Honor 6 - a cool "non-flagship"

Honor 6 is a pretty old device that announced in 2014. At the time of release, it was positioned as an average device, but the output turned out to be a fairly powerful device. In many ways, the device benefited from the installation at the time of the new Kirin 920 proprietary processor. This is not the only interesting and weighty solution in the technical specifications, but about everything below in the Honor 6 review.

Specifications

Today in 2018, 3 gigabytes of RAM and 16 gigabytes in the drive seem like mediocre parameters. But in 2014, when the device saw the light, it was very powerful, and with the support of an eight-core processor, it showed excellent results. In addition, the device had capacious battery - 3100 mAh. Then they only entered the device and seemed unthinkable. Today it is the standard for a budget phone. Full characteristics of Honor 6:

Huawei Honor 6

Due to the fact that the device was released at a time when putting a headset in the kit was considered as unseen by manufacturers, its users will find it here. Also, in addition to the phone - charger, manual, warranty card.

Design

Honor 6 was released in those times when the line has not yet stood out as a separate sub-brand and has not received its own design. The device is made of high-quality plastic, has a streamlined shape. Something phone resembles Nexus 4 and iPhone 4, the comparison is distant, but the shape is approximately similar - it is a rectangular device with rounded edges. At the time of release, the device was available in white and black.

The model has a monolithic construction, and an element that appears to be separate from the entire device is a plastic insert on the ends - it is integral from two sides and from above. The lower part is a continuation of the body.

Important! With ergonomics, the model is not very good. Despite the fact that the Honor 6 smartphone is not the thickest, it feels that way. Why it happened so is difficult to say, but the fact remains. This is what all the reviews say.

In general, the level of assembly is high. Even then, the company approached this issue seriously, and today nothing has changed. The front panel above the display has a camera, proximity sensor and an elongated speaker. On the back side there is a round camera in the upper right corner and a double oval flash. Also back left below vertically located another speaker. The location is not the best, because when listening to music, all the sound goes to the surface on which the device lies, and sometimes during a call a call is simply not audible.

At the bottom there is a USB connector and a microphone. The upper end - a headphone jack, infrared port, a second microphone. The right side is volume and power. Below them is a compartment for a SIM card and a memory card. Officially in Russia, the gadget was sold only with the support of one SIM card. The compartment opens with a cover without any keys, that is, it is simply picked up with a fingernail. The lid is not too tight, so it is difficult to tear off the nails. Budget phones of the time with the same approach to the creation of opened very problematic and sometimes painful.

Display and battery

Huawei Honor 6 received a screen diagonal of 5 inches. Today it is not enough, then there was a lot. The frames are rather small, the resolution is high - FHD.IPS matrix, good angles, contrast, brightness. In general, the impression is very pleasant, because even on a sunny day you can see everything quite well on the display. The device has good margin of brightness, while the minimum level is not blinding at night. The sensor is designed for 10 touches. Sensitivity is good, there is a glove mode.

The display is protected by Gorilla Glass and has oleophobic coating. Wearing without a cover with screen protection (then books and folding options were very popular) did not lead to the fact that the Huawei Honor 6 was scratched. The protection is really cool. In addition, the device has anti-reflective coating which is also a definite plus.

The battery in the device, as mentioned above is quite capacious - 3100 mAh. He is not removed. The actual use of the Honor 6 phone showed that the device is able to work for about 10 hours with 3G turned on and 18 hours when synchronizing via Wi-Fi only. You can listen to music no more than 6 hours. The average operating time of the device in a sparing mode is 20 hours. A very good indicator for a model that was considered "almost a flagship."

Memory and processor

At the time of the release of the Huawei Honor 6 smartphone, there were two devices from the company on the market,which were positioned as more expensive and productive - this is the P7 and Mate 7. At the same time, both models had less RAM than Honor 6. Obviously, in 2014, 3 gigabytes were a powerful argument and often the phone was bought only because the RAM here is “well, a lot”. The memory of the smartphone is 16 gigabytes, 12 gigabytes is available to the user. Interestingly, today, with the same memory, the user will have to be content with only 5-6 gigabytes. In general, at the time of the release of the phone Huawei Honor 6, the memory capacity of 16 gigabytes was considered more than a good parameter.

The processor in the device was installed its own. It has 8 cores, the work goes on fours with a frequency of 1.7 or 1.3 gigahertz. The chip is intelligent, that is, he himself understands when to use which cores. Mali T628 was used as a graphic coprocessor. 6 cores of 600 MHz in the graphics chip allowed in conjunction with the new processor run any gameand the process was very stable and enjoyable. There are no questions about the speed of operation and the response of the device to user requests.

Camera

At the time of the release of Honor 6, the device was considered to be a device with one of the best cameras. Modules of 13 and 5 megapixels allowed to get high-quality photos, both on the main camera and on the selfie. Detailing, color reproduction, black and white balance, fast autofocus even in low light conditions. Sometimes it seems that at that time the manufacturers managed the cameras better than they do today.

Important! Video in the device can be shot in FHD format with a frequency of 30 frames per second. Here the impression is not the best. The picture is shaking, artifacts and defects appear when zooming.

There are no questions to the sound. The front camera also writes to FHD with the same frequency.

The application for the photo is mediocre enough, but this is today, and then it is quite functional. There are several modes and useful features, for example, autofocus when driving. The overall impression of the camera is extremely positive, and even the best video could not spoil it.

Conclusion

At one time, the model became a very serious device that could compete even with the flagships of its own brand. The device has become the best in almost all parameters. Among the minor drawbacks - with small sizes, Honor 6 seemed rather cumbersome, and not the best quality video. The rest of the phone was very successful, and it is not surprising that based on it, various models are still produced. In particular, 6A, 6C appeared a little later, and recently 6C Pro entered the market, which, although with a stretch, is still the successor to Honor 6.

Huawei Honor 6