Honor 5C

Dimensions: 147.1 x 73.8 x 8.3 mmWeight: 156 grams

Size: 5.2 InchResolution: Full HD (1080 x 1920 pixels)Display Type: IPS LCDPixel Density: 424 ppiSimilar to the Honor 5X, the Honor 5C sports 1080p resolution. Combined with the screen size of 5.2-inches, the device offers a pixel density of 424ppi. The IPS panel delivers crisp text and natural colours. Sadly, the colours don’t pop as much as we’d have liked. The brightness levels are adequate though, until you use the phone outdoors. The viewing angles are also quite wide.If you don’t like the colour temperature of the 5C's screen just like us, then you can change it to suit your needs. You can choose between warm or cold colours or directly choose the colour in the circle.The Honor 5C also offers a glove mode, which is quite useful. It was able to accept touch inputs even when we were wearing gloves.

Operating System: AndroidOS Version: 6.0, MarshmallowThe 5C is the first phone in Honor’s lineup that comes with the latest build of Android out of the box. However, you won’t notice that since Honor’s Emotion UI v4.1 masks Android 6.0 Marshmallow completely. The interface is similar to what’s available in its siblings – be it the Honor 5X or the flagship, Honor 7 (review).  The lock screen offers a lovely new wallpaper every time you press the unlock button, thanks to the Magazine Unlock feature. The home screens have all the apps and widgets, while the notification drawer lists all the notifications on one tab and quick toggles on the other. The search bar in the home screen is quite handy as you find apps, contacts or messages by simply swiping downwards. If you don’t like the interface of the Honor 5C, then you can tweak it as per you liking with the Themes app. There’s all-in-one tool called Phone Manager as well, which lets you optimise the 5C’s memory management, data consumption, battery usage, notifications and more. In terms of preloaded apps, the phone comes with Facebook, Instagram, etc. There’s a Health app too, which tracks your steps and calories. Then there are Honor’s Hi Care app and Hi Game apps, which let you check nearby service centres and download games respectively. The Emergency feature lets you set up emergency contacts who will get a prompt when you press a certain key combination.  The Honor 5C also supports flip-to-mute gestures as well as one-hand UI. You can also enable the floating dock to access the frequently-needed actions such as back, home, recent apps and even one-click optimisation tool.  We have come to admire Honor for one of the best implementations of fingerprint readers, and 5C keeps up that reputation. The scanner can register a new fingerprint with just six taps, and is extremely fast. It's accurate too, and there was rarely an instance where it failed to authenticate. But that’s not what’s great about the biometric module, as it can act as a button too. You can use it to open the navigation shade or recently-accessed apps with swipe gestures. It can also be used as a shutter button while using the camera app or answering phone calls. 

Primary camera: 13 MPFlash: LED FlashSecondary camera: 8 MPSimilar to the Honor 5X, the 5C flaunts a 13-meg snapper at the back with f/2.0 aperture. However, it gets an upgrade in the selfie department as it sports an 8MP shooter. The rear camera also gets an LED flash to assist you in low-light settings.The camera app of the Honor 5C is quite loaded, while not inundating the user with a multitude of options up front. The default interface remains fairly minimal, with the right side offering options to capture the image or record a video along with the ability to preview them in the landscape mode. Towards the left, you’ll find the toggle for flash, switching to the front camera as well as the ability to enable live filters such as Mono, Nostalgia, etc. If you swipe upwards in this orientation, then the interface brings forth a number of modes from as basic as HDR and panorama to pro, time lapse, and food among others. What’s worth noting is the fact that pro mode is available for both photos and videos, which means you can tweak white balance, exposure, etc. for both, although options like shutter speed and ISO are reserved for stills only. Light painting is another useful feature, that lets you capture DSLR-like photos by reducing the shutter speed to capture light trails left by cars or stars in the sky.  Well, the camera app is loaded for sure, but what about  the image quality? In daylight, the Honor 5C is able to capture decent pictures with good details and accurate colour reproduction. The HDR mode is quite effective too as it adds more contrast to the scene. However, if you view these images in the original resolution, then they aren’t able to keep up the same levels of sharpness. This is noticeable in close-ups since the edges are blurred at full size. That said, the close up images are quite impressive thanks to the bokeh effect adding to the charm. The low-light shots are a different story altogether, as there are a lot of grains and the LED flash is often overpowering.Here are a few image samples captured by the Honor 5C.    The 8MP camera at the front might seem high in terms of megapixel count, but that fails to show up in results. The selfies captured by the Honor 5C turn out grainy, although we believe that this could be fixed by a software update.Not just in photo quality, the Honor 5C seems to be trailing the competition in the video department as well, as it’s only able to record in 1080p resolution. In comparison, both the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (camera review) and LeEco Le 2 (camera review) can capture up to 4K videos.

CPU:  Quad core, 2 GHz + Quad core,...GPU: Mali-T830 MP2RAM: 2 GBMemory: 16 GB + Up to 128 GBSIM Slots: Dual SIM , GSM+GSMBattery: 3000 mAH