The Huawei Honor 6 comes with a sharp 5-inch display of 1080p resolution. It takes advantage of the in-cell design, eliminating the additional touch-sensitive layer, and the image appears literally projected on the front glass. Viewing angles are great with the inevitable, but only marginal loss of contrast.
Everything remains clearly visible though, and text is legible even at extreme angles. Colors are vivid and accurately reproduced, but if you happen to differ, a color temperature adjustment slider lets you have your say.
Here's how the screen looks under our digital microscope:
We ran our typical display test, which is described in detail here. The Honor 6 didn't really excel at numbers, posting similar scores to the company's latest flagship, the Ascend P7. At 100% brightness blacks were unpleasantly lit-up, and the good brightness didn't help, resulting in rather low contrast.
In terms of contrast, the competition, in the face of the Xiaomi Mi4, doesn't fare much better though, but is noticeably brighter. Another chief rival, the Lenovo Vibe X2, was overall dimmer at 100%, but with significantly better contrast.
As usual, the 50% setting on the brightness slider actually produces results closer to a quarter of the theoretical maximum. Contrast was better at this setting and on par with the Xiaomi Mi4, but the Vibe X2 pulled ahead again.
Display test
50% brightness
100% brightness
Black, cd/m2
White, cd/m2
Contrast ratio
Black, cd/m2
White, cd/m2
Contrast ratio
Huawei Honor 6
0.13
125
943
0.62
507
812
Lenovo Vibe X2
0.16
188
1196
0.38
447
1188
Xiaomi Mi 4
0.17
164
940
0.73
679
929
Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4
0
201
∞
0
404
∞
Huawei Ascend P7
0.13
101
807
0.79
668
843
LG G2
0.1
149
1522
0.45
667
1495
Lenovo S90 Sisley
0
119
∞
0
344
∞
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
-
-
-
0.77
725
942
LG Nexus 5
0.31
298
948
0.54
526
967
Sunlight legibility was okay, but not great. The reflective screen is to blame and the average brightness can only do so much.
Sunlight contrast ratio
Nokia 808 PureView 4.698
Samsung Galaxy A3 4.241
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 4.033
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 3.997
Apple iPhone 5 3.997
Samsung Galaxy A5 3.895
Apple iPhone 6 3.838
Motorola Moto X (2014) 3.816
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge 3.799
Oppo R5 3.678
Samsung Galaxy K zoom 3.675
Nokia Lumia 930 3.567
Apple iPhone 5s 3.565
Samsung Galaxy S5 3.549
Nokia Lumia 735 3.547
Motorola Nexus 6 3.543
Alcatel Idol X+ 3.527
Apple iPhone 5c 3.512
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 3.509
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo 3.487
LG G Flex2 3.465
YotaPhone 2 3.453
Motorola RAZR MAXX 3.42
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III 3.419
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active 3.406
Nokia Lumia 925 3.402
Gionee Elife S5.5 3.386
Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 3.352
Samsung Omnia W 3.301
Samsung Galaxy S5 mini 3.174
Samsung I9000 Galaxy S 3.155
Samsung Ativ S 3.129
Samsung I9190 Galaxy S4 mini 3.127
Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom 3.118
Nokia N9 3.069
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 3.023
Samsung Galaxy Note 2.97
Samsung Galaxy Premier 2.958
Sony Xperia Z1 2.95
HTC One S 2.901
Lenovo S90 Sisley 2.892
Samsung I8730 Galaxy Express 2.861
BlackBerry Q10 2.856
Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II 2.832
HTC Desire Eye 2.815
Gionee Elife S5.1 2.812
Samsung Galaxy S II Plus 2.801
BlackBerry Z30 2.79
Meizu MX4 Pro 2.765
Sony Xperia ZR 2.672
Huawei Ascend P1 2.655
Sony Xperia Z3 2.618
