Skip to main content

Honor 6X review

Honor 6X review: a lot of phone for the money, shame about the old software



 Huawei’s Honor line has been making a name for itself by selling good yet reasonably priced smartphones. The Honor 6X is no exception, even if it isn’t perfect.
Last year’s Honor 5X offered a lot of smartphone for the money at a time when the stalwart of the good-but-cheap smartphone market, the Moto G series, was faltering. Now the Honor 6X has a lot to live up to.

SMOOTHER DESIGN



The Honor 6X looks like a slightly smaller version of the Huawei Mate 9. It’s got a metal back, plastic top and bottom edges, a dual camera in vertical orientation and a fingerprint sensor on the back. The front is plain and all glass. It’s a simple, attractive design that’s more rounded and smoother than its predecessor, the 5X.

It’s well made, with very little flex in the body. At 8.2mm thick the 6X is the same thickness as the 5X, but thinner by 1.6mm than the Moto G4 Plus. The 6X is also shorter by 4mm than the 5X, but whether you could tell that by looking at them is debatable.
It weighs 162g, which is actually heavier than the 158g 5X and the 155g Moto G4 Plus, but the curved back and rounded edges make it feel a lot nicer in the hand. It feels reassuringly heavy with good balance rather than being a lump.
The 5.5in 1080p LCD screen is very good for a smartphone costing under £250, and is improved over the 5X, although it doesn’t quite match up to the likes of Apple’s iPhone or Samsung’s AMOLED displays in its S range. It looks relatively crisp, clear and colourful, with wide viewing angles. The included screen protector is useful, but sort of ruins the smooth glass curve down to the smartphone’s edges.

SPECIFICATION



  • Screen: 5.5in 1080 HD LCD (403ppi)
  • Processor: octa-core Huawei Kirin 655
  • RAM: 3GB of RAM
  • Storage: 32GB + microSD
  • Operating system: EMUI 4.1 based on Android 6 Marshmallow
  • Camera: 12MP+2MP dual rear camera, 8MP front-facing camera
  • Connectivity: LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, dual-Sim
  • Dimensions: 150.9 x 76.2 x 8.2mm
  • Weight: 162g

GOOD BATTERY LIFE



The Honor 6X has Huawei’s own processor, the Kirin 655, which handled games and apps with aplomb. The in graphically-rich Real Racing 3, for instance, gameplay was buttery smooth and the 6X only got slightly warm while playing. It was responsive and snappy throughout normal Android operations and in no way felt like anything other than a premium device in operation.

Battery life was also very good. Using it as my primary device, even with the Facebook app installed, and receiving hundreds of push notifications, emails and messages, as well as browsing the web and using apps for around three hours, I would finish the day with about half the battery left. The next morning it would only have dropped about 3% battery overnight and would last until evening.
Most users will get somewhere between 1.5 days and well over two days of use between charges, more if you leave it alone for long periods as Huawei’s app control prolongs standby time immeasurably compared to most other Android Marshmallow devices.
It also charges a lot faster than the 5X, which means when it does run out it takes just over an hour rather than a good two to reach 100%.
The 6X also has dual-Sim support, for using two numbers or plans at the same time with the same phone, but the second Sim slot also doubles as a microSD card slot for adding more storage, which means it’s either or but not both.

OLD VERSION UI


If there’s one weakness to the Honor 6X, it’s the software. It has an old version of Android 6 Marshmallow, not the current Android 7 Nougat, which for a new smartphone going on sale over four months after Nougat was released is pretty poor.
At the same time Huawei makes modifications to the basic Android experience which are a mixed bag. Some tweaks such as aggressive control of background applications and notifications when they’re draining your battery are good.
The removal of the app drawer in favour of every app installed having to be on the home screen is not. Some people like Huawei’s so-called Emotion UI - EMUI 4.1 in this case - but many do not.
EMUI 5, which the Honor 6X is due to get relatively soon, is a big step up, but for now it’s stuck with the same version of EMUI as the Honor 8 and Huawei P9.

