Honor 80 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Honor 80 - sub-flagship without compromise

The Chinese company Honor temporarily lost its ability to create truly balanced smartphones in terms of price, functionality and beauty of the exterior. So, the 60s and 70s lines of flagship phones received a lot of controversial reviews and simply fell short of their legendary predecessors. Fortunately, the hero of today's review is much more interesting and relevant.

The appearance of the novelty is able to please even the most sophisticated buyers. The combination of metal and tempered glass body pleasantly cools the palm, using the device is incredibly convenient due to its excellent ergonomics. The rounded corners and edges of the monoblock, a pair of branded circles of photomodules and the minimal frames of the 6.67-inch AMOLED display leave a positive impression and make the Android smartphone look more expensive than its price tag. Do not find fault with the picture displayed on the screen. If the 120-Hz refresh rate doesn't surprise the user, then it will do with an impressive margin of brightness and amazing contrast. The under-screen fingerprint scanner also tries not to upset with accuracy.

The specs show a performance boost as the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G CPU paired with 8GB/12GB RAM and Adreno 642L graphics core is now showing its potential in games and benchmarks. Today, the bundle copes with the high graphics presets of Genshin Impact and Diablo Immortal without any problems, while practically not heating the back surface of the phablet. The chipset is also energy efficient, in which the 4800mAh battery requires a meeting with the outlet every two days. The recharging process is reduced to 30-35 minutes (66W fast wired charging). The internal memory is allocated 256/512GB, which fully justifies the lack of a slot for microSD cards.

A 160-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL HP3 photomodule, an 8-megapixel wide-angle lens and a 2-megapixel macro camera, although they are deprived of optical stabilization, are ready to please with top-level detailing of daytime frames and natural color rendering. It should be noted that the loss of detail during evening shooting is not particularly significant, and there is little noise. But the smoothness of the video sequence in 4K resolution at night is imperfect. The stereo sound is rich, does not fail with its volume. Contactless NFC payments, optimized Android 12 and support for 5G networks complete the list of advantages of a device that attracts with its design, gaming power, and autonomy.