Specifications of huawei honor 4c phone. owner's diary

Device dimensions - 143.3 × 71.9 × 9.1 mm. The smartphone is tall and narrow, according to many users it is comfortable to hold in hand. In terms of size, it can be compared with the Lenovo P70 (142 × 71.8 × 9 mm). The weight of Huawei Honor 4C is 167 grams, the same is weighed by its “thickened” version with a capacious battery – Huawei Honor 4C Pro.

From the front, Huawei Honor 4C looks like a regular smartphone: it is somewhat reminiscent of the iPhone 5 or other Huawei phones. Noteworthy are only buttons stylized as virtual keys in Android 5.0, a metallic chrome frame around the display and black side frames. Because of this coloring, it seems that the screen is very wide and there are simply no frames around it. But as soon as you turn on your smartphone, the magical effect of such a "trick" dissipates - there are frames, they're just black. The rear panel of the smartphone has a special texture and is decorated with an embossed Honor logo. In addition to the logo on the back, you can see the speaker of the device, a camera lens with a flash and a microphone hole. Why did you suddenly need a microphone on the lid? Perhaps for shooting video, but it looks, in our opinion, unaesthetic.

The case is assembled with high quality. According to the manufacturer, it is made of "three-layer composite material." The case of the smartphone is collapsible. It does not have the usual ledge to remove the cover. However, it can be easily put on anywhere, removed and put in place. In tests, this lightness also had negative consequences: the lid spontaneously snapped off the case while being carried in a jeans pocket.

Screen - 4.0

The Honor 4C smartphone has a high-quality 5-inch display. It seems to have all the ingredients for a great screen for its price: HD resolution (1280×720 pixels), IPS-matrix, oleophobic coating and manual color balance adjustment. The pixel density is 294 per inch, which gives a clear picture, if you do not find fault and do not bring the screen to your eyes. Viewing angles are average for an IPS display. At the same time, at an angle, the image slightly yellows. Brightness varies from 14 cd/m 2 to 397 cd/m 2 , for comparison, Honor 5X can produce about 500 cd/m 2 . For darkness, this is excessive brightness, but in the sun the display remains readable. The oleophobic coating is weak - fingerprints remain on the display. The smartphone has a brightness sensor, and with it the auto-brightness function. There is no glove mode, but the screen feels touched in thin fabric gloves. In general, the display is rather of average quality, but for 9000 rubles it is an excellent screen.

Camera

If you want an inexpensive smartphone with a really good camera, then the Huawei Honor 4C is for you. It has a 13 MP camera with autofocus, flash and image quality that matches the declared resolution. The level of detail is high, noise only appears when shooting in the dark. The camera works well with light, and in case of darkening or overexposure, it automatically turns on the HDR mode (increasing the detail of shadowed and overexposed areas of the frame). The maximum photo resolution is 4208 × 3120 pixels, panorama shooting, focus adjustment in different areas of the frame and face “decoration” mode are available. The main camera shoots Full HD-video (1920 × 1080 pixels) at 30 frames per second, stereo sound and tracking autofocus.

The 5 MP front camera is perfect for those who like to take selfies. The maximum photo resolution from the front camera is 2592 × 1952 pixels, and it also shoots HD video for video calls.

Photos from the camera Huawei Honor 4C - 3.5

Photo from the front camera Huawei Honor 4C - 3.5

Working with text - 5.0

Along with the standard Android keyboard, the Huawei Honor 4C comes preinstalled with the Swype functional keyboard. Thanks to it and the large diagonal of the display on the phone, it is convenient to type texts. It supports continuous word input. The keys have markings for additional characters. Switching between languages ​​is inconvenient - you have to hold down the space bar, wait a bit and select the desired language in the pop-up list. For the keyboard, you can choose a different design and adjust its height for comfortable use. If you're more used to using Google's default keyboard, you can select it in the language and input settings.

Internet - 3.0

Several browsers are preinstalled on the Huawei Honor 4C phone: the standard Browser, Opera and Google Chrome. Each with its own settings and capabilities. All three browsers have "one-time" (to the selected size) and automatic text fitting, traffic reduction, tab synchronization, incognito mode and much more. We tested the smartphone with browsers: it adequately copes with Internet surfing with several open tabs.

Communications - 1.0

Smartphone Huawei Honor 4C supports a standard set of interfaces: Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), A-GPS with GLONASS, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP profile. The smartphone does not support LTE. You can note the work with two Micro-SIM cards at once and a Micro-USB 2.0 connector, it supports USB-host for connecting peripherals.

Multimedia - 4.2

During the tests, we highly appreciated the multimedia capabilities of Huawei Honor 4C. It supports a large number of audio and video formats. Of the audio, he did not play only AC-3 and DTS files. Of the video formats, the phone played MP4, MPG, TS, MOV, MKV, AVI, etc., only 2K and 4K videos did not start. A nice little thing - when taking pictures, the smartphone does not turn off the music in the player, as is often the case. Built-in players at the same time turned out to be poor in settings and special features.

Battery - 2.6

According to the results of our tests, we can say that the operating time of the Huawei Honor 4C is quite low. It lasted 6 hours in the video test at maximum display brightness, which is good for its price tag. But in player mode, it ran out of juice rather quickly: it lasted only 41 hours (almost like Huawei P9 Lite) and turned off. In the average mode of use (1 movie per day, an hour of play, several calls, browsing, music, etc.), we barely had enough smartphone for a day. In games, the battery practically melts before our eyes - 10 minutes of playing NOVA 3 eats up 7-8% of the charge.

There are several power consumption modes - "normal" (games, online video), "smart" (everyday use) and "energy saving". In the latter mode, the image becomes black and white, the brightness is noticeably reduced, and only calls, SMS messages and the contact list remain available.

Performance - 2.1

The Huawei Honor 4C's performance is good for its price tag. The smartphone is equipped with a proprietary 64-bit HiSilicon Kirin 620 mid-range processor. It has an impressive number of cores - 8 at once, but they operate at a low frequency - 1.2 GHz. At the same time, Honor 4C is equipped with 2 GB of RAM, not every state employee can boast of such characteristics. In daily use, the smartphone does not slow down, applications run quickly, there is enough RAM for browsing with several open tabs. The phone easily runs demanding games such as NOVA 3, Modern Combat 5. In tests, they loaded quickly, but did not always run smoothly. Dead Trigger 2 only managed to launch once. At the next attempts, the game simply crashed at the loading stage. Asphalt 8 had to lower the graphics settings. At the same time, we note that during the first launch, we observed artifacts in it - layering of different frames on top of each other. With subsequent launches, we were unable to repeat this "bug".

In benchmarks, the smartphone received points typical for mid-range stuffing - about 27000 in AnTuTu and 5100 in Ice Storm Unlimited from 3DMark.

