The phone "Highway Honor 5C": features, reviews, photos

Huawei continues to promote its product to the international market. A few years later, you can safely call it a brand. Every year, the Chinese release several new products, which are becoming popular all over the world. Last year, Honor 4C occupied this honorable place, in this - "Highway Honor 5C".

Equipment

In the box with the smartphone "not thick". Many complain about the absence of the already loved OTG-cable. However, there is documentation, a charger and a USB cable. Also, somewhere else inside is a "clip" to extract the card tray. Otherwise, no additional "buns" such as bumpers, films and other things in the box is not got.

Appearance

As it was mentioned earlier, the Honor Highway 5C came to replace Honor 4C. It was assumed that the changes would concern the technical component, but it was not there. Outwardly, the novelty is little like the previous "colleague" and generally resembles a "distant relative". The manufacturer did a good job on the design of the smartphone "Highway Honor 5C". Features, reviews and photos are only confirmed.

Smart turned out far from the family Huawei, therefore, looking at the screen, the brand can hardly be found out. In front, everything was covered with glass, in which they made a hole for the speaker and the front camera. Also nearby are sensors of illumination and approximation.

The rest of the elements are classically arranged for this model. At the top there is a place for headphones and an additional microphone. On the lower end of the center there is a hole for the USB cable, and on both sides of it - the main microphone and the main speaker.

The power button and the volume rocker are on the right side of the case. On the left is a SIM card slot and a memory card. By the way, here you can use either two SIM cards, or you can place a microSDHC in the universal slot, while using the services of one telecom operator.

Behind the smartphone looks very nice. The device received a metal back panel with plastic elements. The main chamber is located in the center of the center, next to it there is a small flash window. The version of the model for Asians also acquired a fingerprint scanner, for Europeans this option is for some reason unavailable.

"Highway Honor 5C" reviews of owners regarding the design received positive. This is no wonder. The smartphone really turned out bright and stylish. It seems to have the features of other flagships, but it remains unlike anybody.

Ease of use

Ergonomics of the device at the highest level. Despite the fact that it is considered a budget option, outwardly and by tactile sensations, it is not inferior to the world's flagships. The case turned out to be rounded, so that the smartphone is comfortable to hold in your hand. The screen is medium in size, so it's easy to use with one hand.

The metal on the back is nice to the touch. The phone is lightweight and compact enough to just put it in your jeans. In general, in use very convenient and presentable.

A high resolution

The screen turned out qualitative in "Highway Honor 5C". Characteristics, reviews and photos confirm this. The display has 5.2 inches, which at a resolution of 1920x1080 gives a wonderful clear picture. In addition, for the lack of pixelization, the air layer and the high density of dots per inch correspond to 424.

The matrix at the screen TFT-IPS, so the picture is moderately bright and saturated. Although there are inaccuracies with the transfer of white color. Here it is quite cold, so for those to whom it really interferes, there is a manual adjustment of the color temperature.

Regardless of the slope has "Highway Honor 5C" review excellent. The same can be said about the brightness, which works correctly in a bright sunny day and at night. By the way, regarding the comfort of using the display it is worth mentioning the LTPS technology. Saturation does not decrease even with the most powerful external light source, thanks to polycrystalline silicon and double GFF lamination.

All the technologies used do not make the sensor less sensitive. It responds well to commands, and problems with phantom clicks were not observed. The sensor, by the way, could recognize up to 10 touches during testing. It is possible to use it in gloves, for this you need to select a special mode in the settings of the phone "Highway Honor 5C".

Reviews touched only problems with fingerprints. It is unclear what attracts traces to the screen and whether it was impossible to refine the oleophobic coating so that the prints are easily erased. The problem remains urgent.

New Operating System

Probably, it would be strange if the developers put on the novelty an old version of the "Android". Therefore, the device received Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It's also nice to have a proprietary interface add-on, which seems to make it somewhat different. EMUI 4.1 also modified and changed the drawing of menu items, icons and curtain notifications.

In the rest, everything remained intact. The organization of the workspace can be customizable. The main screen contains a list of applications, new software is added to additional blocks. Everything can be moved and added to your taste.

By the way, the curtain of notifications became, perhaps, more productive. It was divided into two tabs. The first is responsible for notifications, the second contains shortcuts to the standard settings.

Returning to the updated EMUI 4.1, it is worth noting the abundance of parameters available for users. In addition to the already established settings for the smartphone, developers suggest changing the interface to your taste. And the owners of this model can hope for correction of the smallest details.

You can change the position of the screens, flipping them, adjusting the gestures and a combination of virtual buttons. You can work with the issuance of notifications or adjust the management options for standard actions. In general, "Highway Honor 5C" allows you to show all possible creative talents.

