Huawei Y6p Smartphone Review – Long runtime without Google
Comparison devices
Bewertung | Rating Version | Datum | Modell | Gewicht | Laufwerk | Groesse | Aufloesung | Preis ab |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74.3 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 09 / 2020 | Huawei Y6p Helio P22 MT6762, PowerVR GE8320 | 185 g | 64 GB eMMC Flash | 6.30" | 1600x720 | |
| 77 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 08 / 2020 | Honor 9X Lite Kirin 710, Mali-G51 MP4 | 188 g | 128 GB eMMC Flash | 6.50" | 2340x1080 | |
| 74.9 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 10 / 2020 | Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite Helio P35 MT6765, PowerVR GE8320 | 200 g | 64 GB eMMC Flash | 6.50" | 1600x720 | |
| 76.3 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 07 / 2020 | Alcatel 3L 2020 Helio P22 MT6762, PowerVR GE8320 | 165 g | 64 GB eMMC Flash | 6.22" | 1520x720 |
Case, equipment and operation - Colorful and fast WLAN
The smartphone is available in three color variants: Phantom Purple, Emerald Green and Midnight Black. The back of the phone has a high-gloss finish and the frame is matt. On the front there is a small waterdrop notch that contains the front camera. The housing is stable and can hardly be twisted, but pressure on the screen is visible in the liquid crystal.
You have to be content with a microUSB port, also there is no NFC, so mobile payment services cannot be used. Instead, the smartphone comes with some LTE frequencies, so there is a higher chance of using mobile Internet when traveling abroad.
Android 10 is installed, but the security patches are already 5 months old at the time of testing. Google Services are not available on the Huawei Y6p, so you have to do without the Play Store and other Google apps. Instead, you can download apps from Huawe's AppGallery, which is filling up with popular apps, but Netflix for example is not yet available.
As far as WLAN is concerned, WiFi 4 is the maximum available, but at a decent speed, as our tests with the reference router Netgear AX12 Nighthawk show.
| Networking | |
| iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Huawei Y6p | |
| Alcatel 3L 2020 | |
| Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite | |
| iperf3 receive AX12 | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Huawei Y6p | |
| Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite | |
| Alcatel 3L 2020 | |
Cameras - Blurred images on all sides
3 camera lenses shows the Y6p on the back, the main camera has a resolution of 13 megapixels. In addition there is a wide angle camera with 5 megapixels and a depth of field camera. Zooming in several steps between wide angle and main camera is not possible, only direct switching.
The pictures of the main camera are not too badly exposed, but they are a bit poor in detail and not very sharp when you look closer. With weak lighting there is also a lack of sharpness and details, but the brightening is OK. The wide angle lens also takes pictures with little detail. For snapshots the cameras are OK, but if you want more flexibility and a really good camera system, you have to dig deeper into your pocket.
Videos can be recorded in 1080p and 30 fps at most, the autofocus is quite slow here, but otherwise the image quality is OK. The wide angle lens can also be used for videos, but you have to decide on one of the two lenses before you start recording.
The selfie camera of the Huawei Y6p has a resolution of 8 Megapixel. In low light, it is only usable with a bright screen that illuminates the subject. Under normal lighting, the picture is not very sharp in detail, but it is enough for snapshots.
Image Comparison
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Display - Good color accuracy
The Huawei Y6p has an IPS screen with a resolution of 1,600 x 720 pixels. The Honor 9X Lite is a tip for those who are looking for more resolution, but even so, hardly any individual pixels are visible and the display looks relatively sharp.
The brightness of the screen is more convincing: with an average of 538 cd/m², the smartphone is considerably brighter than the comparable devices and can therefore still be used in somewhat brighter environments. Despite the higher brightness, the black level of 0.39 cd/m² is convincing, so that the contrast of 1,444:1 is also quite good.
We don't notice any PWM flickering and the response times of the screen are acceptable.
In our tests with the spectrophotometer and the CalMAN software we found a slight blue cast in the display. But apart from some blue tones, colors and grayscales are reproduced quite realistically.
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Brightness Distribution: 84 %
Center on Battery: 563 cd/m²
Contrast: 1444:1 (Black: 0.39 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 4.52 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.9
ΔE Greyscale 4.9 | 0.5-98 Ø5.2
94.4% sRGB (Calman 2D)
Gamma: 2.236
| Huawei Y6p IPS, 1600x720, 6.3" | Honor 9X Lite IPS, 2340x1080, 6.5" | Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite IPS, 1600x720, 6.5" | Alcatel 3L 2020 IPS, 1520x720, 6.2" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Response Times | 0% | -88% | -40% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 36 ? | 36 ? -0% | 70.4 ? -96% | 44.8 ? -24% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 18 ? | 18 ? -0% | 32.4 ? -80% | 28 ? -56% |
| PWM Frequency | ||||
| Screen | -13% | -22% | -7% | |
| Brightness middle | 563 | 435 -23% | 493 -12% | 463 -18% |
| Brightness | 538 | 422 -22% | 462 -14% | 449 -17% |
| Brightness Distribution | 84 | 93 11% | 91 8% | 91 8% |
| Black Level * | 0.39 | 0.77 -97% | 0.47 -21% | 0.25 36% |
| Contrast | 1444 | 565 -61% | 1049 -27% | 1852 28% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 4.52 | 3.31 27% | 5.7 -26% | 6 -33% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 8.86 | 6.8 23% | 12.8 -44% | 11.5 -30% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 4.9 | 3.2 35% | 6.8 -39% | 6.5 -33% |
| Gamma | 2.236 98% | 2.3 96% | 2.31 95% | 2.3 96% |
| CCT | 7654 85% | 6894 94% | 7596 86% | 8233 79% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -7% /
-11% | -55% /
-35% | -24% /
-14% |
* ... smaller is better
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 18 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 7 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 11 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. » 36 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (20.9 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 36 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 17 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 19 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. » 46 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is similar to 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 8684 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured. | |||
Performance, emissions and battery life - Less power, but long battery life
A MediaTek Helio P22 is responsible for the performance of the Huawei Y6p, although it operates somewhat slower in the Huawei Y6p than, for example, in the Alcatel 3L 2020, possibly due to the smaller RAM. In general, the performance is sufficient for everyday use, but with more complex apps, for example, the volume control comes to a standstill.