Memory - 3.5

For data storage, Huawei Honor 4C has 8 GB of memory, of which only 3.3 GB is available to the user. The capacity can be expanded using a microSD memory card (up to 32 GB). Supports hot-swappable memory card, moreover, you can install games and applications on it.

Peculiarities

The main feature of the device is its low price - usually phones with such characteristics are one and a half times more expensive. Smartphone Huawei Honor 4C runs on Android 4.4 and with its own shell EMUI 3.0. There is no information about updating to Android 5.0 Lollipop. The device supports 2 SIM cards. It has a removable cover, but a non-removable battery. From the pre-installed software, we note the file manager and phone manager, which monitors applications and allows you to clean your smartphone from unnecessary files. Huawei Honor 4C has "chips" with controls: turn on the screen with a double tap, turn off the incoming call signal by turning the smartphone over. In addition, you can launch the desired application by drawing the corresponding letter on the display that is off. This is already interesting: the screen recognizes four patterns - you can draw the letters C, E, M and W and one of the applications will launch on your smartphone. Which one - you can choose in the settings. By default, these are the camera, browser, music and weather, respectively.

Let's start with the cost - the recommended retail price of Honor 4C is 8,990 rubles. For comparison: at the other end of the lineup is the flagship Mate 7, which can be bought for about 40,000 rubles. And Huawei has not yet too expensive flagships - for the Galaxy S 6 Edge they ask from 62,000 rubles. However, the cost of Honor 4C is quite competitive against the background of devices that are much closer in class. With the help of "Yandex.Market" we have selected some of the most successful models for a similar price - and we will try to compare Honor 4C with them. So, what can a potential buyer expect for such money?

Honor 4C is equipped with a 5-inch screen. By modern standards, smartphones with such a diagonal are the golden mean: everything that is smaller is small phones, everything that is larger is large. Obviously, according to the idea of ​​Huawei, this device should fall into the most massive segment.

The body of the smartphone is made entirely of plastic - there are no other options in this price category, metal and glass are much more expensive. At the same time, Honor 4C almost does not bend and does not creak at all, and in general it is assembled quite well. The materials do not leave the feeling of being expensive, but the Chinese have tried to make them at least original – the back cover of the Honor 4C is textured, as if covered with fabric. The presentation says something about “a silky surface with 0.03 mm wide fibers”, but it is important for us that the “silky” phone does not slip out of hands and does not get dirty too quickly. The appearance of the phone as a whole is standard, discreet - it will not attract attention, but inside this device is fraught with many surprises.

Surprise one: the budget phone uses a decent screen - an IPS-matrix with a resolution of 1280 × 720 (293 PPI). Of course, this display cannot be called ideal - it is even noticeable to the eye that it lacks colors, and the brightness is not very high. However, this is much better than what is offered "on average for the hospital" for the same amount. It has a good anti-reflective layer, as well as an oleophobic coating, albeit far from the best - swiping your finger across the screen of more expensive phones is noticeably more pleasant. The phones that we have chosen for comparison, the display is either about the same or slightly worse. The only exception is last year's Lenovo Vibe X, which has fallen in price by almost one and a half times over the year of its existence on the market, despite the growth of the dollar, and now falls into the budget segment.

Surprise two: a system-on-a-chip in a budget phone was also delivered quite productive. The Honor 4C uses the development of a subsidiary of Huawei - HiSilicon Kirin 620. It has as many as eight energy-efficient 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 cores operating at a frequency of 1.2 GHz, and the ARM Mali-450 MP4 adapter plays the role of a graphics controller . The SoC also has a built-in HIFI II digital signal processor, which Huawei is especially proud of: there are technologies for improving the sound of the interlocutor, and noise reduction using two microphones, and DTS support, and ultra-low power consumption in music playback - in general, a complete set standard features that every modern smartphone should have. The Kirin 620 is being produced using the 28nm LP process technology - a more modern, 14nm process technology HiSilicon and TSMC are just beginning to master.

In Honor 4C, the Kirin 620 is made up of 2 GB of RAM – which is also a lot for a “state employee” – and an 8 GB flash drive. Competitors may offer more flash memory in some cases, but none can boast a more powerful system-on-a-chip. Here we will also mention a more or less complete set of all sorts of sensors: the smartphone has a gyroscope and an accelerometer, a magnetometer, a light sensor and a proximity sensor. Unless there is no barometer, but - again, taking into account the price - it's a sin to complain.

In the materials provided by Huawei, there was even a third surprise, but, unfortunately, it turned out to be a mistake made by someone at the stage of compiling the slide: the Kirin 620 block diagram showed an integrated LTE Cat.4 modem. In theory, he could well be there - there are modifications of the Kirin 620 with LTE. However, in practice, Honor 4C has a conventional 3G modem with a peak data transfer rate of 42 Mbps. Unfortunately, in Russia, 3G networks are quite overloaded, so even 10 Mbps input can be observed only on holidays - LTE in a smartphone will not be enough. Those who do not care for life without LTE are offered Honor 4X - the same thing, but a little more and with a Cat.4 LTE modem. Surcharge for increased size and improved data transfer speed - 2,000 rubles. There are not so many smartphones with LTE for the indicated amount, and in most cases, you have to pay for the presence of an LTE modem with other characteristics of the device. A pleasant exception to this rule is Xiaomi Redmi 2.

I am glad that in Honor 4C they did not implement the ambiguous Huawei proprietary chip and combine one of the SIM card slots with a memory card slot - here, under a removable back cover, you can find all three slots: two for Micro-SIM cards and one for microSD .

If you remove the cover, you can also admire the sheet of foil, under which is hidden a non-removable battery of 9.7 Wh (2550 mAh, 3.8 V). Huawei is very fond of giving some separate measurable parameters in which the phone outperforms its competitors, and even found such a parameter for the battery: it, according to the Chinese, has a very high energy density - 587 W * h / l. True, we have nothing to compare with: we do not know the similar indicators of competitors' batteries. According to Huawei, the battery lasts for 28 hours of active use, that is, a little more than a day. Video on a single battery charge can be watched a little more than 10 hours, and talking - about 14 hours.

Another pleasant surprise was the set of cameras. The main camera of the Huawei Honor 4C uses a 13-megapixel Sony BSI CMOS sensor found in many mid-range and high-end phones. The lens with an equivalent focal length of 28 mm is characterized by an aperture of F / 2.0, and its protective glass is coated with anti-reflective and oleophobic layers. The camera shoots quite well - Huawei has already learned how to “tame” this matrix and squeeze out almost everything that it is capable of. For example, Honor 4C has the ability to shoot with a subsequent change in focus - the camera takes several shots with different focusing distances and allows you to select the one you need. Much less is known about the front camera: 5 megapixels - and that's it. It shoots mediocre, but in general it is better than similar cameras of other “state employees”. The camera sets of competitors from our table are worse, except that the exact same set is used in the Vibe X.

