Sixth from left - Desmond Kan, Business Development Director Honor Malaysia, Consumer Business Group, Huawei Technologies Malaysia, Thomas Jack, Allen An, and Jess Lee, Marketing Manager Honor Malaysia, Consumer Business Group, Huawei Technologies Malaysia joined by honor fans and models showing off the honor 5X, 7 Enhanced and Band Z1.
honor Malaysia are stirring up the smartphone market again by bringing in the honor 5X which was officially announced for Malaysia today. Looking much like a larger 5.5-inch display honor 7 without the customizable Smart Key and infra-red blaster, the honor 5X looks more premium with a brushed metal back. Coming along for the ride is the honor 7 Enhanced Edition which features bigger 32GB storage. The honor 7 Enhanced Edition also looks more premium with shiny metallic front bezels in gold. No pricing details or release dates for the two smartphones yet but the honor Band Z1 smartwatch was also launched as well for RM259.
Models with the honor 5X, honor 7 Enhanced Edition and honor Band Z1
The honor 5X maintains the same premium look with a larger 5.5-inch display
A closer look at the honor 5X reveals a very premium metal build, similar to that on the honor 7 but looking much nicer with a brushed metal backside and perforated top and bottom. The 5.5-inch display is clear and responsive while still offering full HD 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution. While the rear fingerprint sensor is still as fast as before, there is no customizable Smart Key on the side and no infra-red blaster. The buttons are still metal but have a less premium look to them rather than the circular design of the honor 7.
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 chip, with a 64-bit quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex A53 and quad-core 1.2 GHz A53 cores, plus Adreno 405 GPU
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB internal storage with a microSD card slot
- 5.5-inch 1080p display
- 13MP main camera (LED flash) and a 5MP at the front
- features Fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE Dual Sim
- Android 5.1.1
- 3000 mAh battery
Another look at the silver version of the honor 5X
The honor 5X commercial
The honor 7 Enhanced Edition maintains the same premium metal look with shiny metal front bezel.
Closer inspection of the honor 7 Enhanced Edition shows that it doesn't stray too much from the honor 7 design. The front is also full metallic instead of plastic, but the customizable Smart Key and infra-red blaster are still there for the honor 7 Enhanced Edition.
- Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 935 processor (4xA53 2.2GHz + 4xA53 1.5GHz) with Mali-T628 MP4 GPU
- 3GB RAM
- 32GB internal storage, expandable storage up to 128GB
- 5.2-inch multi-touch In-cell touch display with 1920 x 1080 resolution
- 20MP camera + 8MP front-facing camera
- 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS
- Android 6.0 Lollipop with EMUI 4.0
- 3100 mAh battery
Our hands-on with the honor Band Z1 reveals a more fashionable smartwatch than the norm, with straps for both large and thin wrists. The OLED touchscreen looks very similar to the one in the Huawei TalkBand B2 but is both lighter and thinner. Apart from the usual fitness and sleep tracking it is also the first smartband from honor and Huawei that can show email, SMS and other notifications.
- Cortex M4 STM32F411 processor
- 128KB RAM
- 512KB storage
- OLED touch screen (128 x 128 pixels, supports swipes, touch, multi touch and hold)
- Large size: 244.4mm x 38mm x 9.5mm | 25g
- Small size: 229.4mm x 38mm x 9.5mm | 25g
- supports Bluetooth 4.1 BLE, Android 4.4.4 or later devices and iOS 7.0 or later devices
- features Modern Scandinavian design, IP68 water resistance, fitness tracking, notifications, hypoallergenic TPU fabric straps, 1 year warranty + 6 months 1-to-1 exchange warranty
- 70 mAh battery (rapid charging, 4 days normal battery life, 14 days standby time)
- available in black, cream and white
- works best with Huawei: G7, G8, Mate 7, Mate S, Nexus 6P, P8, P8lite, Y550 honor: honor 6, honor 6plus, honor 7, honor 4c, honor 4x iPhone: iPhone4s, iPhone5, iPhone5s, iPhone5c, iPhone6, iPhone6 plus, iPhone6s Samsung: Note3, Note4, S5, S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, Note5 but according to honor, the Band Z1 works with Android 4.4.4 or later devices and iOS 7.0 or later devices as well.
As such, our earlier estimates and comparison of the honor 5x vs the honor 7 vs the honor 7 enhanced edition still stands, but if you're thinking about buying either one, do check out our full review of the honor 7 as well. In related news, the honor band Z1 is also being offered with a customizable box for Valentine's at the same price of RM259 for the first 214 units to be sold starting from 26 January 2016, 3.08pm at VMALL.my.
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