Huawei Honor 7 review: Rags to riches

31 July 2015
The Honor 7 is Huawei's bid to bring an extra touch of class to the upper midrange. Some serious hardware in a highly attractive shell may as well help the Chinese pull it off. Whether it is meant to co-exist with the P8 flagship or be its alternative...

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  • PVv
  • 04 Jan 2016

might as well take Galaxy Alpha?

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    • thu
    • 31 Dec 2015

    great phone huaweiiii

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      • Aazmeer
      • ubI
      • 06 Dec 2015

      It supports quick charge. False information is very bad.

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        • AnonD-432899
        • tue
        • 15 Nov 2015

        Zzk, 26 Oct 2015Well if says that retail pacakging may vary. As for me (I'm... moreis malaysia version come with fast charger inside the box??

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          • AnonD-432899
          • tue
          • 15 Nov 2015

          Anonymous, 06 Aug 2015am checking everday. When will you post other benchmarks gsmarename too,waiting for them to put another benchmark..but,i more believe at real life performance than benchmark tho

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            • Hkt
            • 29 Oct 2015

            Leszek, 22 Oct 2015So does Honor 7 come with Fast / Quick charging or not? Var... moreIt does support fast charging. Not with the provided charger though. You need a charger that supports quick charging.

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              • Zzk
              • XNe
              • 26 Oct 2015

              Leszek, 22 Oct 2015So does Honor 7 come with Fast / Quick charging or not? Var... moreWell if says that retail pacakging may vary. As for me (I'm from Malaysia) it has quick charging ability :)

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                • Leszek
                • 3X{
                • 22 Oct 2015

                So does Honor 7 come with Fast / Quick charging or not? Various forums say yes, GSMArena review claims no. Anyone can tell?

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                  • Sesopurp
                  • ms{
                  • 06 Oct 2015

                  Bought this for my daughter. My fist imression is that this is an outstanding, well built phone. Very user friendly and it really gives you a lot for your money. I am accustomed to the very top models from the leading brands, and now I want to buy Huawei for myself next time. It's half the price... The leading brand manufacturers should really be shaking in their pants, because the Honor 7 has really impressed me...

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Hka
                    • 02 Oct 2015

                    CMC, 01 Aug 2015what is the point if not equipped with LTE for US?This phone are not for us market

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                      • HjB
                      • 19 Sep 2015

                      realix, 12 Sep 2015c'mon really ,maybe bad usingmy usage of phone, same with other my previous s1, s3, xperia, lumia, nexus, and never dead in 1 year. not even dead in 2 years. after 2 years, they eventually will dying, NOT DEAD.

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                        • realix
                        • xjb
                        • 12 Sep 2015

                        AnonD-119666, 05 Aug 2015u want to know why? because the battery quality sucks. i ha... morec'mon really ,maybe bad using

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                          • realix
                          • xjb
                          • 12 Sep 2015

                          Anonymous, 12 Aug 2015The chipset doesn't support it. My two sensebut some update maybe can change this or no ? And actually about video ....look like they need some update for filming ,I think from 20 mega pixel camera they can get better quality of video

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                            • 08 Sep 2015

                            Do we encryption feature available in this model?

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                              • sjb
                              • 28 Aug 2015

                              Anonymous, 28 Aug 2015It doesn't have NFC according to Honor? What is going on?The NFC is only on the 64gb i guess !

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                                • Anonymous
                                • S36
                                • 28 Aug 2015

                                It doesn't have NFC according to Honor? What is going on?

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                                  • lazyphone
                                  • sjb
                                  • 21 Aug 2015

                                  New ota 5.02 !
                                  Updated music player (in app center) with equalizer and some settings .

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • tZ4
                                    • 12 Aug 2015

                                    AnonD-402280, 01 Aug 2015"Huawei Honor 7 is equipped with a pretty standard IPS... moreWell said

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • tZ4
                                      • 12 Aug 2015

                                      erina, 01 Aug 2015why honor's camera no 4K for 20 megapixels ?The chipset doesn't support it. My two sense

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                                        • 6ug
                                        • 11 Aug 2015

                                        A_Huaweilover, 07 Aug 2015Bad battery life... no 1440p screen/amoled... No 4k... I... more4k on a 5.2inch screen is irrational.

                                        But battery life scores are quite weird. Even lower than the Honor 6 despite Honor 7 using much newer A53 cores (and plenty other improved internal hardware changes from connectivity to memory), and equivalent to battery life of Huawei P8 despite H7 having nearly 500mAh bigger battery. So either test results are not accurate or most likely the UI is not optimized well enough compared to the premium priced P8.