THESE 2017 : the smartphone Honor 6X dual-sensor camera launched at 219 € – 01net.com

Honor took the opportunity of ces to unveil its new smartphone 6X. The surprise is not total, insofar as the device had already been introduced in China last October. As with its predecessor, the excellent Honor 5X, launched in February 2016, he began to date a little.
With this new model, Honor m not reinventing the wheel, either in terms of design or equipment, except, perhaps, in regards to the photo, inspired by the latest Huawei P9 and Honor 8, the flagships of both brands in china.

A double photo sensor

beyond a camera front 8-megapixel camera, the Honor 8 incorporates, in effect, a dual-sensor camera on the back, like the previous high-end models from Huawei and Honor. Only difference with the latter, the second sensor (2 Megapixel) does not take snapshots but provides information of depth of field to the primary sensor (12 Megapixel) images improved. A device which is not without recalling that of the HTC One M8, which allowed in particular to achieve Bokeh effects (the blurred background).
For the primary sensor, Honor proclamation, furthermore, a pixel size large enough (1,25 microns) for images that are successful, including in low-light and an auto focus phase-detection, fast (0.3 s depending on the brand). the

the return of The processor Kirin

For the rest, the Honor 6X features a metal case with thin (8.2 mm) and a large Full HD screen of 5.5 inches… like its predecessor ! On this edition, the manufacturer abandons Qualcomm and returns to a processor house powerful enough, the HiSilicon Kirin 655, an 8-core, engraved in the 16-nm up to 2.1 GHz. It is coupled to a co-processor i5 and 3 Gb of memory : what to manage without too many worries – a priori – the multitasking, 3D games or all types of resource-intensive applications.

Honor has also made an effort on the self by integrating its smartphone a battery-3340 mAh (compared to 3000 mAh on the 5X). The mobile would 1.5 days endurance intensive use. We will verify when next test.

The Honor 6X is available from the 4 January version 32 Gb of storage and 3 Gb ram at a price of 249 euros, gold, silver, or grey. Better, the brand offers a Refund Offer (ODR) for 30 euros valid for purchases made before the 23rd of January, bringing the price to a amount of very affordable of 219 euros. A version of the smartphone is 64 Gb and 4 Gb of ram will be available at a later date at a price of 299 euros.