The recently launched exquisite smart phone, Honor 7 is the most acclaimed Honor Family device with enhanced features and superb design. This smartphone has been very well received in the market because of its modern, user friendly traits such has an ultra dynamic fingerprint scanner, latest “smart key” and the best of all 20MP rear camera. Honor 7, given the price its available at i.e. Rs. 45, 899/-, gives abundant of exclusive and unique features, which make it a flagship device. Honor 7, carries high speed processor, up to date operating system, 3.1 EMUI with heavy powered battery and large storage capacity.
Let’s have a detailed look at the wonders Huawei Honor 7 has to offer.
Key Specifications:
Honor 7’s key specs are:
- Android 5.0+EMUI 3.1, Operating System
- HiSilicon Kirin 935 Octa-core 2.2 GHz, 64-Bit Processor
- 2-inch, 1920*1080 FHD, IPS, Screen
- 20 MP rear and 8MP front, Camera
- 3GB RAM, 16GB ROM (memory extendable up to 128 GB with MicroSD card)
- 3100 mAh Battery
- Bluetooth 4.0, 3G, 4G/LTE, Wi-Fi, Direct, and Wi-Fi hotspot, NFC, Fingerprint identification many other smart features
Design & Display:
The structure of Honor 7 is splendidly elegant. The back is full metallic with a dull matte finish which gives the device an attractive appearance and making it’s grip strong. This device has been given a premium design with concave power key and the components in the structure have been harmonized to give intuitive and user-friendly functionality.
The front is a full touch screen with soft navigation keys on it, the right panel of the phone has the volume and the power keys, whereas the left panel has the SIM socket and the latest “Huawei Smart Key”. This smart key has been primarily introduced through Honor 7, it is undoubtedly an excellent because of its unique features. The back cover bears the Honor logo below the rear camera which has the dual-tone flash light adjacent to it. The front camera and the single-tone flash light, both are on either side of the ear piece. The overall feel Honor 7 is pleasant and classy to the brim.
The display of Honor 7 is a full HD IPS-LCD, 5.2 inch large, 1920×1080, screen. The front of the device is 74.4% full touch screen which is manufactured with rich colors to produce bright and vivid images and v2deos.The capacitive soft keys, for navigation are available on the bottom of the screen.
Performance:
Honor 7 with its HiSilicon Kirin 935 Octa-core processor, which is also a product of Huawei, is supremely capable of giving a seamless performance. The smart phone’s L type and Aluminum frame, with increased Thermal dissipation Index, the rise in temperature of the smart device is greatly prevented, particularly in gaming mode, giving it a long life. The latest Android 5.0 operating system with Huawei’s EMUI 3.1, Honor 7 works smoothly. The layout is made excessively easy and customizable because of the super efficient user interface.
Huawei has developed Honor 7 with Intelligent switch of Antenna, which makes sure that the sound quality during call, etc is excellent and the connection never breaks. Honor 7 has been given large storage area, 3GB RAM and 16GB ROM (extendable up to 128GB), which backs the processor and gives unhindered and flawless user experience.
Features & apps:
Talking about the features packed in Honor 7, the enhanced fingerprint scanner and the “Smart Key” are worth mentioning. The fingerprint scanner has been manufactured with the non-metallic-ring fingerprint module which is the first of its kind in the world. This provides fool proof finger print scanning at an ultra fast speed, in 0.5s. The scanner is capable of detecting at a 360 degree angle which means that no matter at what angle you place your finger, it will be successfully detected. The fingerprint scanner is multi-functional, it can be use to access notifications, clearing notifications, swiping etc. This scanner is surely going to make operating your phone a lot easier.
The smart key, given on the left side of Honor 7 is an incredible addition. This key can be customized to perform different functions and it can be triggered in three ways, i.e. single press, double press and long press and the functions it would perform can be chosen by the user. The user can select from ultra snapshot, voice recording, flashlight, screenshot or it can used to launch a specific app. This smart key is certainly an exciting, one which should surely be used by other brands in their upcoming devices.
Huawei has loaded Honor 7 with an abundance of apps, which are easily accessible thanks to the Emotion 3.1 user interface. The user can also remove certain apps which he deems unnecessary and download new ones; every app would work perfectly well in Honor 7.
Camera:
The cameras of Honor 7 are its significant feature, the 20 MP rear and 8MP front camera. The back camera has a dual – tone flashlight adjacent to it, whereas a single-tone flashlight is also available with the front camera. The picture quality produced by these is utterly commendable, the rear is capable of taking super fine and detailed pictures and the user can quite well zoom in the picture, without losing any detail. The cameras are packed with exciting range of exclusive filters; demist filters, food mode, light painting, tail light track, silky water, star track, etc.
The front camera which is 8MP has been supported with features such Perfect Selfie, soft light, third generation Beautification feature, etc. Huawei has made both the rear and front cameras capable of making HD videos. The images and videos made through these cameras look heavenly of the large color rich screen of Honor 7. With the Knuckle sense technology, also available in Honor 7, the user can select areas of his interest from pictures etc share them with his friends.
Battery:
Honor 7 has been loaded with super powered battery, i.e. 3100 mAh which is available with the unique feature of reverse charging. This battery is superbly able to keep the device running working hours. Honor 7’s battery gives 1 hour of phone call on a charge of five minutes and the battery gets to 50% charged in about 30 minutes. The smart phone life is also enhanced because of the Thermal dissipation feature which helps in keeping the device cool.
Verdict:
In our final verdict, Honor 7 is a highly recommended smart phone because of its smooth and fast performance, foolproof fingerprint scanner and excellent camera.
It is now available on authorized mobile shops, with Huawei’s “Huawei Care+” accidental damage coverage and free 6GB data for 6 months, from Zong.