Smartphone honor 6x 32 GB gold. Battery life and performance

Honor 6X is the first smartphone of the famous Chinese brand Huawei, which was introduced in 2017. Its presentation took place on January 4 at CES 2017, and it went on sale immediately after the end of the New Year's celebrations.

Honor 6X is available in 2 modifications, each of which differs in the amount of internal and RAM memory: 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal memory, as well as 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal memory. Now we will review Huawei Honor 6X 32 GB. This model is an original combination of good characteristics and reasonable cost. Being a representative of the budget segment, Huawei Honor 6X is equipped with a stylish aluminum body, a dual camera and a fingerprint sensor on the rear panel, which is more common to see on more expensive smartphones.

Before reviewing the Huawei Honor 6X 32gb smartphone, let's briefly look at the characteristics of this gadget.

Dimensions	8.2×76.2×150.9 mm
Weight	163 g
RAM memory	3/4 Gb
Memory internal	32/64 Gb
Main camera	Dual, 12 MP and 2 MP, with LED flash
Front camera	8 Mr
Screen	5.5-inch, LPTS TFT, 2.5D, light sensor, auto-brightness adjustment, 403 pixels, 1080×1920 pixels
Chipset	8-core HiSilicon Kirin 655 (4x1.7 GHz and 4x2.1 GHz)
Battery capacity	3340 mAh
Navigation	Beidou/ GLONASS/ GPS-A/ GPS
Connector	Micro USB, USB 2.0, USB OTG
Wireless network	Bluetooth 4.1 wi-fi 802.11/n/g/b, 2.4 GHz, wi-fi Bridge function (a special repeater that distributes wi-fi connections to 4 devices). LTE cat. 4, Band 20, 8, 7, 3.1 - no frequency aggregation, maximum speed reaches 150 Mb/s
SIM cards	Combined slot for 2 nano-SIM cards or 1 SIM card and memory card
Memory card	Micro SD 128 Gb
Sensors and modules	Fingerprint sensor, FM radio
OS	Android 6

Equipment

The phone is sold in beautiful blue boxes made of thick cardboard. The device comes with brief instructions, a charger (2A/5A) with a USB cable, and a clip for removing the SIM tray.

Design

The Huawei Honor 6X smartphone boasts an attractive design. Thanks to the rounded ends and narrowed side edges, this model looks more interesting than the angular Honor 5 X with its straight ends. The sloping sides, rounded corners and thin profile also create a pleasant appearance. We are considering a gray Honor 6x with 32 GB. This model is also available in gold and light silver colors.

But upon closer acquaintance with the smartphone, the disadvantages in the appearance of Huawei Honor 6X become noticeable. First of all, it is impossible not to notice the shabby side frame around the display. This part is a standard gasket found on glass that covers the screen. However, in this case it turned out to be of low quality and cheap. In addition, this frame does not fit tightly to the glass in some areas; gaps are noticeable, which is not significant, but worsens the “appearance” of the device.

The Huawei Honor 6X case is not all-metal: the middle part of the rear panel is made of high-quality metal. The end elements and, accordingly, the corners are made of plastic.

The matte surface of the back panel of the case and the side edges are not easily soiled, but are too slippery to hold in one hand. The front glass does not have an oleophobic coating, as a result of which fingers glide on it poorly, and fingerprints accumulate instantly. All this negatively affects the comfort of using the gadget, in particular, during the game the finger no, no, and even slides where it should not. From the first days, Huawei Honor 6X should be placed in a protective case and a protective film should be glued to it. These are additional expenses.

The main interface components on the Huawei Honor 6X body are located as standard for Huawei smartphones, although many users do not like the lack of hardware touch keys under the screen. The company logo appears under the display. There's nothing else there. This looks like some kind of mockery: if there are no keys under the display, wouldn’t it be wiser to reduce the size of this part?

The entire front part is occupied by 2.5D glass with sloping edges. Above the display there are sensors, an event indicator, and a front camera lens without a flash.

On the back you can see a slightly protruding dual main camera module with a single, very bright flash. A fingerprint scanner is located just below. Using it, you can unlock the screen, scroll through the menu, manage calls and alarms, and take pictures with the camera. The scanner functions perfectly, recognition occurs almost instantly and without errors, and from any angle. The phone's memory can store up to 5 different fingerprints.

The keys on the side do not cause any complaints: they are quite large, moderately hard, have a springy action and can be easily felt blindly.

The bottom end is equipped with a microUSB connector; the smartphone supports connecting external devices, including flash drives in a special USB OTG mode. There is a pair of grilles located symmetrically around the end of the connector, but only one of them (the right one) hides the speaker.

At the top end, as before, there is a 3.5 mm jack for connecting a stereo headset. The hole for an additional microphone is also located here.

Display

The Huawei Honor 6 X has a 5.5-inch LPTS TFT screen with a resolution of 1080×1920 and a density of 403 ppi per 1 inch. It is equipped with a light sensor and automatic brightness level adjustment. It is protected from minor damage by 2.5D protective glass. If we consider Huawei Honor 6X separately from its predecessors, then the quality of its display can be called excellent. But if we compare it with competitors, then, for example, on the Lenovo K6 Note the image remains equally bright at all viewing angles, while on the Huawei Honor 6X it turns white. Fortunately, this can only be noticed through direct comparison, but in real life it is almost impossible to detect this.

In auto mode, the display backlight, as a rule, does not exceed 40%. The colors come out not too bright, muted. It is not possible to manually raise the display to the maximum level; reaching the maximum brightness of 450 nits is only possible in auto mode and in the sun (the screen remains perfectly readable, and everything is perfectly visible).

The quality of the display on the Honor 6 X is above average for smartphones in this price segment, and it has no serious drawbacks. The sharp reduction in brightness is not annoying: you can easily get used to this feature of this model. The display is very convenient to work with.

In the Huawei Honor 6X display settings, you can select the optimal color temperature, select the appropriate scale for common applications and data in them, and activate eye protection (a special yellow background for images). As part of the mode to improve clarity in the sun, you can set the backlight brightness to maximum (the same 450 nits). When turned off, the backlight is 380 nits.

In general, the Huawei Honor 6X display is not only good in itself, but also boasts a lot of serious features that the user can easily customize.

Sound

The sound quality of the Honor 6X is average, both in the speakers and in the headphones. But the sound is pure, without the slightest impurities, the volume margin is acceptable, although the predominance of very high frequencies is noticeable. There are no deep bass. The speaker does not have low frequencies. Surround sound only occurs in headphones. The vibration alert is average in power; there are no manual adjustments for it.

Cameras

The dual main camera consists of 2-megapixel and 12-megapixel modules. The main module - Sony IMX386 - is equipped with phase detection autofocus, the focusing speed does not exceed 0.3 s. Using a pair of lenses allows you to blur the background and then focus on the subject (it only works when the subject is close). This separate mode can be enabled in the camera menu. In this case, the aperture can be changed in the range f/0.95 - f/16.

