Honor 5X - Metal Body, Fingerprint Sensor, 5.5 Inch, 1080p FHD Display, 4G LTE Unlocked GSM Smartphone - USA Warranty - 16GB Silver

Pros: + Build quality + Dual SIM slots + Expandable storage up to 128GB + Minimal bloatware + Fully Unlocked + Gorgeous 5.5” HD Screen + Fingerprint Reader + Preinstalled screen protector + Fantastic battery life + Price point + Marshmallow is reportedly coming + Unlocked

Cons: - 2.4GHz wifi only (no 5GHz) - No app drawer in OS by default - Protected apps functionality is annoying - Some notification issues?

Overall Review: I am VERY impressed by this phone at this price point. Having just purchased a top-of-the-line iOS phone for over 4x as much money for my wife, I was expecting a steep decline in quality, speed, etc. That is not what I experienced with this phone – quite the opposite. The build quality of this phone is VERY nice, with brushed aluminum back, gorgeous HD screen, and durable buttons. Finish-wise, it is very competitive with my wife's much more expensive counterpart. The OS, although quirky (more on that later), is very responsive, and overall the phone is a noticeable and significant upgrade in speed from my old, trusty MOT XT912 Razr Maxx. One of the most pleasant surprises about this phone to me is its battery life. I was reluctant to leave my old phone behind because I absolutely LOVE its battery life. I was getting 3-4 days of a battery life between charges with my usage patterns on my old phone, and all signs showed that the newest flagship phones weren’t getting anywhere near that (my wife charges her $800 phone every single day). Well, I got this Honor 5x on a Tuesday afternoon, and it is now Friday afternoon and I still have close to 30 percent left. And that is after installing all of my apps, so it may get even better! The fingerprint reader was something I saw my wife using on her phone, but wasn’t really interested in since I was used to entering a PIN. But now that I have one, I can’t live without it. My biggest gripe is that it is on the back, so if I have the phone on my desk I have to lift it up to get to it or enter my pin instead. All in all a minor annoyance. The sensor is very accurate and it unlocks the phone VERY fast. I’m not a big camera user, but this phone’s camera works better than my old one. How do I know? My old camera struggled getting acceptable pictures for mobile check deposits, but this one does it right every time. Other pictures seem quite nice, and they are definitely more than acceptable for my taste. I noticed there are also more camera modes. The video recorder defaults to 720p, but you can change that to 1080p in the settings. Speaking of settings, that gets me to speaking about the OS, EMUI. I was used to the older JellyBean interface, but I also have some experience with iOS from setting up my wife’s phone and an iOS tablet I have at work. EMUI strikes me as a balance between the two. On plain Android you have an app drawer where you put all of your apps, and then you can have some of them on the desktop. On EMUI, as far as I can tell, ALL apps are on the desktop like with iOS, and you can easily uninstall them from there like you do on iOS. I’m torn about where I stand on this. On one hand, having all of your apps in front of you keeps you from forgetting about them, the end result being you don’t have that one old app hiding in your drawer taking up space. It will also help the transition to Android easier for migrating iOS people. On the other hand, it isn’t as flexible, and long-time Android users may be put off by it. The good news though is that you can install any launcher you want and get your app draw back, so there is that. I have read that the OS hides some settings compared to pure Android, but I have not encountered anything that has prevented me from doing what I wanted to do yet, so no complaints there. Other than that, my biggest grievance with the OS is protected apps, which by default prevents your apps from running in the background after you close them. You need to actually give your apps permission to run in the background or they won’t. This is the exact opposite of the way Android normally behaves. This is fairly minor, and I have already gotten used to enabling apps right away when I install them. Video and audio quality is excellent. Voice calls (AT&T) sound good, no issues. Streaming audio services work and sound great. This phone thumps my earbuds every bit as much as the high-end phones I've been exposed to. Videos also look fantastic. Bottom line – This is a GREAT phone at an unreal price. I will definitely be looking at Huawei and the Honor brand for future purchases.

Pros: -Beautiful design features chamfered edges and an aluminum unibody frame. Only the top and bottom are plastic to improve antenna receptivity. -Dual SIM slots allow you to connect to multiple carriers using both nano-SIM and micro-SIM. Also has a MicroSD reader which liberates your storage options. -5.5-inch screen is sharp and bright with accurate whites and a 401 ppi pixel density which is almost indistinguishable from the 493 ppi of the Nexus 6. -The fingerprint scanner is fast and robust. It can also be programmed and used for many intuitive gestures and functions and is particularly indispensable for people with small hands who would normally struggle with a large phone. -Solid mid-range hardware and Android OEM software experience. -The camera is decent with great features for focusing and editing, and the fingerprint reader can be used to take the picture, which is huge as I can never seem to take selfies without looking at the screen. -Good call quality in all environments.

