It’s not a large-screened Honor 10 (before the end of the year we may see something like this, akin to last year’s View 10 – watch this space) and so there are deliberate compromises here as part of a clear strategy of creating models for carefully defined segments.
On the front is a single 16-megapixel camera (f/2.0) and on top of all that are a range of AI features for scene detection (changing the camera settings for different modes on-the-fly) and fun effects for selfie fans.Īs you’ll see from the photos below, the camera is not top-of-the-line and perhaps nobody should expect it to be given the price point for this phone. On the camera side, there’s no Honor 10 style dual-camera with a RGB and B&W sensor here, but rather a 20-megapixel primary camera (f/1.8) and a second 2-megapixel sensor that is there purely for depth measurement, to aid portrait photos and create fashionable bokeh effects. It’s also very frugal, meaning that with the large battery the phone delivers on its promise to provide good battery performance – even with the extra large display.
The Kirin 710 SoC is Huawei’s latest mid-range chipset, also powering the £379 Huawei Mate 20 Lite, and it’s no slouch. Sure, the longer tray takes up more room inside – but it’s always frustrating to have to choose between a second SIM or memory expansion, especially on a more expensive phone that you’d normally expect to do things a cheaper models doesn’t. It has always confused (and annoyed) me that only the cheaper phones in Honor’s portfolio have come with this configuration. Unlike the iPhone, or pretty much any dual-SIM phone on the market, the Honor 8X comes with a three slot tray to allow two nano SIM cards and a microSDXC card, so there’s no need to choose between adding a further 512GB of storage or a second SIM. It comes with a decent 3,750mAh battery, a dual-camera setup, dual-band Wi-Fi with 802.11ac support, NFC with Google Pay support, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Let’s not pretend the Honor 8X is directly comparable to the iPhone XS Max, but it still offers a lot for the money. It truly is a marvel of engineering for something that is a fraction of the price of, say, the iPhone XS Max but with the same-sized screen. There’s no HDR support on this display, such as you’ll find on the recently announced Nokia 7.1 but it still looks fantastic – with a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels that comes in just short of 400PPI. With a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, virtually the entire front of the phone is display so there’s no chunky chin either. Going big is exactly what Honor has gone for again, this time with a near bezel-less 6.5-inch LCD display (with the obligatory notch) that’s nothing short of spectacular. This was another large-screen phone that introduced the taller ‘FHD+’ 18:9 ratio display, reducing bezel size and bringing higher-end features to a more affordable phone. The Honor 8X is the successor, funnily enough, to last year’s Honor 7X. It ticked all the right boxes for a respectable £279 retail price, but that hasn’t stopped Honor releasing an even bigger screened device, but with a slightly lower spec chipset, for the incredible price of £229.99. IPadOS 16.2 beta 1/iPadOS 16.1 RC/Public beta 5/iPad OS 16.It doesn’t seem like very long ago that released the Honor Play, the first ‘gaming-centric’ phone from a company targeting ‘brave’ digital natives. IPadOS 16.2 beta 1/iPadOS 16.1 RC/Public beta 5/iPad OS 16.1 Dev beta 1/Developer beta 6/Public beta 3/Developer beta 5/Public beta 2/Developer beta 4/Public beta 1/Developer beta 3/Developer beta 2/Developer beta 1 IOS 16.2 beta 1/iOS 16.1 RC/iOS 16.1 beta 5/iOS 16.1 beta 4/iOS 16.1 beta 3/iOS 16.1 beta 2/iOS 16.1 beta/Release Candidate/Public beta 6/Developer beta 8/Public beta 5/Developer beta 6/Public beta 3/Developer beta 5/Public beta 2/Developer beta 4/Public beta 1/Developer beta 3/Developer beta 2/Developer beta 1
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