The camera interface is extremely simple; in the default mode you can adjust white balance, shutter speed and other characteristics. There are also ready-made photography modes, for example, for photographing all kinds of dishes. The camera's service capabilities include shooting from a locked state using the side volume control key (you need to click a couple of times), autofocus on a specific moving object, and other interesting settings.

The 8-megapixel front camera does not shine with special characteristics: the shooting quality is standard for selfie cameras of a budget model, there is nothing to praise or scold it for.

Memory and memory card

We, as mentioned above, are reviewing the Honor 6 X with 3 Gb of RAM and 32 Gb of internal memory, of which only 24 Gb is available to the user. By clearing the memory and closing all applications, you can get 1.9 GB of RAM. If necessary, the internal memory capacity can be expanded by installing a microSD memory card instead of the 2nd SIM card. You can format the memory card to install various applications on it. In the special USB OTG mode, you can connect an external flash drive.

Connection

Honor 6X supports LTE Cat.4 (up to 155 Mb/s), 5 LTE FDD frequency bands, including band 20, 7, 3. There are no complaints about the quality of signal reception, at least within large cities.

The device supports only one Wi-fi band (2.4 GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 is available. The NFC module is capable of working with electric travel cards.

Through the micro-USB connector, Huawei Honor 6X supports connecting all kinds of external devices in USB OTG mode. The navigation module is able to work equally well with both domestic Glonass and GPS (including A-GPS) and Beidou. With a cold start, the first satellites can be identified in a minute, the positioning clarity is low, some state employees can boast of more efficiently functioning navigation modules.

The phone application supports Smart Dial. Contacts are displayed and sorted using standard methods for an Android smartphone.

Huawei Honor 6X cannot simultaneously work with a pair of SIM cards in 4G/3G. This means that, for example, the SIM card will not function in 3G for voice communication if you have assigned a different slot to 4G data. The interface, as before, does not allow you to select a specific card for SMS and calls in advance, only when connecting. Both SIM cards operate in the special Dual SIM Dual Standby mode.

Battery life and performance

Honor 6 X is equipped with a non-removable 3340 mAh battery. Under normal operating conditions, a full charge lasts for a day. The normal mode includes visiting social networks, half an hour of voice calls, watching 4 videos, taking 20 photos, surfing the web for 3 hours, communicating in various instant messengers.

At maximum loads, the Huawei Honor 6X smartphone can work for 10 hours.

PCMark testing has shown that with a fully charged battery, this smartphone can provide:

• 5 hours of playing “non-heavy” video games at 50% brightness with wi-fi turned on;
• 7 hours of watching videos in FullHD resolution at maximum brightness in "Flight";
• 8.5 hours of listening to music.

Fully charging the battery using the standard charger takes 3 hours. Charging and synchronizing the smartphone with a PC is carried out using a micro-USB connector.

Honor 6X operates on a HiSilicon Kirin 655 single-chip system created using 16-nan technology. This chipset consists of 8 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 cores in a pair of clusters: with a frequency of 1.7 GHz and 2.1 GHz. High-quality processing of graphic data is provided by a 2-core GPU Mali-T830 MP2.

Kirin 655 does not please with super-performance. In the AnTuTu benchmark, Huawei Honor 6X with 32 GB of ROM showed an average result, scoring only 56,868 points. In terms of its own capabilities, this platform is an order of magnitude higher than the low-level Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 chipset, but an order of magnitude lower than its main rival of the same level - Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. It’s not worth talking about the most powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 652. In comprehensive testing on the same antitu, Kirin 655 gave 57K points.

Despite the fact that the Kirin 655 is extremely far from top-level platforms, its performance is quite sufficient for solving standard tasks, including current video games that run smoothly. But this smartphone is not suitable for playing “video toys” that require instant reactions due to the “sticky” glass without an oleophobic coating, which is why the finger moves on the glass in jerky movements rather than smoothly. But we have already noted above how this drawback can be eliminated - buy an oleophobic screen protector.

operating system

The Honor 6X smartphone runs on Android 6.0 OS with the proprietary EMUI 4.1 shell with over-the-air updates. The proprietary interface is very familiar to all fans of Huawei smartphones, everything is standard and there are no innovations. All the usual components for EMUI are in place: an auxiliary pop-up menu, in which you can find a voice recorder, a flashlight, a calculator, is called up by moving from bottom to top, there is also a scale with various short-term marks.

It is possible to change the design themes, you can arrange the control keys on the screen according to your own taste. Support for movements is limited to a single flip of the body, there is a special mode for reducing the desktop for one-handed control, and a virtual key for quickly calling the main functions.

Among the installed programs there is a comprehensive dispatcher, a file manager, and a health monitoring program. The Honor 6X keyboard supports swipe input by default. Switching language layouts, like on other Huawei smartphones, is quite inconvenient: you have to hold down the spacebar and slide your finger to the target. This switching option is very distracting.

Bottom line

We looked at a rather interesting smartphone that has a fair number of contradictions. The Huawei Honor 6X with 32 GB of gray ROM, which we reviewed, pleased us with its beautiful design, a solid amount of RAM and internal memory, and a fast-working fingerprint scanner.

The disadvantages of this device include the lack of a separate slot for a memory card, the inability to use both SIM cards, and average performance. In general, we can say that the smartphone fully justifies its price of $208, although some experts believe that it is a little overpriced.

Video review of Huawei Honor 6X 32 GB

To get a more complete picture and understand what the Huawei Honor 6 X is, we recommend watching our video review of this smartphone.

Camera	12 million pixels, LED flash
Interfaces	Wi-Fi 802.11n, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.1, USB
Standard	GSM 900/1800/1900, 3G, 4G LTE, LTE-A Cat. 4
Battery capacity	3340 mAh
RAM capacity	3 GB
CPU	HiSilicon Kirin 655
Number of SIM cards	2
Built-in memory capacity	32 GB
Diagonal	5.5 inch

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Review of Huawei Honor 6X 32Gb+4Gb Dual LTE Gold

The Honor line has been separated from Huawei into a separate brand in order to compete with devices in the mid-price segment, namely those devices that offer smartphones with good hardware and a premium appearance for relatively little money. Last year, Honor released a model that gained a lot of attention and achieved great sales - Honor 5X. But time passes, everything improves, and today I have a descendant of the 5X on review - Huawei Honor 6X. Let's see what it is and whether it can worthily take the place of its much-selling predecessor.

The design of the smartphone is not surprising. It is pleasant and cute to look at, but at the same time simple. The body is made of metal. We also see plastic inserts at the top and bottom.

The location of all controls is standard. On the right side there is a lock button and a volume rocker. On the left side there is a slot for two SIM cards or one SIM and one memory card.