Cons: -No Gorilla glass - instead the screen comes with a protective film that doesn't feel as good and attracts fingerprints. -Only one of the SIM cards can be used for LTE. -No app drawer - all of your apps are placed on the home screen, but of course you get ample customization options. -Mono speaker is located bottom of the phone's frame. Expect average audio for multimedia. -Photos can come out a little soft and no OIS. Mediocre photos in low-light conditions. -Black border surrounds the screen and is particularly noticeable on the white model.

Overall Review: Note to power users: it's not Huawei's new Kirin chip. The 615 octa-core CPU holds its own with last year's hardware and Geekbench came in at a very respectable 736 single-core and 3182 multi-core, but it's still noticeably slower than current flagships, particularly in the GPU which will hold you back from playing the most GPU-intensive games and may cause animation lag from time to time. It's still an effective phone for tasks like unzipping files or playing most games. Also, the battery would be a positive but 3000-mAh is pretty average in Android phones these days, providing one to two days of moderate intermittent use. This is a solid phone with great features, albeit a few quirks. Ultimately what sets it apart is the price, and if you're in the market for a new phone but don't need a flagship, for the price, it’s hard to say no to the Honor 5X.

Pros: Full blown almost OEM Lollipop unlocked smart phone for around 200 bones. Really can’t complain about that. Very little bloat came on the phone and the apps that did come on the phone I was able to uninstall without problems or mods. That I can really appreciate coming from a Verizon locked Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Along the same lines, you end up with about 10GB free. After removing apps from the phone that I consider “bloat” (Twitter, some Huawei default app stuff) that number climbed to about 10.5 GB free. The phone comes with one Micro SIM and one nano SIM slot, just in case you need two SIMs. You can also put in up to a 128GB sd card. I popped in a 64GB sd and it handled that just fine. Playing music and videos from it was as easy as it ever is on Android (depending on your app choice, your mileage may vary, I use VLC). Overall the default 5.1.1 ROM is quick and responsive. I’d guess a lot of that has to do with the trivial amount of extra apps installed on the phone and the decent hardware inside (8 core processor and 2GB of RAM). Display is nice and bright. I’d equate it to about the same quality as a Samsung Galaxy S4 or S5. Really, it’s pretty good. Watching Youtube and some movies streaming from my Plex server at full 1080p is really smooth and looks pretty great. See some cons/other thoughts for the YouTube tricks as mine wasn’t streaming smoothly at first (however, once that was fixed, I didn’t have an issue). The display looks great even with high def video, though I will say that keeping the brightness a little higher goes a long way with this screen. The phone feels really good in hand what with the slightly rounded back and flat sides. I really dig the all metal construction. The finish is a little brushed metal appliance versus MacBook matte aluminum, but it’s not awful by any means. The quality of the shell almost rivals my Nexus 6P that I use every day. Fingerprint scanner is in an easy and intuitive spot making it pretty easy to use as with the other Huawei phone I’ve used (sorry, yes it’s the 6P). Reading the print and unlocking takes a barely noticeable amount of time (they really weren’t kidding about the quickness of that feature) and I’ve not been able to fake it out, which I suppose is a good thing. It’s got an FM radio tuner built-in which actually works better than I ever expected it to. As with other phones with this capability, you’ll have to connect up some headphones as they serve as the external antenna (as well as of course, headphones). That being said, you won’t be able to broadcast the radio through the speaker but I suppose you can’t have everything. I’ve also been unable to stream it to a bluetooth device from the stock ROM due to needing the headphones plugged in. I popped in a prepaid T-Mobile SIM card in the phone and it activated right away without any issue. Reception and call quality is as good as any other phone I’ve used on T-Mobile. Compared to my Nexus 6P running Project Fi (and temporarily forced to use T-Mobile towers only for the test) it performs nicely and call quality is quite good even for low signal areas. The battery life is pretty good in my opinion. I was able to squeeze out about 12 hours from full to flat under general use (couple of phone calls, text messaging, watching YouTube videos etc etc.).

