Huawei Honor 7X, the latest mid-tier Android smartphone goes for the sale for the second time. The smartphone is available in two memory options, the entry-level model retails for ₹12,999 which offers 4 GB LPDDR3 RAM and 32 GB onboard flash storage. For the 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage variant, one has to spend ₹15,999.
Make a note that, if you use an SBI debit or credit card, then you are entitled to receive ₹1,200 off bringing down the price of the device to ₹11,799 and ₹14,799 respectively. At this price point, the smartphone offers a lot of improvement over other smartphones of this budget. Let’s look at the some of the best aspects of the Huawei Honor 7X.
Design and Build quality: The best aspect of this device is the design, the phone is made like a gun. With all-metal unibody design and the colours of Blue and Gold does look premium. In fact, like most of the mid-tier smartphone, this phone does not have any cheap plastic body parts what so ever.
Camera: Huawei Honor 6X has the best dual camera on a mid-tier smartphone, now, with the Huawei Honor 7X takes this to next level by offering improved dual camera setup. The 13 MP main camera and a 2 MP depth-sensing camera can capture bokeh effect and 1080p video recording capability. In fact, this is the best dual-camera setup under the ₹15,000 rupees price tag. For the selfie camera, the smartphone uses an 8 MP selfie camera with similar 1080p video recording capability.
Display: We have to mention this in the third point, however, this phone does have a lot of good features to mention and the display is one of them. The smartphone offers a latest 18:9 aspect ratio display with FHD+ 2160x1080p resolution. The phone has narrow bezels and it is in line with the other flagship smartphones. This device has a 5.99-inch display, packed inside a form factor of a smartphone with 5.5-inch screen.
Performance: Coming to the performance, the Huawei Honor 7x is powered by In-house Hisilicon Kirin 659 octa-core SoC, paired with 4 GB RAM and 32 GB or 64 GB onboard flash storage. In fact, in multi-tasking and day to day usage, this phone surpasses the Xiaomi Mi A1, which runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC.
Operating system: Though we don’t like the EMUI based on Android Nougat, the UI is highly optimised to get better performance over the other versions of the Android operating system. So, you will have faster and fluidic user experience. The company has also promised that the device will receive EMUI 8.0 based on Android Oreo operating system.
If you are planning to get a new smartphone, then, this is one of the best Android smartphones in the market under the ₹15,000 price bracket.