HONOR 6X

HUAWEI HONOR 6X SMARTPHONE WAS LAUNCHED IN JANUARY 2017. THE PHONE COMES WITH A 5.50-INCH TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY WITH A RESOLUTION OF 1080 PIXELS BY 1920 PIXELS. HUAWEI HONOR 6X PRICE IN INDIA STARTS FROM RS. 9,999. 

THE HUAWEI HONOR 6X IS POWERED BY 1.7GHZ OCTA-CORE KIRIN 655 PROCESSOR AND IT COMES WITH 4GB OF RAM. THE PHONE PACKS 64GB OF INTERNAL STORAGE THAT CAN BE EXPANDED UP TO 128GB VIA A MICROSD CARD. AS FAR AS THE CAMERAS ARE CONCERNED, THE HUAWEI HONOR 6X PACKS A 12-MEGAPIXEL PRIMARY CAMERA ON THE REAR AND A 8-MEGAPIXEL FRONT SHOOTER FOR SELFIES.

THE HUAWEI HONOR 6X RUNS ANDROID 6.0 AND IS POWERED BY A 3340MAH NON REMOVABLE BATTERY. IT MEASURES 150.90 X 72.60 X 8.20 (HEIGHT X WIDTH X THICKNESS) AND WEIGH 162.00 GRAMS.

THE HUAWEI HONOR 6X IS A DUAL SIM (GSM AND GSM) SMARTPHONE THAT ACCEPTS NANO-SIM AND NANO-SIM. CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS INCLUDE WI-FI, GPS, BLUETOOTH, USB OTG, FM, 3G AND 4G (WITH SUPPORT FOR BAND 40 USED BY SOME LTE NETWORKS IN INDIA). SENSORS ON THE PHONE INCLUDE COMPASS MAGNETOMETER, PROXIMITY SENSOR, ACCELEROMETER, AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR AND GYROSCOPE.

BUY FOR

·         ROBUST CONFIGURATION

§  FAST CHARGING SUPPORT

§  FINGERPRINT SENSOR

§  VOLTE ENABLED

§  SUPERB CAMERAS

BEWARE OF

·         NO FRONT FLASH

§  HYBRID SIM

VERDICT

THE HONOR 6X IS A BEAST PERFORMER AND CAN FACE ALL TYPES OF GAMING AND MULTITASKING WITH EASE. ONE CAN ENJOY WATCHING VIDEOS AND PLAYING GAMES FOR LONG HOURS SINCE THE BATTERY BACKUP OF THIS MODEL IS VERY GOOD. THE MAIN CAMERA CLICKS OUTSTANDING SHOTS, BE IT DAY OR LIGHT. FAST CHARGING IS ANOTHER BEST FEATURE OF THIS HANDSET. THE DISPLAY QUALITY OF THIS SET IS SUPERB AND THE FINGERPRINT SENSOR IS ALSO QUICK TO RESPOND. IF HYBRID SIM IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR YOU, THEN THE DEVICE IS INDEED AN AWESOME PACKAGE.

THE AWESOME PERFORMER

DISPLAY AND CONFIGURATION

THE HONOR 6X HAS A 5.5-INCH IPS LCD FULL HD (1,080 X 1,920 PIXELS) DISPLAY AND A PIXEL DENSITY OF 401PPI. FOR DRIVING THE SYSTEM, THERE IS ARE TWO QUAD-CORE ( (2.1GHZ CORTEX A53 + 1.7GHZ CORTEX A53) PROCESSORS AIDED BY 3GB OF RAM AND MALI-T830 MP2 GRAPHICS ENGINE. THE HISILICON KIRIN 655 CHIPSET MANAGES GOOD FUNCTIONING OF THE SYSTEM. THE DEVICE BOOTS ON ANDROID V6.0 (MARSHMALLOW) OPERATING SYSTEM AND IS AVAILABLE IN FOUR COLOUR VARIANTS - GOLD, SILVER, GREY AND ROSE GOLD COLOUR. IT WEIGHS 162 GRAMS AND MEASURES 150.9 X 72.6 X 8.2MM.

CAMERA AND STORAGE

AS FAR AS THE CAMERA IS CONCERNED, THE DEVICE SPORTS DUAL CAMERAS (12MP + 2MP) AT THE BACK VIA WHICH ONE CAN ALSO RECORD FHD VIDEOS. FOR SELFIE ADMIRERS, THERE IS AN 8MP FRONT SNAPPER WHICH CAPTURES GOOD QUALITY IMAGES. IN ORDER TO STORE DATA FILES, THE DEVICE HAS AN INTERNAL MEMORY OF 32GB. FOR FURTHER STORAGE, THE HANDSET CAN READ A MEMORY CARD OF UPTO 128GB.