At the top end there is a 3.5 mm audio jack and a microphone for noise reduction. And on the bottom there is a micro USB port, the main speaker of the smartphone and a conversational microphone.

The rear panel here is equipped with a dual main camera, the eyes of which are located on a pedestal protruding above the panel. Its surface is covered with symmetrical circular grooves. There is also an LED flash and a fingerprint scanner.

The front panel is covered with 2.5D glass with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. There is a speaker, front camera, sensors and an LED event indicator. There are no touch keys under the display; they are on the screen.

The smartphone is produced in the following colors: gold, silver, dark gray, blue and pink. Honor 6X is assembled perfectly and evokes only positive comments. In terms of ergonomics, I can say that, like all smartphones with a metal back, it slips out of the hand a little. Otherwise there are no complaints. The dimensions of the device were 150.9 x 76.2 x 8.2 mm, and the weight was 162 grams.

The front panel, among other things, houses a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels and a pixel density of 401 ppi per inch. The display quality is high. We see maximum viewing angles, excellent color reproduction and a good margin of maximum brightness. Auto-adjustment works properly. And the anti-reflective coating will allow the user to work comfortably in sunlight. In the display settings, if desired, you can adjust the color temperature, select the font size and viewing scale of applications, and enable the eye protection mode, which removes the colors of the blue spectrum that cause eye fatigue.

Honor 6X is powered by an 8-core HiSilicon Kirin 655 with a maximum clock frequency of 2.1 GHz. Graphics accelerator - Mali T830. There is 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal memory installed on board. There are also modifications with 3 GB of RAM and 32 built-in and 4 GB of RAM and 64 built-in. The volume of the inserted micro SD card can be up to 128 GB. The filling is not top-end, but it can confidently cope with all possible modern loads. She can work calmly in multitasking mode and at the same time be nimble and smooth. As for 3D games, the smartphone handles them calmly and without noticeable heating at maximum settings. Only sometimes you can notice microlags, but this is not critical. In general, the hardware is excellent, for a mid-price smartphone.

Honor 6X runs Android 7.0 Marshmallow. Huawei branded shell - Emotion UI version 5.0. To decorate the shell, you can change the theme from the available ones or download a new one. A nice feature was the automatic change of wallpaper on the lock screen. Another convenient point is that the navigation buttons can be swapped at your discretion. The curtain here is not like other smartphones. If you swipe right from the very top of the device, a curtain with notifications and settings appears, and if you swipe from half of the display, a list of recommended applications appears and a search for them appears. When locked, the smartphone can offer fast functions such as a voice recorder, calculator, flashlight and camera. This list opens by swiping from the clock from bottom to top.

In general, the shell is very convenient, concise and with a good set of useful and well-thought-out functions. The smartphone supports the following interfaces: Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, microUSB 2.0, USB OTG. Functioning navigation systems: GPS and GLONASS. Mobile networks support both 3G and 4G.

The main camera has two eyes with a resolution of 12 megapixels and 2 megapixels, respectively. The main module is Sony IMX386. It is equipped with phase focusing and its speed is 0.3 seconds. The second eye is used in a certain mode to focus on one object and beautifully blur the background. When shooting this way, the aperture changes from F/0.95 to F/16.

The pictures come out decent for a mid-price smartphone. Both the detailing and color rendition are pleasantly pleasing. The camera interface is convenient and simple. In addition to a variety of ready-made shooting modes, there is a professional mode where you can independently configure the main parameters for creating photos. Video recording by the camera is carried out in a maximum resolution of 1920x1080.

The front camera has a resolution of 8 megapixels and its capabilities are quite standard. It is perfect for taking self-portraits and video conversations.

As for the operating time, there is a 3340 mAh battery installed here. The manufacturer stated that in mixed operating mode the gadget will last 2 days, when listening to music - 70 hours, when watching videos - 11.5 hours, and in gaming mode - 8 hours. From this we can conclude that the Honor 6X, despite not having the largest battery capacity, is quite durable and its energy consumption is so optimized that even under heavy load it can easily survive a full daylight hours. The smartphone is fully charged in 2 hours 45 minutes.

Having taken a closer look at this device, you understand that Huawei Honor 6X is a very worthy, powerful and beautiful smartphone for the middle price segment, and it justifies its cost to the last penny. I really liked him. And you?

A balanced, affordable solution with an unusual dual camera and good battery life

Exactly a year has passed since Honor, which spun off from Huawei into a separate brand, launched the iconic Honor 5X, a smartphone that has become very popular among users and achieved high sales around the world. The device, which successfully combines decent technical characteristics, including a good Qualcomm platform, and an affordable price, turned out to be interesting in all respects, due to which it “shot.”

At the same time, the Huawei brand, standing behind Honor, is becoming an increasingly weighty argument when choosing; The brand has gained such strength in recent years that it has already become a leading group of smartphone manufacturers. Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has become the world's third-largest smartphone company by volume, capturing 10% of the global market, according to fresh data released by research firm Strategy Analytics and Counterpoints Research.

Today we meet a direct descendant of the very popular Honor 5X model, which has not yet left store shelves, but will soon be replaced by the brand new Honor 6X. Time will tell whether the new product will become a worthy successor to its ancestor; as usual, we will turn to a detailed analysis of all the technical capabilities of the new model.

Main characteristics of Huawei Honor 6X (Model BLN-L21)

• SoC HiSilicon Kirin 655, 8 cores Cortex-A53 ([email protected] GHz + [email protected] GHz)
• GPU Mali-T830 MP2
• Operating system Android 6.0, EMUI 4.1
• Touch display IPS 5.5″, 1920×1080, 401 ppi
• Random access memory (RAM) 3/4 GB, internal memory 32/64 GB
• Nano-SIM support (2 pcs.)
• MicroSD support up to 128 GB
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• WCDMA/HSPA+ networks (850/900/1900/2100 MHz)
• LTE Cat.4 FDD networks (B1/3/7/8/20)
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n (2.4 GHz)
• Bluetooth 4.1
• GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BDS
• Micro-USB, USB OTG
• Main camera 12 MP, autofocus, f/2.2, 1080p video
• Additional 2 MP wide-angle camera
• Front camera 8 MP, f/2.0, fixed. focus
• Proximity sensor, lighting sensor, magnetic field sensor, fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, step detector
• Battery 3340 mAh
• Dimensions 151×76×8.2 mm
• Weight 166 g

Appearance and ease of use

The hero of the review has a fairly good body at first glance. A pleasant appearance is created by a thin profile, rounded corners and sloping sides. The design is attractive, and due to the narrowed sides and rounded ends, the smartphone looks even more interesting than the angular Honor 5X with its pronounced angular edge transitions and almost straight ends.

However, upon closer acquaintance, negative aspects begin to emerge. Firstly, the shabby side frame around the screen immediately caught my eye. This element is the usual gasket that is found on the glass of every display, but here it turned out to be somewhat cheap and of poor quality. In addition, as can be clearly seen in the photo, the frame does not fit tightly to the glass in some places, cracks are visible, which spoils the appearance of the device.

