Battery life.

The Honor 7C Pro smartphone differs from its competitors not only in its affordable price, but also in its detailed matrix, high functionality, and pleasant appearance. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor with 8 cores and 3 GB of RAM is responsible for the configuration, which in total runs most of the not-so-gluttonous applications, as well as games. In general, we will recommend Honor 7C Pro for a detailed acquaintance, as the device is equipped with excellent value for money.

Honor 7C Pro: Specs and price

OS	android;
Screen	5.99 inches;
Permission	1440×720;
Camera	13/2 MP;
Frontal	8 MP
CPU	Snapdragon 450 8 cores;
Built-in memory	32 GB;
RAM	3 GB
battery	3000 mAh;
Price	About 11,000 rubles;

Honor 7C Pro: Advantages and disadvantages

- Few pre-installed software;

- The aspect ratio of 18:9 makes it possible for a 6-inch smartphone to lie comfortably in the hands;

- The capacity of the battery is enough for a full day;

— High-quality communication;

- The case will collect fingerprints on itself;

- Responsible for the performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor with 8 cores in total with 3 GB of RAM, this configuration runs most of the not-so-gluttonous applications, as well as games. Iron is obsolete;

- Comfortable location of the fingerprint sensor, as well as the speed of work. The ability to unlock the smartphone using the face;

- Value for money;

- Stable work with Wi-Fi networks, as well as LTE. Declared support for the necessary bands, including the twentieth;

- Comfortable shell EMUI;

- A large number of positive reviews from users;

- IPS matrix with large viewing angles and realistic color reproduction;

- The front camera of Honor 7C Pro is represented by a dual block of 13 and 2 MP, the front camera is 8 MP. Support for bokeh effect and autofocus;

— The work of two SIM cards and a memory card;

- If desired, the device is used as a navigator;

— The size of the device is 158x76x7.8 mm. Weight 165 grams;

- Eye protection mode;

- The presence of a 3.5 jack connector. Sound quality for the declared cost, but the bass is not enough;

- Main Micro USB port;

— Support for bluetooth 4.2;

— Metal case with side plastic inserts, which additionally strengthens the design;

- There are frames around the screen, but small;

- The camera is planted in the body, which prevents scratching;

- The shell is constantly being finalized and updated;

Conclusion

Based on the material described above, we conclude that Honor 7C Pro is a bright representative of the brand in the budget segment, which is equipped with all the qualities that a modern device should have. In general, we will recommend a smartphone for a detailed and close acquaintance

Pros:

• price tag;
• shell;
• Size;

Minuses:

• Weak iron;
• Minor flaws;

In contact with

Information about the make, model, and alternative names of a particular device, if any.

Design

Information about the dimensions and weight of the device, presented in different units of measurement. Used materials, suggested colors, certificates.

Width Width information refers to the horizontal side of the device in its standard orientation during use.	76.7 mm (millimeters) 7.67 cm (centimeters) 0.25ft 3.02in
Height Height information refers to the vertical side of the device in its standard orientation during use.	158.3 mm (millimeters) 15.83 cm (centimeters) 0.52 ft 6.23in
Thickness Information about the thickness of the device in different units of measurement.	7.8 mm (millimeters) 0.78 cm (centimeters) 0.03 ft 0.31in
Weight Information about the weight of the device in different units of measurement.	164 g (grams) 0.36 lbs 5.78oz
Volume Approximate volume of the device, calculated from dimensions provided by the manufacturer. Refers to devices with the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped.	94.7 cm³ (cubic centimeters) 5.75 in³ (cubic inches)
Colors Information about the colors in which this device is offered for sale.	Black Blue Red Golden
Housing materials The materials used to make the body of the device.	Metal Plastic

SIM card

The SIM card is used in mobile devices to store data that certifies the authenticity of mobile service subscribers.

Mobile networks

A mobile network is a radio system that allows multiple mobile devices to communicate with each other.

GSM GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) is designed to replace the analogue mobile network (1G). For this reason, GSM is often referred to as a 2G mobile network. It is enhanced by the addition of GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) and later EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) technologies.	GSM 850 MHz GSM 900 MHz GSM 1800 MHz GSM 1900 MHz
CDMA CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access) is a channel access method used in communications in mobile networks. Compared to other 2G and 2.5G standards such as GSM and TDMA, it provides higher data transfer rates and the ability to connect more consumers at the same time.	CDMA 800 MHz
TD-SCDMA TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) is a 3G standard for mobile networks. It is also called UTRA/UMTS-TDD LCR. It is developed as an alternative to the W-CDMA standard in China by the China Academy of Telecommunication Technology, Datang Telecom and Siemens. TD-SCDMA combines TDMA and CDMA.	TD-SCDMA 1880-1920 MHz TD-SCDMA 2010-2025 MHz
UMTS UMTS is short for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. It is based on the GSM standard and belongs to 3G mobile networks. Developed by 3GPP and its biggest advantage is to provide more speed and spectral efficiency with W-CDMA technology.	UMTS 850 MHz UMTS 900 MHz UMTS 2100 MHz
LTE LTE (Long Term Evolution) is defined as fourth generation (4G) technology. It is developed by 3GPP based on GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA to increase the capacity and speed of wireless mobile networks. The subsequent development of technologies is called LTE Advanced.	LTE 850 MHz LTE 900 MHz LTE 1800 MHz LTE 2100 MHz LTE-TDD 1900 MHz (B39) LTE-TDD 2300 MHz (B40) LTE-TDD 2500 MHz (B41) LTE-TDD 2600 MHz (B38)

Mobile technologies and data rates

Communication between devices in mobile networks is carried out through technologies that provide different data rates.

Operating system

The operating system is the system software that manages and coordinates the operation of the hardware components in the device.

SoC (System on a Chip)

System on a chip (SoC) includes all the most important hardware components of a mobile device in one chip.

