Honor 10X Lite Smartphone Review - Modern cell phone with problems
Comparison devices
Bewertung | Rating Version | Datum | Modell | Gewicht | Laufwerk | Groesse | Aufloesung | Preis ab |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75.6 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 11 / 2020 | Honor 10X Lite Kirin 710A, Mali-G51 MP4 | 206 g | 128 GB eMMC Flash | 6.67" | 2400x1080 | |
| 77 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 08 / 2020 | Honor 9X Lite Kirin 710, Mali-G51 MP4 | 188 g | 128 GB eMMC Flash | 6.50" | 2340x1080 | |
| 81.8 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 10 / 2020 | Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC SD 732G, Adreno 618 | 215 g | 64 GB UFS 2.0 Flash | 6.67" | 2400x1080 | |
| 79.7 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 09 / 2020 | Samsung Galaxy M21 Exynos 9611, Mali-G72 MP3 | 188 g | 64 GB UFS 2.1 Flash | 6.40" | 2340x1080 |
Case, equipment and operation
The Honor 10X Lite offers a plastic case that shimmers matt on the back. Fingerprints like to collect there, but the case in black or green looks quite chic and has a solid finish. The color variant Icelandic Frost is currently not available in Central Europe
At the front there is a modern design with punch-hole camera and narrow display edges. In terms of case and equipment, the smartphone largely corresponds to the Huawei P Smart 2021, only the camera module differs slightly.
In contrast to its predecessor Honor 9X Lite the 10X Lite comes now with Android 10 to you, but also without Google Apps, these can not be reinstalled. So the Google Play Store is not available, but Huaweis Alternative AppGallery, which is filled up properly, but also can't show the variety of the Play Store. The security patches from August are already out of date at the time of testing.
As far as the Internet equipment is concerned, however, Honor is a bit stingy: Here, there is only WiFi 4, although WiFi 5 is now standard and the predecessor WiFi 5 also came with it. Thus the Honor 10X Lite is under all comparison devices at the slowest in the Internet on the way. At least there is NFC for mobile payment services. Also the offered LTE frequencies are somewhat scarce, so that one should make oneself smart before journeys abroad whether the Internet functions locally in the LTE network.
On the right side of the case there is a fingerprint sensor built into the standby button. Unfortunately, it is not completely flush with the case, so that there are edges that can't be palpated beautifully, but the unlocking by finger is fast and reliable.
| Networking | |
| iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
| Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC | |
| Samsung Galaxy M21 | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Honor 10X Lite | |
| iperf3 receive AX12 | |
| Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC | |
| Samsung Galaxy M21 | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Honor 10X Lite | |
Cameras
In contrast to its predecessor, the camera system has been significantly expanded, so there is now a wide-angle lens and macro optics on the back. The main camera, however, is still the same: a 48 megapixel lens that combines four pixels each to achieve a higher light output, but also photographs in full resolution if desired
Somewhat pale pictures and not very exact detail were the problems of the main lens in the Honor 9X Lite and the Honor 10X Lite inherited most of it. In the magnification, some objects look blurred and pixelated, in low light and high contrasts, the representation is again quite decent for the price range.
The wide-angle camera offers decent dynamics, but you should not enlarge the pictures too much. The macro camera can only be used in a special mode, it offers a rather low resolution. What's great is that the camera software even allows a hybrid zoom between the wide-angle and standard lens.
Videos can only be recorded in FullHD and 30 fps, elsewhere you can get 4K recording in this price range. But we like the colors and lighting of the videos quite well.
Overall the camera system is clearly designed for snapshots, you shouldn't look too closely at the photos from all lenses, in detail they are sometimes very inaccurate
Image Comparison
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Display
The screen of the Honor 10X Lite is not very bright and not as evenly lit as other devices. Also the black level and thus the contrast is at most within the acceptable range. So colors on the display are not very strong and fine color nuances are not so easy to distinguish.
However, the color representation itself is relatively exact in the "Natural" mode. Also, no blue cast can be seen in the grayscales in this mode. A PWM flicker is also not visible on the screen.
