3.9

I had experience with Honor devices as I had used Honor 5x in the past as well and I can vouch for reliability and quality of Honor devices. My last phone was Nubia Z9 mini from which I have switched to this device : Honor 8x: I have been using it for about a month now and here is the list of pros and cons.

PROS:

1. The single most impressive and probably the best thing about this device is the screen. We get FHD+ 6.5 inches edge to edge display with 91% screen to body ratio ( better than even the Note 9) and You wont find a better screen this side of ? 25k. Honor might have compromised here or there but the screen is absolutely flagship material on this device. And it makes sense to provide a good screen as that is the most used thing on a smartphone.

2. The build quality is equally impressive. With full metal and glass build the device looks far more premium than what one can judge looking at the price tag. Easily looks like a flagship device, better than even flagships from One plus, Xiaomi and such.

3. The HiSilicon Kirin 710 is an absolute beast in the mid range SOCs. Huawei has let loose a cat among the pigeons. Whether it be synthetic benchmarks or real life usage patterns, this chipset decimates all its competition like SD 636, SD660 and Helios P60. It infact punches well above its weight and actually ends up competing with SD710 and P70. The kirin 710 is blazingly fast!!

4. The battery life is a wonderful blessing from Huawei. I am getting screen on times of 10 hours with mixed usage and about 1.5-2 days of battery life. Really Amazing.

5. Although Stock Android is my personal preference, but I have to give it to Honor for the EMUI 8.2 It is just as flexible as stock and it even looks alright (my opinion). The RAM management is actually better than stock!! Out of the 4gb ram ( actually 3.7 gb) we get a free RAM of about 2.05-2.45 gb which is quite sufficient for even heavy multitasking.

CONS

1. The biggest con for me which kept me on the fence for a long time was: NO FAST CHARGING. I mean this is the biggest blunder by Honor imho. It takes about 2 hours to go from 15% to 100%. This device should have had fast charging.

2. Although I have been singing praises of the CPU in kirin 710, the actual kink in the armour of this SOC is the GPU. Dont get me wrong, The Mali G51 MP4 is not too bad. You can play PUbG and other intensive games at low to medium settings but the GPUs on the qualcomm chipsets are just better and there is no escape from this fact.

3. Lastly the camera is a hit or miss. If you actually dive deep into the pro mode and tinker about in the settings, you can get decent pics. But out the box, the camera is just average. There are other phones in this range with better camera. If camera is your priority, I would suggest you to think twice before finalising on this device.

The slomo @ 480 fps is great but it works only for 10 secs. Similarly the AI mode is available in only 4:3 aspect ratio which I absolutely dislike. The videos also come out shaky due to No OIS or EIS. Also, Competition offers 4k video recording but this is limited to 1080p @60 fps.
All in all though I am satisfied with the camera as it was never a priority for me. I must mention here that sometimes I feel My 3 year old Nubia Z9 mini had a better camera, all things considered.

Conclusion: I zeroed in on this device because It offered the things which I was looking for and the compromises made were those with which I could live. This still has the best CPU in mid range devices, best screen and the best build quality. The good things are the EMUI, security systems ( fingerprint scanner is brilliant and face unlock works 90% of the times. It only struggles in night time) and good battery life. Thankfully honor has not jumped the bandwagon of stupid trends and it still retains headphone jack and external memory support. Two thumbs up and a pat on the back from my side ;)

The not so good things are lack of USB C port ( fast charging), mediocre camera and mediocre GPU.

All in All I can confidently recommend this device if your priorities allign with the strengths of this device that I mentioned above.

Before buying I was looking for this kind of review and hence I took the time out to write this detailed one. I hope it helped you in your Purchasing Decision :)

All are good but camera is disaster

Nice product

really awesome phone camera battery life really good gaming also

Have been using this mobile from past 1 week and honestly speaking I had too much confusion in my mind regarding this handset as most of the handset comparisons I read or watched said that the camera of the mobile is not up to the mark. I was totally confused between realme 2 pro and this one. But eventually I made my decision to go with this handset and it turned out to be a right decision .
Everything is so perfect in this handset plus looks of this handset is totally awesome. This is my second honor phone. First one was honor 9 lite.... and both of them are super.
Happy purchasing :)
PS: All those who are complaining about a camera are probably looking for a quality of 50k handset in 15k. Also camera should not be the only deciding factor when looking for a suitable handset. Performance of the device in other areas should also be valued and Honor NEVER dissapoints .