Cons: While the default UI is very polished, it’s very much like an iPhone ie all apps on the home screens and no access to the “all apps” section. Nova Launcher or similar with fix this little problem for free. Huawei claims that the speakers on this phone are good, but they’d be wrong. They are passing for adequate at best. The only real benefit in their favor is that they are on the bottom of the phone instead of the back. However the sound isn’t great. Don’t expect to use it more than occasional speaker phone and showing something on YouTube to your friends. Otherwise, get a bluetooth speaker or just some headphones (I’m sure most people will just opt for headphones anyway). Notification sounds could be quieter at the lowest setting. I found myself hearing notifications and then checking the volume a lot. One could probably get a third-party app to turn this down a bit but at stock it’s quite loud at the lowest setting for my tastes. While on the subject of sounds, the default sounds on the phone seem poorly composed or put together. A lot of them are just kind of terrible or cheap sounding. I mean, ten minutes with Zedge and you can fix that but it’s worth noting that most of the default sounds are just “meh”

Overall Review: I really recommend using a different launcher than the stock one. It really isn’t great in my opinion. I find myself wondering a little why the Google Nexus 5x is so much pricier but then I remember that the front facing speakers are top notch, it has a Marshmallow ROM and it’s capable of both CDMA and GSM networks whereas this phone is GSM only. If you want to activate on a GSM carrier, I'd recommend this phone over a Nexus 5x if you're looking to save a little money.

Pros: +Price - Want a 4G LTE android smartphone with a large HD screen, decent front and rear cameras, with reasonable quality? You'll probably pay somewhere in the range of $300-600. So, for $200 this is currently a pretty good deal. +Finger Print Scanner - This works better than probably any other scanner I've used, particularly on a phone. It scans your entire finger print so you don't have to move your finger around to find the right spot. I've saved both of my middle and index fingers to keep flexible and it works exactly as intended every time. +External Access to Cards - There are card trays for both the SD Memory card and the Sim card on the side of the phone. It's nice to not have to pry the case open in order to access these. +Metal Construction - The aluminum body looks and feels very high quality. +Expandable Memory - Many manufacturers are moving away from removable SD Cards. Many people, like myself, still have a use for this feature so it's nice to see it here. +Pre-Insatlled Screen Protector - This is something basically everyone installs on day 1 with a new phone, so it's nice that it already has one.

Cons: -Screen Quality - There is a ~1/8th inch black border surrounding the screen which is more prominent than most modern smartphones. The color reproduction is also fairly muted. My 3 year old Galaxy S4 has a much smaller border and the colors are much more vibrant than with this model. -Awkward Tray Opening Tool - The phone comes with a small metal toothpick-like tool. This is for removing the SD or SIM card trays on the side of the phone. Each tray has a small hole, similar to the hole you would find on a CDROM for opening it with a paper-clip. If you push that tool into the hole the tray will slide out. It's an awkward way of doing this and I will almost certainly lose this little toothpick before long. -Wasted Space for On-Screen Buttons - Below the screen is a 1/2 inch bezzle where on many smartphones you will find the home, back, and apps buttons. For this phone the bezzle serves no purpose. The buttons I expected are digitally displayed on the screen, which ends up using the lower 1/2 inch of screen just for them.

Overall Review: This is clearly not as high quality as a Galaxy or IPhone. The screen exhibits about the quality you might expect from a top of the line phone from 3 or 4 years ago, but it is big, it is HD, and it doesn't look bad. The phone also lacks some of the premium features like NFC, 5Ghz WiFi, curved screens, IR transmitter, gesture sensing, etc.. However, Many people have little-to-no need for those premium features, so this phone offers a way to get an otherwise solid high-end smartphone without breaking the bank. Given its low price I've actually been surprised by how much I like the phone. To gauge screen quality I basically had to place it next to other more expensive phones to see if they were in-fact better. At a glance it's hard to tell that it's not as high end as some of the more expensive models. If you want a large smartphone to watch videos, browse the internet, check social media, etc.. and you don't require much in the way of extra features, then this phone can save you a lot of money by removing the features you might not care to pay for. In summary: It's inexpensive, it's big, it's basic, it has a mid-grade HD screen, the build quality is pretty good, and the finger print scanner is better than expected.

Pros: + Quality. This is a well built & very capable unlocked phone. + Price! Comparable phones are 3 or 4 or 6 hundred dollars! + Dual-SIM GSM. Makes it easy for those who travel overseas. + Worked without a problem on both ATT & T-Mobile networks. + micro-SDxc slot, in addition to the two SIMs. I put in a 32GB card. + Terrific fingerprint sensor (static, rather than swipe). + I like the fingerprint feature better than the S5's.