The materials used also cause some dissatisfaction. The case is not entirely made of metal, the end parts are completely plastic, that is, these are not inserts on the rear panel, but entire parts of the case in which all the interface connectors are installed, holes are made for speaker grilles and microphones. Accordingly, the corners of the case here are also made of plastic, and not of metal, which forms only the middle part of the back cover.

In general, against the backdrop of the mass of truly all-metal cases present on the market, the manufacturer should not officially call this assembled version made of plastic and metal “metal.” If you have already decided to reduce the cost of production, then there is no need to highlight such moments; sometimes it is better to remain silent. Moreover, in terms of texture and even color shade, the plastic parts are noticeably different from the middle metal part.

The matte surfaces of the back of the case and the sides are not easily soiled, but are very slippery to hold in the hand. The front glass, on the contrary, is completely devoid of an oleophobic coating, so your finger glides over it poorly and unevenly, and grease and fingerprints accumulate on the surface instantly. This even affects the comfort of the game: in tense moments, the finger may not slide where it is needed, the movements are not even and not smooth. In general, the manufacturer also did not save very well on the Honor 6X glass.

In terms of the placement of the main interface elements on the body, everything is standard here, although many will probably not like the fact that there are no touch-sensitive hardware buttons under the screen, but a fairly large space there is not occupied by anything, the manufacturer’s logo is just emblazoned on it, like a mockery. If there are no buttons under the screen, then it would be worth making this part of the body smaller.

The entire front panel is covered with 2.5D glass with sloping edges. Above the screen are the usual sensors, a front camera peephole without its own flash, and an LED event indicator.

On the back side there is a dual camera module protruding outward with a single, rather bright flash, as well as a slightly recessed fingerprint scanner area. Using it, you can not only unlock the screen, but also control calls, scroll through menus, alarm clocks, and take pictures with the camera. There are no complaints about the scanner's performance; recognition is quick and accurate, your finger can be placed at any angle, and up to five fingerprints are recorded in the memory.

The rear location of this element is not as convenient as the front one, since the smartphone lying on the table has to be lifted to unlock it. However, some manufacturers, like Huawei and LG, clearly do not care about this point; they continue to stick to their line, stubbornly placing a fingerprint scanner on the back of their mobile devices.

Some manufacturers show the same enviable persistence when it comes to installing cards: the notorious hybrid connector is not to the liking of most users, since installing a memory card requires sacrificing a second SIM card. But the manufacturer remains deaf to the suffering of users. Here the connector is designed for two Nano-SIM cards, one of them can be replaced with a microSD memory card. Hot swapping of cards is supported.

There are no complaints about the buttons on the opposite side edge: the keys are large, moderately hard, easy to feel blindly, and have a distinct springy action.

A Micro-USB connector is installed at the bottom end; connecting external devices, including flash drives, in USB OTG mode is supported. Around this connector at the end there are two grilles symmetrically located, but the speaker is hidden only behind one of them, the right one.

The top end is usually given over to a 3.5 mm headphone jack, and here you can also see the hole for the second, auxiliary microphone.

Honor 6X comes in three colors: light silver, gold and dark grey. It is curious that Honor, even within the same line, does not have the same front panel style in all models. Specifically, the Honor 6X has only two standard facade options: white for the light gray and gold and black for the dark gray body, while the predecessor Honor 5X always had the panel under the glass matching the color of the body, that is, the gold version also had a facade It was also golden in color.

Screen

Honor 6X is equipped with an IPS display (with LTPS technology), covered with 2.5D glass with sloping edges. The physical dimensions of the screen are 68x121 mm with a diagonal of 5.5 inches. The resolution is 1920x1080, the pixel density is about 401 ppi. The frame around the screen has a total width of approximately 4 mm on the sides, 16 mm on the bottom, and 13 mm on the top.

You can manually adjust the display brightness or set automatic settings based on the ambient light sensor. The AnTuTu test diagnoses support for 10 simultaneous multi-touch touches. There is a vision protection mode to prevent eye fatigue.

A detailed examination using measuring instruments was carried out by the editor of the “Monitors” and “Projectors and TV” sections Alexey Kudryavtsev. Here is his expert opinion on the screen of the sample under study.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface that is scratch-resistant. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen are slightly worse than those of the Google Nexus 7 (2013) screen (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, here is a photo in which a white surface is reflected when the screens are turned off (Nexus 7 on the left, Honor 6X on the right, then they can be distinguished by size):

The Honor 6X's screen is a little lighter (brightness according to photographs is 122 versus 116 for the Nexus 7). The ghosting of reflected objects in the Honor 6X screen is very weak, this indicates that there is no air gap between the layers of the screen (more specifically, between the outer glass and the surface of the LCD matrix) (OGS - One Glass Solution type screen). Due to the smaller number of boundaries (glass/air type) with very different refractive indices, such screens look better in conditions of intense external illumination, but their repair in the case of cracked external glass is much more expensive, since the entire screen has to be replaced. There may be a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating on the outer surface of the screen, but its effectiveness is extremely low, and yet fingerprints are removed a little easier and appear at a lower speed than in the case of regular glass.

When manually controlling the brightness and displaying the white field in full screen, the maximum brightness value was about 520 cd/m², the minimum was 8.5 cd/m². The maximum brightness is very high, and given the good anti-glare properties, readability even on a sunny day outdoors should be at an acceptable level. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. There is automatic brightness adjustment based on the light sensor (it is located to the left of the front speaker slot). In automatic mode, as external lighting conditions change, the screen brightness both increases and decreases. The operation of this function depends on the position of the brightness adjustment; the user can use it to try to set the required brightness level in the current conditions. We slightly increased the brightness in complete darkness and found that in complete darkness the auto-brightness function reduces the brightness to 23 cd/m², in an artificially lit office (approximately 550 lux) it sets it to 130 cd/m², in a very bright environment (corresponding to clear lighting during the day outdoors, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 lux or a little more) increases to 520 cd/m². We were quite pleased with the result. It turns out that the auto-brightness function works adequately and to some extent allows the user to customize their work to individual requirements. At any brightness level, there is no significant backlight modulation, so there is no screen flicker.

This smartphone uses an IPS matrix. The microphotographs show a typical IPS subpixel structure:

For comparison, you can see the gallery of microphotographs of screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without significant color shift even with large viewing deviations from perpendicular to the screen and without inverting shades. For comparison, here are photographs in which the same images are displayed on the screens of Honor 6X and Nexus 7, while the screen brightness is initially set to approximately 200 cd/m², and the color balance on the camera is forcibly switched to 6500 K.

There is a white field perpendicular to the screens:

Note the good uniformity of brightness and color tone of the white field.

And a test picture:

The colors on the Honor 6X screen have a natural saturation, the color balance between the Nexus 7 and the screen under test is slightly different.

