Honor 8X Review: The Next Best Mid-Ranger?
Huawei's sub-brand Honor just launched the successor to its wildly-popular Honour 7X in India. The Honor 8X, which is priced starting at Rs. 14,999, aims to go along the legacy of its predecessor and it definitely seems similar a pretty capable device correct off the bat. For a mid-range device, the new Accolade 8X brings a ton of exciting features to the table, including an impressive 6.five-inch nearly bezel-less brandish, a capable dual camera setup and a very premium design. If you've been following our coverage then you lot'd probably already know that we've had the device for some time now and we've been testing it extensively to see how it performs.
So if you're in the marketplace for a new mid-range device and have been considering the Honor 8X, then you lot're probably eager to know more than about the device before you become alee and buy it. In club to aid you make an informed conclusion, we've put the new Honor 8X through its paces and without much further ado here is our in-depth review of the Honor 8X:
Laurels 8X Specifications
In instance yous aren't already familiar with the Honor 8X's specifications, here's a quick wait at what all the device brings to the tabular array:
| Dimensions | 160.4 x 76.6 10 7.8mm |
| Weight | 175g |
| Display | half-dozen.v-inch FHD+ IPS LCD |
| Processor | HiSilicon Kirin 710 |
| RAM | upwardly to 6GB |
| Storage | upwards to 128GB |
| Rear Camera | 20MP f.i,eight + 2MP |
| Front Camera | 16MP f/2.0 |
| Bombardment | 3,750mAh |
| Operating Organization | EMUI eight.2 based on Android 8.1 Oreo |
Honour 8X: What's In the Box?
The new Honor 8X ships a minimal bright blueish box, with Honor 8X written upwards front and more details well-nigh the device mentioned at the back. Much like most other mid-range devices from other Chinese manufacturers, the Laurels 8X ships with the usual bunch of things. Here's everything yous'll find within the retail packaging:
- Honor 8X (with pre-applied screen protector)
- A articulate case
- A 5V/2A charging brick
- A USB Type-A to micro USB cable
- A SIM ejector tool
- Paperwork
The Honour 8X doesn't send with a pair of earphones, even though it does include a headphone jack. This ways that buyers will accept to use their own earphones with the device or buy a decent pair in case they don't have 1 already. Other than that, the Accolade 8X ships with pretty much everything yous'd need, including a screen protector and a example, to start using the device without worrying about accidentally scratching/shattering the display or the glass back.
Accolade 8X: Design and Build Quality
Compared to last year'south Honor 7X, which had an aluminum torso and a notchless display, the company has taken a more modern approach with the Honor 8X's pattern and build quality. The new Honour 8X has a more premium glass sandwich design with 2.5D curved drinking glass on the front and back, and a sturdy metal chassis in between.
On the dorsum, Honor has gone with a 'aurora glass trunk' which has been synthetic using 15 layers that refract light and colors differently from different angles, giving the device a absurd shimmery appearance. In order to differentiate the Accolade 8X from other manufacturers who're implementing a similar design on their devices, the visitor has divided the drinking glass back into 2 different types of finishes that brand the device expect pretty great when held in the mural mode.
Moving on to the front end of the device, the Honour 8X features a half-dozen.5-inch FHD+ IPS LCD display with a nineteen.5:9 attribute ratio and an 85% wide color gamut. The device have minimal bezels on either side, a pocket-size notch up meridian and a rather slim chin at the bottom, giving it a 91 pct screen-to-body ratio. To exist honest, the display on the Honor 8X looks absolutely vivid when compared to other mid-range devices, especially while watching videos or playing games.
To achieve such a slim iv.25mm chin on the Award 8X, the company has made use of an avant-garde bit-on-movie (COF) technology, that works somewhat like the display technology used on the iPhone X and folds the display connectors behind the screen rather than placing them inside the chin of the smartphone. The front facing photographic camera, earpiece and sensors are conveniently hidden within the notch, that doesn't experience equally intrusive as the notch on another (more expensive) smartphones.
The power button, along with the volume rocker, resides on the right edge of the device, whereas the SIM bill of fare slot can be establish on the left edge of the device. While the top is devoid of whatsoever ports and only features the secondary noise cancellation microphone, the bottom border houses the single downwardly firing speaker, a micro USB port for charging and data syncing, the iii.5mm headphone jack and the main microphone.
