News & Reviews:   Huawei Honor 5X

This just in from our friends at honor Malaysia, but it looks like the honor 5X has sold an impressive 3000 units as of 5pm today. The pre-order for the honor 5X opened today at 12pm over VMALL.my, Lazada and DirectD with this number very likely set to rise higher, at least while stocks last. The honor 5X brings a number of features and tech specs to Malaysian users such as a premium metal body, fingerprint sensor and 5.5-inch full HD display for just RM899 for the grey and silver versions, while the gold coloured version is going for RM939. Check out our tech specs and hands-on video below but if you're interested, better get it now. The honor 5X will be delivered on 19 February 2016 so you'll get yours by the end of the week.

While the honor 5X and honor 7 Enhanced Edition were both previously launched as well as priced in Malaysia, there was only a pre-order for the honor 5X with no release date for the honor 7 Enhanced. The folks at honor Malaysia have since cleared thad up announcing that the metal frame, fingerprint sensor equipped smartphones will be available tomorrow on 16 February 2016 at 12pm. 

The honor 5x still packs in an RM899 price tag for the grey and silver versions, while the gold coloured version is going for RM939. The honor 7 Enhanced Edition brings better tech specs like 32GB of storage and NFC over the honor 7 at RM1499. Deliveries for the honor 5X pre-order will be done on 19 February 2016, so you won't have to wait long.

The honor 5X just got announced for Malaysia yesterday and we managed to get some hands-on time with it. While it uses a different Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 processor it still offers a premium metal build with brushed metal backside. Other notable tech specs include a larger 5.5-inch full HD display, fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE connectivity and Dual SIM support. While there are still no pricing details or specific Malaysia release dates do check out the tech specs and our first impressions hands-on video with the honor 5.

• 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

The Huawei Honor 5X has been officially announced in China to succeed the Honor 4X. There are two versions for the Honor 5X, with the 2GB RAM version retailing for RMB 999 (RM 668.50), while a 3GB RAM version will go for RMB 1399 (RM 940.77). For an entry level to mid-range priced phone such as this, the tech specs and features are actually quite solid as they include a:-

• 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 / 3GB RAM
• 16GB internal storage with a microSD card slot
• 5.5-inch 1080p display
• 13MP main camera (dual LED flash) and a 5MP at the front
• features Fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE Dual Sim
• Android 5.1.1
• 3000 mAh battery