto G
is always a safe bet at this tier.
The chin bezel feels more pronounced than it might need to
be without a home button, but the
Honor 5X maintains a healthy screen to bezel ratio.
Say hello to the
Honor 5X: a premium mid-range that
is super-affordable.
Here
's out first 48 hour report, with our Huawei
Honor 5x second impressions.
that the
Honor 5X launched with earlier this year
is in the same vein.
Gaming
is not the
Honor 5X's strong suite, but older titles like Skyforce 2014 and Riptide GP2 performed well with few frame rate drops or bad lags.
The pictures you'll get out of the
Honor 5X are good, for the price.
The
Honor 5X from 2015
was part of the early crew of Android smartphones to pack a metal unibody design on a budget.
The
Honor 5X was one of the first handsets to bring metal construction and fingerprint recognition to a cheaper price tier.
It
's the successor to the
Honor 5X that currently retails for around
Rs 10k in India.
Its color range
is also lacking: The X power covered 71 percent of the sRGB spectrum versus the G4's 110 percent and the
Honor 5X's 121 percent.
On the JetStream 1.1 JavaScript test, the X power scored 26.86 (bigger numbers
are better), which
is higher than both the Moto G4 (23.01) and the
Honor 5X (20.5).
The
Honor 5X also comes with a finger print sensor at the back which according to the company
is laced with «Fingerprint 2.0» which will allow the phone to
be unlocked in just 0.5 seconds.
Huawei had launched the
Honor 5X in China way back in October last year and now the phone has finally
been launched in the Indian market as well.
Keeping that aside, it
's worth noting that the
Honor 5C comes with an excellent all metal unibody built with a gently curved rear panel, similar to the one seen in slightly higher priced
Honor 5X.
For some reason, Huawei isn't bringing the 3 GB variant of
Honor 5X that they have in China.
The
Honor 6X
is a fantastic follow - up to last year's
5X, brining premium features and build quality to the budget tier.
You can also get a bargain on the
Honor 5X, which
was named the best budget Android phone by The Wirecutter.
So while I still prefer both the Moto G4 or
Honor 5X overall in the $ 200 range, if you
're looking for something even more affordable, or if you place a big priority on battery life, the LG X power should not
be overlooked.
The
Honor 5X from early 2016
was one of the best low - end phones you could buy last year — we even gave it four out of five stars.
Previously
Honor 5x, and
Honor 6x
was released in India, so we can
be almost sure that the
Honor 7x will
be launched in India.
I think that if the
Honor 5X had 3 GB of RAM, and the camera / flash configuration and the 32 GB of the ASUS ZE551KL at the same price point, it would probably
be the winner in my book.
The
Honor 5X kicked off this series and played to what
was popular on the market at the time — fingerprint sensors and metal builds.
As far as the pricing
is concerned, the
Honor 6X could set you back just $ 200, which
is the same price tag that the
Honor 5X made its debut with.
It
was two months ago when
Honor US teased a big software update for the
Honor 5X.
There
is an even better feature - packed phone in the shape of Huawei
Honor 5X and -LSB-...]
While Huawei's flagship Mate 8 isn't coming to the US quite yet, the company
is going all in with the curiously - named and much - cheaper
Honor 5X.
The software, hardware, and experience
are all as good or better on the
Honor 5X than the phone I last year said
was one of the best budget Android phones.
Honor 5X will
be getting «regular» software updates the company has said, including Android Marshmallow, EMUI 4, and Android security patches.
Whereas the
Honor 5X was a cheap phone with a design that matched its pricing, the
Honor 8 has a design that matches its higher, more - premium price tag.