ISSUE 45 • ANDROID ADVISOR 19REVIEWactually better than the flagship Z2, which is simply
described as “splashproof”, and the Honor 9, which
isn’t waterproof.
Like the Honor 9 you’ll find a standard headphone
jack alongside a USB-C port on the bottom edge, but
the X4 has just one speaker, which doubles as the ear
piece for phone calls. It’s fairly loud, and pretty much
on a par with the Honor’s single bottom-firing speaker.
Display
The X4’s 5.2in screen is Full HD, which means a
resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. During our testing,
we found the screen to be bright, colourful and crisp.
It’s doesn’t live up to the standards of flagships from
the likes of Samsung and LG, and its bezels prevent it
from being as immersive as an edge-to-edge would,
but for the price it’s very good. In fact, the colours
are so bold in vivid mode that you’d be forgiven for
thinking it was an OLED panel. In fact, it’s a top-tier
LCD screen with great viewing angles.
Performance
Inside the X4 is arguably its biggest weakness:
Qualcomm’s mid-range processor, the Snapdragon
630, paired with 3GB RAM. In itself, that’s a fine
combo for a mid-range phone. The problem comes
from the competition, namely the Honor 9 which
is a lot faster for only £30 more. You can see the
difference in the graphs below. But in the real world,
with real use, the phone is suitably speedy, launching
and running apps without a problem and allowing us
to switch between them without delay.