Camera alone has cons other than that everything is good.

Perfect ???? one for me... Been 2 months i m using it and the experience is awesome ????????

I had buy this phone after lot of research & consider to buy since not other phone match this specs at this range...I had ordered it on the launch Day itself & using it with last 12 Days & found very satisfied with it....
Pros...1. Good look
2. Notch display
3. Display Quality
4. Power saving modes for long Battery backup.
5. Selfie camera.

Cons..1. Rear camera not showing the real things enhance more than actual colour variation can easily be noticed.
2. Lag some time & feel hanged at 3-4 times in just 10 Days normal use no gaming etc..

Conclusion: Overall Good package at with this specs & price range..Look is awesome

Honor 8X
Display 8/10
Audio 7/10
Battery 8/10
Camera 9/10
Build Quality 10/10
Call quality 9/10
Wifi signal strength 9/10
Sim signal strength 9/10
Processor 9/10
No Heating issues
Battery is good lightly battery draining issues not that much dont worry i think they will fix in update

Audio Quality in Speakers and 3.5 mm Jack not giving so crystal clear audio quality so i downloaded Jet Audio Plus audio Player Paid Version and in Equalizer we must enable AM3D Audio Enhancer Paid Version now Total Audio Quality changed now it gives crystal clear audio quality good quality sound.

Video Player in built player HEVC Format not playing smoothly audio video not syncing But i Downloaded VLC Player it plays smoothly
Please fix in next update camera performance audio quality and battery better backup

Writing after 3 weeks of usage
Value for Money 13500(received cashback)
My first Honor phone and it rocks

Pros
Looks 10/10 - 91% screen coverage(the chin is very small) and shiny metal back cover gives value for money probably best in 15k category
3 slots dual VolTe+ memory slot 10/10 - This should be defacto but some budget phone just have 2 slots, dual sim or sim + memory
Battery Management and power saving options 9/10- 3750mAH seems to be enough for FHD(1080p), easily lasts day, battery saver and ultimate battery saver mode present
EMUI 8.2ver 9/10 is pretty fast they have done well for auto switch mode between 1080p and 780p for battery management
Face unlock will open the lock and show the app screen automatically 10/10 - even iPhone face unlock just unlocks and u need to touch to show the app screen. It does not work under low light as it needs to see no of points on your face to unlock.
Eye comfort mode and sunlight mode - protects your eyes even in long hour of binge video watching and auto brighten up screen in low light
Convenient finger unlock 10/10- that is somehow missing in RealMe my competing choice with this option
20 MP +2 MP Dual lens AI Camera Phone 8/10 - usual Bokeh(Portrait) mode, Night mode, AR lens, super slow motion at this price is good but does not perform well in low light condition. Again i am casual photographer, people competing with SLR like quality should refrain from this phone even though it provides professional mode with lots of options
Twin applications - use 2 accounts of whatsapp/facebook simultaneously as provided by other Honor phones, not used it but there are lot of special features on honor EMUI that you can use(you can check the same by searching on Honor 8x hidden features)

Cons
Sound 6/10 - ok with normal headphones but will work better only with better amplifier headset, earphones for audiophiles and avid music listeners, single speaker and dolby atmos missing that is provided by Lenovo K6, my previous phone
Video record without stabilization - Honor needs to provide this feature soon as this is camera phone and competing with Redmi Y2 that is providing the video stabilization feature at 10k
4K recording missing - I do not bother this as I am casual photographer, if you are particular for video recording elctronic stabilization and 4k recording go for Honor Play(20k), Oppo f1s vivo
Flash Charge/ Fast Charging(Type C) - again not so much needed for me but if you need it go for Honor Play(20k), Oppo F7, Vivo V11

I am not gamer hence no priority there, please checkout other reviews

In summary, if you are casual photographer and wants to use AI camera phone as first camera phone with good looks and superior battery management, can go upto 15k budget, this phone is for you. Serious photographers can refrain from this phone and go for Honor Play, Oppo F9, Vivo v11.