Honor Play 5T Pro Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Honor Play 5T Pro is an unprofitable decision

In many situations, buying a product from a well-known brand guarantees its relevance and excellent value for money. However, sometimes completely uninteresting models may come out from under the conveyor of even the most popular smartphone manufacturers, which should be avoided. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review is very close to the specified formulation.

For what it is difficult to criticize the novelty, it is for its appearance. The 6.6-inch IPS-display really claims to be bezel-less, also delighting with the neat eye of the 16-megapixel selfie camera. The block of cameras does not cause a negative, as well as the colors of the bodies. To reduce the cost of the gadget, the developer used plastic as the main manufacturing material. This fact negatively affected the practicality of the phablet, although the rear panel looks stylish, it is instantly covered with scratches without a cover. From the positive aspects of the exterior, we note the side fingerprint scanner. The installed OGS-screen is endowed with FullHD + resolution, the brightness and contrast parameters are average for the price category, there is no increased hertzovka. Thus, the display is no better than that of its closest counterparts.

The technical characteristics are rather disappointing. The Mediatek Helio G80 processor does not support 5G networks and is inferior in performance to the latest CPUs of the same corporation. 8GB of RAM and the Mali G52 MC2 graphics adapter provide fast rendering of the Android 11 interface, but really demanding games no longer lend themselves to bundling. Fans of Genshin Impact should pay attention to high-performance alternatives, while for other users the power provided by the chipset should be enough. The volume of internal storage has been increased to 128GB with a slot for MicroSD cards. Lack of memory does not threaten the device. But the autonomy could be more impressive. A 4000mAh battery, small by today's standards, is a guarantor of only a day of active use of an Android smartphone.

The photographic capabilities of 64- and 2-megapixel photomodules are good for daytime shooting, but getting an evening shot without excess noise will be a difficult task, and the detail is noticeably reduced. A number of mobile photographers will be saddened by the lack of a wide-angle lens. The device also lacks NFC contactless payments and stereo sound, which increases the list of the device's shortcomings. As a result, we have an attractive phone from the outside, but an extremely mediocre phone inside, with a lot of opponents.