SoC (System on a Chip) A system on a chip (SoC) integrates various hardware components such as a processor, graphics processor, memory, peripherals, interfaces, etc., as well as the software necessary for their operation.	Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
Technological process Information about the technological process by which the chip is made. The value in nanometers measures half the distance between the elements in the processor.	14 nm (nanometers)
Processor (CPU) The main function of the processor (CPU) of a mobile device is the interpretation and execution of instructions contained in software applications.	ARM Cortex-A53
Processor bit depth The bit depth (bits) of a processor is determined by the size (in bits) of registers, address buses, and data buses. 64-bit processors have higher performance than 32-bit processors, which, in turn, are more productive than 16-bit processors.	64 bit
Instruction Set Architecture Instructions are commands by which the software sets/controls the operation of the processor. Information about the instruction set (ISA) that the processor can execute.	ARMv8
Number of processor cores The processor core executes program instructions. There are processors with one, two or more cores. Having more cores increases performance by allowing many instructions to be executed in parallel.	8
Processor clock speed The clock speed of a processor describes its speed in terms of cycles per second. It is measured in megahertz (MHz) or gigahertz (GHz).	1800 MHz (megahertz)
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) The graphics processing unit (GPU) handles calculations for various 2D/3D graphics applications. In mobile devices, it is used most often by games, consumer interface, video applications, etc.	Qualcomm Adreno 506
The amount of random access memory (RAM) Random access memory (RAM) is used by the operating system and all installed applications. Data stored in RAM is lost when the device is turned off or restarted.	3 GB (gigabytes) 4 GB (gigabytes)
Type of random access memory (RAM) Information about the type of random access memory (RAM) used by the device.	LPDDR3
Number of RAM channels Information about the number of RAM channels that are integrated into the SoC. More channels means higher data rates.	single channel
RAM frequency The frequency of RAM determines its speed, more specifically, the speed of reading / writing data.	933 MHz (megahertz)

Built-in memory

Each mobile device has a built-in (non-removable) memory with a fixed amount.

Memory cards

Memory cards are used in mobile devices to increase the storage capacity for storing data.

Screen

The screen of a mobile device is characterized by its technology, resolution, pixel density, diagonal length, color depth, etc.

Type/technology One of the main characteristics of the screen is the technology by which it is made and on which the image quality of information directly depends.	IPS
Diagonal For mobile devices, the screen size is expressed in terms of its diagonal length, measured in inches.	5.99in 152.15 mm (millimeters) 15.21 cm (centimeters)
Width Approximate Screen Width	2.68in 68.04 mm (millimeters) 6.8 cm (centimeters)
Height Approximate Screen Height	5.36in 136.08 mm (millimeters) 13.61 cm (centimeters)
Aspect Ratio The ratio of the dimensions of the long side of the screen to its short side	2:1 2:1 (18:9)
Permission Screen resolution indicates the number of pixels vertically and horizontally on the screen. Higher resolution means sharper image detail.	720 x 1440 pixels
Pixel Density Information about the number of pixels per centimeter or inch of the screen. Higher density allows information to be shown on the screen in clearer detail.	269 ​​ppi (pixels per inch) 105 ppcm (pixels per centimeter)
Color depth Screen color depth reflects the total number of bits used for the color components in a single pixel. Information about the maximum number of colors that the screen can display.	24 bit 16777216 flowers
Screen area Approximate percentage of screen space on the front of the device.	76.51% (percentage)
Other characteristics Information about other functions and features of the screen.	capacitive Multitouch
	2.5D curved glass screen 450 cd/m²

Sensors

Different sensors perform different quantitative measurements and convert physical indicators into signals that are recognized by the mobile device.

Main camera

The main camera of a mobile device is usually located on the back of the case and is used for taking photos and videos.

Sensor type Digital cameras use photo sensors to take pictures. The sensor, as well as the optics, is one of the main factors in the quality of a camera in a mobile device.	CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor)
Diaphragm	f/2.2
Focal length	3.46 mm (millimeters)
Flash type The most common types of flashes in mobile devices cameras are LED and xenon flashes. LED flashes give a softer light and, unlike brighter xenon flashes, are also used for video shooting.	LED
Image Resolution One of the main characteristics of mobile device cameras is their resolution, which indicates the number of pixels in the horizontal and vertical direction of an image.	4160 x 3120 pixels 12.98 MP (megapixels)
Video resolution Information about the maximum supported resolution for video recording by the device.	1920 x 1080 pixels 2.07 MP (megapixels)
Information about the maximum number of frames per second (fps) supported by the device when shooting video at the maximum resolution. Some of the main standard shooting and video playback speeds are 24p, 25p, 30p, 60p.	30 fps (frames per second)
Characteristics Information about other software and hardware features related to the main camera and improving its functionality.	autofocus Burst shooting digital zoom geo tags panoramic shooting HDR shooting Touch focus Face recognition Adjusting the white balance ISO setting Exposure compensation Self-timer Scene Selection Mode
	Phase detection Focal length (35 mm equivalent) - 25 mm Secondary rear camera - 2 MP

Additional camera

Additional cameras are usually mounted above the screen of the device and are mainly used for video calls, gesture recognition, etc.

Diaphragm Aperture (f-number) is the size of the aperture opening that controls the amount of light reaching the photosensor. A lower f-number means the aperture is larger.	f/2
Focal length Focal length is the distance in millimeters from the photosensor to the optical center of the lens. There is also an equivalent focal length that provides the same field of view with a full frame camera.	2.42 mm (millimeters)
Image Resolution Information about the maximum resolution of the secondary camera when shooting. In most cases, the resolution of the secondary camera is lower than that of the main camera.	3264 x 2448 pixels 7.99 MP (megapixels)
Video resolution Information about the maximum resolution supported when shooting video with the optional camera.	1920 x 1080 pixels 2.07 MP (megapixels)
Video - frame rate/frames per second. Information about the maximum number of frames per second (fps) supported by the optional camera when shooting video at the maximum resolution.	30 fps (frames per second)
	face unlock Focal length (35 mm equivalent) - 23 mm

Audio

Information about the type of speakers and audio technologies supported by the device.