Now at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

It can be seen that the colors have not changed much on both screens, but on the Honor 6X the contrast has decreased to a greater extent due to the strong highlighting of blacks.

And a white field:

The brightness at an angle of the screens decreased (at least 5 times, based on the difference in shutter speed), but in the case of Honor 6X the drop in brightness is slightly less. When deviated diagonally, the black field brightens greatly, but remains conditionally neutral gray in hue. The photographs below demonstrate this (the brightness of the white areas in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the screens is the same!):

And from another angle:

When viewed perpendicularly, the uniformity of the black field is good:

The contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is normal - about 800:1. The response time for the black-white-black transition is 16 ms (8 ms on + 8 ms off). The transition between halftones of gray 25% and 75% (based on the numerical value of the color) and back takes a total of 25 ms. The gamma curve, constructed using 32 points with equal intervals based on the numerical value of the shade of gray, did not reveal any blockage in either the highlights or the shadows. The exponent of the approximating power function is 2.13, which is slightly lower than the standard value of 2.2. In this case, the real gamma curve deviates little from the power-law dependence:

We did not detect the presence of dynamic adjustment of the backlight brightness in accordance with the nature of the displayed image, which is very good.

Color gamut is close to sRGB:

The spectra show that the matrix filters moderately mix the components with each other:

As a result, visually the colors on this screen do not differ from natural ones. The balance of shades on the gray scale is good, since the color temperature is not much higher than the standard 6500 K, and the deviation from the blackbody spectrum (ΔE) is below 10, which is considered an acceptable indicator for a consumer device. At the same time, color temperature and ΔE change little from hue to hue - this has a positive effect on the visual assessment of color balance. (The darkest areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since color balance there is not very important, and the error in measuring color characteristics at low brightness is large.)

This device has the ability to adjust the color balance by adjusting the hue on the color wheel.

The curves in the graphs above Without corr. correspond to the results without any color balance correction, and the curves Corr.— data obtained after shifting the point to the position indicated in the image above. It can be seen that the change in balance corresponds to the expected result, since the color temperature has approached the standard value and ΔE has decreased on average. However, it doesn’t make much sense to make the correction. Note that this function is implemented in a variant rather for show, since there is no numerical reflection of the correction, there is no field for measuring color balance and the adjustment range is insufficient, since even at the edge of the circle one has to find a compromise between a color temperature close to 6500 K and the minimum value of ΔE .

There is a fancy setting that allows you to reduce the intensity of the blue component.

Marketers tried to intimidate the user in order to show the level of care of the manufacturer. Of course, there is no UV radiation (see spectrum above), and there is no eye fatigue caused specifically by blue light. In principle, bright light can lead to disruption of the circadian rhythm (see the article about the iPad Pro with a 9.7-inch display), but everything can be solved by adjusting the brightness to a comfortable level, and there is absolutely no way to distort the color balance, reducing the contribution of blue sense.

To summarize: the screen has a very high maximum brightness and has good anti-glare properties, so the device can be used outdoors without any problems, even on a sunny summer day. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. It is also possible to use a mode with automatic brightness adjustment, which works adequately. The advantages of the screen include the absence of air gaps in the layers of the screen and flickering, good color balance and a color gamut close to sRGB. The disadvantages are a very weak oleophobic coating and low black stability to deviation of the gaze from perpendicular to the screen plane. Nevertheless, taking into account the importance of characteristics for this particular class of devices, the quality of the screen can be considered high.

Camera

The front module here has an 8 MP sensor with a wide-angle lens (77°) with f/2.0 aperture, fixed focus and without its own flash. There is a portrait beautification mode, a smile detection function, and you can manually control white balance and ISO. The camera takes good pictures: there are no complaints about detail and color rendition, the image is sharp in the center. There are areas of blur at the edges and light sensitivity is slightly lacking, but sensitivity can be increased manually (scale up to ISO 1600).

The main camera uses a Sony IMX386 module with a 12-megapixel matrix (pixel size 1.25 microns) and a lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.2, equipped with fast phase detection autofocus. The flash is monochromatic and shines brightly. There is no stabilization system when shooting photos and videos. An additional 2 MP module with a wide-angle lens is installed nearby. The first provides video capture and photography, the second is used to analyze the depth of the scene. This was done to blur the background (background) when using the “wide aperture” mode: you can widely change the aperture range (f/0.95 - f/16) and change the focus point on the finished photo to obtain the desired artistic effect. That is, this is completely different from the dual-camera version with a color and monochrome sensor that is used in the top-end Huawei P9 and P9 Plus; here the second module just helps to get “beautiful bokeh”, nothing more.

As usual, there are two control modes in the settings, automatic and professional. If you turn on the professional mode, arc-shaped sliders will appear with variable values ​​for shutter speed, sensitivity (up to ISO 1600), metering method, focusing options, white balance and exposure compensation scale.

The camera can shoot video in a maximum resolution of Full HD @ 30 fps, there is a slow motion mode, but there is no stabilization function. In general, the camera copes well with video shooting: sharpness, color rendition and detail are normal, there is also enough brightness. There are practically no complaints about the sound recording: the sound is clear, loud, and the noise reduction system almost always copes with wind noise.

• Video No. 1
• Video No. 2 (47 MB, 1920×1080@30 fps, H.264, AAC)
• Video No. 3 (47 MB, 1920×1080@30 fps, H.264, AAC)
• Video No. 4 (47 MB, 1920×1080@30 fps, H.264, AAC)

	The program “eats” a lot of small details, which is why the image looks blurry.
	The camera copes well with macro photography.
	The camera handles small and complex details well, but not across the entire frame.
	Good sharpness across the field and plans.
	The text is well done.
	Good sharpness across the frame.
	The camera is quite good at macro photography even in room lighting.

The camera turned out good. It doesn’t have any serious shortcomings, although the blur zones and “eating” of details are somewhat disappointing. Otherwise, there is nothing to complain about; even the work of sharpening and noise reduction is not noticeable. So the camera can be recommended for documentary shooting, and in certain situations it can also cope with artistic shooting.

Telephone and communications

The communication capabilities of Honor 6X include support for LTE Cat.4 (up to 150 Mbps), five LTE FDD frequency bands are supported, including 3 bands of interest to us (band 3, 7, 20). In the city limits of the Moscow region, the device behaves confidently, the quality of signal reception does not cause any complaints. Only one Wi-Fi band is supported (2.4 GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 is available. You can organize a wireless access point via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth channels. The device has an NFC module; it supports working with electronic travel cards. The Micro-USB connector supports connecting external devices in USB OTG mode. The navigation module works with GPS (with A-GPS), with the domestic Glonass and the Chinese Beidou. During a cold start, the first satellites are detected within the first minute, the clarity of positioning is not amazing, we have seen much faster and more adequate navigation modules in smartphones. There is a magnetic compass.

The phone application supports Smart Dial. Methods for setting up sorting and display of contacts are standard for the Android interface.

The smartphone does not support working with two SIM cards in 3G/4G at the same time. That is, for example, the SIM card of the Tele2 operator in Moscow will not work in 3G for voice communications if another slot is assigned for data transmission in 4G. The interface in Huawei smartphones traditionally does not allow you to select a specific card for voice calls and SMS in advance, only during the connection. The cards operate in Dual SIM Dual Standby mode, there is only one radio modem.

Software and multimedia

As a software platform, Honor 6X uses Android OS version 6.0 with its own proprietary shell EMUI 4.1 with the ability to update over the air. The proprietary interface is well known to fans of Huawei products; this device does not belong to the avant-garde to try out any innovations on it, so everything here is absolutely standard. All the distinctive features typical for EMUI are in place: the notification curtain habitually greets the user with a proprietary scale with time stamps; a swipe from bottom to top on the locked screen calls up an additional pop-up menu where you can find a flashlight, calculator, voice recorder, etc. It is possible to change the design themes, according to to arrange virtual control buttons on the screen. Gesture support is limited to just turning the case, there is a mode for reducing the desktop for one-handed control, and a smart virtual semicircular button for quickly calling basic functions has not been forgotten. Among the installed programs you can usually find a comprehensive phone manager, a health monitoring program, and a file manager. Of the third-party applications for the Russian-speaking market, as usual, Yandex and Mail.ru services are preinstalled, as well as Booking.com and TripAdvisor - all, of course, free and available for independent downloading. The standard keyboard supports Swype-type stroke input by default. Traditionally, for Huawei smartphones, the way to switch language layouts is inconvenient: instead of the usual pressing of one button, here you need to hold down the space bar and then slide to the target. This switching option takes more time and is more distracting.

To listen to melodies, you use your own familiar player with a familiar interface, which has karaoke with running text, but there are no manual settings - you can only turn on or off the SWS virtual system. Both in headphones and in speakers, the device sounds average: the sound is clear, without impurities, the volume reserve is more than enough, but high frequencies predominate, and there is no point in looking for deep bass here. There is an FM radio in the smartphone, but without the ability to record programs. The recorder demonstrates satisfactory sensitivity and can be used to record lectures.

Performance

The Honor 6X hardware platform is built on a HiSilicon Kirin 655 single-chip system made using 16-nanometer technology. This SoC includes eight 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 cores in two clusters: with a frequency of up to 2.1 GHz and with a frequency of 1.7 GHz. The difference between Kirin 655 and Kirin 650 is only in the frequency of the older cluster of processor cores: 2.1 GHz versus 2 GHz. The dual-core Mali-T830 MP2 GPU is responsible for graphics processing. The amount of RAM is 3 or 4 GB, and the built-in flash memory is 32 or 64 GB. The younger model has about 24 GB free (out of 32 GB) and about 1.9 GB of RAM (out of 3 GB) after clearing the memory and closing all applications. It is possible to expand the memory capacity by installing microSD cards, but then you will have to remove one of the SIM cards. It is possible to format the memory card so that applications can be installed on it. You can also connect external flash drives in USB OTG mode.

In general, the Kirin 655 does not shine with special performance, although it is a confident average level. The capabilities of the platform are expected to be higher than the lower-level Qualcomm Snapdragon 430, but lower than its direct competitor of the same level - Snapdragon 625, not to mention the much more powerful Snapdragon 652. In the comprehensive AnTuTu test, the Kirin 655 produces only about 57K points. Considering that the popular predecessor of this smartphone, Honor 5X, ran on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 platform, one would expect that the Honor 6X would logically “switch” to the fresh Snapdragon 625, but this did not happen.

In any case, although the Kirin 655 is far from the top platforms, in general its performance is still quite sufficient for any tasks, including current games that run without noticeable slowdowns. However, playing games that require quick reactions with such “sticky” glass without a grease-repellent coating is uncomfortable, the finger does not glide smoothly, and movements are jagged.

Testing in comprehensive tests AnTuTu and GeekBench:

For convenience, we have compiled all the results we obtained when testing the smartphone in the latest versions of popular benchmarks into tables. The table usually adds several other devices from different segments, also tested on similar latest versions of benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the obtained dry figures). Unfortunately, within the framework of one comparison it is impossible to present the results from different versions of benchmarks, so many worthy and relevant models remain “behind the scenes” - due to the fact that they once passed the “obstacle course” on previous versions of test programs.

Testing the graphics subsystem in gaming tests 3DMark, GFXBenchmark and Bonsai Benchmark:

When testing in 3DMark, the most powerful smartphones now have the ability to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the rendering resolution is fixed at 720p and VSync is disabled (which can cause the speed to rise above 60 fps).

	Honor 6X (HiSilicon Kirin 655)	Lenovo K6 Note (Qualcomm Snapdragon 430)	Asus Zenfone 3 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 625)	Umi Plus (MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755))	Meizu MX6 (MediaTek Helio X20 (MT6797))
3DMark Ice Storm Sling Shot ES 3.1 (more is better)	378	288	466	415	969
GFXBenchmark Manhattan ES 3.1 (Onscreen, fps)	5	4	6	5	10
GFXBenchmark Manhattan ES 3.1 (1080p Offscreen, fps)	5	4	6	5	10
GFXBenchmark T-Rex (Onscreen, fps)	19	15	22	17	34
GFXBenchmark T-Rex (1080p Offscreen, fps)	19	16	23	17	—

Browser cross-platform tests:

As for benchmarks for assessing the speed of the javascript engine, you should always make allowance for the fact that their results significantly depend on the browser in which they are launched, so the comparison can only be truly correct on the same OS and browsers, and this is possible during testing not always. For Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

AndroBench memory speed test results:

Thermal photographs

Below is a thermal image rear surface obtained after 10 minutes of battery testing in the GFXBenchmark program:

It can be seen that the heating is more localized in the upper part of the device, which apparently corresponds to the location of the SoC chip. According to the heat chamber, the maximum heating was 37 degrees (at an ambient temperature of 24 degrees), which is not very much.

Playing video

To test the omnivorous nature of video playback (including support for various codecs, containers and special features, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats, which make up the bulk of the content available on the Internet. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have support for hardware video decoding at the chip level, since it is most often impossible to process modern options using processor cores alone. Also, you shouldn’t expect a mobile device to decode everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to the PC, and no one is going to challenge it. All results are summarized in a table.

According to the test results, the test subject, as most often happens, was not equipped with all the necessary decoders that are needed to fully play most of the most common multimedia files on the network, in this case, audio files. To successfully play them, you will have to resort to the help of a third-party player - for example, MX Player. True, it is also necessary to change the settings and manually install additional custom codecs, because now this player does not officially support the AC3 sound format.

