Honor 7 - Honor Mobile Phones: Technical Specifications, Features and Reviews

Submitted By Asha Manoj on 7 October 2016

Manufacturer : Huawei
Model : Honor 7
OS : Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Network : GSM / HSPA / LTE
Dimensions : 143.2 x 71.9 x 8.5 mm
Weight : 157 g
SIM Type : Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Available Colors : Gray, Silver, Gold

The Huawei Honor 7 is a smartphone made by Huawei under the sub-brand Honor. It is a successor for Huawei Honor 6, the flagship device under Honor brand for 2014. The Honor lineup is known to feature high-end features for an affordable price range and this device continues the tradition. The Honor 7 features a full-metal body, 5.2 inch touchscreen, a 20 MP rear camera and a 8 MP front camera. Another notable feature of the phone is the 'Smart' button, an additional hardware button that can be assigned to specific tasks making the device easier to use.

The Honor 7 ships with Android Lollipop with Huawei's Emotion UI (EMUI) 3.0. The fingerprint reader is claimed to unlock the phone at 0.5 seconds and also includes additional software features that enable easier use of the device.

Hardware Specification

Processor : Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
RAM Size : 3 GB
Internal Storage : 16/64 GB, 32 GB
Expandable Storage : microSD, up to 256 GB

Display Specification

Display Type : IPS-NEO LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Display Size : 5.2 inches
Touchscreen : Yes
Display Resolution : 1080 x 1920 pixels
Display Multitouch : Yes
Display Protection : Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Main Camera : 20 MP
Main Camera Flash : Yes
Main Camera Auto Focus : Yes
Main Camera Video Recording Resolution : 1080p@30fps
Front Camera : 8 MP

Battery Specification

Battery Capacity : Non-removable Li-Po 3100 mAh battery
Talk Time : Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)

Connectivity

Standby Time : Up to 350 h (3G)
Operating Frequency : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHZ, 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHZ
Connectivity Internet : Yes
Connectivity 3G : Yes
Connectivity 4G : Yes
Connectivity WiFi : Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Connectivity WiFi Direct : Yes
Connectivity Bluetooth : v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Connectivity USB : microUSB v2.0
Connectivity FM : Yes

Location Technology

Location GPS : Yes
Location Glonass : Yes
Location Beidou : Yes

Sound

Alert Types : Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker : Yes
Mobile Earjack : 3.5mm

Audio and Video

Video Playing Format : MP4/H.265 player
Audio Playing Format : MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor : Yes
Gyro Sensor : Yes
Accelerometer Sensor : Yes
Proximity Sensor : Yes