The Huawei Honor Plus is coming exclusively to Three UK in May and I went hands on with the device that is deemed to be on the same level as Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus, but does it really stack up to the hype? Let’s find out.
The Honor 6 Plus packs a lot of great specs under the hood and that’s not just on paper, it actually translates to a great real life experience. The first thing you will notice is the 5.5-inch full HD display at 401 ppi, the text are sharp, colours are reproduced accurately and it feels great to watch movies on the vibrant display. The Honor 6 Plus packs a 1.8GHz Octa-core processor coupled with 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage with microSD expansion, dual lens 13MP rear cameras and an 8MP front snapper.
Honor 6 Plus
The processor speed is noticeable with the snappy response time when operating the UI and other intensive applications. 1.8GHz Octa-core processor uses Heterogeneous Multi-Processing with big.LITTLE, meaning it will efficiently use all the cores for managing your applications, for example when playing games, the bigger cores will handle the intensity while the little ones will handle simple tasks like opening your calculator app. This is of-course supported by the 3GB of RAM for quick access and quick opening of applications, especially re-launching applications from the background.
Honor 6 Plus
As a big fan of good camera devices, the Honor 6 was very good in low light situations, as most cameras are capable for general usage in good lighting conditions, it was important that it also handles low light very well. The front facing camera is great for selfies and the primary lenses works perfectly well, especially when playing with the refocusing part of the camera operation. You can take your picture then refocus your objects after snapping your subjects, and this was very accurate, allowing you to tap to focus on any section of your image.
The build quality is also another impressive point to mention. It feels great to hold in hands and the bottom is curved to give your fingers a good cushion when holding it for a prolonged period of time. The buttons are easy to reach even when in one handed operation mode. It come with a 3,600mAh battery and although I didn’t spend enough time to see how the battery plans out, it should last long especially with an efficient processor.
When it arrives in store, consumer will be walking about with Android 4.4.2 with Huawei’s Emotion UI 3.0. Follow @ThreeUK on Twitter for more information.
