To the editorial board of the portal GameMAG.ru the newest smartphone came to the test HONOR 10X Lite… The device will go on sale in Russia on November 20. Official cost – 16990 rubles…
DELIVERY AND PACKAGING
We received a test sample of the device. HONOR 10X Lite comes in traditional smartphone HONOR packing made of thick cardboard in the form of a “brick”. The main body of the box is in white, and the sides are in a blue-blue gradient. On the front side you will find the name of the smartphone model, its image on the front and back in emerald green, as well as the logo of the company store AppGallery…
Inside the box, in addition to the HONOR 10X Lite itself, you will find a compact power adapter with 22.5W HONOR SuperCharge technology, a USB Type-A to USB Type-C cable for charging and connecting to a PC, a clip for removing the SIM card tray, and MicroSD, transparent silicone case, documentation and warranty. The smartphone screen has already been coated with a factory protective film.
EXTERNAL DATA AND CONNECTORS
In Russia, HONOR 10X Lite is presented in three colors – ultraviolet sunset, emerald green and midnight black. Even though the packaging shows the smartphone in emerald green, inside we found a midnight black version. This is indicated on the device specifications sticker on the box.
The dimensions of the HONOR 10X Lite are 165.7 x 76.9 x 9.3 mm. The exact weight of the device without the case is 209 grams. The volumetric back cover is made of glossy plastic, and the frame is matte. It looks very strict and stylish in the spirit of the flagship HONOR series.
Despite the presence of an oleophobic coating, the glossy part is still easily soiled and, over time, gets dirty from the fingers. However, the other two colors appear to be matte, so they should be less soiled.
Most of the space of the front surface (more than 90%) was taken by a 6.67-inch IPS-matrix liquid crystal display with an aspect ratio of 20: 9 with a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels.
The pixel density of this screen is 395 ppi. The refresh rate is standard 60 Hz. At the bottom of the display is a 5mm chin. At the top in the middle of the screen is the front camera lens, which is also used for the owner’s face recognition system. The unlock function works flawlessly even in poor light conditions and wearing a medical mask, which is important in our difficult times. Above the display is the earpiece, which is used only for its intended purpose. Also, a light sensor is hidden under the screen on top.
On the back there is a rectangular wide block of four camera modules and an LED flash, as well as the HONOR logo. The unit is framed in a metal frame, which gives additional elegance to the back of the device. However, according to the tradition of modern camera phones, because of the bulging space of cameras, the phone on a hard surface lies slightly raised and uneven. A complete case can slightly improve this situation.
On the right side there is a power button, which also has a built-in fingerprint scanner, which works very clearly and quickly. The volume rocker is located above the power button.
On the upper, slightly flattened edge, you will find an auxiliary microphone hole, and on the left you will find a SIM card slot, where you can immediately place not only two nano-SIM, but also a microSD card with a maximum volume of up to 512 GB.
All the main holes are located on the bottom edge, which, like the top, is slightly flattened. The bottom houses a 3.5 mm headphone jack, a microphone hole, a USB Type-C slot for charging and data transfer, as well as a multimedia speaker hole.
BATTERY, IRON & COMMUNICATIONS
The smartphone comes with a 5000 mAh non-removable Li-Pol battery. The HONOR 10X Lite supports 22.5W HONOR SuperCharge, which, as we mentioned, comes in the box and is rarely found in phones in this price range. Thanks to it, you can charge your phone to 50% in a little over 30 minutes, and fully in just 95 minutes.
With active daily use, one full charge of HONOR 10X Lite lasts 2-2.5 days, which is very good. It turns out that about 20-25 minutes of charging will be enough for the smartphone to work all day, if you suddenly forgot to charge it in the evening and decide to do it while you are going to work.
The device runs on Android 10 operating system with HONOR’s proprietary Magic UI 3.1 shell. The core of the system is the HiSilicon Kirin 710a 8-core chipset (12nm, 4 Cortex-A73 cores with an operating frequency of 2 GHz, 4 Cortex-A53 cores with an operating frequency of 1.7 GHz) 2023, which works in conjunction with the Mali-G51 graphics accelerator and 4 GB LPDDR4 memory. The built-in memory in the device is 128 GB – for those who like to store photos and especially videos of this end-to-end, however, as mentioned earlier, there is also a microSD slot – cards up to 512 gigabytes are supported. You do not have to sacrifice space for a second SIM card, since there is a separate place for an expansion card in the tray.
HONOR 10X Lite is equipped with Bluetooth version 5.1, NFC and Wi-Fi with support for 2.4 GHz frequency. Navigation systems: aGPS, GPS and GLONASS and Beidou.
