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Huawei Honor
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Engadget Review
Huawei has successfully put together a solid mid-range phone that offers great performance for its price.
Brad MolenJanuary 21, 2012
Pros
- Incredible battery lifeGreat performance for a midrange deviceAbove-average displayHDR camera captures a large amount of light
Cons
- Video capture could be betterNot compatible with all major UMTS / HSPA networks
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Huawei Honor
- Critic Reviews (8)
- User Reviews (2)
- 73AVERAGE CRITIC SCORE8 ReviewsCNET70Huawei MercuryThe Mercury is nevertheless a nice package for Cricket's off-contract customers, and the price is comparable to what you'll find on other similar carriers.Engadget80Huawei Honor reviewHuawei has successfully put together a solid mid-range phone that offers great performance for its price.PC Mag90Huawei Mercury (Cricket Wireless)The Huawei Mercury is the best prepaid smartphone in America right now.Pocket-Lint60Huawei Honour reviewOf course, some people will have limited budgets, and need to consider a handset like this, but our advice is to look elsewhere. You'll get something more inspiring second-hand than you will new here.SlashGear90Huawei Honor (U8860) reviewI was expecting another run of the mill Android smartphone for the budget crowd like their previous devices. I couldn’t have been more wrong ... I quickly realized this was a much better phone than I’d thought.phoneArena60Huawei Honor reviewIt can be bought for about $370 off contract, and at that price point, no other brand name company would be able to match its specs. However, you get what you pay for, so you will have to get used to its not-so-sensitive display and hope that your camera is free of glitches.Android Central60Huawei Honor ReviewOn one hand, the Honor is a fairly solid mid-range device. On the other, battery life was disappointing, as was the camrea. And those are pretty big negatives.Ubergizmo70Huawei Honor reviewIt is a nonetheless a good smartphone, if you don’t mind much about games and video playback. The user experience is fluid, and it never slowed down on me, except when I started to push the graphics or the CPU in benchmarks. For the rest (email, browser, user interface…) it has done well.
- 70AVERAGE USER SCORE2 ReviewsEngadget Reader90June 11, 2012Feedback submitted!Unable to submit feedback!The best in its category. We highly recommend it. - EngadgetEngadget Reader50March 2, 2012Feedback submitted!Unable to submit feedback!This thing is good, the camera sucks, it is like a 2 megapixel camera. In low light the camera is worse, my ipad 2 0.7 megapixel camera works better in low light than the honor's 8 megapixel. The display is good, but a little big.
Key Specs
TYPE
Smartphone
OPERATING SYSTEM
Android
SCREEN SIZE
422
INTERNAL MEMORY
21
CAMERA
Yes
TALK TIME
2g, 3g
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