Cons: - WiFi has only a 2.4 GHz radio; no 5 GHz. - Android 5.1 . . . not yet 6.0. - No IR blaster (Galaxy S5 has one that came in very handy for me once.)

Overall Review: This is an attractive, metal-framed phone in a nice form factor, with a full hd screen. It looks and feels like a S_sung phone, intermediate in size between an S5 (my regular phone) and a Galaxy Note5 (my son's). I had no trouble ordering a fitted case for the Honor 5X. SIM cards are basically free, so I installed one each from ATT and T-Mobile, and activated them on month-to-month plans. It is easy to manage the two SIMS, and assign different defaults to each. One limitation: you must choose only one of them to handle 4G LTE access. (Also the phone works fine on T-Mobile, but lacks one of the LTE bands used by that network, so that performance may be somewhat degraded. Though I didn't notice.) My longer-term plan is to install a European SIM to use on trips abroad. My home wifi network is almost entirely on the 5GHz band; 2.4 is reserved for my Son_s speaker system. So I was bummed that the phone did not support 5 GHz. Fortunately, once I installed the Son_s app, the phone could join the proprietary Son_s mesh network, which has solid coverage throughout the house. I understand that Android 6 (marshmallow) has some improved capabilities, such as making better use of the SD card. So I'm hoping a software upgrade is available soon. Other (older!) Huawai phone models already have the upgrade. Note that the Honor 5X comes with a screen cover factory installed. This is nice, because the fit and installation is absolutely perfect. On the down side, I understand there's a reason for it. The glass underneath is not the most scratch-proof type available on some other phones. But I always install a cover anyway, so I don't mind the choice of a less durable glass.

Pros: Up to 128GB Micro-SD card compatible. Get a good quality card. Fingerprint sensor which is responsive. Battery lasts all day with more to spare - moderate surfing, calling, looking at pics. Much longer run time than my S4 Galaxy. Pairs with Bluetooth fine for me. Keyboard and watch (I have no BT in my car). I like the gold, as sets mine apart from the typical colors everyone has.

Cons: NFC would be nice for the “Tap and pay with phone” stores, but I don’t use it much with my S4 anyway (I had to get a replacement sim card from Verizon for my S4 to get NFC to work with Serve). Not a removable battery. Hope this one lasts for years. Wireless charging would be nice since it does not use quick charge. Wireless charging is typically not high speed anyway, at least not with my S4. I got an adapter to use wireless charging with the Samsung, but it is not a big deal. Charges much faster with oem charger cord. I will replace the included screen protector with tempered glass style soon. I notice more friction than I’m used to. I am spoiled with the glass protectors.

Overall Review: I likely left a few things out I could drone on about. Bottom line: A great value if you want lots of bang for your buck for a new well featured Android phone, not refurbished or used, and not subsidized with a contract. No, It’s not an iPhone 6 or a Samsung Galaxy S6, but for many hundreds less, it is very good for the price. Great job Huawei!

Pros: Hello. My name is Chris. I am technically inclined, but I like to take the approach of a person reading reviews that doesn’t understand all the “geek speak” and make it understandable for the person who doesn’t have the time or patience to study up on that kind of stuff. I don’t explain benchmarks, versions or anything else 'techie.' I explain what the item did/does for me plain and simple. If that’s like you, then this review is for you. . Even though this advertising page says "gold" edition pnone, as a review I received the silver one. I was actually looking forward to the gold one. So right off the bat I was kinda let down. . Plays games VERY well with ZERO lag or hesitation. Some of the games tested were; Deus Ex: The Fall, Call of Duty: Strike Team, Mopar: Drag and Brag, Asphalt 8, and Need for Speed: No Limits. . Pretty good size screen for game playing; way bigger than a PSP (Play Station Personal). . Takes VERY good pictures. . Has really cool panoramic picture features as well as stop motion features including all the basic stuff such as editing and enhancing tools.

Cons: The software that you can install when you connect via USB to your computer is JUNK!!! I even FOUGHT with the latest version from the main official website. I have YET still gotten to use the software to connect to my computer. I just look through the phone as if were a hard drive on my computer. So that being said, this is NOT very newbie user friendly. You have to do research as a newbie to even find out where to put program files (download folder) and data files (obb folder) just to get a simple game transferred to the phone just to install it!!! I REALLY do not reccomend this phone to and newbie folks until Huawei gets their act together with the software issues. . The sleep/power button is in WRONG location. Everytime I go to grab it I am shutting it off. It should be located on the top or bottom not either side. . Video is maxed out at 720p but phone is advertised as 1080p FHD. Which translates to this according to Lenovo: HD 1366x768, HD+ 1600x900, FHD 1920x1080, WQHD 2560x1440, WQXGA 2560x1600. It cracks me up that a PHONE the size of your palm has the resolution of my 27" Asus monitor for my computer. WHY??!!?? lol. . No ridge at ALL around the glass face to elevate the glass face off of any surface. It could teeter on a grain of sand. The unit should be curved slightly to raise the glass face off of surfaces.

