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At its original $249.99 MSRP, the Honor 6X was already a great phone for the money. The 6X was further discounted to $150 during the Black Friday deal frenzy, which made it even more appealing. But now, you can grab one of these for just $139.99, a full 30% off of its MSRP, from Amazon and B&H.The Honor 6X comes equipped with a 5.5" 1080p IPS display, a Kirin 655, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage with microSD expansion, a 12MP+2MP rear camera combo, an 8MP selfie-shooter, and a 3,340mAh battery. It also supports dual-SIM capabilities and comes with a very fast fingerprint sensor. For $140, you'd be hard-pressed to find a new phone with superior specifications.Amazon has the silver and gold colors available at 9.99 (gray seems to be out of stock). B&H has all three colors in stock, and also includes a free clear case with your purchase. Keep in mind that B&H doesn't charge tax unless you're in NY or NJ, which is a nice perk. And if you are near B&H's NYC superstore, you can pick your shiny new Honor 6X up locally. Hit the source links below to pick an Honor 6X of your very own up.Source: Amazon (gold), (silver); B&H
It's that time of year again. Knowing our audience, chances are that you're looking for some sort of gadget to purchase for yourself or someone else. Whether the smartphone being replaced is too old, too bootloopy, or just doesn't have all the features you want, we've got you covered with our choices for the best smartphones you can buy.
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One of the most important features included in Android 8.0 Oreo is 'Project Treble,' Google's attempt to modularize Android. We covered it in detail here, but in a nutshell, Treble separates all the low-level device drivers (known as the 'vendor implementation') from the rest of Android. This makes updating phones/tablets to the latest version of Android much easier for manufacturers, as long as they already support Treble.
Among the impending Black Friday deals are some good prices on phones. One of those is the Honor 6X, a device that was already cheap. Now, however, you can pick it up for just $149.99, which is $50 off the going price.I reviewed the 6X what feels like an eternity ago and I was actually fairly impressed. For the price, it's a good phone, minus Huawei's EMUI "skin" — although, the Nougat update made things a whole lot better, so I give the Chinese manufacturer props for that. At $150, I don't find it hard to recommend this phone, if you can live without 5GHz WiFi, USB-C, and an oleophobic coating on the screen.As a refresher, the Honor 6X sports a 5.5" 1080p IPS display, a Kirin 655, 32GB of storage (plus a microSD slot), 3GB of RAM, 12MP+2MP rear/8MP front cameras, a 3,340mAh battery, and a very fast fingerprint sensor. All three colors are on sale at Amazon, B&H, and Best Buy. Select whichever retailer you prefer below.Source: Amazon, B&H, Best Buy
Huawei announced a permanent price reduction for the Mate 9 and Honor 6X just yesterday, but that's not as low as the Honor 6X will go. This phone is already on sale for $175 via Amazon, which is $25 off the already reduced price. This is getting to be a pretty attractive deal.The Honor 6X was not a terribly popular phone when it launched earlier this year. It has a Kirin 655 SoC, a 5.5-inch 1080p LCD, a dual camera array, and 3GB of RAM. It's capable and has been updated to Android 7.0 Nougat. That includes Huawei's revamped EMUI skin, which is much less annoying.
The Huawei Mate 9 and Honor 6X are a pair of very good phones. The prices for both of them have usually been around $599 and $249 respectively, but they have occasionally gone on sale for less. Now it looks like both phones are dropping in price permanently.First off is the Huawei Mate 9, which initially had a $599 MSRP but now goes for $499. If you need a refresher, the Mate 9 has a Kirin 960 processor, 4GB of RAM, a 5.9" 1080p touchscreen, and a 4,000mAh battery. The phone ships with a skinned version of Android 7.0, but as far as I can tell (feel free to prove me wrong in the comments), there isn't a 7.1 update yet.The Honor 6X is a less powerful device, but with a much lower price of $199 (it was initially $249). You get a Kirin 655 chipset, a 5.5" 1080p screen, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of expandable storage, and a 3,340mAh battery. A more expensive model with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage is also available, but it's not the $199 version. The phone initially shipped with EMUI 4.1 (Huawei's custom version of Android 7.0), which was pretty terrible. It was later updated to EMUI 5 (based on 7.0), which vastly improved the software experience. I recommend reading Jordan's review of the Honor 6X with Nougat if you plan on buying it.The new price has already showed up almost everywhere the phones are sold. You can buy them from various retailers at the links below.
The Honor 6X began receiving the Nougat-based EMUI 5.0 update back in early May. It's been nearly three months since then, and Huawei has finally released this budget smartphone's kernel source code. You can now expect to see more development for the 6X in the near future.
When the Honor 6X launched earlier this year, you could say that we here at AP were unimpressed. Sure, the phone packed in a lot of good specs for $250, but it shipped with Marshmallow, a version of Android that was over a year old at that point (well, it still is). In March, Huawei's sub-brand launched a beta program for 6X owners to try out Nougat and the much improved EMUI 5 — the company promised that Android 7.0 would roll out in the first half of 2017. Looks like that may actually happen.
TWRP is the recovery of choice for most power users - it's super easy to use, can be themed, and works on a massive number of Android devices. Over the past few months, the TWRP team has been working to expand the list of officially-supported devices. New additions include the Honor 6X, Wileyfox Swift 2X, Yoga Tab 3, various Galaxy phones and tablets, and more.
Huawei is keeping up its attempts to break into the saturated U.S. smartphone market with its sub-brand Honor. It started with the 5X and continued with the Honor 8. The premise is to bring mid- or high-tier specs and slap them in a premium chassis, then sell it at a very affordable price. However, as good as those devices have been, their weakness has been the software (again).
Honor 6X owners, pay attention. Huawei has announced on its Honor Twitter account that it has opened up Nougat/EMUI 5 beta testing for the phone. Signing up only requires you to email your IMEI number(s) to the address in the tweet.
When companies send us review units, they usually expect that our testing will not include intentionally breaking them. That's why JerryRigEverything has a niche on YouTube. He buys and destroys phones to see how durable (or not) they are. His latest victim is the Honor 6X, and it doesn't go well for that phone. At all.
Are you a "cost-conscious yet uncompromising Internet-minded millennial?" If so, this is your lucky day, because Huawei's Honor sub-brand says it knows how you think. It understands the "double or nothing motto that millennials live and breathe." Finally, someone gets it! These are all things Honor has said in its PR today as it announced the global launch of the Honor 6X. It only costs $249, and I assume you can buy it even if you're not a "young and bold consumer." I myself am old and cautious.