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Brightness Distribution: 88 %
Center on Battery: 401 cd/m²
Contrast: 617:1 (Black: 0.65 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 1.49 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.91
ΔE Greyscale 1.7 | 0.5-98 Ø5.2
99.4% sRGB (Calman 2D)
Gamma: 2.13
| Honor 10X Lite IPS, 2400x1080, 6.7" | Honor 9X Lite IPS, 2340x1080, 6.5" | Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC IPS, 2400x1080, 6.7" | Samsung Galaxy M21 Super AMOLED, 2340x1080, 6.4" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Response Times | 25% | -2% | 73% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 48 ? | 36 ? 25% | 44.4 ? 7% | 10 ? 79% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 24 ? | 18 ? 25% | 26.4 ? -10% | 8 ? 67% |
| PWM Frequency | 2358 ? | 215.5 | ||
| Screen | -47% | 3% | -1% | |
| Brightness middle | 401 | 435 8% | 623 55% | 617 54% |
| Brightness | 379 | 422 11% | 600 58% | 614 62% |
| Brightness Distribution | 88 | 93 6% | 93 6% | 95 8% |
| Black Level * | 0.65 | 0.77 -18% | 0.54 17% | |
| Contrast | 617 | 565 -8% | 1154 87% | |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 1.49 | 3.31 -122% | 1.8 -21% | 2.11 -42% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 2.56 | 6.8 -166% | 4.7 -84% | 3.41 -33% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 1.7 | 3.2 -88% | 3.3 -94% | 2.6 -53% |
| Gamma | 2.13 103% | 2.3 96% | 2.26 97% | 2.073 106% |
| CCT | 6667 97% | 6894 94% | 6712 97% | 6921 94% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -11% /
-33% | 1% /
2% | 36% /
18% |
* ... smaller is better
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 24 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 9 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 15 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 50 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (20.9 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 48 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 25 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 23 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.165 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 81 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (32.8 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected |  | ||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 8705 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured. | |||
Performance, emissions and battery life
The Huawei Kirin 710A is based on the Kirin 710 and is based on the ARM architecture, but is manufactured in China. In our benchmarks, it offers very similar performance to its predecessor and can just about keep up with other smartphones in its price range. However, the Poco X3 shows that significantly more performance is possible at this price point.
In everyday use, there is only an occasional jerking, but if you run more complex apps, you shouldn't put an additional load on the smartphone. Also loading times take quite long, the Honor 10X Lite offers a lot of memory, but it is a slow eMMC flash. Our microSD card, a Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 is read and written quite fast.
The warming under load is locally strongly limited and not critical, but quite noticeable. The mono loudspeaker sounds quite tidy like its predecessor and reproduces voices and singing well understandably. It gets even better via 3.5mm connection or Bluetooth, where you get a clean sound signal.
The 5.000-mAh-battery is clearly larger than with the predecessor and thus also the run times in our WLAN test are longer by nearly 3 hours: 16:04 hours hold out Honor- cell phone. This is a very good value, but there are certainly smartphones in the price range that have even more endurance. Thanks to the newly supported 22.5-watt charging technology, the battery can be fully charged in under 2 hours even if it was previously empty.