At the time of the presentation of the smartphone (and this material was published just in time for the presentation), Honor 4C is running Android 4.4 with Emotion UI 3.0 installed on top. Over time, Huawei promises to update the software to Android 5.0. In general, the interface is familiar to all those who have ever seen Huawei smartphones over the past year: everything is quite nice, somewhat non-standard compared to the regular Android UI, but simple and clear.

⇡ Conclusion

So, in terms of the sum of the characteristics, Huawei Honor 4C for its 8,990 at the moment looks very attractive. Before unequivocally recommending this device, I would like to test it fully - with the study of battery life, screen parameters and SoC power, but after a two-hour acquaintance, he left a mostly positive impression. The strengths of this smartphone are a productive system-on-a-chip by the standards of this segment and a very good set of cameras. The disadvantages include the lack of an LTE module and, perhaps, an inexpressive appearance - but this is for taste, for color ...

Huawei is one of the old-timers of the mobile market. Perhaps that is why it differs significantly from many Chinese device developers in its policies, approach and product quality. For this, in fact, it is so highly appreciated by buyers.

It can be seen that in order to successfully sell their smartphones, Huawei has tried a lot of strategies. One of them is the allocation of an independent line of devices under a new brand. In particular, we are talking about the phone Huawei Honor 4C. We will consider it in today's review.

In our country, Honor is associated with the Huawei brand and, of course, does not independently promote among consumers; while the company itself strongly advertises this product as a separate development, an independent brand that produces devices.

Model positioning

It’s worth noting right away that the phone was released in April 2015. At the time of the debut, it was so in demand that in the stores where sales were carried out, a temporary shortage of devices began - they were bought faster than they were brought to the warehouse. And this is not surprising!

In the process of preparing the review, we have studied more than one in the eyes of people defined as an affordable solution with high-tech equipment, worthy of attention. The model is actually functional, reliable, well-assembled and at the same time inexpensive. At the time of sale, the price of 9,000 rubles was set on Huawei Honor 4C. Some mobile market experts believe that it was a promotional value aimed at popularizing the smartphone, its advertising, so to speak; but at the same time, the price did not rise in the end.

Appearance

What can be said about the design of the device? First of all, the phone, like many other Huawei products, is presented in a typical for this company, but somewhat non-original design. This is a simple "brick", decorated with a pseudo-metallic surface with a texture dotted with intersecting grooves (the latter takes place on the back cover). In addition to this feature, nothing more unusual can be found here.

Despite the fact that the design is very reminiscent of "noname-smartphones", the Huawei Honor 4C (8 GB) lies pleasantly in the hand. Probably, the whole thing is not only in the right form, but also in such case materials.

The front panel is completely covered with glass: according to the technical specifications, this is 3 (more resistant to shock, scratches and other types of damage coating). On the side faces are traditionally located a button to change the sound, as well as a key to lock the screen. The back panel of Huawei Honor 4C (Black modifications and other colors) contains a barely noticeable Honor inscription and a camera eye with a flash, highlighted by a special metal plate. At the bottom of the panel, you can also notice the speaker - a lot of small holes were made above it.

If you buy a Huawei Honor 4C phone on the official website, you can get the model in white and black variations; there is also a gold version, though you can’t buy it on the Russian market.

Screen

The device is presented in the most "hot" to date category of 5-inch smartphones. With a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels, the phone has a good display density (294 ppi). This allows you to talk about the high definition of the picture on the screen, give it a rating of "5". Smartphone Huawei Honor 4C can serve as a player for high-quality movies, for example. It is almost impossible to consider graininess here. And, of course, no one will do this on purpose.

With the color reproduction and viewing angles of the model, everything is also in order - this was confirmed by far more than one review left on the Web. Huawei Honor 4C has several features that can make working with a smartphone in a dark room (where minimum brightness is required) and, conversely, in sunlight more comfortable.

In addition, there is also the possibility to customize the screen display to your liking. To do this, the phone menu provides for a number of options, each of which can be configured.

CPU

Regarding Huawei devices (Honor 4C 8 GB also), it should be noted that they are equipped with hardware, individually developed by the company for their products. We are talking about HiSilicon Kirin 620, running on 8 cores. Their clock frequency is 1.2 GHz. And in tandem with it, the graphics engine also functions (Mali T-450 MP4).

Due to this connection, the device can really be called quite nimble in terms of interaction on an everyday level. That is, the smartphone is not buggy if you scroll through the menu on it, open certain applications, leaving them in others, and so on.

It is important to note that some performance issues can be found on "bulky" (in terms of graphics) games. This is where you need to be prepared for the fact that the phone may simply not reproduce any of them.

Operating system

The smartphone is based on Android. Surprisingly, at the time of the debut of the device, version 5.0 was its current modification, while the developers decided to take 4.4.2 as a basis. At the same visual level, the buyer was presented with his own EMUI graphical shell, which has some differences from the “naked” Android. In particular, this applies not only to the presence of some additional applications, but also to the design of menus, windows, transitions and other things.

As another example of the manifestation of such "individualism" of this UI, we can cite a multimedia player developed specifically for Huawei.

Camera

As every review left about the device has shown, Huawei Honor 4C has a 13-megapixel camera (as the main one) and a 5-megapixel front camera. The quality of their shooting can not be called bad or good. Rather, these are typical cameras of mid-range devices. During the shooting, it was also noticeable that in the automatic setting mode, the smartphone does not respect the color balance well: separately, you can notice not quite accurate reproduction of colors in a dark room. Sometimes even a flash does not save from this, and sometimes it only makes it worse. Therefore, the camera that was installed on the Huawei Honor 4C smartphone (8 GB) can be used for periodic shots, but you definitely cannot call this device a “camera phone”.

Battery

An important nuance that cannot but interest us in Huawei Honor 4C (Black and White versions) is its performance. How long a phone can last on a single battery charge directly affects the user's attitude towards it. Indeed, in fact, on the road or somewhere in a place without access to the network, only the “endurance” factor can determine the “life” of a smartphone.

The manufacturer installed a battery with a capacity of 2550 mAh on the Huawei Honor 4C 8 GB smartphone. This is not very much: for a device with such functionality, such a battery will last for 5-6 hours of video playback, 10 for working with mobile Internet, 20 for using various functions on an everyday level.

Connection

The official name of the device we are describing is Huawei Honor 4C Dual Sim. It can already be concluded from it that the smartphone has the function of supporting work simultaneously with two SIM cards, which undoubtedly gives the user enhanced communication capabilities.

Both cards can receive 2G/3G/4G signal. In addition to conventional mobile communication, there is also support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth signal. In addition to all of the above, we can name the navigation capabilities of the smartphone, support for GPS and GLONASS systems.

The most affordable device in the Huawei Honor line

In the middle of last spring, the "people's" brand Huawei Honor, which recently spun off from the parent brand and suddenly became independent, was replenished with another "masterpiece" that instantly gained incredible popularity among our compatriots. A smartphone worth up to 10 thousand rubles with good workmanship and characteristics for its level immediately became a bestseller, company representatives do not get tired of reporting how the next batches of Honor 4C are sold out in just a matter of hours.

The smartphone really gives the impression of a well-made product, but is it good enough to become a worthy successor to the work of its legendary ancestors? At one time, models such as Huawei Honor and Honor 2 so organically combined good features, impressive battery life and affordable prices that they earned popular love and recognition for this line of Chinese smartphones, including among Russian consumers. Let's see what the company has prepared for us with the release of another budget model in the new season.

Key Features of Honor 4C (CHM-U01)

• SoC HiSilicon Kirin 620, 1200 MHz, 8 cores ARM Cortex-A53
• GPU Mali-450MP4
• Operating system Android 4.4.2, EMUI 3.0
• Touch display IPS, 5″, 1280×720, 294 ppi
• Random access memory (RAM) 2 GB, internal memory 8 GB
• microSD support up to 32 GB
• Micro-SIM support (2 pcs.)
• Communication 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• 3G communication: WCDMA 850/9001900//2100MHz
• HSPA+ data transfer up to 21 Mbps
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n (2.4 GHz), Wi-Fi Direct
• Bluetooth 4.0
• USB 2.0
• GPS (A-GPS), Glonass
• Camera 13 MP, f/2.0, autofocus, LED flash
• Camera 5 MP (front), f / 2.4, fixed. focus
• Proximity sensor, direction sensor, light sensor, accelerometer, electronic compass
• Non-removable battery 2550 mAh
• Dimensions 143×72×8.8 mm
• Weight 162 g

Appearance and usability

Smartphone Honor 4C has a fairly simple inexpressive design, which is consistent with its low price. This is an ordinary, unpretentious-looking five-inch monoblock with a removable back cover made of plastic. The device turned out to be unexpectedly weighty, its mass is more than 160 g.

The smartphone has standard dimensions, the case is of medium thickness, it lies quite comfortably in the hand, does not slip and does not collect fingerprints, since there is no gloss here. At the same time, there are unpleasant creaks at any, even the lightest touch, since the lid here is made in the form of a whole trough, completely covering not only the back, but also all the sidewalls. The plastic casing crunches in everyday use of the smartphone, and there is nothing to be done about it.

There is no rim on the side faces, and this greatly simplifies the design. The mechanical buttons on the sidewalls are located directly on the cover itself, so that when it is removed, there are no buttons left on the case, and it becomes impossible to control the smartphone.

The buttons themselves are plastic, but one of them, which is responsible for power and lock, is painted with metallic paint, as is the thin shiny frame around the screen.

The buttons have a rather soft, but elastic stroke, they protrude beyond the surface of the case to a sufficient height, they are easily located blindly, their location is quite logical, so in general these elements do not cause complaints.

Outside, the back surface of the lid is textured, and the developers claim that this structure resembles Chinese silk. All side faces at the same time remain smooth, albeit matte, without gloss. On the back side, as usual, you can find the camera window, combined in a single unit with a single LED flash. The flash can act as a flashlight, the icon to enable this function is located in the notification menu.

At the bottom of the rear wall there is a slot for sound output from the main speaker. It is placed so poorly that the sound of a smartphone lying on a hard surface is almost completely muffled, which can lead to missed calls and messages. The slot is designed in the form of an array of small round holes made right in the lid.

The cover is removed quite easily, but there are no special ledges to hook it, you have to grab it by the hole of the Micro-USB connector. Under the cover is a standard set of two slots for SIM-cards and one microSD memory card. The connectors are made in the form of slots, however, a stuck card can be easily pryed from the other end through specially provided holes. Both slots are designed for Micro-SIM cards.

The battery here is non-removable, and it does not support cards that can be inserted and removed on the go. However, when changing SIM cards, you still need to restart the device. You can't see the battery itself, it is walled up under a reliable metal plate, a sticker on one of the screws prohibits user intervention.

The front panel is completely covered with a flat protective glass - most likely, this is the usual Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Slightly protruding edges of the frame can play the role of bumpers that protect the glass from contact with the surface. Putting the smartphone face down may be required due to the fact that the sound of the device lying face up is significantly muffled. At the top of the front panel, in addition to sensors and a camera, you can see a round LED event indicator that indicates the status of charging and the presence of messages.

At the bottom, under the screen, there are three familiar touch buttons for controlling the system and applications. The buttons are simply painted with shiny paint on the panel under the glass and, unfortunately, do not have any backlight, so it would be better if they were virtual, on-screen, as is done, for example, in Huawei P8 Lite.

As for the connectors, they are usually located at the ends of the device. A universal Micro-USB connector is built into the bottom end, it supports connecting devices in USB OTG mode. Next to it you can see the opening of the conversational microphone.

At the top end there is only an audio output for a 3.5 mm headphone minijack, and an auxiliary second microphone is placed on the back surface. The connectors are not covered with covers and plugs, the smartphone is not protected from water and dust. There is no strap attachment on the case either.

In Russian retail, the smartphone will be presented in two traditional colors: black and white. It should be noted that the white version has a slightly yellowish ivory tint. Otherwise, there are no differences between the modifications.

Screen

The Honor 4C smartphone is equipped with an IPS touch matrix combined with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protective glass. The screen dimensions are 62 × 110 mm, the diagonal is 5 inches, and the resolution is 1280 × 720 pixels. Accordingly, the pixel density is 294 ppi.

The frame around the screen is not that thin, the width from the screen to the edge of the case on the sides is just under 4 mm. The width of the top and bottom edges is approximately 16 mm.

The brightness of the display can be adjusted manually, or you can use automatic adjustment based on the operation of the light sensor. Multi-touch technology allows you to handle 10 simultaneous touches. The smartphone also has a proximity sensor that blocks the screen when you bring the smartphone to your ear. The screen can be activated by double tapping on the glass, nothing is said about support for working with gloves, unlike the same Huawei P8 Lite.

A detailed examination using measuring instruments was carried out by the editor of the "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" sections Alexey Kudryavtsev. Here is his expert opinion on the screen of the test sample.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface, resistant to scratches. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen are no worse than those of the Google Nexus 7 (2013) screen (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, here is a photo in which a white surface is reflected in the off screens (on the left is Nexus 7, on the right is Honor 4C, then they can be distinguished by size):

The screen of Honor 4C is even slightly darker (brightness in photos is 107 versus 109 for Nexus 7). The doubling of reflected objects in the screen of Honor 4C is very weak, which indicates that there is no air gap between the layers of the screen (more specifically, between the outer glass and the surface of the LCD matrix) (OGS type screen - One Glass Solution). Due to the smaller number of borders (glass/air type) with very different refractive indices, such screens look better in conditions of strong external illumination, but their repair in case of cracked external glass is much more expensive, since the entire screen has to be changed. On the outer surface of the screen there is a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating (in terms of efficiency it is much worse than that of the Nexus 7), so fingerprints are removed a little easier, and appear at a slower rate than in the case of ordinary glass.

