Late final yr the Honor launched the X7b, a price range 4G solely cellphone that stood out with its massive 6.8” show and 108MP major digicam. Wouldn’t it have been nicer if it had 5G connectivity? It took just a few months, however now that’s an possibility too.
Honor X7b 5G colorways: Crystal Silver Emerald Inexperienced and Midnight Black
The Honor X7b 5G quietly appeared on the corporate’s web site. A fast comparability exhibits that the previous Snapdragon 680 is swapped out in favor of a Dimensity 6020. In addition to the quicker networking, this additionally brings extra processing energy if solely as a result of the 680 is such an previous chip. Anyway, the Dimensity is paired with 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage.
There are just a few different modifications to spotlight. The extremely huge digicam was dropped, however that was solely a 5MP module. There’s no microSD slot and no NFC, so far as we are able to inform, which is a much bigger loss.
Be aware that the X7b 5G is powered by a big 6,000mAh battery. The 4G model had that battery in some areas, although items bought in Europe and Latin America had been demoted to five,330mAh batteries for some motive. Both manner, the charging is at 35W.
The cellphone does nonetheless characteristic stereo audio system and a 3.5mm headphone jack, which is good at this value level. Not that we all know the worth but, however it may’t be too costly.
For comparability, take a look at the Honor X50i and Honor 90 Lite, which additionally use the Dimensity 6020 chip and have pretty comparable specs total (save for the battery, each have 4,500mAh within the tank). The X50i launched at CNY 1,380 ($190/€175/₹16,200), whereas the Honor 90 Lite arrived in Europe with an MSRP of £300/€300 (however had strong launch day promos and is extra like £200/€220 now).