Overall, Accolade has taken the device to a unlike level when information technology comes to its pattern and build quality. The Accolade 8X looks and feels very premium, much more than any other mid-range smartphones in the marketplace today. Information technology's worth noting that the device is a bit on the bulkier side and one-handed operation might not be equally easy for people with small hands, however, Honor's EMUI 8.2 has some enhancements for one-handed performance, which will definitely come in 'handy' if that's the example.
Honor 8X: Display
Most mid-range smartphones these days feature great nearly bezel-less displays, but not all of them are able to go it only right. Fifty-fifty though it features an IPS LCD display, the Honor 8X gets as close to having a vivid display equally you lot tin can go at this price range. The device packs in a massive 6.five-inch FHD+ IPS LCD display that has a nineteen.five:9 attribute ratio and minimal bezels on all sides. Laurels claims that the display on the Award 8X covers an 85 percent wide color gamut and it definitely looks quite vivid and crisp. Colors are adequately accurate, viewing angles are on signal and watching videos in landscape mode on the device is an absolute pleasure.
The brandish likewise gets adequately bright, meaning visibility in direct sunlight isn't a problem at all. The notch on the device is quite small, compared to a lot of other devices, and non-intrusive, but it isn't as minimal as the waterdrop-style notch found on a growing number of modern devices.
Another interesting fact nigh the display on the Accolade 8X is that it features a TÜV Rheinland certified Heart Comfort mode, which significantly reduces blue light emission thereby preventing center fatigue and reduces irregularities in the user's sleep cycle. This will be almost beneficial for users who use their devices in bed at dark right earlier going to slumber.
Honor also provides users settings to hide the notch, in example they want to, and it too provides users with the selection to decrease the screen resolution to conserve bombardment if they're running low. Users will also be able to alter the color mode and temperature of the brandish in case the default settings don't fit their preference, which is a bang-up addition that you won't find in other stock Android or near-stock Android devices.
Honor 8X: Performance
The Honor 8X is powered past an octa-cadre Kirin 710 chipset which includes a Mali-G51 MP4 GPU, coupled with up to 6GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage. For the unaware, the Kirin 710 is a pretty capable in-house processor from Huawei that directly competes with the mid-range Snapdragon 660 from Qualcomm. While the Kirin 710 outperforms the Snapdragon 660 in CPU-heavy tasks, its older Mali-G51 MP4 GPU isn't able to continue upwardly with the newer Adreno 512 GPU on the Snapdragon 660. The differences can exist clearly seen in the benchmarking results posted by the device:
Note: Honor loaned us the iv/64GB variant of the Laurels 8X for the purpose of this review
Benchmarks
Starting off with AnTuTu, the Kirin 710 powered Honor 8X is able to achieve a decent score of 138401 which when compared to the 129863 posted by the Mi A2 and the 128304 posted past the Vivo V11 Pro (both of which feature a Snapdragon 660), is slightly amend.
The Accolade 8X is also able to outperform Snapdragon 660 powered devices in Geekbench 4, managing a single-core score of 1601 and a multi-core score of 5534. While the Mi A2 manages to proceed upwardly in the single-cadre score, the Honor 8X clearly wins in the multi-cadre score.
In GPU intensive benchmarks like 3DMark, however, the Honor 8X isn't able to go on up with its Snapdragon 660-powered competitors. The device manages to score 955 in 3DMark's Sling Shot Extreme OpenGL test and 1125 in 3DMark's Sling Shot Farthermost Vulkan test. In comparing, the Mi A2 manages to score 1265 in the Open GL examination and 1045 in the Vulkan test. The Vivo V11 Pro, on the other manus, manages to score 1211 in the OpenGL test and 962 in the Vulkan exam.
Gaming
While benchmark scores are keen for a preliminary understanding of any device's performance, they don't necessarily pigment an accurate picture of day-to-day use. Which is why games are i of the near important performance indicators for any device. In order to test out the existent-world performance of the Honor 8X, I played a bunch of games on the device, including PUBG Mobile, Asphalt ix: Legends, and Shadowgun Legends.
As with most mid-range devices, PUBG Mobile runs on medium settings by default on the Laurels 8X. The game loads up quickly, runs smoothly and I didn't detect any frame drops whatsoever. Cranking up the settings to high, we are afraid, results in a major hit on the functioning and the game stutters quite oft, particularly in intense gun fights. Another interesting matter worth noting is that PUBG Mobile's UI on the Honor 8X isn't optimized for the notched display, which means that some UI elements get cut past the notch and the rounded corners. While this isn't Award's fault to exist precise, it's still something worth mentioning.