With manual brightness control and with a white field displayed in full screen, the maximum brightness value was about 375 cd / m², the minimum was 13.5 cd / m². The maximum brightness is not very high, but given the excellent anti-reflective properties, readability even on a sunny day outdoors should be at a good level. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. In the presence of automatic brightness control by light sensor (it is located to the left of the front speaker). In automatic mode, when the ambient light conditions change, the screen brightness both increases and decreases. This function depends on the position of the brightness slider. If it is 100%, then in complete darkness the auto-brightness function reduces the brightness to 100 cd / m² (a little too much), in an office lit by artificial light (about 400 lux) it sets it to 266 cd / m² (it could have been less), in a very bright environment (corresponding to lighting on a clear day outdoors, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 lux or a little more) the brightness rises to 375 cd / m² (to the maximum - it is necessary); if the adjustment is about 50%, then the values ​​​​are as follows: 13.5, 120 and 375 cd / m² (ideal combination), the regulator at 0% - 13.5, 30 and 200 cd / m² (the last two values ​​\u200b\u200bare slightly underestimated, which is logical ). It turns out that the auto-brightness function works absolutely adequately and allows the user to customize their work to individual requirements. At any brightness level, there is virtually no backlight modulation, so there is no screen flicker.

This smartphone uses an IPS type matrix. Micrographs show a typical IPS subpixel structure:

For comparison, you can see the gallery of microphotographs of screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without significant color shift even with large deviations of the view from the perpendicular to the screen and without inverting (except for the very darkest when deviating along one diagonal) shades. For comparison, here are photos in which the same images are displayed on the screens of Honor 4C and Nexus 7, while the brightness of the screens was initially set to about 200 cd / m², and the color balance on the camera was forcibly switched to 6500 K. A white field is perpendicular to the screens:

Note the acceptable uniformity of brightness and color tone of the white field. And a test picture:

The color reproduction is good, the saturation is normal, the color balance is slightly different. Now at an angle of about 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

It can be seen that the colors did not change much on both screens, but on the Honor 4C, the contrast decreased to a greater extent due to the strong black highlighting, and signs of inversion of the darkest shades also began to appear. And the white box:

The brightness at an angle on the screens has decreased (at least 4 times, based on the difference in shutter speed), but the Honor 4C screen is still lighter (brightness in photos is 236 versus 233 for Nexus 7). The black field, when deviated diagonally, is highlighted strongly and acquires a purple hue or remains approximately neutral gray. The photos below demonstrate this (the brightness of the white areas in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the screens is the same!):

And from another angle:

With a perpendicular view, the uniformity of the black field is not ideal, since closer to the edge the black is highlighted in places:

Contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is not very high - about 720:1. The response time for the black-white-black transition is 22 ms (14 ms on + 8 ms off). The transition between grayscale 25% and 75% (according to the numerical value of the color) and back in total takes 31 ms. The gamma curve constructed from 32 points with an equal interval according to the numerical value of the shade of gray did not reveal a blockage either in the highlights or in the shadows. The fit exponent is 1.98, slightly below the standard value of 2.2. In this case, the real gamma curve somewhat deviates from the power dependence:

Color gamut close to sRGB:

The spectra show that the matrix filters moderately mix the components to each other:

As a result, visually the colors have a natural saturation. The balance of shades on the gray scale is not bad, since the color temperature is not much higher than the standard 6500 K, and the deviation from the black body spectrum (ΔE) is about 10, which is considered an acceptable indicator for a consumer device. At the same time, the color temperature and ΔE change little from shade to shade - this has a positive effect on the visual assessment of color balance. (The darkest areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since the color balance does not matter much there, and the measurement error of color characteristics at low brightness is large.)

This device has the ability to adjust the color balance by adjusting the hue warmer-colder.

Curves in the charts above Without corr. correspond to the results without any color balance correction, and the curves Corr.- data obtained after shifting the correction slider to the "warm" side as far as it will go. It can be seen that the change in balance corresponds to the expected result, since the color temperature has approached the standard value, but ΔE, unfortunately, has increased noticeably. There is no point in making adjustments.

To summarize: the screen has a fairly high maximum brightness and has good anti-glare properties, so the device can be used outdoors without any problems even on a sunny summer day. In complete darkness, the brightness can be lowered to a comfortable level. It is permissible to use the mode with automatic brightness adjustment, which works adequately. Also, the advantages of the screen include the absence of flicker and air gap in the layers of the screen, the color balance close to the standard and the color gamut close to sRGB. The disadvantages are the low stability of black to the deviation of the gaze from the perpendicular to the plane of the screen. Nevertheless, taking into account the importance of the characteristics for this particular class of devices, the screen quality can be considered high.

Sound

Honor4C is equipped with only one ringing speaker, the sound it produces is quite clear, bright, without noticeable distortion, the maximum volume level is quite satisfactory, but the bass is not enough. The same can be said about the sound in the headphones: the sound is bright, juicy, pleasant to the ear, but low frequencies are not in excess. In conversational dynamics, the interlocutor's speech, timbre and intonation remain recognizable, there are no complaints here. To control the sound quality in the proprietary player, there are no manual settings, you can only turn on or turn off the complex DTS sound enhancement system.

There is an FM radio in the smartphone, it works only with connected headphones. By default, the device is not able to record telephone conversations by regular means.

Camera

Honor 4C is equipped with two modules of digital cameras with a resolution of 13 and 5 megapixels. For front shooting, a 5-megapixel module with a wide-angle lens with f / 2.4 aperture, a focal length of 22 mm and a viewing angle of 88 ° without autofocus and its own flash is used. Among the settings there is the possibility of face and smile tracking, as well as shooting using the hardware volume key, including when the screen is locked. To do this, double-click, reducing the volume, but shooting is carried out only on the main camera.

The main camera has an f / 2.0 lens, a 13-megapixel autofocus module is used (it is possible to focus on a moving object) and a single LED flash. The proprietary camera settings menu here is exactly the same as in previous models of the corresponding level - for example, Ascend G7. Most of the menu functions are collected in a single vertical scroll, and additional shooting modes are selected on call by pressing the button in the upper right corner. In addition to the automatic shooting mode, there are several specific modes, such as Good photos, Decoration, Panorama, HDR etc. Using a separate mode, you can adjust the focus on different areas of an already captured image.

The camera can shoot video at resolutions up to 1080p, an example of a test video is shown below.