Radio

The radio of the mobile device is a built-in FM receiver.

Location determination

Information about navigation and location technologies supported by the device.

WiFi

Wi-Fi is a technology that provides wireless communication for short distance data transmission between different devices.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a standard for secure wireless data transfer between different types of devices over short distances.

USB

USB (Universal Serial Bus) is an industry standard that allows different electronic devices to communicate.

Headphone jack

This is an audio connector, which is also called an audio jack. The most widely used standard in mobile devices is the 3.5mm headphone jack.

Connecting devices

Information about other important connection technologies supported by the device.

Browser

A web browser is a software application for accessing and viewing information on the Internet.

Browser Information about some of the key features and standards supported by the device's browser.

HTML HTML5 CSS 3

Audio file formats/codecs

Mobile devices support various audio file formats and codecs that store and encode/decode digital audio data, respectively.

Video file formats/codecs

Mobile devices support various video file formats and codecs, which store and encode/decode digital video data, respectively.

Battery

Mobile device batteries differ from each other in their capacity and technology. They provide the electrical charge they need to function.

Capacity The capacity of a battery indicates the maximum charge it can store, measured in milliamp-hours.	3000 mAh (milliamp-hours)
Type The type of battery is determined by its structure and, more specifically, by the chemicals used. There are different types of batteries, with lithium-ion and lithium-ion polymer batteries being the most commonly used in mobile devices.	Li-polymer (Li-polymer)
Adapter output power Information about the electrical current (measured in amps) and electrical voltage (measured in volts) supplied by the charger (power output). Higher power output ensures faster battery charging.	5 V (volts) / 2 A (amps)
Characteristics Information about some additional features of the device's battery.	Fixed

Honor's "C" series smartphones have always been a great value proposition. And the new Honor 7C is no exception. This is an affordable, pleasant and functional budget employee with a sane image quality at the output. Everything else in the Honor 7C review below.

Specifications Honor 7C (AUM-L41)

• IPS screen 1440 x 720 pixels, 5.7 inches, 283 dpi, 18:9
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 platform (MSM8937, 8 Cortex A53 cores up to 1.4GHz, 28nm)
• video accelerator Adreno 505
• 8 MP front camera (f/2.0, Face Unlock)
• dual rear cameras: 13MP (f/2.2, 26mm focal length, Full HD recording) + 2MP
• 3,000 mAh battery (no fast charging)
• software: Android 8.0.0 + EMUI 8.0
• sensors: light and distance sensors, accelerometer, fingerprint scanner
• connectors: Micro USB 2.0 (OTG support in place) + 3.5 mm audio jack
• Networks: LTE Cat. 4, Wi-Fi (802.11 b / g / n, 2.4 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, FM radio, NFC (!)
• geolocation: GPS, Glonass, BDS
• two Nano SIMs and a dedicated Micro SD slot
• dimensions: 152.4 x 73 x 8.1 mm
• weight 164 g
• body colors: black, blue, gold and red

If anything, Honor 7C here is not the same as abroad. The international version of the 7C comes with a 5.99-inch screen and a more advanced Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor.

And our Honor 7C is Honor 7A in China, and then, with some reservations (a different resolution of the second camera and LTE frequencies). But just do not confuse the Chinese Honor 7A with the European one. For in the Celestial Empire, exactly the same model is simply called Honor 7.

There is also a certain Honor 7S, which, in general, the devil knows what it is. Why such difficulties? My not to know.

I installed Google Pay, linked the card and everything worked as expected. A useful feature that has finally begun to come to budget decisions.

In the kit, the user is waiting for the device itself, a Micro USB cable, a power supply and a film on the screen. There are no headphones.

Design

Despite the fact that the design is made in the spirit of all the latest smartphones from Honor / Huawei, the cheapness still betrays itself. You clearly understand this as soon as you take the device in your hand.

Firstly, there is a very weak oleophobic coating on the protective glass. However, if you glue the protective film, then this issue disappears.

Secondly, the back cover is completely plastic. It feels great to the touch, because the plastic here is really cheap.

But the side ends here are glossy - from afar it is very similar to the Honor 10. In a good way, it was necessary to make the whole body just as glossy and catchy. It would look much better.

Despite the plastic, the negative impression disappears as soon as you start using the device. Still, the smartphone is quite light and thin (8.1 mm), it has a large 18 by 9 screen, and it generally works stably and without problems. Of course, all this is captivating. Especially against the backdrop of a low price, to which we will return at the very end of the Honor 7C review.

Face and fingerprint unlock

The fingerprint scanner is on the back. It is very easy to detect it by touch, because the touch pad is in a recess and exactly under the index finger. At least for me, with a large enough palm, it was easy to reach.

We also added a fashionable unlocking of the smartphone in the face. With good lighting, the smartphone unlocks quickly. If there is little or no light, you need to use a scanner. Face Unlock in this case does not work from the word at all.

Screen

Yes, an elongated display (18 to 9) is good. You can fit a larger screen into a compact body. However, the resolution of 1440 by 720 pixels is on the verge of being comfortable. If you want to see individual pixels, you can, but in general the picture looks good.

And all thanks to a fairly high-quality IPS-matrix with large viewing angles and adequate color reproduction. Yes, our panel cannot be compared with flagship IPS screens. For its own price, everything is normal.

The only thing that spoils the impression is the automatic brightness control - it is constantly late and does not always set the backlight accurately. From time to time, you can’t stand it and climb into the notification shade to manually tweak the backlight to a more comfortable level.