Asphalt 9: Legends ran quite smoothly on the device, the game loaded up quite quickly, ran without any frame drops and fifty-fifty with all the particle effects in play the device didn't lag even once. Fifty-fifty afterward cranking the settings up to loftier, the Honour 8X didn't face any issues with the game and I was pretty impressed by its operation. A couple of UI elements on Asphalt 9 were too cutting by the rounded edges, but the bear on wasn't every bit meaning equally it was on PUBG Mobile. Heating wasn't an issue with the Honor 8X as the device barely got warm to the touch even while playing games for a couple of hours straight.
While playing Shadowgun Legends, which is a pretty graphically intensive game in itself, the device took a fair scrap of time to load up the game for the first time, only the issue didn't persist the adjacent time that I opened the game. As with PUBG Mobile, the device was able to run the game perfectly well at medium settings, but cranking it up to loftier resulted in recurrent frame drops and stutters.
In my opinion, the Laurels 8X's performance is quite at par, and in some cases even a bit amend, than the competition. With the device's big display, gaming feels a whole lot more than immersive and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a mid-range device to meet their mobile gaming needs.
Day-to-day operation is too quite satisfactory and I noticed no lag or stuttering in my fourth dimension with the device. Apps load up quickly and run without any issues, however, in case y'all opt for the 4GB RAM variant of the device, do note that its multi-tasking functioning won't exist equally good as the 6GB RAM variant. In my testing, the device wasn't able to concur more than two heavy apps in memory at the same time.
Honor 8X: User Interface
The new Award 8X runs EMUI 8.two congenital on top of Android 8.one Oreo which brings with it a number of enhancements over stock Android. Since I'm not a huge fan of the default EMUI launcher, I installed Nova Launcher on the device which definitely saved me a lot of problem. Withal, looking for particular settings within the EMUI settings menu withal remained a hassle, then I had to heavily rely on the search option within the settings to find any I needed.
As far as the enhancements are concerned, I really liked EMUI's implementation of full screen gestures. The gestures are pretty much similar the ones found on MIUI x and feel quite fluid. I also really liked the fashion the full screen gestures work while using the device in mural manner. Unlike other devices, the gesture implementation changes orientation along with the device which feels a chip more intuitive.
Equally I mentioned earlier, using the Honour 8X ane-handed might exist a bit of trouble for people with smaller easily and in order to forbid that EMUI viii.2 likewise has a convenient gesture to implement one-handed performance. Simply swiping diagonally towards the center from any of the bottom corners shrinks the screen towards that side making 1-handed utilise a whole lot easier.
EMUI viii.2 on the Honor 8X as well features an App twin feature, some other handy addition that volition allow buyers to use two different accounts for the same app at the same time. All in all, EMUI viii.2 on the Accolade 8X does pack in some handy features that I found myself using almost every twenty-four hour period. So in case you're not a huge fan of EMUI, yous can definitely go by by installing i of your favorite 3rd-party launchers and if you're already familiar with the ROM then you won't have any effect just plumbing fixtures right in.
Honor 8X: Cameras
The new Honor 8X features a 20MP f/1.eight primary camera sensor coupled with a 2MP sensor for depth perception on the dorsum, while upwardly forepart information technology features a single 16MP f/ii.0 selfie shooter. Earlier getting to the actual camera operation and the camera samples, I'd like to talk most the UI of the camera app and a couple of cool features that are available by default. Much like most other mid-range devices, the Honor 8X'southward camera app features a dedicated Pro Mode, but since the Pro Mode, with all its settings, might seem a bit too overbearing for a beginner, Laurels has included a separate Nighttime Mode and an Aperture Mode.
Night Mannerallows the user to manually suit the ISO and shutter speed to aid them click ameliorate images in low lighting conditions, while the Aperture Fashion (as the proper name suggests) allows users to adjust but the discontinuity.
All other settings remain on auto, which means that users volition exist able to click better images without being overwhelmed past all the settings available in the normal Pro Mode. The camera app as well includes a separate Calorie-free Painting mode which volition let users to click some great light painting images without worrying likewise much well-nigh the settings.
Now that we've got the features out of the way, lets talk about the actual camera performance:
Performance in Good Lighting Conditions
The Award 8X's main dual photographic camera setup is pretty capable in good lighting conditions and manages to click some pretty detailed images with the AI assist turned off. Turning on the AI assist automatically limits the prototype size to 12MP, which ways that the colors on the pictures look a little better, merely the images don't have the same amount of detail as with the AI aid turned off. The camera besides takes a meaning amount of time to focus on the subject, so clicking a quick snapshot by double borer the volume down button never results in a good image. Here are a couple of sample images clicked using the Award 8X in skillful lighting conditions:
Performance in Low Lighting Conditions
The Accolade 8X tends to struggle in low lighting conditions and has problems focusing on the discipline at times. While the color reproduction of images captured in depression lite is on signal, the iffy focusing means there's a significant loss in detail. Turning on AI assist while capturing depression low-cal shots results in images that look a flake too unrealistic, but they're definitely more usable than the ones captured without AI assist. The loss of particular remains a consequent problem in images captured both with and without the AI help turned on. Hither are a couple of low lite shots captured past the Honor 8X:
Portrait Mode Performance
The secondary 2MP sensor on the Honor 8X is used solely for depth perception and the device manages to click decent portrait shots in proficient lighting weather. The images have a decent corporeality of particular and skillful colour accuracy, but the edge detection is a bit inconsistent and sometimes tends to blur out the subject area. The background blur looks quite natural at most times, but in some cases information technology's just a fleck besides aggressive for my taste. Bank check out some these portrait shots captured by the Honor 8X:
AI Aid Comparing
As mentioned earlier, the AI assist limits the size of the prototype to 12MP and therefore results in images that don't have as much particular equally the images captured with the AI assist turned off.
Depending on the subject, the AI assistance likewise tweaks the colors and saturation of the images, which does look a bit more highly-seasoned but might not appeal to some users. The AI assist also foes a fair job of treatment exposure, resulting in images that are less blown out. Here are a couple of sample shots taken with and without the AI aid featured turned on:
Video Performance
The Honor 8X falls a scrap backside the competition when it comes to video capture. The device can capture upwardly to 1080p videos, which simply doesn't cut it when about of its competitors back up 4K video recording. On acme of that, there's no stabilization to speak of, so even though the video quality is expert the videos themselves are quite shaky. Only take a look at this 1080p video sample I shot with the Honor 8X:
Selfie Operation
The Honor 8X's 16MP f/2.0 selfie shooter is a decent performer and manages to take some peachy selfies. Images captured by the forepart facing camera accept a a decent amount of detail, no unnatural smoothing and good color reproduction. In low-lighting weather nonetheless, the Accolade 8X faces the aforementioned issue. Selfies captured in low light wait pretty decent from a distance, simply upon close inspection it's quite obvious that they don't have equally much detail as the selfies captured in good lighting weather condition.
Most mid-range devices these days feature a software-enabled Portrait Mode for the forepart facing camera and the Laurels 8X is no different. The device likewise features a Portrait Mode feature on the front photographic camera and its performance is quite average. The border detection, much like the Portrait Fashion on the rear camera, is a bit inconsistent and the background blur sometimes looks a scrap besides unnatural. Here are a few sample shots captured by the Honour 8X's front facing camera:
Award 8X vs Xiaomi Mi A2 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note five Pro vs Realme 2 Pro: Photographic camera Comparison
Being a mid-range device, the Honor 8X goes up against smartphones like the Mi A2, the Redmi Notation v Pro and the Realme two Pro. Therefore, in guild to appraise how the device stands in comparison to its competitors when information technology comes to camera performance, nosotros've pitched it against the aforementioned smartphones in a camera showdown. The Accolade 8X doesn't fare as well confronting the competition, in almost every scenario, with the Mi A2 and the Redmi Note 5 Pro consistently clicking amend pictures. Nonetheless, the Honor telephone is able to click better pictures than the Realme two Pro. Here are a few sample images nosotros used for comparison:
In low light scenarios as well, the Honor 8X isn't able to go along up with the Mi A2 and the Redmi Note five Pro, which deliver meliorate shots. The device, all the same, is able to click better images than the Realme 2 Pro, which is a relief. Here are a few shots we used for comparison:
Portrait Style images captured by the Mi A2 and the Redmi Notation 5 Pro are also better than the ones captured by the Honor 8X, with the device lagging behind in terms of details and color accurateness. Withal, that doesn't mean that the images captured past the Honor 8X are completely unusable (the Realme 2 Pro'southward images definitely are). Only cheque out these sample images we used for comparison:
The selfie shooter on the Honor 8X as welldoesn't manage to beat the Mi A2 and the Redmi Note 5 Pro, both of which consistently deliver better results. Even with the software-enabled Portrait Mode turned on, both the devices from Xiaomi deliver better results. In one case once again, the Realme 2 Pro comes in last. Here are the sample images we used for comparison:
Honor 8X: Audio Quality
The Laurels 8X features a unmarried downwards firing speaker which tin go loud enough at max volume. Information technology definitely isn't the loudest speaker on a mid-range smartphone that I've heard so far, simply it does manage to be heard fifty-fifty in noisy environments. However, the speaker suffers from the same plight that plagues other devices with a downward firing speaker, information technology gets easily blocked while using the device in the mural fashion. Considering the fact that Honor didn't have many other options to change the location of the speaker, especially with the nearly bezel-less brandish, I wouldn't exist penalizing the device for this item implementation.