DUAL CAMERA




The dual camera on the back produces really quite good images, with accurate colour and a solid amount of detail in all conditions short of really poor light. The 12-megapixel sensor captures the images and the auxiliary 2-megapixel sensor below it captures depth information. Using the two, with a special wide-aperture mode, you can take a variable aperture photo for various blurring effects, but also refocus the picture after the fact.
The HDR mode is not built into the main shooting mode, and while it is easily one of the best cameras for the price, it won’t trouble the best there is available on a smartphone for sheer image quality.

The 8-megapixel front-facing selfie camera is fixed focus, which eliminates out-of-focus shots, but also means you’re unlikely to get anything with a pleasing out-of-focus background. Nevertheless, it captures a really good amount of detail in photos, even in poor artificial lighting conditions, and has enough beauty modes to satisfy all but the most self-obsessed.

OBSERVATIONS



  • The fingerprint sensor is very fast and very accurate
  • The fingerprint scanner can be used to swipe through photos or pull down the notification shade
  • Call quality was good, and reception and data speeds were excellent
  • Some versions of the Honor 6X, including the US variant, do not have NFC and therefore no access to Android Pay and on-touch pairing


VERDICT 


The Honor 6X is another excellent reasonably-priced smartphone from Huawei and is yet again a lot of smartphone for the money.
It has a great camera, good build, dual-Sim and microSD card support, a snappy processor, a decent screen and good battery life. But it has an old version of Android without the latest security updates, an inferior version of Huawei’s EMUI and microUSB not USB-C.


-THANK YOU


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

EPIC Skateboards are really EPIC!!!!!!!!

EPIC SKATEBOARDS Epic electric skateboards are really going on as a skateboard that every one wants to have.These skateboard are very complex and are an astonishing and very creative board ever made by anyone. These boards have some innovative and futuristic technologies that exist. These boards make our daily commute easy.  ABOUT EPIC SKATEBOARDS Epic skateboards was the dream child of ADAM RILEY who invented the electric skate board in 1991 at the age of 15. The skateboard was built using a bike chain , a lead acid battery and a wired remote to control the board. Then Adam chased his dream of making electric skateboards and built his company .He went to the famous TV show the SHARK TANK to kick start his company . Now the epic electric skateboards come with lot of innovation which uses lithium ion battery and can be charged 1000 imes and ahas regenerative braking which charges the battery while braking,it has a reverse mode and slow mode settings and...
Post a Comment
Read more

DJI Spark review

DJI Spark hands on review OUR VERDICT No larger or heavier than a can of soda, the DJI Spark is the portable drone you’ve been waiting for. It's automatic flight capabilities and ability to recognise hand gestures outshine it's few problems. PRO Controller-free gesture controls Absolutely tiny Automatic Quickshot modes CON Spotty Wi-Fi connection with smartphones Short flight time Easily swayed by the wind Drones may be getting smaller and more affordable than ever, but few have yet to be a hit with the honest-to-goodness mainstream audience. The DJI Spark hopes to be the first to make its mark with a blend of compactness, automated features and an affordable price point. No larger than can of soda and likely smaller than that super-sized smartphone you have in your pocket, the DJI Spark is an amazing example of how small drones can get. While it might be tiny, this drone comes fully packed with technology, including obstac...
Post a Comment
Read more

Cheapest Cheap Action Camera

Maddcell action camera Maddcel company is very good at producing tripods and this attempt of trying to enter to the action camera industries is very astonishing. This camera feels like its moulded with cheap plastic but with the case, it is actually sturdy as a High-end action camera. This camra is basically BANG FOR EVERY BUCK General Specifications Maddcell Action Pro Maddcell HD Action Adventure Camera Sports & Action 130 degree Wide angle lens has a resolution of 12 MP and comes with 2X optical zoom. It has a CCD sensor of 1. It can shoot 1920*1080p at 15 fps and 1280*720p at 30 fps. It's waterproof housing is very well built and its very sturdy. It has a 12 Mega Pixel Camera. It has got Multi Language ability. It has a 900mah battery and it's removable and shoots video up to 1.5hrs. It is actually very well made up but the camera when we hold it feels very cheap. Yup, It just feels that way We cannot say or complain about it.At the pri...
Post a Comment
Read more