Ever since Xiaomi has entered Malaysian market, flagship device is not expensive at all. Huawei has introduced the Honor brand back to April, which is another new brand but powered by Huawei. The Honor 3C was a hot selling model because of its low price tag but with 2 GB of RAM. Now there's a new device looking to take down Xiaomi. And, it is the Honor 6.
Specifications
- Dimensions: 139.6 x 69.7 x 7.5 mm
- Weight: 130 g
- Display: 5" Full HD (1,080 x 1,920 pixels) TFT LTPS
- Processor: 1.7 GHz quad-core + 1.3 GHz quad-core HiSilicon Kirin 920
- RAM: 3 GB
- Memory: 16 GB, microSD card slot
- Camera: 13 MP Camera, 1080p video recording, 5 MP front
- Battery: 3,100 mAh
- OS: Android 4.4.2 KitKat
Video Review
Unboxing
The retail package is same as Honor 3C, it comes with screen protective film for front and back, MicroUSB cable, AC adapter and the device. That's all you'll get in the box.
Design
The Honor 6 takes the design language over the Ascend P7 but with some changes. It still have the double glass design but the back is no longer a Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Under the glass you'll see the radial groove pattern with tiny dots.
The sides of the phone are made out of plastic but it has an IR blaster placing on top of the phone coupled with a 3.5 mm headphone jack. With the IR blaster, the Honor 6 is able to act as universal remote control but this feature will be present through software update in the future. The buttons are all at the right side and there's a MicroSIM and MicroSD slots covered by a flap. Not sure is it my wrong feeling but I always feel that the flap didn't cover tight. The bezels are narrow and, yes, it is another smartphone with nice handling after the Ascend P7.
Display
The Honor 3C was praised with its brilliant 5" HD display, and so on for the Honor 6. It sports the same 5" display but the resolution has been up to 1080p and it is using JDI panel.
It has a crystal clear and sharp display, the viewing angle is impressive too. The color saturations are good and you can change the color temperature in the settings. Speaking at the screen sensitivity, it appears that sometime the screen is over responsive even gloves mode is disabled.
Performance
Being the world's first octa-core smartphone with LTE connectivity, the Honor 6 runs on an upgraded HiSilicon Kirin 920 processor backed up with Mali-T624 GPU and 3 GB of RAM. Although it's much faster than Kirin 910T found on the Ascend P7, but the gaming performance is still not as good as its competitors. The phone heats up quickly when it is perfoming heavy apps or games like Real Racing 3.
Benchmark results
It scored 11,763 on Quadrant Standard and 40,574 on AnTuTu benchmark, which is quite impressive. However, the real life performance might be different.
Software
The Honor 6 is runnng on Android 4.4.2 KitKat with EMUI 2.3.
Android 4.4.2 KitKat | EMUI 2.3
The lockscreen features magazine unlock, which willdisplay different wallpaper with information each time you are at the lockscreen. You can disable it and switch to regular lockscreen maybe because all of the informations are displayed in Chinese.
Lockscreen (Magazine) | Lockscreen (Normal) | Homescreen | Themes selection
The homescreen lacks of applications drawer and you are able to download themes and change it.
Notification area | Quick settings
The notification area and quick settings are now splitted into two. Swipe down from the top left half corner will show your notification area while swipe down from the top right half will show your quick settings.
Simple home | Phone manager | Suspend button
Switching from standard home to simple home is easy, all you need to do is long press the homescreen and choose simple home, then it will turn your homescreen to simple. Phone manager app helps you to look up the trash and optimize your phone. Suspend button allows you to clear the memory with just one touch, lock the phone and open up a small app.
Camera
The 13 MP camera at the back comes with Sony BSI sensor and dual-LED flash.
Camera interface
Image qualities are decent but the dynamics range didn't perform well. Thankfully, capture with HDR mode has solved the problem. The camera also features all focus mode, which is actually a refocus feature.
Camera samples
The camera also features all focus mode, which is actually a refocus feature. The 5 MP front camera captures nice selfie shoot, and it comes with panorama selfie mode, also known as groufie. However there might be some imperfection in the photo as maybe someone will move and spoil the photo, and it takes quite a while too.
Selfie | Panorama selfie (Groufie)
Battery
To overcome the powerful processor and LTE network from draining battery, the Honor 6 packs a 3,100 mAh battery.
Battery life
I have tried on playing Asphalt 8 and browsing the web for around four hours, and at last it takes more than half of the battery life, which means the Honor 6 can last for around 8 hours on heavy usage. The battery standby is decent too.
Final Words
It's hard to believe that the Honor 6 is only priced at RM 999. The display is just too good in its class and the camera is impressive too. Last but not least, can you believe it features 3 GB of RAM? The processing power may not as good as other competitors, and the finishing may not premium after all, but I believe no one is going to complain much on it. People might just #TakBolehTahan!
Pros
- Low price tag
- Impressive camera
- Brilliant display
Cons
- Finishing feels cheap
- Only available online
- Performance not as good as its competitors
Written by: Charles
It scored 11,763 on Quadrant Standard and 40,574 on AnTuTu benchmark, which is quite impressive. However, the real life performance might be different.
Software
The Honor 6 is runnng on Android 4.4.2 KitKat with EMUI 2.3.
The lockscreen features magazine unlock, which willdisplay different wallpaper with information each time you are at the lockscreen. You can disable it and switch to regular lockscreen maybe because all of the informations are displayed in Chinese.
The homescreen lacks of applications drawer and you are able to download themes and change it.
The notification area and quick settings are now splitted into two. Swipe down from the top left half corner will show your notification area while swipe down from the top right half will show your quick settings.
Switching from standard home to simple home is easy, all you need to do is long press the homescreen and choose simple home, then it will turn your homescreen to simple. Phone manager app helps you to look up the trash and optimize your phone. Suspend button allows you to clear the memory with just one touch, lock the phone and open up a small app.
Camera
The 13 MP camera at the back comes with Sony BSI sensor and dual-LED flash.
Image qualities are decent but the dynamics range didn't perform well. Thankfully, capture with HDR mode has solved the problem. The camera also features all focus mode, which is actually a refocus feature.
Camera samples
The camera also features all focus mode, which is actually a refocus feature. The 5 MP front camera captures nice selfie shoot, and it comes with panorama selfie mode, also known as groufie. However there might be some imperfection in the photo as maybe someone will move and spoil the photo, and it takes quite a while too.
Selfie | Panorama selfie (Groufie)
Battery
To overcome the powerful processor and LTE network from draining battery, the Honor 6 packs a 3,100 mAh battery.
I have tried on playing Asphalt 8 and browsing the web for around four hours, and at last it takes more than half of the battery life, which means the Honor 6 can last for around 8 hours on heavy usage. The battery standby is decent too.
Final Words
It's hard to believe that the Honor 6 is only priced at RM 999. The display is just too good in its class and the camera is impressive too. Last but not least, can you believe it features 3 GB of RAM? The processing power may not as good as other competitors, and the finishing may not premium after all, but I believe no one is going to complain much on it. People might just #TakBolehTahan!
Pros
- Low price tag
- Impressive camera
- Brilliant display
Cons
- Finishing feels cheap
- Only available online
- Performance not as good as its competitors
Written by: Charles
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