By the way, the brightness margin for a comfortable behavior of the display in the sun is not enough. All the information on the display fades noticeably in direct sunlight, so in outdoor conditions you need a shadow, otherwise it's hard to see anything on the display.

Performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 is a good, sane processor, but still far from being a flagship. Hence the unhurried operation of the system.

Click on the application icon, wait a couple of seconds until it opens. Touched the fingerprint, wait a second until the screen lights up. And so on.

Brakes and lags are present, but they are not critical. You don’t want to smash a smartphone against a wall, you just need to get used to its speed of work and, in principle, everyone can do it. Even I was practically not nervous, reseeding on it from a rocket -.

Adreno 505 graphics make it very comfortable to play World of Tanks Blitz at medium settings. The frame rate does not drop below 50 FPS - a very good indicator. If you turn on high settings, then the frequency will drop to 40 fps - you can still play.

You can even play PUBG Mobile. We set the lower threshold of the graphics and get used to the infrequent, but still present slowdowns in especially active scenes.

cameras

Two modules are installed behind: 13 and 2 megapixels. The second one is, of course, embarrassing, because its low resolution indirectly hints at its zero utility. However, in reality, portraits with background blur are of quite good quality. If you do not throw it on a computer and do not consider it in detail, of course.

In general, the quality of the main module is normal for its money. But only if the ambient light is sufficient. At night and at dusk, the photos are very weak and far from the first frame.

There is an HDR mode, but as in the flagship, it is not working here. I don’t know why, but there is no difference in photos WITH and WITHOUT dynamic range.

The 8-megapixel front camera pleases with adequate color reproduction and good detail. More is not required of her. By the way, there is no portrait mode.

Soft

The smartphone runs on Android 8.0.0. Firmware updates, of course, will be, but up to the 9th version of the "green robot" - this is unlikely. The model for the manufacturer is far from being the most important, so everything here works according to the residual principle - Honor programmers already have something to do.

A custom EMUI 8.0 shell is installed on top, so you can’t get to pure Android. You will have to get used to the specific design of the system: the strange design of icons, wallpapers, menu items and the absolute incompatibility of all this with each other.

However, the shell also has its advantages. The main one is, of course, the ability to fine-tune everything and everything. I especially like that you can deeply customize the behavior of any application on your smartphone: work in the background, the type and type of notifications from it, power consumption, and so on.

By the way, by default, a bunch of garbage software like Booking, Yandex applications, and so on comes out of the box. Fortunately, all this is easy and simple to remove. Unless you can't cut the Swift keyboard to the end. Buttons from Google are many times better, more convenient and more adequate in design.

Sound

The external speaker is very loud. It is even louder than the top device. However, in terms of quality, he drains it into a clean one. The sound at high volume is more like a porridge of noise than music. We put 70% and we get a more or less decent sound, still loud, if anything.

The official website says that "a special amplifier and powerful speakers provide surround sound audio." What kind of speakers are we talking about, I did not understand, because there is only one speaker. Conversational does not help him in any way, respectively, there is no stereo.

The headphones sound good. The main thing is to buy some high-quality ears and go.

autonomy

The smartphone confuses two points at once: a battery of only 3,000 mAh (puts 4 thousand and above) and a QS 430 processor, created on the basis of a 28 nanometer process technology, which means increased power consumption. As a result of this not the best tandem, we get one day of battery life with 4 hours of screen light.

It is possible to achieve great results. For example, you can remove the second SIM-card, set the applications to work in the background and access the device less frequently. Then we will get 1.5 days of autonomy, but no more.

There is no fast charging here. Still, the device is not in that price category.

Outcome

The price of Honor 7C at the moment is 10,990 rubles. This is the price list for the official version for Russia, with a guarantee and even a monopod and a battery as a gift, if ordered in a company store.

A tasty deal for a device with two good cameras, NFC support (still a rarity) and a tray without the need for an agonizing choice: two SIM cards or a Micro SD card.

The device has several more or less critical drawbacks: a plastic case, low screen brightness (not comfortable on the street), leisurely work in the system. However, against the background of the price and other advantages, the Honor 7C still looks like an interesting offer.

Smartphone Honor 7C Pro (11K rubles) is a budget smartphone in terms of price, but not in terms of functionality. The device is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 450, 1800 MHz processor with 8 cores and 3 GB of RAM, it is this configuration that allows you to run most not the most voracious applications, as well as games. Regarding the matrix, the color reproduction is very pleasant, and the viewing angles are large, but the screen collects fingerprints. Cameras will not shoot stars from the sky, but they are not inferior in quality in the price segment. In general, we recommend Honor 7C Pro for a detailed acquaintance as the smartphone will suit a wide range of users due to its attractive cost, versatility, and attractive appearance.

Honor 7C Pro: specifications and price

OS	android;
Screen	5.99 inches;
Permission	1440×720;
Camera	13/2 MP;
Frontal	8 MP
CPU	Qualcomm Snapdragon 450, 1800 MHz 8 cores;
Built-in memory	32 GB;
RAM	3 GB
battery	3000 mAh;
Price	About 11,000 rubles;

Honor 7C Pro Reviews

- Thin bezels around the screen, which adds charm to the device;

— Metal case, but with plastic stakes. Feels comfortable in the hand and won't pick up fingerprints.

