CPU Kernel Octa-Core CPU Frequency 4x1.5GHz+4x1.2GHz CPU Model Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) GPU Model Adreno 405 Color Gold, white, and gray LCD Size 5.5 inches Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels LCD Color 16.7 million Dimentions 151.3 mm * 76.3mm * 8.15mm PPI 400ppi Battery Capability 3000 mAh Battery Change Not Supported Camera Rear camera:13 MP Front camera:5 MP Photo Resolution Rear camera: 4160 x 3120 pixels Network Rate LTE FDD：B2/B4/B5/B12/B17 WCDMA：B1/B2/B4/B5 GSM：850/900/1800/1900MHz Single/Double Card Dual SIM cards Single/Double Standby Dual Standby Single/Double Pass Single pass GPS Supported Glonass Supported AGPS Supported Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.1 NFC Not supported ROM 16GB RAM 2GB SD Card Type microSD External Memory Support 128GB OS(Android) Android 5.1.1 EMUI EMUI 3.1 Weight About 158 g (including the battery)
For $200 this phone seems absolutely amazing as I don't play 3D phone games. The only game I play on my phone is Hearthstone. As long as this phone can play Hearthstone (which I don't know if it can) this is a must buy.
For some reason I vaguely remember people losing their shit when Apple put a fingerprint sensor on the iPhone. May just be me.
And another opinion, aircraft grade aluminum means jackshit and is a marketing term. 6061 aluminum is a fairly common alloy and really isn't all that expensive.
It is nice seeing budget phones with useful features like dual SIM and an SD slot though.
Watched the video and sorry even if this is affordable no way I pay $200 for a smart phone. The only time I look at smart phones is when I can win them in contests and then sell them. Until the day comes when we have super affordable plans for service with unlimited data transfer or reasonable caps I don't care to have a smart phone.
Watch them not even be using 6061, and instead have some MIC6 water-jetted to roughly the shape, then machined. Annddd 3 days later its scratched to hell....because cast aluminum.
The back piece looks like a single rectangular piece of aluminum, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was something like a piece of 0.5mm sheet stamped into shape with the PCB and other guts keeping it rigid.
Haha, ya the "aircraft grade" marketing scheme always made me laugh. I am probably one of the few who don't like aluminum on high wear things like like a phone. It is soft, scratches easily, warps and Knicks at the slightest impact, and just starts to look ugly very quickly. The only benefit is that it is a great structural metal with low weight, which is why it's used in engineering so much.
I actually sold my iPhone 5 for a 5c a few years back, and even i use to open an iPad, i had to put a skin on it for this exact reason. Even then, i had issues. It is also why i will never buy an HTC phone anymore, because i always feel like i have to baby the device, because the aluminum feels too delicate. Meanwhile, i can just toss my nexus 5 around on the table, and not have to worry about a thing.
Sorry for the rant, but using aluminum in phones is a big gripe of mine. I could honestly keep on going as far as material choices in phones, but i don't think it would further benefit this thread being about the Honor X5.
What i will say though is this: for $200, it looks like a hell of a phone. I wouldn't trade my Nexus 5 in a million years for it for 5 reasons though: i refuse to buy another micro USB phone, aluminum, no Qi (a big one considering no USB-C), and no NFC. But again....$200. Tough call for someone else looking though.
I'll stick with my GS5. Already has a fingerprint reader that works, 4k video and 16.4mp sensor, OLED screen, removable battery and sim and micro sd card, and an octocore qualcomm. For the $288 I paid for it, I think it's a much better deal.
What about the Android OS updates? Google puts out monthly security updates. I wouldn't buy a phone that doesn't get those, I like to not have a security risk in my pocket. No updates, no sale.
EDIT: Looks like huawei been pretty good so far with he updates, lets hope they keep that up.