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SpecEagle review · Honor

Honor 3C review: 2014 affordable 5" octa-core.

SpecEagle Editorial·Feb 2014·$160
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#2 of 32
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Honor 3C.

Honor's 2014 3C brought HD 5" + 2 GB RAM + dual-SIM to $160 budget — fueled Honor mass-market.

01Display

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2014 — 13 points above the cohort average.

TypeIPS
Size5.0"
Resolution720 x 1280

02Performance

66/100

At 66/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2014 — 19 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetMediaTek MT6582
CPU1.3 GHz quad-A7
RAM2 GB

03Camera

68/100

At 68/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2014 — 15 points above the cohort average.

Main8 MP
Front5 MP

04Battery

74/100

At 74/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2014 — 10 points above the cohort average.

Capacity2,300 mAh (removable)

05Software

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest software showings among budget phones of 2014 — 6 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • HD 5" at $160.
  • 5 MP front selfie cam.
  • 2 GB RAM.
  • Dual-SIM removable battery.
What doesn't
  • MTK quad-A7 slow.
  • No LTE.
  • 2,300 mAh average.
  • Emotion UI bloat.
Cross-shop it against
Redmi 1S
$120 · score 66/100

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 32-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .