honor 5X Pro Reviews

The Honor 5X looks to be another great value phone from Huawei's sub-brand. It offers excellent design and build with some solid specs too. It is missing some elements such as NFC and 11ac Wi-Fi so you might be better off spending a little more on the Honor 7, especially now it's dropped to £209. Software is once again not a strong point with EMUI still not convincing us as a top Android skin.

The Huawei Honor 5X is the best looking affordable unlocked phone you can buy, but it's held back by an obtrusive UI and some performance issues.

The strategy is simple with this one. Essentially, honor is the first out of the gate to set the bar for what we expect out of phones in the mid-range category this year – and the honor 5X surely raises some brows in the process. Combing over the phone specs, while also being mindful about its full retail cost of $200, there’s certainly a lot going for this phone. Not only is the honor 5X well spec’d and priced, but the metal design and included fingerprint sensor definitely add value to this already packed smartphone. Indeed, all is not 100% perfect with it, evident by its lackluster call performance, painfully long battery recharge time, and weak video recording quality, but for the cost and all, some folks might be willing to justify the tradeoffs. Although it’s still early on, the honor 5X is definitely a choice to mull over if you’re looking for a backup or replacement – without having to settle for something cheap-cheap.

The Honor 5X packs all the standard smartphone features into a stylish, affordable little package. Its only drawback is its cutesy, cluttered Android overlay.