Honor 8X brings reasonable premium phone to Europe


Huawei may have deposed Apple as the world’s second-biggest smartphone maker, but it’s no secret that its sub-brand Honor played a great part in its ascension. Its blend of high-end features and easy to rich prices have occasionally even rivaled Huawei’s top lines themselves. But while the new Honor 8X is no P20, its handiness in Europe and, soon, other markets only means that consumers will have additionally distinguished smartphone contender to select from.

While the Honor Play retains its situation as Honor’s flagship phone this year, thanks to its Kirin 970 processor, the Honor 8X is absolutely no sprawl. In fact, it comes bearing the innovative Kirin 710, its first 12 nm chipset. Together with the Mali G51 GPU and Huawei’s CPU and GPU Turbo features, the Honor 8X should be capable to hold its head high amongst more luxurious mid-range smartphones in the market this year.

It’s definitely powerful enough to power the AI features that infuse the Honor 8X. From something as mundane as keeping the UI irritable to ensuring that you get the best shots even in the dark of night, AI plays an essential role in this smartphone’s life.

Fortunately, the Honor 8X does have the specs to provision that. The large 6.5-inch FHD+ screen, with a very thin 4.25 mm bottom bezel makes relishing and creating content a more immersive experience. And its exclusive Eye Comfort Mode, certified by TÜV Rhineland, decreases the strain it puts on your eyes. The 20-megapixel f/1.8 main camera, assisted by a 2-megapixel depth sensor, promises gorgeous memories while the 16-megapixel front camera makes for countless selfies. And to power all of that, the 3,750 mAh battery won’t leave you hanging in the middle of the day.


All of that will cost you, arrogant you’re in Europe, only 249 EUR for 4 GB RAM and 64 GB of storing, roughly $288. 128 GB of storage, with the same RAM, shoves the price to 299 EUR ($346). Buyers in the US and the UK essential not be too jealous though, as Honor promises to bring the Honor 8X to those markets as well. Very rapidly, hopefully.

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