Honor X30i Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Honor X30i - repetition for opponents

The separation of the Chinese company Honor from the parent corporation Huawei and the gradual adaptation to the new working conditions affected the company's product range and the speed of its filling. Once one of the leaders of the smartphone market, now it often finds itself in the laggard role. So, the hero of today's review could well qualify for excellent sales, if he came out six months earlier.

The appearance of the new item reveals its belonging to the border of low and middle price segments due to the widespread use of plastic by the manufacturer, as well as noticeable display frames. However, the designers tried to disguise these shortcomings behind a screen of a beautiful triple camera, memorable colors of the back panels, an ergonomic body shape, and a convenient side fingerprint scanner. In harmony with all of the above, there is a 16-megapixel selfie camera at the top of the screen. The 6.7-inch IPS display is devoid of critical flaws. FullHD + resolution will allow you not to notice individual pixels, the stock of brightness will be lacking only in summer, and even then in direct sunlight. There is also a picture refresh rate increased to 90Hz.

Specifications are standard for Android smartphones at a similar price. The Mediatek Dimensity 810 CPU, 6GB / 8GB of RAM and the Mali G52MC2 graphics chip - we have already seen such a bundle in dozens of alternatives. 5G support and decent energy efficiency are the main trump cards of the processor, but its performance may not be enough for the most resource-intensive games. For example, in Genshin Impact, jams will not be uncommon even with minimal graphics presets. But they did not save on the size of the internal storage ( 128GB of ROM plus a slot for MicroSD cards ), and everything is in order with the battery. The 4000mAh battery will only ask for recharging at the end of the second day of active use of the phablet.

You can get a portion of praise for the main 48- and 2-megapixel (pair) photo modules only during daytime shooting. With a certain skill, the user has every chance to get a detailed frame, practically indistinguishable from that of the flagships. But the worse the lighting gets, the more noise and less detail there will be in the pictures. The developers have not forgotten such aspects of a potentially successful low-cost gadget as NFC contactless payment and Android 11 with Google services. Thus, it is difficult to single out the critical disadvantages in the device, however, the presence of previously released Android phones with a similar set of functions is unlikely to contribute to the commercial success of the device.