Overall Review: I would HIGHLY reccomend getting a tempered glass screen protector with your purchase; ESPECIALLY if you are a new user to Smart Phones. The simple reason IS: you ARE new to devices such as this and you WILL (I PROMISE YOU) you WILL drop it at some point, and you will thank me later for reminding you to get a tempered glass screen protector. I would reccomend a 0.23-0.25 thickness. . Personally, if I needed any device with as much power as this device has and needed it portable, I should just buy a mini laptop to do what this thing is capable of and quit dealing with an Android operating system. (all the smart phone fan boys are gonna gimme MANY thumbs down/bad ratings for THAT comment!! lol. Does it seem like I care? Hardly. . It has a "magnifier" in case you get a splinter in your finger. WOW incredible... (facetious comment). . I mean OBVIOUSLY this thing makes phone calls and junk, but I really wanted to test the guts of this thing and stress it to the boiling point. And when you have ALL power saving features turned off it really performs as a gaming device pretty well I must say. And when the Power Saving features are ON, I think Battery life is extended by like 28 minutes or something. And this is my point when it comes to the "latest greatest devices of speed and power". REALLY at the end of the day you're paying hundreds of dollars more for something that is purely nano-seconds faster or millimeters larger. It's all really silly when you KNOW and think about it. BUT I WILL tell you this much; As far as quality, reliability, aesthetics, functionability, power AND PRICE, Huawei's Honor 5x is the OBVIOUS premium choice for a Smart Phone purchase. I mean after all, they DO make Google's new phone! (which by the way is just nano-seconds and millimeters faster and larger for 300 USD more... . Just because this is a review, please don’t take my words lightly and think I just favor a product because it is sent to me. I have a job to do; and that’s to be fair and honest about the product for future prospective buyers. I am just like you, a Newegg customer. And to me, Newegg reviews are golden. So I am not about to tarnish Newegg reviews OR my good name by telling you something is good when it is not. I hope this review has satisfied your purchasing inquiry needs. Thank you for reading. And thank you Newegg for allowing me another great opportunity to review.

Pros: The Huawei Honor 5X is a lot of smartphone for the price. On top of that, it is an unlocked Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with expandable storage and some nice extras that are normally found on unlocked smartphones that usually twice the cost. The build quality is a nice brushed aluminum that feels good in your hand. The 5.5 inch screen (1080p resolution) is expansive and responds well and looks good – the color is rich and blacks look deep. Since the phone is unlocked it is simple to flash over the stock firmware and add your own OS (like Cyanogenmod). The internal bits are working with 2GB of memory, 16GB storage, and a speedy Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 – octa-core running at 1.5GHz (plenty of speed to handle multiple apps and graphics/processing intensive apps and games). While some may balk at the internal storage only being 16GB, the Honor 5X is expandable up to 128GB via a Micro SD card slot. The Honor 5X also is dual SIM capable with either a Micro-SIM or a Nano-SIM, or both; 13 megapixel camera with flash and a 5 megapixel front facing camera. Another nice feature rarely found on a phone this price is the addition of a fingerprint reader; and it works quite well. Also have a FM radio receive capability – a feature rarely found on phones marketed in the US market. The battery is a non-removable 3000 mAh Li-Ion that will provide a little over a full day’s general use. Audio quality is decent and can get pretty loud – about what’s expected for any tiny speakers crammed inside phones of today. Inside the box you will find the Honor 5X unlocked smartphone, documentation, power adapter a micro USB charging cable.

Cons: No NFC support of wireless charging support; but does not warrant the loss of an egg due to it not being expected in a unlocked phone at this price point.

Overall Review: Note: this is an unlocked quad-band GSM phone. It will only work on GSM networks (i.e. the majority of the world, plus US carriers T-Mobile and AT&T [and any MVNO that uses a parent GSM network]). Simply get your GSM SIM card from your carrier; put it in the Honor 5X and you have service. LTE and WCDMA radio support as well for speedy data carriers.