Honor Play 7X review: Full screen dual camera + full series 4G RAM to create the ultimate 1,000 yuan flagship

Many people may not have expected that Honor's first attempt at full-screen design was on a thousand-yuan-level smartphone.

A full-screen smartphone that costs 1,000 yuan can also exceed expectations

The dilemma of homogeneous mobile phone appearance is particularly evident in the lower-priced thousand-yuan products, but Honor has boldly chosen to implement the full-screen concept that is popular on domestic flagship mobile phones into the thousand-yuan product line, making the Honor Play 7X break many people's inherent impression of thousand-yuan phones at the first sight.

Not only has the screen size been upgraded from 5.5 inches in the previous generation to 5.93 inches, but the more critical screen-to-body ratio of the Honor Play 7X has jumped from 76% of the Honor Play 6X to about 83%.

At the launch conference, Honor Play 7X directly competed with Apple's flagship iPhone 8 Plus. With a larger screen size, the phone is 2.7mm narrower and 2.8mm shorter than the iPhone 8 Plus, making it easier to hold in one hand.

Of course, it's not just the more stunning full-screen design. The Honor Play 7X is equipped with an 18:9 display with a resolution of 2160*1080 FHD+. Its sunlight screen feature can automatically adjust the dynamic contrast between pixels under sunlight, which allows you to have a wider viewing area when playing games or watching videos on your phone, and also get a clearer view in daily outdoor activities.

In terms of body, the Honor Play 7X has been upgraded to an integrated metal body, and nano-injection molding technology is used at the antenna position. The Aurora Blue color of the machine in our hands is also low-key without losing the sense of quality, which makes the thousand-yuan flagship stand out.

It is worth mentioning that on the side of the phone where the screen glass meets the metal, the Honor Play 7X uses a smooth transition process close to that of the Apple iPhone, making the combination of the metal body and the 2.5D glass more natural, improving the feel and enhancing the visual impact of the full screen.

As a mobile phone with a thickness of only 7.6mm, a screen close to 6 inches but a weight of only 165g, the Honor Play 7X has a built-in 3340mAh capacity battery and has not sacrificed battery life due to improvements in the product's appearance. The standard charger has a fast charging specification of 5V/2A, but the Honor Play 7X still uses a MicroUSB interface and lacks a Type-C that can be plugged in both directions. The advantage is that the corresponding data cable is more common in daily life.

4GB RAM and 16MP dual cameras refresh the hardware index of 1,000 yuan smartphones

Of course, the upgraded highlights of Honor Play 7X are not only in the full-screen design and the further improved appearance.

In terms of hardware parameters, the Honor Play 7X is equipped with the 16nm Kirin 659 chip with leading process technology. The 4GB large memory standard for the entire series is also unique in the field of thousand-yuan mobile phones. This not only allows consumers to bid farewell to the "low-profile and high-profile" word games of mobile phone manufacturers at one time, but also directly allows the memory of thousand-yuan mobile phones to catch up with most flagship phones. At the same time, it lays a solid foundation for the experience of its pre-installed EMUI 5.1 smart intelligent perception system.

In addition, another aspect of the Honor Play 7X that catches up with the flagship phones is the focus on the rear 16 million + 2 million pixel, high-specification dual-camera lens.

With the help of the dual-camera lens on the back of the Honor Play 7X, which looks like the big eyes of a cartoon character, the actual sample performance shows that the higher pixel level effectively improves the clarity of the photo, and the focus speed is also increased from 0.3s of the Honor Play 6X to the official "fastest 0.18s".

(Sample photos taken by Honor Play 7X during the day)

(Sample photos taken by Honor Play 7X during the day)

Thanks to the built-in blue glass IR filter, the night lighting effect of Honor Play 7X is cleaner and purer, significantly reducing the halo and light spots in strong light sources. In addition, Honor said that the camera startup time and the minimum time interval between two photos have been optimized by 30% and 50% respectively, thereby improving the success rate of taking effective photos.

(Sample photos taken by Honor Play 7X at night)

(Sample photos taken by Honor Play 7X at night)

(Sample photos taken by Honor Play 7X at night)

This phone has met all your expectations for a thousand-yuan phone

When the Honor Play 7X lived up to expectations with its full-screen design and still chose to set the starting price at 1,299 yuan, a question would always pop up unconsciously, which is: what else do you want on a thousand-yuan phone?

In recent years, with a price of thousands of yuan, we have been able to enjoy full HD screens, all-metal bodies, fingerprint recognition, fast charging technology, etc. on these so-called entry-level smartphones.

With the launch of Honor Play 7X, on the basis of the above, a flagship product with a 16nm processor, 4GB of RAM, 18:9 full screen, and 16-megapixel dual-camera configuration has been directly brought to the level of a thousand-yuan phone.

You know, before this, whether it is vivo X20 or Gionee M7, these full-screen mobile phones of the same type are all high-priced products priced at 3,000 yuan, while the Honor Play 7X, which is only about 1/3 of their price, is not inferior to the former.

Therefore, just as the slogan of the Play X series is "Every generation is a thousand-yuan flagship", the Honor Play 7X in front of us completely redefines the thousand-yuan flagship. It is difficult for you to find a better product of the same price in the market at this stage or even for a long time to come.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.