[jonmorris]

Honor today launched the Honor 5C in the UK and Europe (£149.99/€199.99) and is pitching it as one of the most powerful devices in its class.

I got a chance to have a play in London this morning and have posted some benchmark results, photos and a video.

https://jmcomms.com/2016/06/20/hands...5x-comparison/

It's a lot faster and more nimble than the Snapdragon 616 powered 5X released earlier this year. This uses an octo-core Kirin 650 SoC.

The only thing is that while it gets NFC for Android Pay support, it loses the fingerprint sensor from the Chinese variant.

It's a dual SIM 4G phone, with two SIMs or one SIM and microSDXC. Full HD screen (5.2-inches) and 13MP/8MP cameras.

[Michael09]

Having seen pictures of this floating around the net, it does seem an attractive phone. Now stuck between choosing this or the G4 Plus

[carcass]

Sounds great but missing band 3.
gorrilla glass?

[jonmorris]

No, it's not Gorilla Glass. Not sure what it is either.

As for bands, do you know the specs for the UK version? We didn't get this today, but the models weren't final units for review - which we will get next week.

[carcass]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonmorris

No, it's not Gorilla Glass. Not sure what it is either.

As for bands, do you know the specs for the UK version? We didn't get this today, but the models weren't final units for review - which we will get next week.

Thanks.
my info on bands is form gsma arena.

[carcass]

4G LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - 3G HSDPA 900 / 2100 - 2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2

https://www.vmall.eu/uk/honor-5c-16gb-grey-uk-290772/

so it has all uk bands.

[jonmorris]

Thanks. Makes sense given Three is the only network selling it, but as it's dual SIM it's also safe to say it won't support VoLTE.

[Zebb]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonmorris

Thanks. Makes sense given Three is the only network selling it, but as it's dual SIM it's also safe to say it won't support VoLTE.

From a couple of months ago; http://www.gizmochina.com/2016/04/28...-detail-specs/

you get Cat. 7 LTE support with speeds of up to 300 Mbps. Then, there’s VoLTE support as well.

No wi-fi ac. Moto g g4 competitor.

[jonmorris]

Three has said it won't support VoLTE via inTouch on dual SIM phones, so there's the assumption it will ship with a custom build that has native VoLTE support.

Going by the Honor 7 and Honor 5X releases, I think it's fair to say they won't support it.

I'd be happy to be proved wrong, but seriously doubt it.

(for Wi-Fi it is indeed n-only and 2.4GHz only).