Honor 8X review: Big-screen budget phone with a glossy glass back.
Big screen, small price.
Honor 8X gave budget buyers a big 6.5" FHD+ display and a glossy glass-look back at $180, riding the capable Kirin 710. One of Honor's biggest-selling budget phones of 2018-2019.
01Display
72/100At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2018 — 9 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
60/10060/100 puts it above the 56-point average for budget phones of 2018.
03Performance
60/100At 60/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2018 — 10 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
74/10074/100 puts it above the 71-point average for budget phones of 2018.
05Build
66/100At 66/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among budget phones of 2018 — 6 points above the cohort average.
- Big FHD+ display + glossy back at $180
- 3750 mAh all-day battery
- microSD + 3.5 mm jack
- No fast charging
- Kirin 710 modest
- 2 MP depth filler
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 84-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .