Honor 7C Pro - is there any sense to pay more?

Huawei and its subsidiary brand bring new models to the market with enviable regularity. The buyers did not have time to look at the Honor 7C phone, as the manufacturer offers a new device with a larger diagonal, more productive processor and the Pro prefix in the title. Was there any point in putting two devices on the market, or was it possible not to confuse users with different models and immediately make a large smartphone with a good processor - a review of the Honor 7C Pro will answer.

Specifications

Pro version is a kind of increased 7C. Not only the processor and the diagonal of these models are different.

Important! Strangely enough, in the junior device the popular and popular NFC module was in demand, the older model lost it for unknown reasons.

The characteristics of the Honor 7C Pro are presented in the table below:

From the description it is clear that the device received an aspect ratio of 18: 9, which is now popular with buyers. There is a sufficiently capacious battery installed, which is exactly the same as that of the younger device. A pleasant fact is the separate connectors for two SIM cards and a memory card. Today it is not common, but there is such a need. This is definitely a plus. Among other things, buyers will be delighted the presence in the configuration of the protective film on the glass. The price of Huawei Honor 7C Pro is 14 thousand rubles, which is 3 thousand more expensive than the version with a smaller diagonal.

Design

Smartphone Honor 7C Pro has a very standard for the average price segment design. The front panel is almost entirely a screen, the back cover has plastic inserts at the top and bottom, and the central part is made of metal. This, by the way, is another difference from the 7C - the younger brother is all plastic. The side faces are plastic, they are rounded both to the display and to the back of the device.

Important! The screen does not have a protected glass, it is felt when used, and also it quickly becomes covered with small scratches. You can save the device with a protective glass or film. Maybe that's why the manufacturer decided to put it in the kit.

Despite the fact that there is no protection against physical impacts on the screen, oleophobic coating is. It is of average quality, the screen becomes dirty, but not too fast. On the front panel is a speaker, camera, notification indicator, useful sensors. In addition, the device provides flash for the front camera. Despite the fact that the model turned out more than its younger version, the device lies comfortably in the hand. This was achieved by changing the aspect ratio of the display.

On the side faces, traditionally on the left is the card slot, on the right is the volume, power. The bottom end - power connector, speaker, headset jack. The upper end is not involved. The microphone is located behind the dual camera module. It has a noise canceling function. There is also a flash. Everything is shifted to the upper left corner. Centered round fingerprint scannerwhich works fast enough, the finger recognizes in 99% of cases.

Huawei Honor 7C Pro

Screen

Honor 7C Pro on the display repeats the predecessor. This is the same IPS matrix with a resolution of FHD +, that is, 720 * 1440 pixels. Not surprisingly, the manufacturer went on increasing its size: instead of 5.77 inches it became 5.99 inches. Against this background, the decision to make the aspect ratio of 18: 9 is quite logical; this is convenient, because by increasing the physical size of the screen, you do not have to seriously change the dimensions of the device. User reviews clearly say that today no one wants to carry a huge uncomfortable phone, but everyone wants a large diagonal. The transition to FullView allows you to satisfy all needs. In addition, it looks beautiful and modern.

Concerning the screen you can say the following. Brightness at a very good level, but if you make it maximum - dark colors are lost. That is, to consider the details on a black background will not be easy. The contrast is very good, but the device loses its color on green. If you look at the corners, the edges turn yellow or roll to purple. In general, the impression is positive, and the listed nuances do not affect the overall perception of the picture.

In addition to the display temperature settings, you can reduce the resolution, but on such a diagonal it is not very logical. Created this option to reduce power consumption. It is difficult to say how effective and useful it is.

Battery and processor

Despite the fact that the device has become larger, the manufacturer left the battery with the same capacity - 3000 mAh. She is not removedthat is quite familiar and no one is surprised. At first glance it may seem that the decision is very rash: to leave a small battery, because the display power consumption is now more, but the manufacturer knew what it was doing. In addition to performance, the processor provides energy savings, and if you compare the 7C and 7C Pro, then there really is a difference. The model with the Pro prefix allows you to watch videos and play 8 and 5 hours respectively, while the younger model will do it an hour less. Despite the fact that the increase is not too large, it is still a plus.

Included in the delivery of the phone adapter for 1.5A, it will cope with charging up to 100% in 2.5 hours. If you change it to a more powerful one, then this process will be completed in 1 hour and 40 minutes. Of course, not fast charging, but in general it is not very long.

Honor 7C Pro has 3 gigabytes of RAM and 32 gigabytes of storage. The main memory is installed in the budget model.This is indicated by the speed of writing and reading information. Because of this, even the installation of a fast chipset (compared to the one in 7C) did not give a significant increase in performance.

Important! The phone is gaining about 71 thousand points in synthetic tests, but it can only be called quick with simple tasks. As soon as the device loads, the device starts to work more slowly, even if it doesn't slow down as a whole.

It is possible to describe the feeling of his work in the following way: a quick, but somewhat rough process, there are microlags, and they are noticeable. Because of this, 7C Pro can be purchased by those who do not particularly burden the phone and do not spend a lot of time playing games. This is not exactly his task.

Camera

The camera in the model is similar to the one in the previous version. Rear camera is presented two modules. One of them is 13 megapixels, the second (auxiliary) 2 megapixels.Not very savvy shoppers first of all look at the number of pixels and make an estimate based on this. The fact is that the auxiliary module performs one single task - it measures the distance to the object, so that blur background.

On a note! Sometimes the second camera is made black and white, which helps to expand the dynamic range (analogue of HDR, only without gluing several photos). In this case, the auxiliary camera simply helps blur the background.

Regarding the shooting: no complaints about the camera operation in the afternoon. Everything turns out very worthy, the photos are saturated, detailed without noise. As the amount of light decreases, the quality of the photo also drops. Pixels and noise appear. It would be foolish to expect otherwise, since the phone does not even belong to the average price segment, so no one was going to initially create a camera that can shoot at night.

The front camera takes very high-quality selfie-pictures and at the same time pleases the viewing angle. The camera is really wide angletherefore it is very easy to capture interesting objects in the background.

The maximum video resolution is FHD, 30 frames per second. Both cameras write equally well, nice moment - smooth zoom, the picture does not suffer from this. From the point of view of the application interface, everything is standard. This is a familiar software from Huawei with different effects, shooting models and settings.

Conclusion

The overall impression of the model is positive, but there are a number of nuances that users may be inclined to purchase a younger version instead of a new one. It is no secret that 7C found its buyer, because it had a good dual camera, NFC, FullView. All this for 11 thousand rubles made the device very competitive. The older version received changes that are hardly felt, and the old phone had all that remained good.

1. CPU - more powerful, but taking into account the capabilities of the phone, the performance will be almost no different.
2. Battery it works a little longer, but +1 hour is not the most serious argument, besides, the difference is noticeable with concrete actions, and in the conditions of actual use it is most likely not visible.
3. Display grew, but again, not so much.

Does it make sense to overpay 3,000 for minor changes - it's up to each customer to decide for himself, but for the money they ask for the device, you can find it, phones are not worse, or even better.

Huawei Honor 7C Pro