CONNECTIVITY AND BATTERY

FOR NETWORKING AND SHARING, THE DEVICE OFFERS OPTIONS SUCH AS DUAL SIM, 4G (SUPPORTS INDIAN BANDS), 3G, 2G, VOLTE, WI-FI 802.11, B/G/N, MOBILE HOTSPOT, BLUETOOTH V4.1, GPS WITH A-GPS AND MICROUSB 2.0. THE DEVICE IS FUELLED BY A 3,340MAH LI-POLYMER BATTERY WITH FAST CHARGING SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATIONS

PROCESSOR: THE HONOR 6X IS POWERED BY HUAWEI'S IN-HOUSE HISILICON KIRIN 655 PROCESSOR (OCTA-CORE) CLUBBED WITH MALI-T830MP2 GPU.

RAM: THE HONOR 6X COMES WITH EITHER 3GB OR 4GB OF RAM.

INTERNAL STORAGE: THE PHONE COMES WITH EITHER 32GB OR 64GB OF INTERNAL MEMORY. EXPANDABLE STORAGE IS SUPPORTED VIA A HYBRID MICROSD CARD SLOT.

SCREEN: THE HONOR 6X COMES WITH A 5.5-INCH 1080P IPS LCD DISPLAY.

REAR CAMERA: THE PHONE COMES WITH A DUAL REAR CAMERA SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A 12-MEGAPIXEL + 2-MEGAPIXEL SETUP ASSISTED WITH PHASE DETECTION AUTOFOCUS AND LED FLASH. THE REAR CAMERA CAN RECORD 1080P VIDEOS.

FRONT CAMERA: ON THE FRONT, THE HONOR 6X COMES WITH AN 8-MEGAPIXEL CAMERA. THE FRONT CAMERA CAN RECORD 720P VIDEOS.

SOFTWARE: THE PHONE RUNS ANDROID MARSHMALLOW-BASED EMOTION UI 4.1.

BATTERY: THE HONOR 6X IS BACKED BY A 3,340MAH BATTERY AND ALSO SUPPORTS FAST CHARGING.

SPECIAL FEATURES

-- THE DUAL CAMERA SETUP, IN CASE OF THE HONOR 6X IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE ON-BOARD THE HONOR 8 OR THE HUAWEI P9. WHILE THE 12-MEGAPIXEL LENS IS WHAT YOU CAN A REGULAR LENS, THE 2-MEGAPIXEL LENS IS CAPABLE OF DEPTH SENSING SO USERS CAN ATTAIN SOFTWARE-ENHANCED BACKGROUND BLUR IN PHOTOS POST CLICKING A SHOT.

-- THE PHONE, IN GENERAL, IS CAPABLE OF SHOOTING 12-MEGAPIXEL PHOTOS. THE 2-MEGAPIXEL SHOOTER (ONLY) SPRINGS INTO ACTION WHEN YOU HIT A DEDICATED WIDE APERTURE OPTION PROVIDED UP TOP IN THE CAMERA APP. BY DEFAULT, IT KEEPS THE CLOSEST SUBJECT IN FOCUS WHILE BLURRING THE BACKGROUND CREATING A SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD EFFECT IN PHOTOS. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO SELECTIVELY FOCUS AND REFOCUS YOUR BACKGROUND/SUBJECT AFTER CLICKING A SHOT.

-- THE WIDE APERTURE OPTION LETS YOU PICK AN APERTURE FROM F/16 DOWN TO AS WIDE AS F/0.95, ALLOWING FOR A VERY LARGE SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD EFFECT IN PHOTOS.

-- THE PHONE BOASTS OF A FULL-METAL BODY AND A REAR-MOUNTED FINGERPRINT SCANNER. ON THE FRONT, IT COMES WITH CURVED 2.5D GLASS.

-- THE DUALSIM PHONE SUPPORTS 4G LTE AND DTS AUDIO.

-- ITS CLOSEST RIVAL WILL BE THE COOLPAD COOL 1, WHICH IS ALSO AN AFFORDABLE DUAL-CAMERA PHONE, THAT RETAILS FOR RS 13,999 IN THE INDIAN MARKET. THE COOL 1 HAS TWO CAMERAS ON THE REAR -- DUAL 13-MEGAPIXEL WITH PHASE DETECTION AUTOFOCUS AND DUALLED (DUAL TONE) FLASH -- WHEREIN ONE TAKES MONOCHROME SHOTS WHILE THE OTHER TAKES PHOTOS IN COLOUR (RGB). THE PHONE'S SOFTWARE ALGORITHM THEN MERGES BOTH THE IMAGES INTO ONE AND CREATES THE FINAL PHOTO.

HOW TO BUY IT: THE REGISTRATIONS START TODAY AT 2 PM AND FLASH SALE WILL TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 2, 2017 ON AMAZON.

INDIA PRICE: THE HONOR 6X HAS BEEN PRICED AT RS 12,999 FOR THE 3GB VARIANT, WHILE THE 4GB VARIANT WITH 64GB STORAGE WILL SELL FOR RS 15,999.