The Honor 6X launched today in the USA at CES 2017 and from what many social media posts said, it was a packed out event. Honor really put themselves on the map last year with the release of the Honor 5X, which made it arguably the best low-cost/budget device available. Later in the year Honor also introduced their flagship device, the Honor 8. The Honor 8 was one of my top favorite smartphones of 2016. So what’s new with the Honor 6X?
Honor 6X Specifications
Display
- 5.5 inch 1920p x 1080p full HD display with 16 M colors, 403 PPI
- Multi touch-sensitive screen
Size and Weight
- 150.9 mm (L) x76.2 mm (W) x 8.2 mm (T)
- Approximately 162g (including the battery)
Operating System
- Huawei EMUI 4.1\
Processor
- Huawei Kirin 655, Octa-Core (4×2.1 GHz+4×1.7 GHz)
Battery
- 3340 mAh battery
- Charging duration: 2.5 hours
- Airtime: 23 hours
- Standby time: 600 hours
Memory
- L24:ROM: 32 GB: RAM: 3 GB
- Expandable storage
L21 & L22: ROM: 32/64GB: RAM: 3/4GB
Camera
- 12-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual rear-facing camera with a wide aperture range
from F/0.95-F/16 - Photo resolution: up to 3968×2976
- Video resolution: up to 1920×1080
- 8-megapixel front-facing camera
- Photo resolution: up to 3264×2448
- Modes available: wide aperture mode, professional mode, food mode, perfect selfie,
beauty mode, makeup mode for the front camera, panorama, HDR, watermark,
audio note, ultra snapshot, best photo, smile snapshot, audio control, timer function,
touch to capture, and time-lapse mode
Audio/Video
- 720P/1080P full HD video recording and video playback
- Audio format: *.mp3, *.mid, *.amr, *.awb, *.3gp, *.mp4, *.m4a, *.aac, *.wav,
*.ogg, *.flac, *mkv - Video file format: *.3gp, *.mp4, *.webm, *.mkv
- 3.5 mm headset jack
Connectivity
L24 (US):
- LTE FDD Band 1: 1920–1980 MHz (UL), 2110–2170 MHz (DL)
- LTE FDD Band 3: 1710–1785 MHz (UL), 1805–1880 MHz (DL)
- LTE FDD Band 7: 2500–2570 MHz (UL), 2620–2690 MHz (DL)
- LTE FDD Band 8: 880–915 MHz (UL), 925–960 MHz (DL)
- TD -LTE Band 38: 2570–2620 MHz
- GSM (GSM 850): 824–849 MHz (UL), 869–894 MHz (DL)
- EGSM (GSM 900): 880–915 MHz (UL), 925–960 MHz (DL)
- DCS (GSM 1800): 1710–1785 MHz (UL), 1805–1880 MHz (DL)
- PCS (GSM 1900): 1850–1910 MHz (UL), 1930–1990 MHz (DL)
- WCDMA Band 1 (WCDMA 2100): 1920–1980 MHz (UL), 2110–2170 MHz (DL)
- WCDMA Band 2 (WCDMA 1900): 1850–1910 MHz (UP), 1930–1990 MHz (DL)
- WCDMA Band 8 (WCDMA 900): 880–915 MHz (UL), 925–960 MHz (DL)
L21 & L22 (Europe, Middle East, India and Malaysia):
- LTE FDD Band 20: 832–862 MHz (UL), 791–821 MHz (DL)
- LTE FDD Band 2: 1850–1910 MHz (UP), 1930–1990 MHz (DL)
- LTE FDD Band 4: 1710–1755 MHz (UP), 2110–2155 MHz (DL)
- LTE FDD Band 5: 824–849 MHz (UP), 869–894 MHz (DL)
- LTE FDD Band 12: 699–716 MHz (UL), 729–746 MHz (DL)
- TD -LTE Band 38: 2570–2620 MHz
- GSM (GSM 850): 824–849 MHz (UL), 869–894 MHz (DL)
- EGSM (GSM 900): 880–915 MHz (UL), 925–960 MHz (DL)
- DCS (GSM 1800): 1710–1785 MHz (UL), 1805–1880 MHz (DL)
- PCS (GSM 1900): 1850–1910 MHz (UL), 1930–1990 MHz (DL)
- WCDMA Band 1 (WCDMA 2100): 1920–1980 MHz (UL), 2110–2170 MHz (DL)
- WCDMA Band 2 (WCDMA 1900): 1850–1910 MHz (UP), 1930–1990 MHz (DL)
- WCDMA Band 8 (WCDMA 900): 880–915 MHz (UL), 925–960 MHz (DL)
Other Connectivity
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, 2.4 GHz
- Bluetooth BT4.1
- micro-USB
- GPS/AGPS/Glonass/BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
Sensors
- Hall effect sensor
- Fingerprint sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Accelerometer
- Phone status indicator
Colors
- Gray/Gold/Silver
Honor 6X Availability & Pricing
The 3GB variant of the device will be available for purchase from 4 January onward in select markets, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, with other markets to follow soon.
U.S. USD 249.99 January 4 (For Pre-order)
January 15 (For sale) Hihonor.com/us, Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, Newegg.com
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