• Clip #1 (46 MB, 1920×1080, 30 fps)

	The text is well done. There is a slight drop in sharpness on the left side of the frame.
	The foliage is well worked out even in the background.
	To distant plans, sharpness practically does not fall. The blur zone on the right side of the frame is present in all pictures.
	With macro photography in good light, the camera does an excellent job.
	In room lighting, macro photography is still good.
	Another example of a good macro.
	Good sharpness almost across the entire field of the frame. Noise in the shadows is almost invisible.
	Sharping on the wires can be found only if you look closely.
	Good job with the shadows.
	Grass at a great distance does not merge. Car numbers are distinguishable.

Huawei often indulges its Honor line with good cameras, and the hero of the review was no exception. Even without taking into account the cost of a smartphone, one can only find fault with the camera about the blur on the right side of the frame: it is it that gives out the budget segment. On the other hand, it is quite weak, and with other advantages of the smartphone, you can not notice it. The rest of the camera works very well. The program behaves moderately, and the camera manages to work out even small details in pictures, including artistic ones. In addition to the already mentioned blurring of the right side of the frame, which may well be a shortcoming of a particular instance, and not the best performance in low light, there are practically no significant drawbacks to the camera. It is well suited for documentary and art photography.

Telephone part and communications

The smartphone works as standard in modern 2G GSM and 3G WCDMA networks, but this smartphone does not support LTE networks, unlike the same Huawei P8 Lite, and this is perhaps one of the main disadvantages of this device. That is, the maximum possible wireless data transfer rate for reception is limited to a level of up to 21 Mbps for reception (HSPA +).

The remaining network capabilities of the smartphone are standard: there is support for Bluetooth 4.0, only one Wi-Fi band (2.4 GHz), Wi-Fi Direct is supported, you can organize a wireless access point via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth channels. NFC technology is not implemented, but the Micro-USB 2.0 connector supports connecting external devices via OTG.

The navigation module works with GPS/A-GPS and domestic Glonass system. The response speed of the navigation module as a whole does not cause any complaints. Among the sensors of the smartphone, a magnetic field sensor is implemented, on the basis of which the electronic compass of navigation mapping programs usually functions.

The smartphone supports two SIM-cards. All work with them in the menu is conveniently organized on one page, the settings are conveniently grouped, you just need to put a couple of checkmarks, and the choice is made. Everything is clear and intuitive. You can assign any of the SIM cards as the main one for organizing voice calls, data transfer and sending SMS messages; when dialing a number, you can also select the desired card using the corresponding buttons. A SIM card in any slot can work with 3G networks, but only one of the cards can operate in this mode at the same time. To change the assignments of card slots, you do not need to swap places - this can be done directly from the phone menu. Working with two SIM-cards is organized according to the usual Dual SIM Dual Standby standard, when both cards can be in active standby mode, but cannot work at the same time - there is only one radio module.

OS and software

As a system, the device uses the Google Android software platform of the outdated version 4.4, but it is practically unrecognizable here, because its own shell called Emotion UI 3.0 is installed on top of the regular Google interface. It should be noted that this is also far from the latest version of the proprietary interface, since the same Huawei P8 Lite goes on sale, already having firmware with EMUI 3.0.5 on board, and is immediately updated “over the air” (OTA) even to the very fresh version 3.1. In the case of Honor 4C, no recent updates have been received.

Nevertheless, the proprietary interface, both in appearance and in most features, has not gone too far from the more recent version, which basically differs only in sharpening for the latest Android 5.0, but it is not here either. There is still no separate menu for installed applications, all icons are evenly distributed across desktops, folder creation and widget installation are supported. The notification menu has a timeline showing the time of each event - a hallmark of Huawei's EMUI menu.

All settings for working with gestures are highlighted in a separate menu section. This includes both the usual double tapping on the glass, or a variety of turning and covering with the palm of your hand, as well as a variety of passes in the form of icons and letters, with which you can call individual applications and programs (for example, a player or a camera). A special software control button has not gone away either, which calls up a pop-up menu for quick access to some frequently used applications. With a vertical gesture, you can call up a search system for contacts, the contents of SMS messages, calendar, notes, media files, as well as the Internet.

Performance

The hardware platform of Honor 4C is based on the HiSilicon Kirin 620 octa-core single-chip system (SoC), which is the company's first 64-bit system. The configuration of this solution includes eight Cortex-A53 processor cores with a frequency of up to 1.2 GHz and a Mali-T450MP4 GPU. That is, Kirin 620 competes with mid-range SoCs such as Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 and MediaTek MT6752.

The RAM of the smartphone is 2 GB. The device has only 8 GB of flash memory, of which only less than 4 GB is available for the needs of the user. Memory can be expanded with a microSD card (the specs list a maximum of 32GB, but in reality our 64GB test card was recognized by the device without any problems). The mode of connecting external devices to the Micro-USB (OTG) port in the device is also supported.

According to the test results, the Kirin 620 platform showed not too outstanding results. Like its sister model Huawei P8 Lite, based on the same SoC, its AnTuTu score is at the level of 30K points. In complex benchmarks, its results are close, and in graphics tests they turn out to be even lower than those of the slightly faster, but also unremarkable Qualcomm Snapdragon 615. But the MediaTek MT6752, which is related in positioning and competes with them, produces more than 40K points in the same AnTuTu, yes and in all other tests, she also scores higher.

There is nothing special to add here, the platform is far in its capabilities from the most productive modern platforms that are installed in flagship solutions. The lot of devices with such a filling is a confident average level, nothing more. Nevertheless, the smartphone described today is sufficiently productive so that its capabilities are enough for some time to perform basic tasks; for demanding games, the capabilities of its graphics subsystem are clearly not enough.

Testing in the latest versions of AnTuTu and GeekBench 3 comprehensive benchmarks:

For convenience, we have summarized all the results obtained by us when testing a smartphone in the latest versions of popular benchmarks in tables. Several other devices from different segments are usually added to the table, also tested on similar latest versions of benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the obtained dry numbers). Unfortunately, within the framework of one comparison, it is impossible to present the results from different versions of benchmarks, so many worthy and relevant models remain “behind the scenes” due to the fact that they once passed the “obstacle course” on previous versions of test programs.

Testing the graphics subsystem in 3DMark gaming tests,GFXBenchmark and Bonsai Benchmark:

When testing in 3DMark for the highest performing smartphones, it is now possible to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the rendering resolution is fixed at 720p and VSync is disabled (due to which the speed can rise above 60 fps).

Browser cross-platform tests:

As for benchmarks for evaluating the speed of the javascript engine, you should always make allowances for the fact that the results in them depend significantly on the browser in which they are launched, so that the comparison can only be truly correct on the same OS and browsers, and this possibility is available when testing not always. In the case of Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

thermal images

Below is a thermal image of the back surface (top on the image is on the right) obtained after 10 minutes of running a battery test in GFXBenchmark:

It can be seen that the heating is localized just above the center and closer to the right edge of the device, which apparently corresponds to the location of the SoC chip. According to the heat chamber, the maximum heating was 44 degrees, which is not very much.