- Value for money at the highest level. This also includes the assembly materials themselves;

- Of the advantages of Honor 7C Pro, it is worth highlighting the presence of a tray that supports two SIM cards at the same time, as well as a memory card;

- Nimble fingerprint scanner. It is worth adding that the scanner itself is comfortably located on the back cover;

- The front camera of the Honor 7C Pro takes very good pictures for its price, of course. Also, the company's engineers did not forget to add a flash to the front camera;

— The front camera is dual at 13 and 2 megapixels. The pictures are decent. Worse at night;

- Support for face unlock. In practice, this is convenient and fast. Only one face is registered, but support for five fingerprints is declared. In low light, the system may be mistaken;

- The screen will collect fingerprints on itself, unlike the case itself;

- The matrix is ​​highly detailed with good performance. Viewing angles are large, and color reproduction is high;

— Thoughtful shell to the smallest detail;

- The screen does not fade in the sun;

- Due to the low resolution, the smartphone is suitable for most not the most voracious games;

Conclusion

A tempting price, good hardware and cameras are the main advantages of the Honor 7C Pro. The smartphone is also equipped with a high-quality assembly and a pleasant appearance. Based on the above material, we conclude that the device will suit a wide range of users. Also, we will recommend it for a detailed and intimate acquaintance.

Pros:

• Value for money;
• shell;
• Matrix;
• Pleasant sound;
• Face and fingerprint scanner;
• It will be comfortable in the hand;
• Support for two SIM cards and a memory card at the same time;

Cons:

• Minor flaws;

In contact with

Huawei has recently introduced so many similar smartphone models in the affordable price segment that it becomes difficult to remember how all these Honor 7C / Pro, Honor 7A / Pro and others differ from each other. And yet there are differences, and if we sum them up, it turns out that our today's hero - Honor 7C - has absorbed all the essentials, but so that its price does not cross the public line. The smartphone turned out to be exactly the "golden mean", which were at first all models of the "people's" brand Honor.

Key Features of Honor 7C (Model AUM-L41)

• SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 435, 8 cores ARM Cortex-A53 @1.4/1.1 GHz
• GPU Adreno 505
• Operating system Android 8.0
• 5.7″ IPS touch display, 1440×720 (18:9)
• Random access memory (RAM) 3 GB, internal memory 32 GB
• Micro-SIM support (2 pcs.)
• microSD support (up to 256 GB)
• GSM/WCDMA networks
• LTE Cat.4 FDD B1/3/5/7/8/20 networks
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz)
• Bluetooth 4.2
• GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
• Micro USB
• 3.5mm audio output
• Main camera 13 MP, f/2.2, autofocus + 2 MP; video 1080p
• Front camera 8 MP, f/2.0, fixed focus, flash
• Proximity and light sensors, accelerometer
• Battery 3000 mAh
• Dimensions 152×73×8.1 mm
• Weight 160 g

Appearance and usability

Honor 7C received a plastic case with a standard streamlined design, like most faceless low-cost smartphones, without its own zest. The front panel is covered with 2.5D glass with sloping edges.

The surface of the back wall is matte, pleasant to the touch, fingerprints are practically invisible on it. The side faces are also made of plastic, only smoother, glossier.

The device is quite large, but not heavy, it does not slip out of the hands, it is held securely. There are no complaints about the quality and assembly, everything is clearly adjusted, when compressed, the case does not creak or play.

The camera on the back side does not protrude beyond the surface, the smartphone lies steadily on the table, does not sway when you touch the screen. The flash is located right there, it is single, it shines quite brightly.

The front camera has its own LED flash. Also above the screen you can find such a useful element as an LED event indicator.

The navigation buttons are placed on the screen here, while too much space is left under the screen, which is occupied by the by no means stylish large inscription “Honor” - the Chinese continue to live somehow in their own way, without even trying to understand the peculiarities of European taste. Well, such a huge logo is not needed here, make it a small inscription on the back side!

There are no complaints about the hardware keys on the side face: they are correctly placed on one face, the course is elastic and distinct.

To install cards on the side, there is a slot for two Nano-SIM cards and one memory card at once, which cannot but rejoice.

The top end is occupied only by a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

On the bottom you can find a microphone and a USB connector hole, but this is not USB Type-C, but an outdated Micro-USB. The speaker is also brought to the bottom end, it is only one here, the second segment of the holes is made for beauty.

Honor 7C is available in three different body colors: black, gold, and blue. The smartphone did not receive protection from water and dust.

Screen

The Honor 7C smartphone is equipped with an IPS display covered with 2.5D glass. The screen has physical dimensions of 65×130 mm with a diagonal of 5.7 inches and an aspect ratio of 18:9, the dot density is about 283 ppi. The screen resolution is 1440×720. The frame on the sides of the screen has a width of almost 4 mm, top - 10 mm, bottom - 12 mm.

Multi-touch tests diagnose support for 10 simultaneous touches. In place and a light sensor to realize the work of auto-brightness.

A detailed examination using measuring instruments was carried out by the editor of the sections "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" Alexey Kudryavtsev. Here is his expert opinion on the screen of the test sample.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface, resistant to scratches. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen are slightly worse than the screen of the Google Nexus 7 (2013) (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, here is a photo in which a white surface is reflected in the off screens (on the left is Nexus 7, on the right is Honor 7C, then they can be distinguished by size):

The screen of the Honor 7C is a little lighter (brightness in the photos is 127 versus 118 for the Nexus 7). The doubling of reflected objects in the screen of Honor 7C is very weak, which indicates that there is no air gap between the layers of the screen (more specifically, between the outer glass and the surface of the LCD matrix) (OGS type screen - One Glass Solution). Due to the smaller number of borders (glass/air type) with very different refractive indices, such screens look better in conditions of intense external illumination, but their repair in case of cracked external glass is much more expensive, since the entire screen has to be changed. There may be a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating on the outer surface of the screen, but if it is, then it is much worse in efficiency than the Nexus 7, so fingerprints are almost as difficult to remove, but appear at about the same speed. as in the case of ordinary glass.

