The left side houses a dual-nano SIM and microSD tray. The right edge of the phone has a volume rocker and a sensibly placed power button. The more pronounced metal middle gives you a little more grip, so I didn’t feel I was always on the cusp of having an expensive accident. The Honor 8X doesn’t have the overly curved edges of many recent flagship phones, like the Sony Xperia XZ3 or Samsung Galaxy S9, that make them a little difficult to hold. The Honor 8X is one of those phones that tends to always look a little grubby unless you wipe it down regularly. That glass body is a magnet for fingerprints, however. The effect isn’t quite as pronounced on the black model I was sent for review compared to the vibrant blue Honor phones I’ve reviewed in the past. As is common with Honor’s phone, the rear features multiple layers designed to catch and refract the light. On that note, the Honor 8X is available in blue, red and black finishes. I’m guessing Honor’s referring to the slight vertical band down the left of the rear that catches the light slightly differently so appears a different shade. The back has a ‘grating’ effect, which isn’t meant to be a description of your emotional response. There’s a metal middle frame with what Honor calls 2.5D double texture aurora glass. The Honor 8X is well constructed and feels good in your hand.
But even these can’t take the sheen off an accomplished, great-value phone. For the money, the Honor 8X delivers in spades, even if there are still some minor annoyances. All alongside a surprising amount of battery stamina.
With the Honor 8X, Honor has managed to pack a host of features you would expect to see in more expensive smartphones, like a big high-resolution notched display, into a package that’s also laden with ‘AI’. The latest in Honor’s even more budget-friendly ‘X’ series has really put all of this experience into a package that can rival Motorola in the lower end of the market. The Honor 9 in particular has been a recent highlight but other attempts, like the Honor 10 and Honor 7X, have also shown some positive steps. Huawei’s ‘Honor’ sub-brand (or ‘e-brand’ if you want to use its own label) has really begun to find its feet with recent releases. Until we know more about the situation we’re leaving the scores on all our Huawei reviews, however as the situation changes we’ll revisit this. Both Huawei and Google have confirmed Huawei and Honor phones, like the one in this review, will continue to have access for this time being. Due to the recent retraction of Huawei’s Android license, future Huawei and Honor phones won’t be able to access Google Play Services and as a result many Android apps including YouTube and Gmail.
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