Video playback

To test the "omnivorous" when playing video (including support for various codecs, containers and special features, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats, which make up the bulk of the content available on the Web. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have support for hardware video decoding at the chip level, since it is most often impossible to process modern versions using processor cores alone. Also, you should not expect everything from a mobile device to decode everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to the PC, and no one is going to challenge it. All results are summarized in a single table.

According to the test results, the subject was not equipped with all the necessary decoders that are necessary for the full playback of most of the most common multimedia files on the network. To successfully play them, you will have to resort to the help of a third-party player - for example, MX Player. True, it also needs to change the settings and manually install additional custom codecs, because now this player does not officially support the AC3 audio format.

¹ Audio in MX Video Player only played after installing an alternate custom audio codec; The regular player does not have such a setting.

Video output features tested Alexey Kudryavtsev.

We did not find the MHL interface, as well as Mobility DisplayPort in this smartphone, so we had to limit ourselves to testing the output of video files on the screen of the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see “Methodology for testing video signal playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices) Red marks indicate possible problems associated with playback of the corresponding files.

According to the frame output criterion, the quality of video files playback on the screen of the smartphone itself is good, since frames (or groups of frames) can (but are not required) to be displayed with more or less uniform alternation of intervals and without frame drops. In addition to 1080p files with 50 and 60 fps, the second ones generally immediately or after a while begin to be displayed as a slide show. For files with 60 fps, one frame per second is always output with extended duration. Apparently, the screen refresh rate is slightly higher than the typical 60 Hz and is about 61 Hz. Why this is done is completely incomprehensible. When playing video files with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels (720p) on a smartphone screen, the image of the video file itself is displayed exactly along the border of the screen, one to one in pixels, that is, in its original resolution. The brightness range displayed on the screen corresponds to the standard range of 16-235 - in the shadows, only a couple of shades of gray do not differ in brightness from black, but all gradations of shades are displayed in the highlights.

Battery life

The Honor 4C smartphone has a 2550 mAh non-removable battery that is quite decent for modern devices. As a result, the smartphone showed good results in battery life. In normal operation, the device confidently lives for two days without recharging. Testing was carried out without using any energy-saving features, and with them the smartphone is obviously able to last longer. As usual, in the settings of the proprietary energy-saving mode, Huawei smartphones have three different levels, from normal to the most economical.

Continuous reading in the FBReader program (with a standard, light theme) at the minimum comfortable brightness level (brightness was set to 100 cd / m²) lasted more than 12 hours until the battery was completely discharged, and with continuous viewing of video in high quality (720p) with the same brightness level through the home Wi-Fi network, the device lasted close to 9 hours. In gaming mode, the smartphone functioned for almost 4.5 hours. The full charging time is about 3 hours.

Outcome

Honor 4C is officially sold only in Huawei's own branded store, which is consistent with the company's plans to continue selling products under the Honor brand only through online sales channels. The price of almost 9 thousand rubles turned out to be so attractive for domestic users that the next batches of products supplied are sold out literally in a matter of hours. Well, the smartphone is really not bad for its level, although none of its features and characteristics (except for the price) can be called outstanding. And yet, a good quality screen, good autonomy, as well as a high level of production and customer confidence in the reliability of the Huawei brand itself do their job. It cannot be said that there are no smartphones similar in quality and price on the market, but at such a cost, most of them turn out to be from the category of non-certified "gray" offers of online stores, and even Asus Zenfon 5, similar in positioning and market position, comes out a little more expensive. As a result, we can state that Huawei has once again managed to offer undemanding users a profitable and fresh solution at a more than affordable price, so such a high level of demand for this model looks quite justified.

The competition in the segment of mid-range smartphones is extremely high. However, there are not so many truly powerful ones in terms of functionality, performance and workmanship. Many manufacturers seriously save on components in order to reduce the price. However, Huawei did not follow this trend and equipped its new mid-range smartphone Honor 4C with characteristics close to the flagships.

According to the statistics of Russian retailers, smartphones costing from 6,000 to 10,000 rubles are the most popular among buyers. For this reason, the offer in this market segment reaches its maximum. Interestingly, the leaders in terms of the number of devices sold here are Fly, Alcatel and Lenovo. Huawei is also gaining momentum, which feels stronger in the Russian market. So the latest novelty, Honor 4C, is able to develop interest in the Chinese company among the widest range of people.

The developers did not significantly save on performance, equipping the smartphone with a 64-bit chip with an eight-core processor of their own production, 2 GB of RAM, a 5-inch IPS screen, a high-quality 13 megapixel camera, and a capacious battery. The only thing you can blame this device for is the lack of LTE support. But this fact can be compensated by an attractive price of 9,000 rubles. Let's see what this gadget is capable of.

Specifications Huawei Honor 4C

• Network: EDGE / GPRS / GSM (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), WCDMA (850/900/1900/2100 MHz), support for two SIM cards such as micro-SIM
• Operating system: Android 4.4.2, EMUI 3.0 custom shell
• Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 620 octa-core (8 Cortex-A53 cores up to 1.2GHz), Mali-T450 MP4 graphics chip
• Memory: 2 GB RAM, built-in flash memory 8 GB, there is a microSD slot (support up to 32 GB)
• Display: 5 inches, IPS, resolution 720x1280, protected by Gorilla Glass
• Camera: main - 13 MP with autofocus, LED flash, video 1920 × 1080, 30 fps, front - 5 MP
• Communications: 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 +EDR, USB 2.0
• Navigation: GPS, AGPS, GLONASS
• Sensors: accelerometer, light sensor, proximity sensor, electronic compass
• Battery: 2550 mAh, removable
• Dimensions, weight: 143.3 x 71.9 x 8.8 mm, 162 g

Package contents and first impressions

Honor 4C is a typical representative of smartphones with a 5-inch screen. It measures 143.3 x 71.9 x 8.8 mm and weighs 162 grams. The device lies comfortably in the hand, does not tend to slip out thanks to the matte back cover. In general, the device is perceived okay. It can be carried in the pocket of trousers, jeans, jacket or shirt. This is possible due to the small thickness.

The delivery set here is standard. It includes:

• Smartphone Huawei Honor 4C (CHM-U01)
• USB charger adapter
• PC synchronization cable
• Stereo headset with 3.5 mm miniJack connector
• Instructions, warranty card

Design and appearance

Externally, Honor 4C looks like hundreds of smartphones from Chinese brands. The design is simple and uncomplicated. The case is plastic: front - glossy, back - matte. The back cover is made of hard plastic with textile texture. It looks adequate, but these do not add any value. A chrome insert runs along the contour on the side faces of the phone. I don’t presume to judge how resistant its coating is to mechanical damage, but during the two-week test, cuts and abrasions did not appear on it. As for the device's resistance to falls, there is no special protection, but the plastic back cover can soften the blow.

If we talk about the impressions of the assembly, they are good. True, due to a slight crunch with a strong compression apparatus, you understand that the design is not monolithic. But this is a normal situation for mid-range smartphones.