| PCMark for Android | |
| Work performance score (sort by value) | |
| Honor 10X Lite | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC | |
| Samsung Galaxy M21 | |
| Average HiSilicon Kirin 710A (7991 - 8211, n=2) | |
| Work 2.0 performance score (sort by value) | |
| Honor 10X Lite | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC | |
| Samsung Galaxy M21 | |
| Average HiSilicon Kirin 710A (6287 - 7789, n=2) | |
| GFXBench | |
| on screen Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen (sort by value) | |
| Honor 10X Lite | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC | |
| Samsung Galaxy M21 | |
| Average HiSilicon Kirin 710A (6.7 - 7.6, n=4) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (3.6 - 247, n=207, last 2 years) | |
| 1920x1080 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen (sort by value) | |
| Honor 10X Lite | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC | |
| Samsung Galaxy M21 | |
| Average HiSilicon Kirin 710A (4.3 - 7.6, n=4) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (2.3 - 321, n=207, last 2 years) | |
| on screen Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen (sort by value) | |
| Honor 10X Lite | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC | |
| Samsung Galaxy M21 | |
| Average HiSilicon Kirin 710A (4.4 - 4.8, n=4) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (0.85 - 144, n=207, last 2 years) | |
| 2560x1440 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen (sort by value) | |
| Honor 10X Lite | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC | |
| Samsung Galaxy M21 | |
| Average HiSilicon Kirin 710A (2.8 - 2.9, n=4) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (0.85 - 115, n=207, last 2 years) | |
| Honor 10X Lite | Honor 9X Lite | Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC | Samsung Galaxy M21 | Average 128 GB eMMC Flash | Average of class Smartphone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AndroBench 3-5 | 5% | 49% | 56% | 11% | 554% | |
| Sequential Read 256KB | 297.7 | 286.8 -4% | 506 70% | 487.8 64% | 284 ? -5% | 1888 ? 534% |
| Sequential Write 256KB | 162.4 | 200.9 24% | 173.1 7% | 192.7 19% | 194.6 ? 20% | 1473 ? 807% |
| Random Read 4KB | 50.7 | 44.8 -12% | 123.4 143% | 126 149% | 82.7 ? 63% | 278 ? 448% |
| Random Write 4KB | 59 | 72.4 23% | 112.6 91% | 124.2 111% | 55.4 ? -6% | 311 ? 427% |
| Sequential Read 256KB SDCard | 77.1 ? | 76 ? -1% | 75.2 ? -2% | 77.9 ? 1% | 78.1 ? 1% | |
| Sequential Write 256KB SDCard | 67.7 ? | 69.2 ? 2% | 55.6 ? -18% | 62.2 ? -8% | 61.8 ? -9% |
Temperature
(±) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 42.2 °C / 108 F, compared to the average of 35.1 °C / 95 F, ranging from 21.9 to 63.7 °C for the class Smartphone.
(+) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 38.4 °C / 101 F, compared to the average of 33.9 °C / 93 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 31.5 °C / 89 F, compared to the device average of 32.8 °C / 91 F.
Speakers
Honor 10X Lite audio analysis
(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (79.2 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 32.3% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (13% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 5.2% higher than median
(±) | linearity of mids is average (7.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 1.9% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (4.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (25% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 57% of all tested devices in this class were better, 7% similar, 35% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 37%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 74% of all tested devices were better, 6% similar, 21% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Honor 9X Lite audio analysis
(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (78.6 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 25.8% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (14.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 6% higher than median
(+) | mids are linear (6.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3.7% away from median
(±) | linearity of highs is average (9.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (25.6% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 60% of all tested devices in this class were better, 7% similar, 33% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 37%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 76% of all tested devices were better, 5% similar, 19% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Battery life
| Honor 10X Lite 5000 mAh | Honor 9X Lite 3750 mAh | Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC 5160 mAh | Samsung Galaxy M21 6000 mAh | Average of class Smartphone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Runtime | |||||
| WiFi Websurfing | 964 | 793 -18% | 1116 16% | 1298 35% | 989 ? 3% |
Pros
Cons
Verdict
The Honor 10X Lite makes good progress in some places compared to its predecessor, so there is significantly more battery life, faster charging and a more modern case. Moreover, hardly any smartphones in this price segment offer a hybrid zoom.
But in other areas it falls behind the competition: there is no WiFi 5 on board, the cell phone cannot record 4K videos and the screen is relatively dark and low in contrast
A lot of memory, but slow WLAN and no Google Apps: The Honor 10X Lite is a solid smartphone, but it will have a hard time.
But the decisive argument is once again the lack of Google services: Some users might be happy that Google's monopoly on cheap smartphones is softening a bit and like to experiment with the possibilities of the App Gallery and Huaweis' own apps. But many will probably be annoyed about the missing and longtime beloved apps.
For someone who has been using Android smartphones for a long time, the Honor 10X Lite is a difficult choice, because it takes a lot of training and sometimes improvisational talent to cope with the missing apps.
Honor would probably have had to add a little more in terms of camera quality, performance and features to make the Honor 10X Lite suitable for mass production despite the limitations. Currently, it can only be recommended to buyers who do not use Google Apps anyway and who use the camera only for snapshots.
Honor 10X Lite
- 11/24/2020 v7 (old)
Florian Schmitt
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