Huawei’s[1] youth-oriented brand Honor[2] has launched some pretty popular smartphones this year, including the Honor 6X[3] at the beginning of the year, the Honor 8 Pro[4] which took on the OnePlus 5[5], and the Honor 9i[6] which boasted of dual camera setups at the front and back.
Before the year is up, Honor will release the successor to the 6X, and it promises a fancier display, better cameras, and more power under the hood. The new Honor 7X[7] is all set to launch in December[8] and we’ve been able to spend some time with a pre-release unit. Before we bring you the full review, here are our initial impressions of the Honor 7X.
The metal unibody looks and feels quite solid when you hold it. The matte black finish offers a decent grip too. Button placement is good and all the ports are at the bottom. Honor has kept the 3.5mm headphone socket, which is good, but it’s a bit disappointing to still not have a Type-C port. The 18:9 aspect display pretty much dominates the entire front of the smartphone. It looks great, but at 5.93 inches, it’s not easy to reach all the corners of the screen when using it with one hand. The display seems fairly sharp thanks to its full-HD+ resolution, and colours seem punchy.
The back of the phone bears a resemblance to that of the Honor 8 Pro, only this time, the camera modules don’t sit flush with the rest of the body and aren’t grouped together. There are antenna bands across the top and bottom of the phone, which couldn’t be helped due to...