Audio output from the 3.5mm headphone jack is quite proficient and I have admittedly no complains in that regard. Audio quality from the earpiece was also standard and I had absolutely no issues in hearing calls with the device. In the sound department, the Accolade 8X is pretty comparable to most other mid-range smartphones out there and although it doesn't have any outstanding features, it doesn't cut back on any essential ones either.
Honor 8X: Connectivity
Connectivity options on the Honor 8X are plentiful and most users won't have any issues with the device in this particular surface area. The device features a iii.5mm headphone jack and a micro USB port on the bottom (which Laurels claims was a price cutting measure to proceed the device'south price low). It has a triple slot SIM menu tray with space for two SIM cards and a microSD card for expansion.
Although I wish Accolade had upgraded to a USB Type-C port on the Accolade 8X, I'd much prefer the micro USB and iii.5mm headphone jack combo than having to live with merely a USB Type-C port. Other connectivity options include 802.11 a/b/g/northward/ac dual-band (two.4GHz and 5GHz) WiFi and Bluetooth 4.ii depression energy, along with GPS, AGPS, Glonass, and BeiDou for location-based features.
Award 8X: Bombardment Life
The Honor 8X packs in a respectable iii,750mAh bombardment, merely Honor hasn't included whatsoever fast charging support. Instead, the device comes with a standard 5V/2A charger in the box and some software optimizations that allow the device to accuse up slightly faster than usual. In my testing, I was able to charge up the device from 12 per centum to 100 percent in most two hours, while charging from 12 percent to 50 percent in just 45 minutes. As you can already tell, fifty-fifty with the optimizations in place, the device doesn't charge as fast as I'd like it to which is definitely a con in my book.
Coming to the battery life, the Honor 8X performs reasonably well and can easily last a full day even with heavy utilize. In my testing, the device delivered a screen-on-time of simply over four hours and thirty minutes with moderate use and 44 percent battery left at the cease of the mean solar day. With heavy use the device delivered a screen-on-time of around five hours and 20 minutes with about twenty percent battery left at the finish of the day. In any example, the battery will easily last you lot a full day and might even last you long enough to final you half of the next day. Even so, with the slow charging I personally wouldn't take the run a risk of not charging the device up at night.
Honor 8X: Should You Buy?
Priced starting at Rs. 14,999, the Honor 8X is definitely a compelling mid-ranger in the present market scenario. At this cost, the device offers a stunning display, dandy performance, adept battery life and a very premium design.
However, it does fall short when it comes to the camera performance. So, in example you're in the market for a new mid-range device and would be okay with an boilerplate camera, and then you should definitely consider getting the Laurels 8X. However, if camera quality and fast charging are a priority for you lot, then you lot should probably consider another mid-ranger similar the Mi A2 or the Redmi Note five Pro. Do note that even though these devices from Xiaomi deliver better results in the camera department, they can't keep up with the Honour 8X in terms of functioning and display quality. Since we tested out the entry-level iv/64GB variant, I tin can likewise assure you that you'll become even better functioning with the college half dozen/64GB or six/128GB variants which are priced at Rs. 16,999 and Rs. 18,999 respectively.
Pros:
- Stunning display with minimal bezels
- Premium build quality
- Ane of the best full screen gesture implementation
- Great battery life
- Impressive performance
Cons:
- Chaotic Settings menu
- No fast charging
- Average camera functioning
- No 4K video back up and no stabilization
Honor 8X Review: Side by side Best Mid-Ranger With an Boilerplate Camera
Well that rounds up our review of the new Award 8X. For its cost (starting at Rs. 14,999), the Honor 8X brings a ton of exciting features in tow which definitely make it a improve purchase when compared to its principal competitors like the Xiaomi Mi A2 and the former mid-range champion, the Redmi Note v Pro. The only shortcoming that I could fihrefnd on the Honor 8X is its average camera performance (since I tin alive without fast charging support and I don't heed the UI every bit much) and if you think you can become past that, then you should definitely go for the Accolade 8X over any other mid-ranger in the marketplace today.
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