Huawei Honor 5X Review

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Another latest smartphone from the brand Honor. The Honor 5X smartphone is already launched in India and is a successor of the Honor 4X. This phone`s predecessor is believed to be one of the best selling smartphones of the the brand. We got an opportunity to use this smartphone and here is our observation about the device.

Huawei Honor 5X

Huawei Honor 5X Review

Design

At the first look we see the metallic design of the smartphone. This phone is coming in 3 color variants, these are Dark Grey, Sunset Gold and Daybreak Silver. We can see the metal finish on the rear side of the device. There are rounded edges. The back panel is non removable. There is a rear camera on backhand side with flash.

Huawei Honor 5X

The user can use the SIM card and microSD card slot on top left hand side of the smartphone. There is a microUSB port below and is surrounded by loudspeaker grill. The front side has a huge display and we can see bezels all over. The phone is having a 70% of screen to body ratio, which could had been improved. Though the overall design seems to be cool.

Huawei Honor 5X

Display

The phone is having a 5.5 inch display and is a full HD display. This is a IPS display and the viewing angles are good. So the user is able to view the display from good viewing angles. There is a scratch resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 3 in this smartphone which provides nice protection for the screen from scratches. I liked the sharp display and display levels change according to the ambient lighting which I liked a lot.

Software

The phone is having Android 5.1.1 and is having Emotion UI 3.1. There are many pre-installed apps on this smartphone like Clean Master, WPS Office, UC Browser, InMobi, Hi Honor, Apps Gallery and many more. There is an app named as HiCare which helps the user to contact the Honor service center with ease.

Overall user experience was wonderful on this smartphone with this new UI.

Huawei Honor 5XAlso read : Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus Review

Performance

Well let us start with the most important function of a smartphone. It is about calling. So the call quality of the phone is excellent as it is using one of the best hardware. Voice from the phone is loud and clear during the call. While playing heavy games the phone gets warm but not to worry much.

Huawei Honor 5X

This phone is having 2GB of RAM and is using 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 with Adreno 405 GPU. The phone is having an in built storage of 16 GB out of which user is able to use 10.51 GB. User can expand memory upto 128 GB using a microSD card.

Other Features

This phone is having 2 SIM slots out of which one has a 4G support. The phone is having Bluetooth 4.1, GLONASS, GPS with A-GPS and FM Radio. There are Proximity, Compass, Accelerometer and fingerprint sensor in the device. The user can use the fingerprint sensor to open the camera, unlock the phone or even to answer calls and do much more. You can do magic with fingerprint sensor, s in scrolling of documents and many more. It is one of the best fingerprint sensor which I have seen till date. I believe it is the best in this price segment.

Huawei Honor 5X

Camera

This phone is having a 13MP rear camera with a Sony IMX214 sensor in it. It is also having a f/2.0 aperture for the rear camera. There is a front camera of 5MP and it is having a f/2.4 aperture. There is a camera app in the phone which is having various modes like the Time Lapse, Good food, Beauty and various video modes. There are Panorama, HDR, Best Photo, Slo-Mo and other modes.

Huawei Honor 5X

There are selfie modes likes the Perfect Selfie in the camera app of the phone. The image quality is good while capturing daylight images. Don`t expect much though in low light and indoor conditions from the smartphone. Overall it does the work for you.

Huawei Honor 5X

Battery

This phone is having a battery capacity of 3000mAh. There is the use of SmartPower 3.0 in it as well. The battery of the smartphone is non removable. There are power saving modes which the user can use for getting that more extra juice. You can use the smartphone for one day of normal use.

Huawei Honor 5X

Final Verdict

Overall performance of this smartphone is good. Though this may not be your perfect phone at this price. There is a fierce competition in this price range and there are certainly better options for the user available in the market. Though if you are obsessed with superior call quality and want an amazing fingerprint sensor this smartphone should be yours. Huawei Honor 5X is priced at INR 12,999.

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4 COMMENTS

  1. Please be aware of the service downtime before purchasing any Huawei product in India as is apparent from the reviews on their facebhook page too. I have given my phone for repair to the authorized service centre on 27th Jan. More than 50 days later, I’m still waiting for any update. All I have is a complaint number, and the complaint being forwarded to some escalation department, repeatedly. lol!

  2. if you say that the fingerprint sensor is so amazing then i should explore this device more. i liked the way you can scroll the documents as you said bro using that sensor

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