When manually controlling brightness and when outputting a white field full screen the maximum brightness value was about 430 cd/m², the minimum was 3 cd/m². The maximum brightness is quite high, and, given the good anti-glare properties, something on the screen can be seen even on a sunny day outdoors. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. In the presence of automatic brightness control by light sensor (it is located to the left of the front camera). In automatic mode, when the ambient light conditions change, the screen brightness both increases and decreases. The operation of this function depends on the position of the brightness control, with which the user can try to set the required brightness level under the current conditions. We slightly increased the brightness in complete darkness, as a result, for such conditions, the auto-brightness function began to reduce the brightness to 20 cd / m², in an office lit by artificial light (approximately 550 lux) it was set to 170 cd / m², in a very bright environment (corresponds to clear lighting). during the day outdoors, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 lux or a little more) increased to 430 cd / m². The result satisfied us. It turns out that the auto-brightness function works adequately and allows the user to customize their work to individual requirements. At any brightness level, there is no significant backlight modulation, so there is no screen flicker.

This smartphone uses an IPS type matrix. Micrographs show a typical IPS sub-pixel structure:

For comparison, you can see the gallery of microphotographs of screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without significant color shift even at large deviations of the view from the perpendicular to the screen and without inverting shades (except for the darkest deviations along one diagonal). For comparison, here are photos in which the same images are displayed on the screens of Honor 7C and Nexus 7, while the brightness of the screens was initially set to about 200 cd / m², and the color balance on the camera was forcibly switched to 6500 K.

White field perpendicular to the screens:

Note the good uniformity of brightness and color tone of the white field.

And a test picture:

The colors on the Honor 7C screen are slightly more saturated. As further tests showed, this is due to a slightly increased color contrast. The color balance of the Nexus 7 and the test screen is slightly different.

Now at an angle of about 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

It can be seen that the colors have not changed much on both screens, but on the Honor 7C, the contrast has decreased to a greater extent due to strong black highlighting. He also began to show signs of inverting dark shades.

And the white box:

The brightness at an angle of the screens decreased (at least 5 times, based on the difference in shutter speed), but in the case of Honor 7C, the drop in brightness is greater. The black field, when deviated diagonally, is highlighted strongly, but remains conditionally neutral gray in hue. The photos below demonstrate this (the brightness of the white areas in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the screens is the same!):

And from another angle:

When viewed perpendicularly, the uniformity of the black field is excellent:

Contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is high - about 1600:1. The response time for the black-white-black transition is 24 ms (14 ms on + 10 ms off). The transition between grayscale 25% and 75% (according to the numerical value of the color) and back in total takes 43 ms. The gamma curve constructed from 32 points with an equal interval according to the numerical value of the shade of gray did not reveal a blockage either in the highlights or in the shadows. The fit exponent is 2.11, slightly below the standard value of 2.2. In this case, the real gamma curve almost does not deviate from the power dependence:

This device has some kind of dynamic adjustment of the brightness of the backlight in accordance with the nature of the displayed image. As a result, the resulting dependence of brightness on hue (gamma curve) may not correspond to the gamma curve of a static image, since the measurements were carried out with sequential grayscale output almost on the entire screen. For this reason, we carried out a number of tests - determining contrast and response time, comparing black flare at angles - we carried out (however, as always) when displaying special patterns with a constant average brightness, and not monochromatic fields in full screen. In general, such a non-switchable brightness correction does nothing but harm, since a constant change in screen brightness can at least cause some discomfort. However, its effect is weakly expressed, and it remains a mystery why this brightness adjustment was left on at all, especially since the contrast is already so high.

Color gamut close to sRGB:

The curvature of the coverage boundary at the transition from yellow to green shows that some kind of software correction is being performed (it is not clear why). The spectra show that the matrix filters moderately mix the components to each other:

As a result, visually the colors on this screen would not differ from natural ones, but the result spoils a slight overestimation of color contrast. The balance of shades on the gray scale is a compromise, since the color temperature is significantly higher than the standard 6500 K, but the deviation from the black body spectrum (ΔE) is below 10, which is considered an acceptable indicator for a consumer device. At the same time, the color temperature and ΔE change little from shade to shade - this has a positive effect on the visual assessment of color balance. (The darkest areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since the color balance does not matter much there, and the measurement error of color characteristics at low brightness is large.)

This device has the ability to correct the color balance by adjusting the hue on the color wheel.

Curves in the charts above Without corr. correspond to the results without any color balance correction, and the curves Corr.— data obtained after shifting the point to the position indicated in the image above. It can be seen that the change in balance corresponds to the expected result, since the color temperature has approached the standard value, and ΔE has increased slightly. There is some benefit from such a correction, but the maximum brightness has decreased to 380 cd / m², and it is not too much anyway. Note that this function is implemented in the variant for show, since there is no numerical reflection of the correction, there is no field for measuring the color balance, and the range is not enough to correct both ΔE and color temperature.

There is a mod setting that allows you to reduce the intensity of the blue component.

Marketers tried to intimidate users to show the degree of concern of the manufacturer. Of course, the screen does not have any UV radiation (see the spectrum above), and there is no eye fatigue caused specifically by blue light. In principle, bright light can lead to disruption of the daily (circadian) rhythm (see article about), but everything is solved by adjusting the brightness to a comfortable level, and there is absolutely no point in distorting the color balance by reducing the contribution of blue.

To summarize: the screen has a fairly high maximum brightness and has good anti-glare properties, so the device can be used outdoors without any problems even on a sunny summer day. In complete darkness, the brightness can be lowered to a comfortable level. It is permissible to use the mode with automatic brightness adjustment, which works adequately. The advantages of the screen include the absence of an air gap in the layers of the screen and flicker, high contrast, excellent black field uniformity, acceptable color balance and a color gamut close to sRGB. The disadvantages are a very weak oleophobic coating (if there is one at all), low black stability to gaze deviation from the perpendicular to the screen plane, as well as non-switchable dynamic backlight brightness adjustment and slightly overestimated color contrast. In general, the screen is an inexpensive option on the IPS matrix, it does not cause either enthusiasm or disgust.

Camera

The front camera of Honor 7C received a sensor with a resolution of 8 megapixels and a lens with an aperture of f / 2.0. The camera has its own flash, but no autofocus. There is a traditional “enhancement” function for portraits, blurring skin textures and enlarging eyes. The camera shoots acceptable in bright daylight, but even in indoor lighting conditions, the quality drops to indecent, and the flash does not really help either in twilight or in the dark.

The rear camera is implemented as a dual module: the main one uses a sensor with a resolution of 13 megapixels and a lens with an aperture of f / 2.2, while the additional sensor resolution is only 2 megapixels. There is a fast autofocus and a flash of medium brightness, there is no optical stabilization. There is no separate manual settings mode, all possible settings are collected in a single list called by a right-to-left swipe. There is no regular option to save pictures in RAW.

Examples of photos on the rear camera:

The quality of shooting is seriously affected due to the tiny sensor, the noise from which is clearly visible in the pictures even on a sunny summer day, and when shooting indoors or at dusk, almost nothing but noise remains in the frame. In this case, noise reduction does not cope (or does not try to cope) not only with luminance noise, but also with color noise, so get ready to see a scattering of red-blue-green dots in dimly lit parts of the frame. As expected, image detail is poor in all conditions. Perhaps, there are no special complaints about the color reproduction of the camera, but it regularly makes mistakes with exposure metering and cannot boast of a wide dynamic range. The camera may attempt to blur the background around the object (or objects) in the focus zone, passing it off as a portrait, but this function works hackily. In general, a smartphone is suitable for registering events, but it is almost impossible to take pictures that please the eye on the Honor 7C.

The camera can shoot video at a maximum resolution of 1080p at 30 fps, there are no higher 4K and 60 fps modes here. There is also no stabilization. The shooting quality is average, the picture could be more juicy and detailed. The sound is recorded muffledly, active post-processing of noise reduction is clearly audible, there are distortions in the form of an echo - in a word, the sound recording is not the best.

Video examples:

• Movie #1 (32 MB, 1920×1080@30 fps, H.264, AAC)
• Movie #2 (56 MB, 1920×1080@30 fps, H.264, AAC)
• Movie #3 (36 MB, 1920×1080@30 fps, H.264, AAC)
• Movie #4 (28 MB, 1920×1080@30 fps, H.264, AAC)
• Movie #5 (40 MB, 1920×1080@30 fps, H.264, AAC)

Telephone part and communications

The Honor 7C platform supports LTE Cat.4 networks with a data transfer rate of no higher than 150/50 Mbps, that is, LTE Cat.6 is not here. All three LTE FDD bands used in Russia (Band 3, 7, 20) are supported. In practice, within the city limits of the Moscow region, the device demonstrates reliable work in wireless networks, does not lose connection, and quickly restores connection after a forced break.

There is no support for the second Wi-Fi band (5 GHz), but there is an NFC module, so the smartphone works with Android Pay, which is good.

The navigation module works with GPS (with A-GPS), domestic Glonass, and Chinese Beidou. The first satellites, even with a cold start, are detected within a minute. But the magnetic compass required for navigation programs is missing in the smartphone.

The phone application supports Smart Dial, that is, while dialing a phone number, a search is also carried out immediately by the first letters in contacts. Ways to customize the sorting and display of contacts are standard for the Android interface. Vibrating alert of medium power. SIM cards can be idle in 4G and 3G at the same time. The cards work in Dual SIM Dual Standby mode, there is only one radio modem.

Software and multimedia

As a software platform, Android OS version 8.0 is used with Huawei's own shell version EMUI 8.0 - the latest. Naturally, there is the possibility of updating over the air (OTA).

The design and organization of the interface is familiar to users of Huawei products. There is a virtual button, multi-window mode, the ability to reduce keyboards and the working area of ​​the screen in size. There are a lot of pre-installed applications, as usual, some of them are useful, others are clearly superfluous. There are several proprietary Huawei utilities, including a useful phone manager responsible for monitoring the system, cleaning up memory, scanning and protecting against viruses, blocking spam, and more.

With the latest update, a new application called "Party" unexpectedly appeared on the smartphone - to synchronize music playback on several phones connected to the same Wi-Fi network at once.

To listen to music, Huawei's familiar proprietary audio player is used with a set of Histen audio effects, where you can turn on the 3D sound effect, select presets for different types of headphones, and manually control the ten-band equalizer. Both in headphones and through the speaker, the smartphone sounds quite satisfactory, the hero of the review does not offer anything special in terms of sound, but you can’t call poor-quality sound either.

Microphones have good sensitivity, the recorder is quite suitable for any task. There is a built-in FM radio, and this is good news.

Performance

As a hardware platform, Honor 7C uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 SoC, manufactured using a 28-nanometer process technology. The configuration of this SoC includes four Cortex-A53 processor cores with a frequency of up to 1.4 GHz and four less productive cores with a frequency of up to 1.1 GHz. The GPU Adreno 505 acts as a graphics accelerator. The amount of RAM is 3 GB, the amount of storage is 32 GB. Of these, about 24.8 GB of flash memory is initially free. It is possible to connect memory cards, and the card can be assigned as the main memory.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 is a rather old and not at all productive platform, made according to the outdated 28 nm process technology. But it, unlike the Snapdragon 425, at least has support for the Vulkan API and OpenGL ES 3.1. As a result, in real use scenarios there are no particular problems, but with demanding games there may be problems. At least Injustice 2 slows down noticeably. Of course, this is not a gaming solution, and such a smartphone does not have a performance margin for the future.

