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Honor Holly Series

Honor Holly 4 PlusProcessor: Kirin 620, Qualcomm Snapdragon 430, Qualcomm Snapdragon 435
Graphics Adapter: ARM Mali-450 MP4, Qualcomm Adreno 505
Display: 5.00 inch, 5.50 inch
Weight: 0.144kg, 0.165kg, 0.168kg
Price: 200, 300 euro
Average Score: 61.67% - poor
Average of 3 scores (from 5 reviews)
price: 70%, performance: 65%, display: 65%, mobility: 75%, workmanship: 65%

 

Honor Holly 3

Specifications

Honor Holly 3Notebook: Honor Holly 3
Processor: Kirin 620
Graphics Adapter: ARM Mali-450 MP4
Display: 5.50 inch, 16:9, 1280 x 720 pixels
Weight: 0.168kg
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Foreign Reviews

Smartphone Huawei Honor Holly 3 - Recensione Caratteristiche Prezzo
Source: Smartphone e tablet android Italian IT→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/23/2016
Rating: performance: 70% display: 70% mobility: 70% workmanship: 70%

 

Honor Holly 4

Specifications

Honor Holly 4Notebook: Honor Holly 4
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
Graphics Adapter: Qualcomm Adreno 505
Display: 5.00 inch, 16:9, 1280 x 720 pixels
Weight: 0.144kg
Price: 200 euro
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Average Score: 61.67% - poor

Average of 3 scores (from 3 reviews)

 

Reviews

50% Honor Holly 4 review: The quintessential budget phone
Source: Gadgets Now English Archive.org version
Let's just address the elephant in the room. Has Honor erred with the pricing of the device as at Rs 11,999, Honor Holly 4 is far away from being the choice of a user who's looking to buy a handset for Rs 12,000. Smartphone makers like Xiaomi and Motorola are offering smartphones that have faced no complaints in any department. They might boast of similar specs but do deliver better performance. Perhaps if the handset was priced under the Rs 8,000 mark, the specs would have been justified.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/17/2017
Rating: Total score: 50%
70% Honor Holly 4 Review
Source: NDTV Gadgets English Archive.org version
The Honor Holly 4 could have been a great phone at this time last year, but it fades in comparison to Xiaomi's rather expansive lineup in the sub-Rs. 15,000 market. Lenovo also has a few great models, including the recently launched Moto G5s series (Review). Honor's own Honor 8 Lite (Review) sells for under Rs. 15,000 and surprisingly, the 32GB version of the Honor 6X (Review) sells at the same price of Rs. 11,999 (though it is soon to be replaced). While the Honor 6X has a very gimmicky dual camera feature, at least it stands out. The new Holly 4 just seems lost in this mix.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/29/2017
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 70% performance: 60% display: 60% mobility: 80% workmanship: 60%
65% Huawei Honor Holly 4 review: Good battery life, but misses out on the X factor
Source: India Today English Archive.org version
For Honor fans, the Holly 4 can be an attractive buy. Go for it if you want a phone that doesn't quit on you before the day ends. There are some neat customisations and features that come with EMUI 5.1 that may please some. At this price, the Holly 4 is not a bad choice, but it's also not the best you can get.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/21/2017
Rating: Total score: 65%

 

Honor Holly 4 Plus

Specifications

Honor Holly 4 PlusNotebook: Honor Holly 4 Plus
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 435
Graphics Adapter: Qualcomm Adreno 505
Display: 5.50 inch, 16:9, 1280 x 720 pixels
Weight: 0.165kg
Price: 300 euro
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Reviews

Honor Holly 4 Plus Review
Source: The Mobile Indian English Archive.org version
The Honor Holly 4 Plus is a bit pretty average device at this price point. The phones need some major improvement in the selfie camera and performance departments. As for the competition is concerned, the phone looks like an underdog when you compare it with the likes of Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 and Lenovo K8 Plus.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/30/2017

 

Comment

Honor:

In 2014 Huawei created the sub brand Honor and offers certain smartphone series under this name. Occasionally the products are also called Huawei Honor.

The market share of Honor products is manageable, but there are several reviews on Honor smartphones with average ratings (as of 2016).


These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

ARM Mali-450 MP4: OpenGL ES 2.0 GPU for ARM based SoCs with 4 fragment processors and 1 vertex processor.

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

Qualcomm Adreno 505: Mid range graphics card integrated in the Snapdragon 430 and 435 SoCs. Based on the 500 generation and supports modern standards like Vulkan 1.0, OpenGL ES 3.1 + AE, OpenCL 2.0 and DirectX 12.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


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Kirin 620: ARM based octa core SoC with eight ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 1.2 GHz. Manufactured in 28 nm and integrates a dual SIM LTE Cat.4 modem, 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0

Qualcomm Snapdragon:

430: Lower mainstream octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 SoC clocked at up to 1.4 GHz and the Adreno 505 GPU, a DDR3L-1600 memory controller as well as an X6 LTE (Cat. 4) modem.

435: Lower mainstream octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 SoC clocked at up to 1.4 GHz and the Adreno 505 GPU, a DDR3L-1600 memory controller as well as an X9 LTE (Cat. 7) modem.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


5.00:

It is a very small display format for smartphones. You should by no means be mis-sighted and you will generally see very little on the screen and only have a small resolution available. In return, the device should be very small and handy.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


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61.67%: Such a poor rating is rare. There are only a few notebooks that were rated even worse. The rating websites do not give a purchase recommendation here.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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Honor Holly 3
Stefan Hinum (Update: 2018-02-15)