Honor 5C Review
Huawei's Honor brand of smartphones has always been about value, and devices such as the Honor 5X (Review) and Honor 7 (Review) have kept its reputation strong. After launching the Honor 5X and Honor Holly 2 Plus in January, the company is back with its latest smartphone, the Honor 5C.
This new product sticks to the mid-range price segment that the company has been known to favour, and at Rs. 10,999 it will compete in arguably the most crowded segment in India. It faces competition from strong devices such as the Moto G4 Plus, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, and will need to do a lot to stand out. Find out all about the Honor 5C in our review.
Look and feel
Unsurprisingly, the Honor 5C looks a lot like the Honor 5X. The back is where most of the similarities are, particularly the brushed metal finish. The only real difference is along the sides and near the top and bottom, where the design and texture are a bit different to what they were on the 5X, and we feel that the 5C is actually a bit better looking than the 5X. The bulge of the camera lens and positioning of the fingerprint sensor remain practically the same.
There are a couple of other changes, the most significant of which is size. The Honor 5C has a smaller screen at 5.2 inches, and is therefore a little bit smaller and a lot easier to handle. When it comes to weight and thickness, the phones are a lot alike. That said, the Honor 5C does feel incredibly solid and isn't too bad to look at either.The phone has a 5.2-inch full-HD IPS LCD screen, covering 68.7 percent of the front. There are no capacitive buttons on the phone, with the Android keys appearing on-screen. Coming to the screen itself, it's fairly bright, but not quite bright enough. Colours are a bit dull as well, and the general sense we got was that the screen was muted and not vibrant enough. It's very sharp and more than adequate for most purposes, but if you use your phone for watching a lot of videos or spend a lot of time outdoors in the sun, you might find it a bit too dull.
Specifications and software
The Honor 5C sticks to most of the mid-range specifications that the 5X sported, but there are some differences here. The most significant of these is the use of the Kirin 650 SoC, which is manufactured by Huawei's own subsidiary Hisilicon. It's the company's current-generation mid-range SoC, and marks a change from the 5X which uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 616. It notably uses the 16nm FinFET+ process for manufacturing, which promises better performance and battery life than the current equivalent SoCs from Qualcomm and MediaTek.
There's also 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage (expandable by up to 128GB using a microSD card), FM radio and a 3000mAh battery. Although there are other options in this price range with 3GB of RAM or more, the Honor 5C manages fine with 2GB thanks to an aggressive memory management system that clears apps out of RAM to ensure that the phone continues to run smoothly. Although graphically intensive tasks will push the phone close to its limits, it manages fine under most ordinary conditions.
Camera
The Honor 5C has a 13-megapixel primary camera and an 8-megapixel secondary camera. Both can record video at up to 1080p, and the rear camera has a single-LED flash. Typical photography modes such as HDR, slow-motion video, time-lapse video and panorama are present.
The software allows for a few more interesting tricks, including pro photo and pro video modes which let you adjust individual settings; light painting; food mode; and all-focus. The Settings menu includes controls for object tracking, smile capture, self-timer, and resolution. There's also a quick switcher between photo and video, along with the typical toggles for front and rear camera switching, the flash, and filters.
Huawei Honor 5C Full Key Specifications –
| Dimensions | 147.1 × 73.8 × 8.3 mm |
| Weight | 156g |
| Display | 5.2-inch Full HD IPS; (1920 x 1080 pixels) |
| Processor | Octa-Core Kirin 650 |
| GPU | Mali T830 GPU |
| RAM | 2GB |
| Storage | 16GB; microSD upto 128GB |
| Primary Camera | 13MP with LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture, 5P lens |
| Secondary Camera | 8MP, f/2.0 aperture, 4P lens |
| OS | Huawei EMUI 4.1 on top of Android v6.0 Marshmallow |
| Battery | 3000mAh |
| Connectivity | Dual SIM, 4G LTE with VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS |
| Misc | Fingerprint sensor, 3.5mm audio jack, Box speakers, Smart PA amplifier, SWS sound |
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