Is This Your Next Smartphone?

**Honor 7X: A Budget-Friendly Flagship with a Bezel-Less Display**

When Honor reached out and wanted to sponsor a video on their brand new 7X, all I needed was the word "headphone jack" and I was in. The first thing I noticed is that blue is actually pretty nice. So something I really liked with the original Pixel was the very blue color. While this isn't quite so vibrant it is definitely unique.

There's not exactly a lot of other stuff in the box. There's a European style power plug as well as a micro USB cable. The idea here is that you're getting a lot of what you would expect on a 2017 flagship but at a much lower price. So the actual official announcement of this phone will be on December 5th, but from what I've heard it's going to be under 300 euros.

Considering the price, this feels good. The design actually reminds me a little bit of the iPhone 7. It has very rounded corners and it's a bit of a seamless design, but when you flip it around front the screen is a lot bigger. While it would be nice to see USB-C on the bottom instead of the micro USB port, we do however get the headphone jack.

I will say that the bottom-firing speaker on this is maybe not quite as loud as I'd like, but the addition of the headphone jack kind of evens that out for me. There's also a fingerprint sensor on board, and it's fast. Basically, as soon as you put your finger on the button the phone wakes right up.

Inside, it's powered by a Kirin 659 octa-core processor, 4 gigabytes of RAM, and 64 gigs of storage. Kirin is Huawei and Honor's SOC manufacturer, so unlike pretty much every other phone out there that has a Snapdragon chip, this is going to be something a little different.

And Honor claims that this should be able to hold up better under longer periods of use, such as gaming. When you get into a game like Modern Combat 5, you'll see that it actually holds up pretty well, and it does take advantage of the 18 by 9 display. So while yes, this is not going to have the same power as something like a flagship, it looks surprisingly good.

For pretty much any game that's available on Android, it should be able to handle it. And with a 3340 milliamp hour battery, you should be able to get some pretty good gaming in on this guy. Honor claims that it should last up to a day and half of normal usage.

Software-wise we have Android 7.0 with EMUI 5.1 on top. This is a bit of a heavier skin, however, you can customize it by re-enabling the app drawer which is what I've done here. And there are some cool features like being able to pull down and get something very similar to Spotlight.

A big selling point of the Honor 7X is the bezel-less display. So it's rocking a 6-inch, 2160 by 1080 max view panel. When you look at it up front, it's pretty much all screen. So it has similar screen-to-body ratio to something like a Galaxy Note 8.

And while yes, the panel itself is not maybe the most color-accurate thing in the world, at this kind of price, there's not much to complain about. Plus, that wider 18 by 9 display makes for some really great viewing angles.

The Honor 7X is an interesting phone. Considering the price, there's a lot to like – stuff like the bezel-less display, the dual cameras, the good build quality, solid battery life. But the question is what this thing actually costs. Honor will be announcing the full price of the 7X at a launch event on December 5th, and I'm very curious to see exactly where this lines up.

