Honor 7X

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Design

Honor 7X is designed with the Huawei Nova 2i from solid metal, rough surface treatment, shell color or angular grit, the position of the antenna joints. Front styling. Even on the back of Honor 7X there is information about the machine being manufactured at Huawei’s factory, just like on Nova. The fingerprint sensor on the back is in the same position. This is a one touch sensor, always on to enable the screen to stand idle and operate quite sensitive, accurate.

Of course, Honor 7X is not 100% pure design from his “brother” with a little bit of detail. The biggest difference is that the dual cameras and the LED flash are angular rather than symmetric in the middle of the body. The two cameras are separate, not as seamless as the Nova 2i, and still bulge up quite a bit without any optical shake. The front of the Honor 7X also has no dual cameras and LED flash as the “twin brother” close.

Anyway, inheriting the design from another product that shares the parent company is not something so strange in the smartphone world. The Honor 7X still possesses all the strengths of finishing, processing like Huawei’s devices with seamless lines, with no gap between the screen and the bezel. Rugged, sturdy and well-machined surface.

Screen

Difference between the screen parameters between Honor 7X and Nova 2i is very small and difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. According to Honor’s announcement, the 7X has a 5.93-inch screen (slightly larger than the 5.9-inch Nova 2i), with a resolution of 2160 x 1080 at Full HD + and 18: 9. The Honor 7X is also available as a Full View with a relatively thin bezel, a 77% screen / frame ratio, but still far away from the high end (Samsung Galaxy S8 has a screen ratio of 84%).

The quality of the display is equivalent to Nova 2i with brightness, looking good in the sun, despite the glossy, wide viewing angle and color in the direction of nature. The limitations of Nova 2i’s screen, such as low clarity, are clearly visible when the white content is displayed, and when the screen is off, the grid lines continue to appear on Honor 7X.

Software and performance

Not only does the hardware design share, Honor 7X also has no software differentiator with Huawei’s hardware. Still version of EMUI 5.1 based on Android 7.0, all system icons, software features are equivalent. The Honor 9 Lite or some of the recently launched Huawei machines in Asia such as Nova 3e, Huawei Y7 Pro 2018 are already installed EMUI 8.0 based on Android 8 should be quite confusing when Honor 7X still use only session The old EMUI.

Honor 7X does not have Face Unlock or AR Selfie like Nova 2i. Anyway, these are all software updates so it’s possible that Honor’s device will soon be added.

On performance, hardware configuration is probably the most common between the two devices of Huawei and Honor using the same chip HiSilicon Kirin 659 includes eight Cortex-A53 (four core speed 2.36GHz for heavy duty and 4-core quad-core 1.7GHz for lightweight tasks) developed by Huawei itself, with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal memory, along with a 256 GB maximum memory slot, a 3340 mAh battery and dual SIM support 4G LTE connectivity.

Ratings from familiar performance metrics such as AnTuTu, Geekbench and GFX Bench of Honor 7X are comparable or slightly better than the recent Nova 2i and Nova 3e, but are significantly lower than the phones. Snapdragon 625 chips like Xiaomi Mi A1 or Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus. At AnTuTu points, the Honor 7X is far superior to Nova 2i due to the new AnTuTu v7, 15-20% higher than the old Antutu v6. The Nova 2i on the new version of AnTuTu also reached the same point, more than 70,000 points.

In practical use, the 659 Kirin chip combines 4GB of RAM with enough power to handle relatively fast and multitasking with basic tasks, applications and lightweight games. But this phone still has a similar status as the Nova 2i when the debut of the game is playing heavy graphics like Asphalt 8 High graphics are very lag. Overall, the Snapdragon 625 has a slightly better user experience than the Kirin 659.

Battery time

The Honor 7X has a 3340 mAh battery, which is average for the 6-inch, full-HD, and 8-chip screen smartphone. It does not support fast charging, so charging time is quite long, takes about 2.5 hours to recharge from empty to 100%.

BiaReview’s results for movie viewing, surfing and gaming show that the device has a slightly lower battery life than the Nova 2i and is also low compared to the same price range. With such results, it can be said that battery life is not the strength of the product.

Camera

Similar to other hardware, though slightly different design, but the main camera behind the Honor 7X still inherited all the parameters of Nova 2i with dual camera cluster includes a 16MP main camera, aperture f / 2.2, focal length 26mm, 1 / 2.9-inch sensor, 1.25 μm pixel size and a 2 megapixel camera to capture the depth of field for background correction.

However, the front camera of the Honor 7X has only a single camera resolution of 8MP f / 2.0 aperture, focal 27mm compared to the dual camera system 13MP + 2MP on Nova 2i although still allows the font to be deleted.

The camera interface, optional modes or advanced settings are exactly the same with other Huawei smartphones. Compared to other manufacturers, the mid-range and high-end phones from Huawei and Honor are now considered to be the most varied. In addition to the camera-specific features of the camera with dual-layer clearing and portrait, Honor 7X as well as Nova 2i also have other popular modes such as HDR, panorama, night, fast forward, slow motion to Weird, like painting by light, dishes or document scanning … Speed, focus, save images quite fast. It also features automatic watermark on the image.

In terms of quality, daytime photography is at a temporary level. The advantage is natural color, good detail and noise are controlled but the disadvantage is that the light range is not wide and the contrast is average. HDR mode is not always on the capture interface that is hidden in the list of other shooting modes, so take time if you want to activate. However, this mode on the Honor 7X also does not improve the quality of images in complex lighting conditions such as backlight.

In low light conditions, the image retains its natural color, white balance is quite but noise is clear, less detail. The speed of low light also reduced significantly, so the image is susceptible to vibration, sharpness.

Image quality is quite good, especially the ability to simulate the effect of round blooms like shooting in the camera with a large lens, making photos shimmer, eye catching. The colors in the image look fresh, the brightness is up even when the light is lacking.

The 8MP front-facing camera offers good self-portrait shots: relatively good detail and natural color like the rear camera. Although it does not have a dual camera, the manufacturer is also trying to get into the software’s mode, called “virtualization.”

where can you get a Honor 7X online

Honor 7X – 18:9 screen ratio, 5.93″ full-view display. Dual-lens camera. Unlocked Smartphone, Black (US Warranty: Buy it now

Summary

As far as I can see, the Honor 7X looks like a Huawei Nova 2i, which cuts down on features, tweaks a bit of design, and sells at a lower price. There are so many similarities between the Huawei and Honor smartphones that make them almost “step on each other”.

Honor 7X has the advantage of metal design with good finish, 18: 9 screen edge catch up trend with good quality display, performance enough for common needs software features, camera with portrait mode delete fonts and many interesting shooting modes, fingerprint sensor sensitivity and accuracy.

The limitation of this phone is the ability to capture poor light and remove the easy to delete the subject, quite “weak” when playing heavy games, average battery life, fast charger not support and screen not clear. Besides, the Honor 7X price range is also a number of noteworthy options such as the Xiaomi Mi A1 (more than the 7x Honor in quality font removal, heavy gaming and battery time), Mi Max 2 (with superiority more in gaming, more “strong” batteries and larger screens) or the Nova 2i itself with a more harmonious design and dual front camera.