By standard

In the rest everything remained unchanged. Untreated soft for communication and messenger. Registration here from Android 6.0. Also available is a standard virtual keyboard or its equivalent.

Pre-installed applications, fortunately, a minimum. Huawei did not "shove" all sorts of software, which still have to be removed in order to free memory. From the company here the file manager and the system optimizer. The latter, by the way, is very useful, now you will not need to look for a similar software in the Google store.

The music player and the radio turned out to be quite simple both in use and in the interface. To turn on the latter, as always, you need a headset as an antenna.

New

A gift for sports fans. In the new smartphone penetrated the application, which monitors physical activity. This is usually found in the play-market, and in the "Highway Honor 5C" it is built-in. Coprocessor and motion sensor here work as a famous pedometer. In the settings you can search for various interesting add-ons. In general, the application monitors physical activity, and quite accurately. There is also a useful option for those who do not like to take the phone for a walk or jog. In order for the account to continue, you can use Bluetooth trackers.

Generous "stuffing"

Developers have tried, providing powerful for a smartphone, such as "Highway Honor 5C," the characteristics. Reviews about the performance of the company was enthusiastic. It should be borne in mind that for its price the device came out quite powerful and workable.

The main thing in this model is the availability of the Kirin 650 system from HiSilicon. It allows you to harmoniously compose two quad-core processors. In addition, the phone was placed coprocessor i5, which works only with sensors and sensors. Now the smooth, stable operation of the display and its operational response to the commands become understandable.

The graphics processor here is the Mali-T830. The RAM here is 2 GB, which is normal for this price category. The internal memory is 16 GB, of which only 11 GB will be free. If the owner of this is enough, he can safely use slots for two "simok", if it is not enough, then it will be necessary to work with one operator. Only in this case, the amount of memory can be increased.

The working process

At daily work neither lags nor sub-loads could be noticed. The amount of RAM is enough to play the toy in the evening, which was opened in the morning. The whole system works steadily and for the benefit of "Highway Honor 5C". Features also support third-party software such as "Antutu". The indicators are average and stable.

To test the real performance, it's best to start the toys. Of course, such as Doodle Jump or Lara Croft: Relic Run work without lags and sags fps. But World Of Tanks Blitz is best at the minimum settings, as high are observed low fps.

Camera

The developers have tried to improve everything possible for a smartphone of this price category, so does "Honor Highway 5C" photo for five with a plus. A pleasant surprise was the presence of a front camera at 8 megapixels. The main lens got 13 MP.

Optics in both cameras are of high quality. Each of them has a good aperture 2.0. The software itself is convenient and easy to use. Automatic settings do not always work correctly, but with manual ones you can play and make really high-quality pictures.

You can find it in the menu, where, by the way, there are many interesting modes, for example, "delicious food" or a time-lapse.

Pictures with automatic settings are excellent only in the day with good lighting. But if you shoot indoors, then the noise can be traced more clearly. In principle, the snapshot remains good, but its detail is noticeably worse.

At night, you can shoot only with the correct manual shooting. Of course, until sunset, the camera can give out good photos, but if you work with the parameters, the images are much better.

The flash was also weak. Since it is devoid of a two-tone LED, it works with varying success. Sometimes it's better to refuse her help. In addition, it can work correctly only at close range. Macro photography is there, but the desired effect is unlikely to be achieved. It seems that the details are good, but it's impossible to achieve a "soapy" background.

The front camera, it seems, does not deliver the promised 8 megapixels. It is quite ordinary without autofocus and with low viewing angles.

Wireless technologies

Concerning the wireless interface, there are no complaints. The developers did their best to make communication comfortable with the help of the Honor Highway 5C smartphone. A description of all the features is available in the manual. From the main: the user can use LTE-frequencies.

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are standard. Navigation works together with Glonass and Baidu. This option works in the smartphone as quickly as possible. The minimum satellite search time is up to 5 seconds, in some cases the phone needs half a minute to get the data.

Autonomy

A 3000 mAh battery is available for use. The average working time of the phone is about one and a half days. In this mode, the user is available 60 minutes of conversations, a couple of hours of music, half an hour of games and the same number of video clips. At the same time, the background mode of social networks and their active use are not excluded.

The result

Here such qualitative and at the same time simple has turned out "Highway Honor 5С". Characteristics, reviews about which are often positive, can compete with many flagships. The phone costs about 15 thousand rubles. The model fully pays for itself and sometimes it seems like a gift among other devices in this price category.

Smartphone is productive and affordable. It does not fit except for those who are in pursuit of fashionable image gadgets.