In terms of memory speed, the Huawei Y6p with its eMMC flash probably doesn't win any prizes either, but is on a class level overall. The memory card reader also achieves decent transfer rates with our reference microSD Toshiba Exceria Pro M501.
The warming is quite low and should hardly be noticed in everyday life, even under heavy load.
The small mono loudspeaker on the lower edge sounds very high pitched and pleasant in the ear at highest volume. If you lower the volume, the sound is a bit muffled. The sound reproduction via Bluetooth or 3.5mm cable works without problems.
The 5,000-mAh battery has a great runtime of almost 16 hours in our WLAN test. Under normal use, this should be enough for several days without charging. In fact, the Huawei Y6p seems to be quite economical with energy, the Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite with the same size battery does not reach these runtimes. But it's also good that you don't have to charge so often, because due to the missing quick charging technology, charging the high-capacity battery takes quite a long time.
| PCMark for Android | |
| Work performance score (sort by value) | |
| Huawei Y6p | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 (4404 - 7465, n=18) | |
| Work 2.0 performance score (sort by value) | |
| Huawei Y6p | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite | |
| Alcatel 3L 2020 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 (3805 - 5380, n=21) | |
| GFXBench | |
| on screen Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen (sort by value) | |
| Huawei Y6p | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite | |
| Alcatel 3L 2020 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 (6.4 - 7.6, n=21) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (3.6 - 166, n=209, last 2 years) | |
| 1920x1080 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen (sort by value) | |
| Huawei Y6p | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite | |
| Alcatel 3L 2020 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 (3.5 - 4.7, n=21) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (2.3 - 321, n=209, last 2 years) | |
| on screen Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen (sort by value) | |
| Huawei Y6p | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite | |
| Alcatel 3L 2020 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 (4.1 - 4.8, n=21) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (0.85 - 144, n=210, last 2 years) | |
| 2560x1440 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen (sort by value) | |
| Huawei Y6p | |
| Honor 9X Lite | |
| Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite | |
| Alcatel 3L 2020 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 (1.3 - 1.6, n=21) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (0.85 - 129, n=209, last 2 years) | |
| Huawei Y6p | Honor 9X Lite | Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite | Alcatel 3L 2020 | Average 64 GB eMMC Flash | Average of class Smartphone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AndroBench 3-5 | 48% | 14% | -18% | 12% | 821% | |
| Sequential Read 256KB | 278 | 286.8 3% | 284 2% | 287.7 3% | 274 ? -1% | 1873 ? 574% |
| Sequential Write 256KB | 160 | 200.9 26% | 226.5 42% | 173.4 8% | 176.6 ? 10% | 1466 ? 816% |
| Random Read 4KB | 55.2 | 44.8 -19% | 59.9 9% | 20.91 -62% | 59.4 ? 8% | 277 ? 402% |
| Random Write 4KB | 19.4 | 72.4 273% | 24.17 25% | 8.68 -55% | 32.2 ? 66% | 309 ? 1493% |
| Sequential Read 256KB SDCard | 82.8 ? | 76 ? -8% | 83.4 ? 1% | 82.8 ? 0% | 77.4 ? -7% | |
| Sequential Write 256KB SDCard | 62.5 ? | 69.2 ? 11% | 63.8 ? 2% | 62 ? -1% | 58.3 ? -7% |
Temperature
(±) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 40.5 °C / 105 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 40 °C / 104 F, compared to the average of 33.9 °C / 93 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 29.3 °C / 85 F, compared to the device average of 32.8 °C / 91 F.
Speakers
Huawei Y6p audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (83.7 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 70.1% lower than median
(+) | bass is linear (0% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(-) | nearly no mids - on average 70.1% lower than median
(+) | mids are linear (0% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(-) | nearly no highs - on average 70.1% lower than median
(+) | highs are linear (0% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(-) | overall sound is not linear (118.7% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 86% of all tested devices in this class were better, 9% similar, 4% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 36%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 96% of all tested devices were better, 3% similar, 1% 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 36%, 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
| Huawei Y6p 5000 mAh | Honor 9X Lite 3750 mAh | Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite 5000 mAh | Alcatel 3L 2020 4000 mAh | Average of class Smartphone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Runtime | |||||
| WiFi Websurfing | 953 | 793 -17% | 833 -13% | 1456 53% | 999 ? 5% |
Pros
Cons
Verdict - Standard smartphone with a good screen
The Huawei Y6p is a reasonably equipped entry-level smartphone with good battery life. The fact that it is not suitable for everyone is due to the lack of Google services, which makes it difficult to access many popular apps.
If you can live with it, you can get three cameras for quite little money, but only two of them effectively take pictures, and that with quite blurry details. The processing power of the smartphone is OK for its price range, but by no means outstanding. The screen is good, displaying colors quite well, offering good contrast and even at low brightness it doesn't flicker.
The Huawei Y6p is a cheap smartphone with a long battery life, a good screen and limitations in the availability of apps.
If you know what you're getting into when you don't have Google services, if you don't care much about the camera and don't need a lot of power, you can take a look at the cheap Y6p.
Huawei Y6p
- 09/02/2020 v7 (old)
Florian Schmitt
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