SpecEagle
SpecEagle review · Honor

Honor 7X review: A 2017 budget hit that brought an 18:9 FullView display to under $200.

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2017·$200
Overall
50/100
Class rank
#43 of 74
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The FullView budget breakthrough.

Honor 7X brought the bezel-trimming 18:9 FullView look to sub-$200 in 2017, wrapped in a metal unibody. The Kirin 659 was modest, but the screen and build made it a budget value icon of its year.

01Display

62/100

62/100 trails the 65-point cohort average for budget phones of 2017.

TypeIPS LCD, 18:9 FullView, 60 Hz
Size5.93 inches
Resolution2,160 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

54/100

54/100 trails the 57-point cohort average for budget phones of 2017.

Main16 MP, f/2.2 + 2 MP depth
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.

ChipsetKirin 659 (16 nm)
RAM3 / 4 GB
Storage32 / 64 / 128 GB · microSD

04Battery

64/100

64/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for budget phones of 2017.

Capacity3,340 mAh
Wired10 W

05Build

62/100

62/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.

06Value

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.

What works
  • 18:9 FullView display under $200.
  • Metal unibody felt premium.
  • Dual-camera bokeh marketing.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • Kirin 659 modest.
  • 10 W charging.
  • Mono speaker.
  • 2 MP depth is filler.
Cross-shop it against
LeEco Le 2
$180 · score 67/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 74-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .