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Length
163.6 mm
Width
75.5 mm
Thickness
7.98 mm
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The best mobile phone I have ever bought... And I had a more expensive phone than this... Whoever wants a reliable phone should get it; if they want it for games, etc., they should go for something more expensive... For what I need it for, I give it a 10; if anything changes in the future, I will update.
Purchased for €246. The definition of vfm. On the first boot, it got Android 14. I don't see any bugs.
Detailed pros and cons
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Pros
⭐ Wonderful amoled screen. Curved with beautiful colors. Extremely enjoyable. 5-star screen durability certification (I still put a tempered glass on it though)
⭐ Excellent screen brightness. In broad daylight, it's crystal clear... you don't even need to put your hand to create a shadow on the screen to read or find a cave to hide in.
⭐ Fast response, velvet multitasking. Daytime photos are decent. Nighttime photos are average but it doesn't bother me.
⭐ UI is familiar to me. Simple, user-friendly, and quite customizable. A few bloatware apps that you can easily uninstall.
⭐ Amazing battery and excellent management of it by the system. You can poke at it and it drops to the pace of a Angelopoulos movie... You have to make a titanic effort to drain it in a day...
⭐ Perfect calls (not on speakerphone. Phone to the ear)
⭐ Fast charging with the purchase of a Huawei 40W charger for €12 (0-100% in just over two hours)
⭐ Nice in hand, good grip without needing to have basketball player hands. Lightweight.
⭐ VoLTE works fine.
⭐ NFC Yes.
⭐ Play Store works fine.
⭐ Great speakerphone. They hear me crystal clear from 40 cm away.
⭐ The 8GB + virtual RAM allows you to switch between background apps at urban speeds.
⭐ I easily found a case and tempered glass.
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Cons
⚠️ Average speaker at best.
⚠️ Simple and unadorned packaging. Inside, just the phone and a USB-C cable (Come on, you lazy phone makers, at least include a little case... Enough already.)
⚠️ Updates... I'm not playing prophet and I hope to be proven wrong... But Honor and updates have had a falling out. From my experience with other HONOR devices, I don't expect an update to Android 15. I'm putting this in the cons now... If anything changes, I'll edit the review and party until morning...
⚠️ 5G... theoretically it exists... I sent the known message to Cosmote with a response via SMS that the device is not compatible. I called support and the supporter tore his clothes saying that the device will work with 5G automatically when it detects a network. So far, covering a large part of Attica every day, I haven't encountered the elusive 5G... I'm putting this in the cons without affecting the experience. Everything works just fine with 4G. If I encounter 5G in some alley, the review will be updated. Edit: Ultimately, Honor is not included among the companies whose 5G network is compatible with Cosmote. According to support statements, every day "new devices and companies are being added"... In free translation, it's bleak for 5G. At least for Cosmote... I don't know about other providers... But I'm not burning for it...
⚠️ Average speakerphone for me as the sound recipient... Due to the speaker... To avoid any misunderstanding... You can hear just fine... It's just that the sound quality is average at best.
⚠️ No audio jack. One-way (almost to be precise... There are also wired headsets with USB-C... But not all work with all and it's a bit of a hassle...) so acquiring wireless headphones is necessary. (I wanted that little jack)
⚠️ Wireless charging - No (for me, it's not a significant lack but I mention it since some people seek it)
⚠️ No radio.
⚠️ Sometimes on the keyboard at the edges due to the curved screen, there's a slight difficulty in pressing characters that are at the edge when you first buy it... It's not something unusual.. When there is a curved screen, you have these issues.. You learn to live with it and along the way, you find a way to type with relative ease. It just takes a little getting used to.. I put it in the negatives without being sure it should be here.
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Now regarding the purchase, I should note that personally, before buying anything, I always answer the question "Why am I getting this? What needs should the product satisfy?" I was looking for a phone that is affordable in price and fast in multitasking to meet professional needs, with a good battery and a quality screen over 6.7... So for me, it's perfect. Now for those of you who need excellent cameras and good speakers, skip this. You should look for devices in another league.
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Slim design and lightweight in hand. Among the most positive aspects of the device is the curved screen, which could belong to a phone of double the value, in terms of resolution, brightness, and touch. For its category, it also has good photo and selfie shots. Video up to 1080p 60fps or 4K at 30fps. The processor performs well for an average user, has satisfactory RAM (8+8 GB) and storage space. Battery life is also a positive aspect of the model. Face recognition and fingerprint scanner work flawlessly. The UI on Honor models is more "minimalistic" than other Android manufacturers, and this is in their favor, especially when compared to Xiaomi. It has already received Android 14 with MagicOS 8, and personally, I haven't encountered any bugs or freezes so far. It has GMS normally.
In calls, I can hear and be heard clearly. The speaker volume is average in speakerphone mode, however. There is no audio jack, and a charger is not included in the package (only a type C cable).
P.S. For a better multitasking speed experience, enable developer options, and disable window animation scale, transition animation scale, and animator duration scale. Personally, I find it more convenient this way and I recommend it.
Update/additional details for charging:
- After the update to Android 14, it charges with the standard USB Power Delivery protocol. I think it supports PPS, but I'm not sure exactly in which range. It achieves very good speed, up to 28W or around 5500mA that I saw in the app. So finding a charger is very easy now. For example, a Baseus USB-C at 30W.
- The 40W charger 10V/4A specifically charges at 22.5W 10V/2.25A (this is a specific Huawei SCP protocol), which is already a very good speed that outputs 4450mA. At €12, it's an ideal choice.
1st review:
- To start, I give it 5 stars because it's worth its price, around €270 that I paid. I'm already satisfied with the purchase (2nd day of use) and if something comes up in the future, I'll come back to update.
- It's a budget mid-range phone but has a curved screen that comfortably compares to a premium mid-range screen.
- I also agree with the following review that the junk is missing if someone compares it, for example, with Xiaomi, which offers something more in advertisements and icons with games, etc.
- It's essentially a Huawei plus Google services. The last time I had a Huawei was 5.5 years ago, and since then I've bought Xiaomi twice and one Oppo. Returning to a somewhat familiar environment, for example, the characteristic gear icon of Huawei for settings.
- Quite a lot of progress since then, especially in navigation where the back buttons, home screen, and apps are completely absent, and everything is done with gestures.
- The packaging is missing not only the charger but also the silicone case. It only comes with a thin white 1-meter cable rated for 3 amps.
- The 35W supercharge is provided at 11V/3.2A. For this reason, the best performance is achieved with the Huawei supercharge charger at 66W 11V/6A because it can and provides 11V.
The 40W 10V/4A charger will not charge as quickly because, although it delivers 40W, it does not provide 11V, only 10V at most 35W.
It is not compatible with the first generation supercharge at 5V/4.5A, and there it will not show fast charging. It will fluctuate around 10W.
- Its battery is very good at 5300 mAh, but care is needed in summer because it heats up during use. It obviously has temperature protection during charging.
- The SIM card slot is at the bottom, so the headphone jack is missing. I haven't managed to find the ideal budget USB-C headphones yet, but I will look for them. The phone has one speaker at the bottom.
- Reviews generally mention lower than expected image quality and stabilization in videos, but for anyone wanting good photography, they must definitely go for higher categories. This is a general rule.
- The phone still has Android 13 and an upgrade to Android 14 is expected in the near future. This may improve the software and photo quality.