USE AND CONVENIENCE
The device lies pleasantly in the hand thanks to high-quality materials. It is neither too slippery nor too heavy. The smartphone is a bit thick, but the reason for this is the large battery, but the grip is quite comfortable, the body does not cut the hand – the edges are rounded.
With an almost cinematic aspect ratio, the thumb can reach about 75% of the screen.
The display is bright enough, however it lacks HDR. There is no PWM. Watching movies, TV shows and anime on the road on a smartphone is comfortable, and the embedded camera does not interfere with the consumption of content in the 16: 9 ratio, as it is outside the image. When reading manga on sites and articles on GameMAG, there were also no problems. Typing with your thumbs using the keyboard of the proprietary shell of the device is very convenient.
As for applications, on HONOR 10X Lite you will immediately find not only branded programs from HONOR itself, but also many preinstalled useful applications such as Booking.com, Yandex Music, Microsoft Office, ReadEra, Delivery Club and VKontakte.
To use the built-in NFC module for contactless payment, you can download the SberPay, Huawei Pay and Wallet applications from the AppGallery store, the latter of which is already preinstalled on your phone. In addition, popular applications from Yandex and Mail.ru are available in AppGallery, as well as many applications for shopping, food delivery, banking clients and, of course, games such as Pascal’s Wager and EVE Echoes.
In addition, if you could not find something in AppGallery, then you can always use the built-in Petal Search, which will quickly and easily find and install the applications you need, such as WhatsApp, Spotify and Instagram.
SOUND
The speaker on the bottom of the smartphone is responsible for playing multimedia content, and is also used for speakerphone. The sound is quite loud and clear. This speaker is enough for watching YouTube, movies and TV series. You can also listen to music, so we recommend getting good wired headphones, since the smartphone has a 3.5 mm jack. The wireless connection does not support HD Audio codecs.
CAMERA AND PHOTO
The rectangular box on the back is equipped with four modules. The main camera has a resolution of 48 Mp (8000×6000) for photography and 2.1 Mp (1920×1080) for video. Focal length – 5.4 mm, aperture – f / 1.8. The second module is an ultra-wide 8 megapixel with an aperture of f / 2.4 and a coverage angle of 120 degrees. There is also a 2MP f / 2.4 depth sensor for portraits and a macro lens with the same specifications as the depth sensor.
The main module performs well in daylight outdoors, showing good detailed images with low noise levels. The phase detection autofocus in the main unit allows you to quickly focus on the subject and prevent blurring of the image. There is no optical zoom in the camera, but there is a 6x digital zoom. Night mode does quite well and shows good detailed shots with little noise.
The ultra-wide module shoots mediocre, which is generally common for smartphones in this price range. In portrait mode, the main camera, along with the depth sensor, does its job, showing good focus on the face and the correct bokeh of the main background. In addition, the camera allows you to take panoramic and HDR pictures.
As for video, the main camera is capable of recording videos in maximum Full HD resolution at 30 frames per second. There is no stabilization.
The front camera in the device is equipped with an 8 megapixel module with f / 2.0 aperture. Her portrait shots are decent and work well for posting on social media. The camera is also capable of recording video in 720p and 1080p resolution at 30FPS.
SYNTHETIC TESTS AND GAMES
Based on the basic tests AnTuTu and 3D Mark identified the phone as HONOR DNN-LX9. In AnTuTu, downloaded from AppGallery, the smartphone is gaining 160,439 points:
- CPU – 63 731
- GPU – 26 232
- MEM – 36 116
- UX – 34 360
This smartphone uses proprietary GPU Turbo 3.0 technology, which can reduce battery consumption and significantly improve processor performance.
The system is rather cold, in the phone menu the average temperature of the processor and battery was 38 and 27 degrees Celsius, respectively. In heavy games, after an hour of gameplay, these values already rise to 39 and 62 degrees, respectively. We succeeded in this device in projects such as PUBG Mobile, EVE Echoes, Asphalt 9 and World of Tanks Blitz. In general, no significant performance problems were noticed in games. At the highest temperatures, the case only slightly heated up – this caused any discomfort.
RESULTS
HONOR 10X Lite is a pleasant and democratic smartphone with a modern fashionable design, a decent camera for shooting both day and night, good gaming performance, large memory capacity, the presence of an NFC module and excellent autonomy due to a very capacious battery. The complete HONOR SuperCharge charger will be a real salvation for those who forget to recharge the device in time. The AppGallery store also continues to evolve, and you can see that the number of applications in it has grown significantly over the past year, and all the missing programs can be easily found through Petal Search. Overall, this is an excellent smartphone in its price segment.
In the period from November 6 to November 19, it will be possible to pre-order this device and purchase it with a discount of 4000 rubles…
Author: Sergey Dyakonenko (Madnfs)
A photo: Alexey Olkin
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