Jan 24, 2017 02:08 PM
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The Honor 6X sports an SoC developed by Huawei in-house, called the Kirin 655. This mid-range octa-core chip packs in four Cortex-A53 CPU cores running at 2.1GHz and four companion Cortex-A53 cores running at 1.7GHz. In terms of graphics, we have a Mali-T830 GPU. The Kirin 655 is roughly 20-25 percent slower than Qualcomm’s equivalent Snapdragon 625.
While it’s not exactly a powerhouse of an SoC, it does pack a good enough punch to handle most games and apps. The Honor 6X got an AnTuTu score of 57,530; PCMark score of 4,406; and 3DMark Unlimited score of 7,810. Honor is launching two variants of the Honor 6X in India – one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, and the other with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. We have the latter in for review.
Other specifications of the Honor 6X include Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi b/g/n, USB-OTG, FM radio, and 4G with VoLTE support. The phone also has the usual suite of sensors, including a Hall effect sensor but misses out on a gyroscope. It’s a litle disappointing that the Honor 6X doesn’t have dual-band Wi-Fi ac, which is now pretty common in this segment.
The phone runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Huawei’s EMUI 4.1 customisation. This is the same version that we saw on the Honor 8, which means you get the same level of customisation, minus a couple of features like the ROG power saving mode. The single-layered interface offers plenty of customisations, right from transition animations to themes. The notifications shade is split into tabs, which separate notifications from the toggle switches. The recent apps screen shows you opened apps in the form of cards.
Honor 6X Review The Honor 6X packs a host of convenience features under the Smart Assistance sub-menu in the Settings app. There are some motion- and voice-based gestures here which work well. The Emergency Services menu lets you define a customised text message along with your location coordinates which can be sent to up to three contacts. HiCloud lets you sync your contacts, calendar and other settings to Huawei’s cloud backup service.