Format	Container, video, sound	MX Video Player	Standard video player
1080p H.264	MKV, H.264 1920×1080, 24 fps, AAC	plays normally	plays normally
1080p H.264	MKV, H.264 1920×1080, 24 fps, AC3		The video plays fine, there is no sound
1080p H.265	MKV, H.265 1920×1080, 24 fps, AAC	plays normally	plays normally
1080p H.265	MKV, H.265 1920×1080, 24 fps, AC3	The video plays fine, there is no sound	The video plays fine, there is no sound

Further testing of video playback was performed Alexey Kudryavtsev.

We did not find the MHL interface, like Mobility DisplayPort, in this smartphone, so we had to limit ourselves to testing the output of video files on the screen of the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see “Method for testing video playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices) Red marks indicate possible problems associated with the playback of the corresponding files.

According to the frame output criterion, the quality of playback of video files on the screen of the smartphone itself is good, since in most cases frames (or groups of frames) can (but are not required) be output with more or less uniform alternation of intervals and without skipping frames. The screen refresh rate is 59 Hz, so in the case of 60 fps files, at least one frame per second is skipped. When playing video files with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels (1080p) on a smartphone screen, the image of the video file itself is displayed exactly along the border of the screen, one to one in pixels, that is, in the original resolution. The brightness range displayed on the screen corresponds to the standard range of 16-235: all gradations of shades are displayed in shadows and highlights.

Battery life

The non-removable battery installed in Honor 6X has a capacity of 3340 mAh. With such a battery, the smartphone could show more impressive battery life results, but overall it’s still not bad. In real use scenarios under normal average operating conditions, the hero of the review is quite capable of quietly holding out for a couple of days without recharging.

Testing has traditionally been done at normal power consumption levels without using power-saving features.

Continuous reading in the Moon+ Reader program (with a standard, light theme) at a minimum comfortable brightness level (brightness was set to 100 cd/m²) with auto-scrolling lasted until the battery was completely discharged for about 15 hours, and when continuously watching videos in high quality (720p) with the same brightness level via a home Wi-Fi network, the device operates for almost 10.5 hours. In 3D gaming mode, the smartphone can work for just over 4.5 hours.

From the supplied mains adapter, the smartphone is charged in about 2.5 hours with a current of 1.6 A at a voltage of 5 V. For some reason, the company website indicates support for fast charging, but in fact there is no really fast charging here. The smartphone also does not support wireless charging.

Bottom line

If you do not take into account the annoying shortcomings in the form of a peeling frame and the lack of an oleophobic coating on the display glass, then otherwise the Honor 6X has a chance to become a worthy successor to its aging ancestor, the Honor 5X. For 17 thousand rubles, which is small for official Russian retail, the buyer receives a balanced device in a nice thin case with a large bright screen, not the weakest hardware, quite decent sound, battery life and, of course, an unusual dual camera, even if it is far from dual cameras in terms of capabilities cameras of modern flagships. There is no reason to praise the communication capabilities of the device, but there is support for Russian LTE frequencies, and NFC works with Troika travel cards - and this is more than enough for most users. In general, the device came out certainly no worse than its ancestor. The smartphones are quite worthy of each other, so we can expect good sales of Honor 6X, especially considering Huawei’s love for sales, during which the price is already dropping to 15 thousand rubles, you just need to seize the right moment.

Huawei Honor 6X review

Huawei Honor 6X is one of the bestsellers in the lower mid-price range (cheaper than 15,000 rubles) and, of course, the best Chinese smartphone of 2017 in its price category.

Honor brand smartphones, aimed at promotion in Europe and North America, traditionally have a very decent design, excellent build quality and a set of characteristics that exceed the expectations of buyers in the “lower middle” class.

The all-metal Honor 6X received the best mid-price processor from Hisilicon, impressive battery life and decent optics. The “average gentleman's set” in the form of a dacto scanner, a dual main camera and a display on an advanced IPS matrix are also present.

That is, Huawei follows the path of Apple and achieves outstanding chip performance, periodically setting records in benchmarks. Hisilicon Kirin processors are never worse than their classmates, and as part of devices they regularly outperform their counterparts from MediaTek and Qualcomm.

MAIN FEATURES OF A SMARTPHONE

5

First: 5.5" screen

Second: IPS TFT Full metal body

Third: Dual main camera

Fourth: Autonomy more than 2 days

Fifth: Dacto scanner

Contents of delivery

The device comes in a spectacular bright blue box, the entire design of which is reduced to the presence of a colored liner and a laconic Honor 6X inscription on the lid. The smartphone is located on a separate cradle. As a bonus from the manufacturer, the screen is covered with a stock protective film of very good quality.

In addition to the smartphone, the package includes a 5V/2A charger, a USB/miniUSB synchronization cable, instructions, a warranty card and a paper clip.

Design

Honor 6X obviously continues the design traditions of the previous model, which became the best-selling Chinese smartphone in foreign markets last year. In general, the design leaves the feeling of a professional compilation of the best smartphones in the mid-price and sub-flagship segments, which has become a feature of most mass-produced A-brand phones. Everything is concise, very good, nothing superfluous or unexpected.

The front panel is covered with tempered 2.5D glass with a good oleophobic coating. The display frames are very thin, all the front panel buttons are on-screen. Above the display there are standard indicators, proximity and light sensors (this sensor has a special role in the management of Honor 6X, which is discussed below), a neat slot for the earpiece and a selfie camera peephole. Below the display is the brand logo.

On the back panel, in a streamlined metal frame, there is a dual main camera module, to the right of it is a flash eye, and below it in the center is a dacto scanner, endowed with some functions for controlling the smartphone before unlocking. Above and below are dielectric antenna inserts.

The arrangement of elements at the ends can be considered classic: on the right side there is a volume rocker and a lock button, on the left there is a removable tray for SIM cards and a microSD memory card. On the top edge there is a mini-jack (thank you, Honor, for not skimping on paper clips) and a noise-canceling microphone point. At the bottom in the center there is a USB port (they regretted USB-C), to the right and left of it there are grilles: under one there is a multimedia speaker, and the second can be considered decorative, because under it there is only a conversational microphone. Double grilles are made for beauty and symmetry.

The manufacturer offers a choice of three colors for anodized aluminum cases: silver and gold with white front panels, as well as dark gray with a black panel on which the frame of the IPS display is not visible. On phones with white front panels, the situation is saved by dark background screensavers, in which the frame, hated by many, “dissolves”.

Display

Technologies for the production of OLED and IPS matrices are developing and evolving in parallel, since they have formed armies of fans: lovers of bright and contrasting colors prefer organic LEDs and impeccable black, while connoisseurs of natural color rendition prefer IPS displays with reference white.

Honor 6X has a 5.5-inch IPS matrix with thin film transistors (TFT), which has increased viewing angles, excellent color reproduction and almost no black inversion when the screen is tilted. For the mid-price segment, this is a very advanced option. FuLLHD resolution of 1920×1080 at a density of 403 pixels per inch guarantees excellent picture quality under different lighting conditions.

