WebUser – 04 April 2018

Honor 7XProductTest

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You’renot goingto find

perfectionin aphonethat

costslessthan£265when

top-of-the-rangemodels

cost twiceasmuch,but

wethinkyou’llbe surprised

by whatthe Honor7X

offersforthe money, and

its 6in18:9ratioscreenis

undoubtedlyan asset.

Mostdisappointingis its

battery,whichwillneed

chargingmoreoften than

manyofits rivals.You’ll

alsofindplentyof faster

handsetswithbetter

cameras,if you’rewillingto

payabit more.

Honor9,

£341.72

bit.ly/hn446

SamsungGalaxyS8,

£479

bit.ly/sg446

thatdemandthe mostfrom
their hardware.
Youmay not want to hit the
gamingtoohardanyway,
becausethe Honor7X’s
biggestweaknessisits
battery life. In our standard
battery test –aloopedvideo
playedback in airplanemode
with the handsetlocked to
170cd/m^2 brightness–the
handsetlastedjust9hrs
47mins.Thebiggerscreen on
the Honor7X meansthat,
despitehaving the same
3,340mAhbattery inside,
lastyear’s Honor6X lasts
agood 90 minutes longer
than the 7X whenperforming
the sametest.

Camera
You’renot goingto find a
cameratomatch the Google
Pixel 2’sperformanceona
smartphonethatcosts half
the price, but the Honor7X
puts up adecent challenge

and we thinkit’s the best

cameraavailableon aphone

in this pricerange.

Its main16-megapixel rear

cameraissupplemented by

asecond 2-megapixel one

usedexclusively foradding

depthto portrait images,

and the phasedetect

autofocus(PDAF) is greatfor

quickpoint-and-shootshots.

Thecameraproduces good

results in well-lit conditions

but it doesn’tmanageas well

in lowlight: the sensorends

up pickingup alot of image

noiseand the flashgives

photos arather off-putting

yellowtint. However,the

front-facing8-megapixel

cameracaptures plenty

of detailand light.

PRODUCTINFO

Honor7X

Price: £261.37

BuyfromAmazon:

bit.ly/hono446

SPECIFICATIONS

■5.93in,1,080x2,160pixels

resolutionIPSscreen

■2.36GHzocta-coreHiSiliconKirin

659 processor

■4GBofRAM

■64GBofstorage

■microSDslotsupportscards

upto256GB

■Dual16MP/2MPrearcamera

■8MPfrontcamera

■2.4GHzWi-Fi 80 2.11n

■Bluetooth4.1

■3.5mmheadphonejack

■Micro-USBport

■Android7. 0(Nougat)

FOR

■18:9display

■Stunningdesignandbuildquality

■Gooddual-lenscamera

AGAINST

■Below-parbatterylife

■Micro-USBport

■NoNFC

OURVERDICT ★★★★★★★★★★

NEXTSTEPUP

TOPOFTHERANGE

FEATURES ★★★★★★★★★★

PERFORMANCE ★★★★★★★★★★

EASE OF USE ★★★★★★★★★★

VALUEFOR MONEY ★★★★★★★★★★

020406080

GraphicsPerformance, GFXBenchGL

Honor7X

Honor6X

MotoG5S Plus

MotoG5S

Honor 9

XiaomiMi Mix 2

fps(framespersecond)

■Manhattan3(Onscreen)

■Manhattan3(Offscreen)

0 20 40 60 80

0510 15 20 25 30

BatteryLife

Honor7X

Honor6X

MotoG5S Plus

MotoG5S

Honor 9

XiaomiMi Mix 2

Hours

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

02000 4000 6000 8000

CPUPerformance, Geekbench 4

Honor7X

Honor6X

MotoG5S Plus

MotoG5S

Honor 9

XiaomiMi Mix 2

Benchmarkscore

■Single-core

■Multi-core

0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000