Review of the Honor X8

Here is the review of the Honor X8 with a 6.7-inch display with a 90Hz refresh rate, that has a quad camera, and a fingerprint scanner on the power button, and yes this smartphone does have Google Mobile Services (GMS).

Honor X8 Features

The HONOR X8 is available in three striking colours: Titanium Silver, Midnight Black, and Ocean Blue priced at £219.99 from HiHonor and other retailers like Amazon UK

Technical specifications of the Honor X8

Screen	6.7″, IPS, 2388×1080, 90Hz refresh rate
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 processor Adreno 610 GPU
RAM and Storage	6GB / 128GB
Cameras	Main 64 MP (f / 1.8) + 5 MP (f / 2.2, 120 °) + 2 MP + 2 MP, Front – 16 MP
Battery	4000mAh

The Honor X8 has a rectangular camera block on the back with your four-camera lenses, the review unit was in the classic colour “Midnight Black”.

The side faces of the Honor X8 are flat, and the SIM slot does not support a memory card, with the volume and lock buttons on the right side of the phone. With the power button doubling up as the fingerprint scanner. The thickness of the case is small at about 7.5 mm.

Screen

A Fullview LCD screen with a screen refresh rate of 90 Hz is used on the Honor X8 measuring at 6.7 inches with a resolution of 2388×1080 pixels.

SoC

The smartphone uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 680, Also 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal memory, the Honor X8 runs on Android 11 OS with Magic UI 4.2 on top, hopefully, the phone will be upgraded to Android 12 soon.

Shooting with a quad-camera

The main camera, a 64-megapixel main camera is supplemented by a wide-angle lens with a viewing angle of 120 degrees, as well as a pair of 2-megapixel auxiliary modules. The latter is used for macro and bokeh portraits. The front camera is represented by a 16-megapixel sensor.

The photo images on the main camera depends on lighting conditions so you get the best in bright weather, the Honor X8 uses a 4,000mAh battery and 22.5W fast charging when you can go from 0 to 100 per cent in just over an hour and 50% in just 30 minutes, and the battery life is good for a whole day on normal usage.

Samples

Gaming

If you think you can play big heavy-duty games like Genshin Impact on the Honor X8 then you can just not be the best all, but I had no problems with Call of Duty Mobile, Pokemon Go and Match Masters and other games like that.

Pros