Honor 8X review: my first impression

The Honor 8X was presented a little over a week ago. A cheap smartphone from the subsidiary brand of Huawei, in which the display and the camera were particularly advertised. I have been testing this smartphone for two days and have already been able to get a first impression.

Unboxing and first impression

The Honor 8X comes in a turquoise packaging that has the shape of the smartphone. If you open the box, you will be greeted by the smartphone first. Underneath there is a small cardboard cover in which instructions and warnings, a SIM tool and a silicone cover have been packed. Under this cardboard cover, Honor put the charger, which unfortunately is not a Quick Charge power supply. Honor states that the charging time is 150 minutes, which is quite a lot and I can confirm that.

As with almost every smartphone, the initial setup is child's play and hardly takes up any time. You just have to log in with your Google account, optionally create or enter a Huawei ID and specify a method for unlocking the Honor 8X in the future. Here you can choose between unlocking via the fingerprint sensor, face recognition, the pattern, the code or the password.

My first impression

Three things immediately caught my eye on the Honor 8X. Firstly, there is the glass back, which looks nice but attracts fingerprints. Secondly, I noticed the microUSB port. I'm sure many of you readers would have liked USB-C here. But since all my devices still have microUSB, I don't have a problem with it. Thirdly, I noticed the large 6,5" display. I really liked the bright colors and the large work surface.

Especially the large display did it to me in the first hours of use (picture: TechnikNews, 2018)

During further use, two other things struck me as very positive: the performance and the battery life. That's how I've been able to play games like Asphalt 9 up until now prowithout any problems and still had 5 percent battery in the evening after more than 30 hours of screen-on time. The camera only partially convinced me at first. For example, in photos taken with the portrait mode, the edges of the subject are partly washed out. Without zooming in, however, this is hardly noticeable. Photos that I took with the night mode were all pretty noisy. On the other hand, photos taken in good light are really OK. The test report on the Honor 8X will be available here on TechnikNews appear.