Because if the price is right, it's really compelling phone. So, what do you guys think of the Honor 7X? Let me know in the comments below, and I will catch you in the next one.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Dual cameras, an aluminum build,a fingerprint sensor,a bezel-less display,and a headphone jack ina smartphone in 2017?Hey guys, this is Austin.When Honor reached outand wanted to sponsora video on their brand new 7X,all I needed was the wordheadphone jack and I was in.Now the first thing I noticedis that blue is actually pretty nice.So something I reallyliked with the originalPixel was the very blue color.While this isn't quite sovibrant it is definitely unique.There's not exactly a lotof other stuff in the box.There's a European style power plugas well as a micro USB cable.The idea here is that you're gettinga lot of what you would expecton a 2017 flagship butat a much lower price.So the actual official announcementof this phone will be on December 5th,but from what I've heard it'sgoing to be under 300 euros.Considering the price, this feels good.So the design actually remindsme a little bit of the iPhone 7.It has very rounded cornersit's a bit of a seamless design,but when you flip it around frontthe screen is a lot bigger.While it would be nice to see USB-Con the bottom insteadof the micro USB port,we do however get the headphone jack.I will say that the bottom firing speakeron this is maybe notquite as loud as I'd like,but the addition of the headphone jackkind of evens that out for me.There's also a fingerprintsensor on board, and it's fast.Basically as soon as you put your fingeron the button the phone wakes right up.Inside it's powered by aKirin 659 octa-core processor,4 gigabytes of RAM and 64 gigs of storage.Kirin is Huawei andHonor's SOC manufacturer,so unlike pretty much every otherphone out there thathas a snapdragon chip,this is going to besomething a little different.And Honor claims that thisshould be able to hold up betterunder longer periodsof use, such as gaming.When you get into a gamelike Modern Combat 5,you'll see that it actuallyholds up pretty well,and it does take advantageof the 18 by 9 display.So while yes, this is not going to havethe same power assomething like a flagship,it looks surprisinglygood and for pretty muchany game that's available on Androidit should be able to handle it.And with a 3340 milliamp hour battery,you should be able to get somepretty good gaming in on this guy.Honor claims that it should last up toa day and half of normal usage.Software wise we have Android7.0 with EMUI 5.1 on top.This is a bit of a heavier skinhowever you can customizeit by re-enablingthe app drawer whichis what I've done here,and there are some cool featureslike being able to pulldown and get somethingvery similar to Spotlight.A big selling point of the Honor 7Xis the bezel-less display.So it's rocking a 6-inch2160 by 1080 max view panel.When you look at it up frontit's pretty much all screen.So it has similar screen to body ratioto something like a Galaxy Note 8.And while yes, the panelitself is not maybethe most color accuratething in the world,at this kind of price there'snot much to complain about.Plus, that wider 18 by 9 aspect ratiodoes a really good job of showing youmore wide screen videos suchas our iPhone X Is It Worth It,it fills out a lot more of the screen.One of my favorite budgetphones of this year,is the Moto E4 Plus.With a 5.5 inch screen it's actuallya fairly similar size to the Honor,however you can see justhow much less screenreal estate you actuallyhave to work with here.Having such a big display is also helpfulwhen it comes to split screen.So you tap and hold on the multitasking,you can pull up like another app,and if you want you can bewatching a video at the same timeas you're scrolling through a web page,replying to a message, whatever.Around back we have two cameras.A 16 megapixel main shooterbacked up with a 2 megapixelsecondary camera forstuff like portrait mode.(Laughs)Wow, that's so stylized.Let's go crazy town on this.You can tell they're really sortapushing the shadows and the highlights,but with this sort of wide aperture modethat's an interesting look.I mean, it's different.Get a little bit of HDR actionsee what the dynamic range is like.That's not bad.I mean it helps it's alittle bit cloudy right now,but it's pretty much keepingeverything in the shot.You can also enable a simulated bokehfor the front facing camera.The front facing portraitactually doesn't look bad.So it does lose a little bit of the sideof my face and especially the glasseswhich a lot of phones have a problem with,but considering that it'sdoing this purely on software,whereas on the rearfacing cameras you do havethat secondary camera tosort of figure out the depth,this isn't bad.This is what the 1080p videolooks like from the Honor 7X.So while it would be nice to have 4K,the stabilization is actually not too badand even when I'm kindatrying to move aroundand change exposure stuffit holds up pretty well.The Honor 7X is an interesting phone.So considering the pricethere's a lot to like.Stuff like the bezel-lessdisplay, the dual cameras,the good build quality,solid battery life.But the question is whatthis thing actually costs.Honor will be announcingthe full price of the 7Xat a launch event on December 5th,and I'm very curious to seeexactly where this lines up,because if the price is rightit's really compelling phone.So, what do you guysthink of the Honor 7X?Let me know in the comments below,and I will catch you in the next one.