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Huawei ShotX

Specifications

Huawei ShotX
Huawei ShotX
Processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 8 x 1.5 GHz, Cortex-A53
Graphics adapter
Memory
2048 MB 
Display
5.20 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel, capacitive, IPS, glossy: yes
Storage
16 GB eMMC Flash, 16 GB 
, 9.8 GB free
Connections
1 USB 2.0, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm audio jack, Card Reader: micro-SD (max. 32 GB), 1 Fingerprint Reader, Sensors: accelerometer, light sensor, proximity sensor, compass, Hall sensor, G sensor, magnetometer , dual LED (nano SIM)
Networking
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/), Bluetooth 4.0, 2G, 3G HSDPA+(900, 2100 MHz), LTE Cat. 4 (800, 900, 1800, 2600 MHz)
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 7.8 x 141.6 x 71.2 ( = 0.31 x 5.57 x 2.8 in)
Battery
3100 mAh Lithium-Ion, Talk time 2G (according to manufacturer): 11 h, Talk time 3G (according to manufacturer): 380 h, Standby 2G (according to manufacturer): 400 h
Operating System
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Camera
Primary Camera: 13 MPix Autofokus, Dual-Tone LED-Blitz
Additional features
Speakers: mono, Keyboard: virtual, power supply, USB cable, headset, Google apps, phone manager, EMUI 3.1, 24 Months Warranty,
Weight
156 g ( = 5.5 oz / 0.34 pounds), Power Supply: 56 g ( = 1.98 oz / 0.12 pounds)
Price
349 Euro

 

Pricecompare

Average Score: 80.75% - good
Average of 4 scores (from 3 reviews)
price: 75%, performance: 65%, features: 69%, display: 87% mobility: 81%, workmanship: 80%, ergonomy: 76%, emissions: 94%

Reviews for the Huawei ShotX

83% Huawei ShotX Smartphone Review | Notebookcheck
Success owed to a rotatable camera? A very good front-facing camera is still a rare thing. Huawei treats its ShotX to a rotatable camera that shoots both selfies and normal photos.
80% Huawei ShotX
Source: Inside Handy German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/05/2016
Rating: Total score: 80%
82% Selfies im Handumdrehen
Source: Chip.de German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/10/2015
Rating: Total score: 82% price: 75% performance: 87% features: 78% display: 89% mobility: 70%
78% Selfie-Smartphone mit schwenkbarer Kamera ausprobiert
Source: Netzwelt German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/01/2015
Rating: Total score: 78% features: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80%

Comment

Qualcomm Adreno 405: Integrated graphics card for ARM based SoCs. Depending on the used SoC the clock rate is around 500 MHz and features 48 unified shaders.

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

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


616 MSM8939v2: Mid-range ARM-SoC with 8 CPU cores, X5 LTE modem (LTE Cat.4) and a Adreno 405 GPU manufactured in 28nm. The processor cores are based on the 64-bit Cortex-A53 architecture.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


5.20":

This display is quite big for a smartphone but frequently used for smartphones.

Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.  

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


0.156 kg:

Only few smartphones are more lightweight than this.


Huawei: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is a Chinese company founded in 1987 with focus on telecommunications hardware and 170000 employees. In the first quarter of 2016, Huawei had a market share of 8.2% in the smartphone market, making it the third-largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. Compared to the same quarter of 2015, Huawei increased its market share by more than 58%.
In 2014, Huawei created the sub brand Honor and offers certain smartphone series under this name. The name Huawei is usually not listed for these products.
There are a lot of reviews on Huawei phones with slightly above average ratings (as of 2016).


80.75%: This rating should be considered to be average. This is because the proportion of notebooks which have a higher rating is approximately equal to the proportion which have a lower rating.


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

 

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Current Prices
Stefan Hinum (Update: 2015-12-11)