Honor 10X Lite Review, Pros and Cons – Honor, Huawei’s sub-brand, has re-entered the market with its new Honor 10X Lite smartphone with a fantastic design and Honor’s exclusive magic user interface. The device is already on sale in Saudi Arabia and will soon be available globally. Fortunately, the company has upgraded the dual-camera setup to a versatile 48MP AI camera for camera addicts. Let’s move on to the full review of this new Honor 10X Lite smartphone.
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Honor 10X Lite Review
Highlights
- The 22.5W Honor Fast charger places the smartphone on the same level as other mid-range devices.
- 10X Lite takes photography a step further with the revolutionary 48MP AI quad-camera.
- To make sure you have barely plugged your device into an outlet, a large 5000mAh Li-Po battery is on board.
- The phone comes with an attractive range of three incredible colors.
- Compared to the Honor 9X Lite, the current model features the modern 6.67 inches HD+ screen with a punch-hole selfie camera.
Design and Display
When compared to its predecessor, what attracts attention Honor 10X Lite receives a renewed perforated camera front panel, unlike the primitive notch of the iPhone. When security is at stake, the rear fingerprint sensor is relocated to the side. Let’s put these changes aside, the beautiful rear panel displays a shiny gradient finish alongside an S-type reflection when viewed from different perspectives.
When we move on to display specifications, Honor tries to impress the end-user with a fabulous 6.67 inches IPS LCD screen with an immersive 85% body proportion screen. Thanks to the TUV Blue Light certification, which helps to protect your eyes from harmful blue rays.
Memory and Internal
At the core of the Honor 10X Lite, we don’t see any noticeable improvement in the processing department. To be precise, the internal Kirin 710A is quite similar to Kirin 710 as we saw in the Honor 10 Lite. While SoC may not be the best in the business, it never strives to do a great job when navigating or switching between tasks. However, you cannot expect it to play intensive games at the highest possible settings.
Moving forward, the company’s proprietary Magic UI 3.1 ensures fluid visuals and animations with a number of interesting features, such as smart charging mode, multiple windows, new Huawei assistants, etc.
On the positive side of things, the device can handle applications that require a lot of memory due to a decent 4 GB of RAM combined with an ideal 128 GB internal storage. With support for an external SD card, you should have no trouble uploading all essential files.
Camera
The next big draw point, the 48MP AI camera setup, consists of a 48MP main snapper flanked by an 8MP ultrawide angle lens. Finally, there are two more 2 MP sensors for micro and depth sensors. In addition, the integrated AI algorithm helps to take natural, sharp photos outdoors. In addition, it is an incredible experience to capture photos from different perspectives using various modes, such as ultrawide and macro.
Note that the 8 MP front camera never leaves you behind while taking beautiful portraits. In this pandemic situation, it helps us to make continuous video calls with friends, employees, and family.
Battery and Others
As mentioned earlier, the 5000mAh Li-Po battery has become the new standard for mid-range smartphones. Huawei’s 22.5 W fast charger has the potential to charge the device by up to 46% in about 30 minutes. Unfortunately, there are no Google services the same as on other Huawei phones.
With the competition in mind, the Honor 10X Lite is available online at a price of $ 213 (15,810 INR) which looks partly good and partly bad due to the old Kirin 710 chipset.
Honor 10X Lite Specifications Detail
Down below you can see the full specifications of the Honor 10X Lite smartphone.
| Specifications | Honor 10X Lite |
| Network | 2G, 3G, 4G |
| Announced | October 2020 |
| Weight | 206g |
| SIM | Dual SIM |
| Protection | No |
| Dimensions | 6.52 x 3.03 x 0.37 inches |
| Size | 6.67 inches |
| Display | IPS LCD 20:9 ratio ~395 ppi density 60 Hz |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| OS | Android 10, Magic UI 3.1 |
| Chipset | 14 nm – Kirin 710A |
| CPU | Octa-core 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A73 4×1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 |
| GPU | Mali-G51 MP4 |
| Card slot | Yes (dedicated slot) |
| RAM | 4GB |
| Internal | 128GB |
| Camera | 48MP, 8MP, 2MP, 2MP |
| Selfie | 8MP |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5 mm jack | Yes |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.1, A2DP, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| Radio | Yes |
| NFC | Yes |
| USB | USB Type-C 2.0 |
| Sensors | Side Mounted Fingerprint, accelerometer, proximity |
| Battery | Li-Po 5000 mAh battery Fast charging 22.5W |
| Colors | Icelandic Frost, Midnight Black, Emerald Green |
| Expected Price | $ 213 (15,599 INR) |
Honor 10X Lite Pros and Cons
Down below you can see the list of the pros and cons (advantages and disadvantages) of the Honor 10X Lite smartphone.
Pros
- 22.5 W fast charging technology
- An attractive design is available in 3 colors.
- Clear and satisfying photos in daylight.
- Excellent screen time with 5000mAh battery.
- NFC enabled.
- Dedicated MicroSD card slot.
- Magic UI 3.1 support.
Cons
- Old and less powerful Kirin 710A chipset.
- Without any screen protector.
- Without Google Play Services.
- Only a single variant of 4 GB of RAM is available.
- Heating problems during intensive games.
- Wireless charging and OTG not present.
Conclusion
In short, the Honor 10X Lite smartphone appears to be a great offering with an attractive design and splendid camera module. However, the company should have used the Kirin 800 series SoC instead of the low-cost 710A chipset. The appropriate price and good power unit would definitely attract buyers, even though there are no Google services.
