Honor is back in the budget phone game with the new X8
Phone maker Honor has slowly eased back into mobile market relevance since it was spun off from parentHuaweiin late 2020. It made its way back to western regions with a new flagship offering at MWC. The company is now setting sights on the budget end of the spectrum with a new “X-series” phone, the Honor X8.
Prior to going independent, Honor’s nomenclature for its affordable phones put numbers in front of the ‘X,’ such as the fairly ambitiousHonor 9Xfrom 2019. With the script flipped, it seems the marketing department decided to follow suit product-wise.
6.7" 2388 x 1080 (19.9:9) LCD @ 90Hz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
6GB + 2GB RAM Turbo (flash conversion)
Rear cameras
64MP f/1.8 main, 5MP f/2.2 wide (120°), 2MP f/2.4 macro, 2MP f/2.4 “bokeh”
Front camera
16MP f/2.45
4,000mAh battery w/ 22.5W wired charging
MagicUI 4.2 w/ Android 11
Connectivity
LTE, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.0,no NFC
Peripherals
USB 2.0 (Type-C), fingerprint on power, 3.5mm audio
163.4 x 74.7 x 7.45mm, 177g
Titanium Silver, Midnight Black, Ocean Blue
For a first dip back into the wading pool — the immediate setting being the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia — we’re looking at a pretty decent offering with some tricks we’ve seen before such as pulling up to 2GB of the flash storage toexpand RAM capacityand by pointing out the 93.6% screen-to-body ratio, calling out in particular the 1.15mm top bezel and 1.1mm side bezels. Other attractions include its feather-adjacent weight and Google Mobile Services which means theGoogle Play Store.
Pre-orders go online in the two countries tomorrow athihonor.comfor 899 AED or approximately $245. With time, we presume, Honor could let the X8 head elsewhere as well.
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