After making its debut in China earlier this year, Honor released the Honor 70 to the UK market earlier this week. The phone is anticipated to reach further markets in the following weeks. Honor has high expectations for its new workhorse, which is priced at £479.99 for the 8/128 GB trim and £529.99 for the 8/256 GB model. But does it have what it takes to become your next phone?
With a wide choice of excellent options from different manufacturers, the Android midrange class is undoubtedly the busiest in the smartphone industry. Big brands like Samsung, Xiaomi, and the BBK group frequently provide excellent products with their own unique highs and lows in terms of chipset, cameras, and other features. build.
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Honor aims to bring you a flagship experience on a budget and design is a big focus. Honor 70 features a dual-glass design and a curved OLED display. The panel measures at 6.67-inches and refreshes at 120Hz while the resolution is 1080 x 2400 pixels. The back also features a neat design with Crystal Silver option getting a diamond pattern while the other options stick to a frosted finish.
The back's cameras are also quite good; you get a 54MP primary camera that uses a Sony IMX 800 sensor. The Honor 70 Pro and Honor 70 Pro+, which are still only available in China, employ the same brand-new 1/1.49" sensor with 1.0-m pixels and all-pixel autofocus. A second 50MP ultrawide module that also functions as a macro camera and a 2MP depth assistor are included.
Now let's talk about the processor. Honor chose the Snapdragon 778G+, which is also used in a number of popular midrange smartphones, including the Galaxy A52s 5G, Xiaomi 12 Lite, and the more current Galaxy A73 5G and Nothing Phone (1). While the 778G is a versatile aircraftSoC there are more capable chipsets among other midrangers with the likes of the Snapdragon 870, SD 7 Gen 1 or some of the newer Dimensity chips from MediaTek.
Honor 70 gets a decently sized 4,800 mAh battery and charging should be plenty fast – Honor is bundling a 66W adaptor in the box, which should get you a 0-60% charge in 20 minutes. The software side is covered by Magic UI 6.1 over Android 12 with full GMS support.
The Honor 70 lacks a microSD card slot, a headphone port, and a water resistance rating, which may deter some potential purchasers. It also doesn't help that there is only one bottom-firing speaker for audio. However, Honor has one perk for early adopters: a complimentary set of Earbuds 3 Pro, which we found to had excellent sound quality in our testing.
Let's look at the opposition now that the argument for the Honor 70 has been made.
One example is Samsung's Galaxy A52s 5G, which uses the same Snapdragon 778G processor and has a 6.5-inch AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate. The auxiliary modules are less powerful whereas the primary camera is a 64MP camera with OIS.impressive with a 12MP ultrawide and two 5MP modules for macro shots and depth data. The Galaxy has a smaller 4,500 mAh battery and it charges far slower at 25W.
Software support is a key advantage for the Samsung phone as it’s guaranteed three Android releases and four years of security packages. The phone also gets IP67 water and dust resistance while also boasting a microSD card slot and stereo speakers making it a much more capable multimedia device. You can get a 6/256GB A52s 5G for just £300 which is far less than the Honor 70.
