Huawei Honor 5C is
the company’s answer to midrange powerhouses this year. As the Chinese outfit
rises in the smartphone pile, the demand for a better value-for-money handset
from their camp rises. And technically, it is banking on its Honor line-up.
Display and Chipset
For a start, the
Huawei Honor 5C promises a great hardware specs which could compete with
several higher mid-tier smartphones. For one, the smartphone packs a 5.2-inch
IPS LCD display which boasts a 1080 x 1920p resolution. In terms of its
processing power, the Huawei’s 5C uses the Kirin 650 chipset which is obviously
developed by the company in-house. To be specific, the SoC crunches with four
cores of Cortex-A53 with 2.0 GHz speed and another cluster of quad-core
Cortex-A53 running at 1.7 GHz.
Memory and Camera
The Huawei Honor 5C
enforces 2GB of RAM for faster app launching capabilities and 16GB of on-board
memory. The latter is expandable up to 128GB via microSD slot. For camera
buffs, there’s the 13-megapixel rear shooter with f/2.0 lens and LED flash. It
is a breath of fresh air to know that the handset features an 8-megapixel
front-facing camera – an upgrade to the 5MP snapper of last year’s Honor 4C.
Fingerprint Sensor,
Software, Connectivity and Battery
What keeps the
Huawei Honor 5C different from any handsets in its class is that it houses a
fingerprint sensor on its back panel. It will also boot with Android’s latest
version, 6.0 Marshmallow, on top of the EMUI 4.1 skin. This dual-SIM device is
also loaded with a great set of connectivity options including the Cat.6 LTE
with up to 300 Mbps download speeds. This 156-gram handset is powered by 3000
mAh battery for longer mileage.
Price and Availability
in the Philippines
There’s a high
chance that the Huawei Honor 5C will be sold here in the country just like the
Huawei Honor 4C. The smartphone is priced at CNY 899 (approx Php 6,540 in today’s
ForEx) for the 3G model and CNY 999 (approx Php 7,260) for the LTE model. Right now the handset is official in China. There's a high probability that only the LTE model will hit the country. Its price would play around Php 8000 to Php 10,000.
Huawei Honor 5C Specs
5.2-inch
FHD IPS display (1080 x 1920 pixels)
Kirin
650 chipset
2.0GHz
Cortex A53 Quad-Core processor
1.7GHz
Cortex A53 Quad-core processor
2GB
RAM
16GB
Internal storage
MicroSD
support, up to 128GB
13MP
Main Camera with LED flash
8MP
Front Camera
Dual
SIM
LTE
Cat.6, 3G/HSPA+
WiFi,
Bluetooth, GPS
FM
Radio
MicroUSB
2.0
3.5mm
Audio jack
Fingerprint
Sensor
Android
6.0 Marshmallow with EMUI 4.1
3000
mAh battery
147.1
x 73.8 x 8.3 mm, 156 grams
CNY 899 (approx Php 6450) 3G model
CNY 999 (approx Php 7260) LTE model
