honor 5X Review

                                                1. Introduction and Design                                                                2. Interface and Functionality                                                                3. Camera and Multimedia                                                                4. Call quality, Battery and Conclusion                                                                                           honor 5X specifications                                                                    Photos            Comments         

Posted: 20 Jan 2016, 06:02 , by Jessy

Categories: Android

Introduction

An explosion occurred in the mid-range smartphone market last year, showing all of us that there’s considerable value in price-conscious devices. Huawei, in particular, came swinging out of the gate with its own model in the P8 Lite, a $249.99, ‘lighter’ version of its high-end Huawei P8 smartphone. Despite the low cost, it failed to stand above the other prized devices in the segment at the time.

Fast forward to the present, they have something pretty sweet getting its name from Huawei’s sub-brand. Looking at the honor 5X, it’s hard to fathom that it’s been graced with an outright $200 price, seeing that it comes with a fingerprint sensor and a nice build. Other specs add to its drool worthy stature, but as we know, it takes more than that to be recognized as incredible.

The package contains:

• honor 5X
• Wall Charger
• microUSB cable
• SIM ejector tool
• User guide

Design

The metal design is appreciable, but there’s a ‘cheapness’ to its feel.

The honor 5X's metal body looks nice from afar, including its chamfered beveled edge, but upon closer inspection, its brushed finish doesn’t seem to have the same level of sturdiness we get in more premium metal phones. In fact, there’s that slightly ‘cheap’ feel to it. Still, it’s a pleasant new direction for its cost and all, which is still better than how the Huawei P8 Lite attempted to look ‘premium’ with its plastic body.

The honor 5X comes with a recessed fingerprint sensor on its back side. It works rather well – it's been fairly responsive and accurate in our testing.

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Front view | Side view

5.96 x 3 x 0.32 inches
151.3 x 76.3 x 8.15 mm
5.57 oz (158 g)

honor 5X

6.01 x 2.96 x 0.29 inches
152.7 x 75.14 x 7.4 mm
4.96 oz (141 g)

Alcatel OneTouch IDOL 3 (5.5")

6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 inches
157.7 x 78.74 x 7.74 mm
5.47 oz (155 g)

HTC Desire 820

6 x 3.04 x 0.43 inches
152.5 x 77.2 x 10.8 mm
6.00 oz (170 g)

Asus ZenFone 2 Laser (US)

To see the phones in real size or compare them with other models, visit our Visual Phone Size Comparison page.

Display

Resolution is great for a phone of this caliber, but colors are still a tad off.

For the price and all, we’re fairly excited to know that the honor 5X is endowed with a healthy 5.5-inch 1080 x 1920 IPS display. Sure enough, we’re satisfied to see 1080p resolution on a phone of this caliber. Details, as expected, are plentiful in providing sufficient sharpness.

Now, while we like that its peak brightness tops out at 585 nits, ensuring that outdoor visibility is not an issue, as well as its okay viewing angles, the other aspects about the display are just unflattering. Firstly, the panel is noticeably cold, so colors have a bluish tone to them, because of the ~8000K color temperature. It’s not necessarily the most color accurate screen: yellows are heavily influenced by green – while magentas favor a bluish hue.

Display measurements and quality

• Screen measurements
• Viewing angles
• Color charts

	MAXIMUM BRIGHTNESS(nits)HIGHER IS BETTER	MINIMUM BRIGHTNESS(nits)LOWER IS BETTER	CONTRASTHIGHER IS BETTER	COLOR TEMPERATURE(Kelvins)	GAMMA	DELTA E RGBCMYLOWER IS BETTER	DELTA E GRAYSCALELOWER IS BETTER
Alcatel OneTouch IDOL 3 (5.5")	665 (Excellent)	29 (Poor)	1:960 (Average)	7280 (Good)	2.14	5.34 (Average)	5.68 (Average)
honor 5X	585 (Excellent)	7 (Good)	1:1251 (Excellent)	8021 (Poor)	2.19	2.9 (Good)	6.77 (Average)
HTC Desire 820	543 (Excellent)	17 (Poor)	1:1813 (Excellent)	7119 (Good)	2.19	3.83 (Good)	5.16 (Average)
Asus ZenFone 2 Laser (US)	403 (Good)	23 (Poor)	1:1213 (Good)	7248 (Good)	2.68	3.25 (Good)	5.2 (Average)