With lighting, the Honor 6X is not so simple. To achieve high autonomy of the device, the manufacturer has configured the automatic adjustment of screen brightness quite pragmatically: the maximum 450 nits is achieved only in bright sunlight (there is no backlight). In everyday mode, the automation does not raise the brightness above 40% of the maximum, so the colors on the screen look soft and slightly muted. You can refuse the option by returning the brightness control to manual mode, but then autonomy will suffer.

Battery

The smartphone has a 3340 mAh lithium-ion battery, which, in combination with an energy-efficient processor and “cropped” display brightness, guarantees more than 2 days of comfortable use in mixed modes of use (calls, surfing, music, data updates).

The manufacturer guarantees up to 70 hours of audio broadcasting and up to 8 hours in game mode, again with automatic adjustment of the display brightness.

But the Honor 6X does not have fast charging as such - the time to fully replenish the battery is almost 3 hours. Although the manufacturer positions this charging duration as quite suitable for the definition of “fast”.

Performance

The heart of the smartphone is Huawei's own 8-core Kirin 655 chipset, based on a 16-nanometer process technology and big.LITTLE dual-cluster technology. Both clusters contain 4 Cortex-A53 cores: in the productive one they are overclocked to 2.4 GHz, in the effective one - up to 1.7 GHz.

The dual-core Mali-T830 processor is responsible for graphics processing, which operates at a frequency of 600 MHz and confidently runs any resource-intensive games, although some at reduced graphics settings.

In the antutu benchmark, a device equipped with 3/32GB of RAM/ROM scores 57×231 points, which is not bad for the middle class, but does not reflect real performance when working with applications. The test is synthetic for this reason, in order to produce some abstract “bellies” suitable for speculative comparison.

Camera

The dual main camera module is built on one of the best in the world, a 12-megapixel Sony IMX386 sensor and a 2-megapixel auxiliary telephoto camera. The camera has instant phase detection autofocus, including on moving objects, and supports all popular shooting modes, including background blur.

High quality images in automatic adjustment mode (there is also manual adjustment for professionals) are ensured by online image processing software. In fact, the main camera of Honor 6X can be considered one of the best in mid-price smartphones.

The selfie camera is fairly standard and has an 8-megapixel sensor, which is enough to take great self-portraits and videos.

Conclusion

The Honor 6X smartphone is a very worthy successor to Huawei’s mid-price line, which has virtually no analogues in terms of price/quality/performance ratio. You can buy Honor 6X for a child, as a gift, or for yourself to enjoy the ease of using the EMUI shell. The manufacturer promptly updates versions of the OS and shell, which is similar in ideology and functionality to the popular Flyme and greatly simplifies communication with a smartphone. The dacto scanner has been improved in comparison with the previous version and has an almost instantaneous response of 0.3 seconds. Navigation via A-GPS is also lightning fast. The Honor 6X has no obvious disadvantages at all. Huawei really manages to make competitive mid-budget phones at a very competitive price.

"BEHIND"

• Assembly
• Design
• Shooting quality
• Autonomy
• Dacto scanner
• Dual camera
• Nice price

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"Against"

• No fast charging

We sell only original products and are ready to honestly talk about all the features of each model. You can buy Huawei Honor 6X 3Gb 32Gb Global firmware for RUB 11,390. Delivery, extended warranty, large selection of accessories.

4.0 rating

Screen – 4

Camera – 4

Functionality – 4

Productivity – 3

Operating time – 3

Advantages:

Excellent IPS matrix without an air gap with excellent viewing angles and the ability to choose a shade; High backlight brightness; Excellent loud ringing without rattling; An excellent conversational speaker with a low volume level (despite the thin body, no one else will hear the conversation in the room), a good maximum volume level; Good battery life (6 hours of screen time on a 3G network, on average the charge lasts for 2 days); Picks up 4G where other LTE devices puff on 3G; A good camera with a Sony IMX386 matrix, excellent light and color rendition, fast autofocus, a rich night mode in which you can get bright and saturated images without noise, and thanks to the second camera you can get the effect of depth of field (at first it delights and pleases, it will be something to fill Instagram with) ); Record video with excellent separate stereo sound; Voice recorder recording in stereo; Bright flash; Excellent front camera with various effects and 1080P/30FPS video recording; Quick fingerprint with additional features: swipe on the scanner to open the curtain, answer a call, scroll through photos in the gallery. LED notification signal in various colors: green, yellow, red, white, blue, cyan; Scratch-resistant screen (in six months of using the phone without films, one scratch was due to the fact that the phone was pressed with keys); Availability of OTG (feel free to connect flash drives); Stylish interface with many settings and the ability to install deeply changing interface (the lower curtain that slides out on the lock screen with voice recorder and flashlight buttons is absolutely a miracle); Functional gallery with photos displayed on the map; Expanded functionality in case and pocket; Smooth auto brightness; Fast GPS with GLONASS; High performance and multitasking, does not heat up in games; Minimum software clutter, many built-in useful applications; Regular updates, upgrade to Android 7; Operational Russian support.

Flaws:

High level of blue radiation from the screen (whatever shade of the screen you choose will turn blue); Bright screen backlight at minimum brightness (despite the night mode, your eyes will still get tired and hurt); Outside, at temperatures below 0, blue “traces” are visible on the screen when scrolling; High SAR level (even though the phone reliably picks up 4G and strives to switch to a better network, it may suddenly lose connection out of the blue, probably a software problem); frequently scans the network, which is why the network module consumes a lot of battery; Low camera sharpness: the grass in the pictures is “soapy”, no edges on objects are visible, the pictures look like watercolors (however, even the iPhone 7 Plus suffers from this); Dead HDR (no difference from a regular photo); Slow motion mode 120 frames per second for show - all this is filmed in 640x480 resolution and looks terrible in 2017; The EMUI interface is the most serious drawback. The interface is so overhauled that it is very difficult to use after pure Android, and it would be okay if the changes were cosmetic, but no: traffic accounting only for the last month; in the call interface it is immediately impossible to see what time the call was made the day before yesterday, and there is confusing information about the duration of the call under each call. Lock screen without the ability to install widgets, third-party players will not have controls from the lock screen; a confusing and illogical hierarchy of settings, everything necessary is generally shoved into one section. Lots of related bugs. Wi-Fi Direct only works with Huawei devices; Neutered Google Smart Lock; The screen brightness sensor is so sensitive that on the street at night, when passing under a 15-meter lamp, the brightness is turned up to maximum, but as soon as you pass the lamp, it drops; Delayed auto-brightness sensor: when they call and the phone is in your pocket, when you take it out, you can’t immediately see who is calling (due to the smoothness of auto-brightness); Mute sound output via AUX; SIM section combined with a memory card.