Honor 4C is available in two color options: black and white. I had the last option at my disposal.

Almost the entire front of the device is occupied by a large touchscreen 5-inch display. Above it is a telephone speaker. To the right of it is a 5 megapixel front camera. All kinds of sensors and sensors: motion sensor, light sensor, gyroscope - can be seen on the left. There is also an LED that glows red while charging. It can also be configured to indicate a missed call or SMS.

Under the screen there are three standard control buttons: back one level, home screen and context menu.

The arrangement of controls and other elements on the smartphone body is familiar and convenient. On the right there are buttons for adjusting the volume of the call, the key for turning on / locking the screen. There is no camera button here, the shooting application can only be launched from the menu or lock mode.

At the bottom end is a standard microUSB-connector - for charging and connecting to a computer. There is a microphone nearby. For better voice transmission during a telephone conversation, Honor 4C also has a second microwon (noise analyzer). It can be found on the back of the device.

The 3.5 mm headphone output is located on the top of the device.

On the back you can see the lens of a 13 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. At the bottom there is a speaker for external sounds and calls. I would rate the sound as a solid four. The volume is quite high. The main thing is not to block the speaker grill, otherwise you can miss the call.

As I noted above, the case of Honor 4C is collapsible. To remove the cover, you need to pry it off the micro-USB notch. Under the cover there are two slots for microSIM cards (both can work with 3G), and between them there is a slot for installing a microSD memory card.

Screen. Graphic features

Honor 4C has a 5-inch screen made using IPS technology without an air gap. Resolution - 720x1280, aspect ratio - 16:9, density - 294 pixels per inch. Frame top - 16 mm, bottom - 17 mm, right and left - about 4.5 mm each. There is an anti-reflective coating, but it does not help very effectively.

Without going into details, this is an inexpensive matrix with low performance. The picture on the screen looks clear and contrast. But the viewing angles are average, when the display deviates from the normal, color inversion is visible. Under direct sunlight, the image remains readable.

Outside, the screen is covered with protective glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3. For this reason, you can not be afraid to carry the phone along with metal objects in your pocket.

Menu. Interface and navigation

Honor 4C comes with Android 4.4.2 operating system and EMUI version 3.0 user interface (aka Emotion UI - Huawei's own development). As for convenience, it's a matter of taste. The EMUI 3.0 interface is rooted in iOS, and the icons themselves are similar to Symbian: there is no separate application menu, all programs are located on desktops and folders. The software can be "updated over the air".

In EMUI 3.0, there are many detailed settings and features: network speed display, operator name display or hide, navigation buttons relocation at the bottom of the screen, customizable do not disturb mode, and so on.

Among other things, the user can choose the effect when unlocking or moving between desktops, choose the style of icons, fonts, and also answer an incoming call when you hold the phone to your ear. There is a function to switch to silent mode when turning the screen down, as well as tilt the phone to arrange widgets. In general, there are a lot of little things that especially impressionable people should like. There is also gesture control. True, it was easier for me to manage my smartphone the old fashioned way. But for fun, you can assign individual gestures to launch individual applications. It's comfortable.

There are also several built-in themes with the possibility of free and paid downloads of new ones, as well as very nice pictures for the lock screen. This is one of the rare cases when, when purchasing a new smartphone, you do not have to change the built-in backgrounds and themes for new ones. There is an automatic wallpaper change mode, when the pictures are displayed in a chaotic manner.

Musical possibilities

Smartphone Honor 4C is equipped with a standard music player of its own design. It looks ascetic, but copes with its main work. The application has the ability to sort tracks by albums, artists, music styles, etc. It is possible to randomly play songs, repeat them.

The volume of the sound output through the speaker is quite high, the quality is decent (of course, not HTC One M8, but the sound is clear), at least there is no overload and wheezing. The quality of music playback in headphones is good. In the settings there is an option to enable the playback mode of tracks with the DTS effect: the sound acquires more high and low frequencies.

Among other things, there is an FM radio.

Camera. Photo and video capabilities

The main camera of Honor 4C is equipped with a 13 megapixel module (aperture F2.0, angle 27 mm). Front camera 5 megapixel wide angle (aperture F2.4, extra wide angle 22 mm).

The quality of the resulting photos is quite decent. To be honest, I did not expect to see such a module for shooting here. Apparently, Huawei did not seriously save on photography.

As for the interface of the application for shooting, it is simple and clear. Switching modes, turning on HDR and other essential settings are collected on one screen, it is called up by clicking on the options key. More detailed settings can also be opened by clicking on the parameters button already in this window. Another thing is that they were displayed in portrait orientation. How to change it to landscape, I did not find it. Alas =(.

The main camera of the smartphone can record video with sound at a maximum resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. There is no tracking autofocus, but there is an option to select a focus point on which the camera will focus even if you move your smartphone.

Memory and speed

Huawei Honor 4C is based on a HiSilicon Kirin 620 chip of its own production with eight Cortex-A53 cores with a frequency of 1.2 GHz each. Graphics subsystem (GPU) - Mali-T450 MP4. RAM is provided 2 GB. Built-in flash memory - 8 GB. In addition, microSD cards up to 32 GB are supported.

During the test, I did not notice any glitches and slowness of the interfaces. Everything works smartly. Perhaps the only place where slowness still manifested itself was games with heavy graphics. But for the main audience of this smartphone, this does not matter.

Communication options

In addition to the standard connection to a computer via microUSB 2.0, Honor 4C supports Bluetooth 4.0. Bluetooth allows you to wirelessly connect peripherals such as A2DP/AVRCP stereo headsets. When connected via USB, the device is charged.

When connected to a USB port, there are several connection options: Media, Charge Only, MTP. In MTP mode, the device is perfectly picked up without additional drivers, you can copy the necessary data.

Honor 4C works in Wi-Fi networks of b/g/n standards and can distribute Wi-Fi. The smartphone works without problems in mobile communication networks GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, HSPA+ 850/900/1900/2100. There is no LTE support here.

It is also worth noting that the Huawei Honor 4C has a SIM card slot. True, there is only one radio module. In the settings, you can set which SIM card will be used for data transfer, and which one for receiving calls and messages. You can change these settings at any time by changing the purpose of the SIM cards in the settings. It is very comfortable.

Navigation is carried out using GPS and GLONASS. There is no special navigation software in the smartphone.

Working time

Honor 4C has a non-removable 2550 mAh lithium-ion battery. With an average load - 40 minutes of telephone conversations, always-on Wi-Fi, browsing sites on the Internet for 2 hours, periodically turning on 3G - a full charge is enough for 2 days. The smartphone plays video at maximum brightness with active Wi-Fi for almost 7 hours. These are very respectable figures. With less intensive use, you can count on 3 days of continuous work. An economical chipset, a capacious battery and a low screen resolution play a positive role here.