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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  • 11 Aug 2015

AnonD-95907, 05 Aug 2015Basically, Huawei takes all the best things from competitor... moreJust because Sony & Samsung is the only phones you have ever heard off before 2015 doesn't mean you should go around making such accusations.

The three model battery level was there even on Huawei's Ascend P6 which was released back in mid 2013 .

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    • Anonymous
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    • 08 Aug 2015

    A_Huaweilover, 07 Aug 2015Bad battery life... no 1440p screen/amoled... No 4k... I... morei want honor 7 tooooooooooooooooo

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      • A_Huaweilover
      • sjb
      • 07 Aug 2015

      Bad battery life...
      no 1440p screen/amoled...
      No 4k...
      I WANT HONOR 7 !!!!!!!!!!

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        • Anonymous
        • v{N
        • 06 Aug 2015

        AnonD-95907, 05 Aug 2015Basically, Huawei takes all the best things from competitor... moreUsing best technologies from various brands to provide good user experience is not a bad thing IMHO

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          • Anonymous
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          • 06 Aug 2015

          am checking everday. When will you post other benchmarks gsmarena

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            • PTG
            • 05 Aug 2015

            AnonD-105795, 02 Aug 2015very bad battery optimization! an 5.2" 1080p phone wit... moreu want to know why? because the battery quality sucks. i have honor 6. 3100mah, 10 month, its dead. totally dead. not dying, dead. need to connect charger all time, or it wont boot up. u unplug the charger, it straight dead.

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              • 05 Aug 2015

              Basically, Huawei takes all the best things from competitors. May be that's why they can sell them cheaper because there would be no research cost. Sony' Stamina mode for battery saving (the reviewer never mentions Sony has that in its phones for over 2 years now), Samsung's gestures, LG's tap (back) to take photo. HTC's task switcher, not to mention a lot from iOS and iphone design.

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                • Bob
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                • 04 Aug 2015

                I like this phone, the camera dosnt mind me at all, the GPU well that's a nother thing. But overall this seems to be a great phone. I just hope that it will not be expensive. Only 300-400$

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                  • 03 Aug 2015

                  Anonymous, 31 Jul 2015I am a little torn between this an the Oneplus 2 though thi... moreOnePlus all the way....just wait for the first reviews

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                    • AnonD-105795
                    • xAd
                    • 02 Aug 2015

                    very bad battery optimization! an 5.2" 1080p phone with 3100mah only get 64hrs. it should be 80hrs or more.

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                      • AnonD-268010
                      • 6Pf
                      • 02 Aug 2015

                      good phone lil brother of mate 7 everything is awesome only 2 bad things screen is not 1440*2550 , and 20mp not making 4k .... but these bad points hidden , if huawei put low price range

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                        • gK0
                        • 02 Aug 2015

                        Thanks for another great review . You guys are the best!

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                          • 02 Aug 2015

                          Kudos GSM ARENA for noticing a Huawei phone so quickly after its release.

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                            • 01 Aug 2015

                            why honor's camera no 4K for 20 megapixels ?

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                              • 01 Aug 2015

                              AnonD-418132, 01 Aug 2015Samsung Galaxy S5 is better than this. Get your brain straight.You must keep the price in mind .
                              Excellant phone for the price tag .

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                                • Jes
                                • w4h
                                • 01 Aug 2015

                                i love huawei phones

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                                  • Tanush
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                                  • 01 Aug 2015

                                  The audio output is excellent but quite. Deal breaker for me !

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 01 Aug 2015

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

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                                      • 01 Aug 2015

                                      Anonymous, 31 Jul 2015better than s6.Samsung Galaxy S5 is better than this. Get your brain straight.

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                                        • 01 Aug 2015

                                        what is the point if not equipped with LTE for US?