Testing in comprehensive AnTuTu and GeekBench tests:

For convenience, we have summarized all the results obtained by us when testing a smartphone in the latest versions of popular benchmarks in tables. Several other devices from various segments are usually added to the table, also tested on similar latest versions of benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the obtained dry numbers). Unfortunately, within the framework of one comparison, it is impossible to present the results from different versions of benchmarks, so many worthy and relevant models remain “behind the scenes” due to the fact that they once passed the “obstacle course” on previous versions of test programs.

Testing the graphics subsystem in 3DMark gaming tests, GFXBenchmark and Bonsai Benchmark:

When testing in 3DMark for the highest performing smartphones, it is now possible to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the rendering resolution is fixed at 720p and VSync is disabled (due to which the speed can rise above 60 fps).

	honor 7c (Qualcomm Snapdragon 435)	meizu m8c (Qualcomm Snapdragon 425)	Samsung J4 (Samsung Exynos 7570)	Samsung J6 (Samsung Exynos 7870)	Xiaomi Redmi 6A (Mediatek Helio A22)
3DMark Sling Shot ES 3.1 (more is better)	306	—	98	254	281
3DMark Sling Shot Ex Vulkan (more is better)	304	—	—	311	—
(onscreen, fps)	10	—	4	7	8
GFXBenchmark Manhattan ES 3.1 (1080p Offscreen, fps)	5	—	2	3	4
GFXBenchmark T-Rex (onscreen, fps)	27	13	11	16	20
GFXBenchmark T-Rex (1080p Offscreen, fps)	16	8	7	10	13

Browser cross-platform tests:

As for benchmarks for evaluating the speed of the javascript engine, you should always make allowances for the fact that the results in them depend significantly on the browser in which they are launched, so that the comparison can only be truly correct on the same OS and browsers, and this possibility is available when testing not always. In the case of Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

AndroBench memory performance test results:

thermal images

Below is a thermal image rear surface obtained after 10 minutes of running a battery test in the GFXBenchmark program:

Heating is localized in the upper right part of the device, which apparently corresponds to the location of the SoC chip. According to the heat chamber, the maximum heating was 39 degrees (at an ambient temperature of 24 degrees). This is the average heating in this test for modern smartphones.

Video playback

To test the "omnivorous" when playing video (including support for various codecs, containers and special features, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats, which make up the bulk of the content available on the Web. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have support for hardware video decoding at the chip level, since it is most often impossible to process modern versions using processor cores alone. Also, do not expect everything from a mobile device to decode everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to the PC, and no one is going to challenge it. All results are summarized in a table.

Further testing of video playback performed Alexey Kudryavtsev.

We did not find an MHL interface, as well as Mobility DisplayPort, in this smartphone, so we had to limit ourselves to testing the output of video files on the screen of the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see “Methodology for testing video signal playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices)”). Screenshots with a shutter speed of 1 s helped determine the nature of the output frames of video files with different parameters: the resolution varied (1280 by 720 (720p), 1920 by 1080 (1080p) and 3840 by 2160 (4K) pixels) and frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 fps). In tests, we used the MX Player video player in Hardware mode. The test results are summarized in a table (the device does not play 4K files):

Note: If both columns Uniformity And Passes exhibited green ratings, this means that, most likely, when watching movies, artifacts caused by uneven alternation and dropping frames will either not be visible at all, or their number and visibility will not affect viewing comfort. Red the marks indicate possible problems with the playback of the corresponding files.

According to the criterion for displaying frames, the quality of playing video files on the screen of the smartphone itself is good, since in most cases frames (or groups of frames) can (but are not required) to be displayed with more or less uniform alternation of intervals and without frame drops. When playing video files with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels (720p) on a smartphone screen, the image of the video file itself is displayed exactly at the height of the screen (in landscape orientation), one to one in pixels, that is, in its original resolution. The brightness range displayed on the screen corresponds to the standard range of 16-235: in the shadows and in the highlights, all gradations of shades are distinguished.

Battery Life

The Honor 7C battery has an average capacity of 3000 mAh, but the smartphone shows results that are clearly below average when compared with similar solutions on the market. The level of autonomy is low, and this is one of the obvious disadvantages of new items.

Testing has traditionally been carried out at the usual level of power consumption without using the power saving functions, although there are such in the device.

	Battery capacity	Reading mode	Video mode	3D game mode
honor 7c	3000 mAh	11:00 a.m.	8 a.m.	4 a.m.
meizu m8c	3070 mAh	14:00	11:00 a.m.	7:00 a.m.
Samsung Galaxy J4	3000 mAh	14:00	12:00 p.m.	6:30 a.m.
Samsung Galaxy J6	3000 mAh	16h 20m	13:00	7:00 a.m.
Xiaomi Redmi 6A	3000 mAh	19:00	13:00	6h 40m

Continuous reading in the FBReader program (with a standard, light theme) at the minimum comfortable brightness level (the brightness was set to 100 cd / m²) lasted up to 11 hours until the battery was completely discharged, and with continuous viewing of high-quality video (1080p) with the same brightness level through the home Wi-Fi network, the device operates for 8 hours. In the 3D game mode, the smartphone can work up to 4 hours, depending on the specific game.

There is no fast charging here, the smartphone is fully charged from its own network adapter within 2 hours and 50 minutes with a current of 1 A at a voltage of 5 V. Wireless charging is not supported.

Outcome

Honor 7C is now presented in official Russian retail at a price of 11 thousand rubles. For such a price, the device is more than adequate: it has a fashionable elongated screen of good quality, NFC support, a fingerprint scanner, as well as a modern EMUI 8.0 interface based on Android 8.0, plus a triple slot for installing two SIM cards and one microSD card combined with a 3.5mm headphone output. A weak platform, useless cameras, standard sound and a level of autonomy below average can be forgiven for such a price. With such official prices for devices certified in Russia, Honor 7C fully corresponds to the epithet "golden mean", that is, it is the very combination of good technical characteristics and an affordable price that economical users love so much.

Facebook

Twitter

In contact with

Classmates

Google+