Say hello to Honor X7b, the company’s just-announced smartphone that costs $249, but offers solid power and perhaps the best battery life around
Let’s take a look inside the box first. The X7b comes with an Honor SuperCharge adapter that maxes out at 35W, a carrying case, and a USB cable. A pretty solid set and much better than some much more expensive phones offer.
Unboxing of the Honor X7b
We have the Midnight Black model despite the promising Flowing Silver pictured on the retail packaging.
On the front, the Honor X7b has a 6.8-inch 2412x1080px IPS LCD display with a 90Hz refresh rate. It’s a bright panel with good contrast and great viewing angles. It’s also very sharp at this size and resolution.
The back is made of plastic and has a refined finish with a textured paint job that shimmers in the light. There are two camera islands and the 108MP Honor badge.
The plastic panel also encloses the sides. There is a SIM tray on the left side, as well as the volume rocker and power button on the opposite side. The power button doubles as a fingerprint scanner.
Honor X7b
There are three cameras on the back of the Honor X7b and one on the front. The main camera is a 108MP f/1.8 unit that takes 12MP shots by default, but you can shoot up to 108MP with the high-resolution mode. Next up is a 5MP f/2.2 fixed-focus ultrawide.
The third sensor is a 2MP f/2.4 macro camera that you can only access via Super-macro mode (it doesn’t automatically launch when you’re too close to a subject with another camera). Finally, on the front, there is an 8MP f/2.0 selfie camera.
We took some shots with the Honor X7b. The main camera offers a good amount of detail in the default 12MP output. Looking at fine textures such as tree branches or objects in indoor scenes reveals good definition. Contrast is strong with bright highlights and well-developed shadows. There is no noise to speak of. The color rendering is vivid even on dark winter days like today.
The main camera’s 2x mode boosts sharpness to excessive levels, but that’s to be expected when digitally zooming into a scene. We say it’s worth it because you can get close without a dedicated camera on board.
Main camera, 2x from the main camera
Ultrawide is pretty rough: Its output is grainy and blurry in broad daylight, which doesn’t bode well for the low-light outlook.
Main camera
Ultrawide
The selfies are very beautiful. There is a nice amount of detail in the faces and the background is well developed. The 8MP front camera is also ample for group shots.
Selfies
One of the biggest selling points of the Honor X7b is the battery. It is a 6,000 mAh unit that should provide ample battery life. And when you need to charge Honor, the 35W adapter is very powerful.
Lastly, the X7b has a 6nm Snapdragon 680 chipset paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. And overall a capable package that should serve those who need a phone with long battery life and don’t insist on 5G connectivity.
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