Honor 8X review: A smartphone with a little bit of everything for everyone

Business Standard: Honor 8X, the handset from the stable of Chinese smartphone brand Honor, an online subsidiary of Huawei, is a recent addition to the company’s mid-range line-up. It is the first Honor-branded smartphone to be powered by HiSilicon Kirin 710. However, it is not only the new breed of processor that makes this device special. Successor to the Honor 7X, the phone has a mammoth 6.5-inch notch-based screen, dual rear cameras with artificial intelligence-based automatic scene recognition capabilities and GPU Turbo technology that assures smooth gaming experience.

Priced at Rs 14,999 for the base model, with 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage, the Amazon-exclusive smartphone has a little bit of everything for everyone. Let’s look at the phone’s specifications before getting into review details:

Display: 6.5-inch, fullHD+ resolution, 19.5:9 aspect ratio

Camera: Rear: 20MP+2MP | Front: 16MP

Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 710

Operating system: EMUI 8.2 based on Google Android Oreo 8.1

RAM: 4GB and 6GB

Storage: 64GB and 128GB, expandable up to 400GB via microSD

Battery: 3,750 mAh

Design

The last two generation smartphones in the Honor X-series had a run-of-the-mill design. The 8X, on the other hand, is a huge improvement. The phone has curved glass on the front, metallic chassis and plastic back with a dual gradient design that looks premium. For a phone with a massive display size, the Honor 8X feels light in the hands and isn't bulky. However, its length makes it difficult to operate using one hand.

The front is dominated by a 6.5-inch screen with a notch on the top to accommodate the front camera, earpiece and couple of sensors. However, the notch area and the bezel on the chin in the Honor 8X is relatively better – small and slim – than most of the other smartphones in the same segment. BS