Before the end of the year, Honor has prepared to introduce the upgrade of its popular Honor 6X. It is claimed that it will come with a beautiful display, better camera and powerful setup. The new Honor 7X is to be launched in the month of December. We spent some time with the handset before it was officially launched. How did we like the Honor 7X at first glance? Let us tell.
The metal unibody gives strength to the phone and the feel remains solid. Grip is also good due to the matte black finish. The button position is good. All the ports are on the bottom. Honor has provided 3.5 mm headphone socket in the phone which is a good thing. But it was disappointing to not see a USB Type-C port in the phone. The 18:9 aspect ratio dominates the entire front panel. It looks nice, but the 5.93-inch screen doesn’t make it easy to reach every edge while using it with one hand. The display looks quite sharp due to the full-HD+ resolution. The colors are also punchy.
Honor 8 Pro can be seen from the back of the phone. The antenna band has been placed at the top and bottom. Honor has provided a fingerprint sensor on the back and it is easy to reach.
The new octa-core Kirin 659 chipset has been used in Honor 7X. It has 64 GB storage with 4 GB RAM. The phone runs on EMUI 5.1 based on Android 7.0 Nougat. Remember that Honor 6X is one of the first handsets to come with dual rear cameras in the price range of Rs 15,000. The company has adopted the same strategy in Honor 7X also. But this time the primary sensor of the rear part has become 16 megapixels. The secondary camera is still of 2 megapixels which will work for assessing depth. The camera app has also changed a bit, we will tell you about it in detail in the review.
Honor 7X is said to be launched at a very aggressive price. It is clear that the company will keep the price of this phone in such a way that it will be a direct challenge to Xiaomi Mi A1, Redmi Note 4 and Moto G5S Plus. In China, the 64 GB variant of Honor 7X is priced at 1,699 Chinese Yuan (about Rs 16,850). The price is expected to be around this in India also. Remember that Honor 6X was also launched at the same price. If seen, Honor 7X is not a big upgrade, so there will not be much difference in the price. Honor is also known for its aggressive pricing. The company also did this with Honor 8 Pro. Compared to OnePlus 5, the price of this phone was also lower and the specifications were also more powerful.
We will be testing every feature and specification of Honor 7X in the coming weeks. Will come back with a detailed review after this.