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact 2.616
Sony Xperia T3 2.609
BlackBerry Passport 2.595
Nokia Lumia 900 2.562
Motorola Moto G 4G 2.546
HTC One Max 2.537
Nokia Lumia 720 2.512
HTC One 2.504
Motorola Moto G 2.477
Sony Xperia Z 2.462
Xiaomi Mi 4 2.424
Samsung Galaxy S III mini 2.422
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 2.416
LG G Flex 2.407
HTC Desire 820 2.372
HTC One (M8) 2.371
Motorola RAZR i 2.366
Meizu MX4 2.366
Sony Xperia ZL 2.352
Samsung Galaxy Note II 2.307
HTC One (M8) for Windows 2.291
Oppo Find 7a 2.279
Alcatel One Touch Hero 2.272
Apple iPhone 4S 2.269
HTC Desire 600 dual sim 2.262
Nokia Asha 311 2.25
Motorola Moto G (2014) 2.233
LG Nexus 5 2.228
Nokia Lumia 820 2.193
HTC One (E8) 2.185
Oppo N3 2.181
Nokia Lumia 920 2.17
Huawei Honor 6 2.169
HTC One X 2.158
Nokia N8 2.144
Nokia Lumia 620 2.142
Nokia 515 2.134
HTC Desire 500 2.129
Sony Xperia C3 Dual 2.12
Sony Xperia acro S 2.119
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2.119
Nokia Lumia 1020 2.103
Oppo Find 5 2.088
Sony Xperia SL 2.078
Nokia Lumia 630 2.056
BlackBerry Z10 2.051
Huawei Ascend Mate7 2.024
Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Active 2.022
Apple iPhone 4 2.016
HTC One mini 2.003
Xiaomi Mi 3 2.001
Huawei Ascend P7 1.992
LG G2 1.976
OnePlus One 1.961
Oppo R819 1.957
Sony Ericsson Xperia ray 1.955
Lenovo Vibe X2 1.952
Sony Xperia Z2 1.944
Sony Xperia E3 1.943
Nokia Lumia 1320 1.941
HTC One mini 2 1.94
Samsung Galaxy Camera 1.938
Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime 1.935
Sony Xperia J 1.932
Acer CloudMobile S500 1.931
ZTE Blade S6 1.927
LG Nexus 4 1.926
LG G Pro 2 1.922
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 1.913
Nokia Asha 308 1.911
HTC Butterfly 2 1.905
Sony Xperia T 1.894
Nokia Lumia 830 1.887
HTC Desire X 1.878
HTC Butterfly 1.873
HTC Windows Phone 8X 1.873
HTC Butterfly S 1.867
Huawei Ascend P6 1.865
Huawei Ascend Mate 1.845
LG G2 mini 1.838
LG G3 1.82
Nokia Lumia 1520 1.813
HTC Desire 616 dual sim 1.797
Sony Xperia V 1.792
HTC Desire 816 1.783
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 1.772
HTC Desire 700 dual sim 1.769
Sony Xperia U 1.758
Meizu MX3 1.754
LG Optimus G 1.753
Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 1.74
Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact 1.735
Sony Xperia SP 1.733
LG Optimus 4X HD 1.691
Oppo Find 7 1.691
HTC One V 1.685
BlackBerry Q5 1.682
LG Optimus Vu 1.68
Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 1.672
LG Optimus GJ 1.666
LG Optimus 3D Max 1.658
HTC Desire V 1.646
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 1.632
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 1.622
Jolla Jolla 1.605
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 1.578
Sony Xperia go 1.577
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 I8160 1.566
Samsung Galaxy Core 1.563
LG Optimus G Pro 1.552
Motorola Moto E 1.545
LG Optimus 3D 1.542
Nokia Asha 302 1.537
Samsung Galaxy Core Prime 1.507
BlackBerry Curve 9320 1.488
Sony Xperia M 1.473
Oppo N1 1.47
Meizu MX 4-core 1.462
Nokia Lumia 610 1.432
Samsung Galaxy S Duos 1.4
Sony Xperia M2 1.393
Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo 1.393
Microsoft Lumia 535 1.393
Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 1.38
Sony Xperia E1 1.372
Nokia Lumia 625 1.371
Gigabyte GSmart G1355 1.361
Sony Xperia L 1.351
Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 1.35
Xiaomi Redmi 1S 1.35
HTC Desire 510 1.34
Sony Xperia M2 Aqua 1.331
Sony Xperia miro 1.324
Samsung I9082 Galaxy Grand 1.321
Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam 1.315
Xiaomi Redmi 2 1.311
HTC Desire C 1.3
Nokia X 1.291
Sony Xperia C 1.283
Nokia Asha 503 1.281
Nokia Asha 501 1.27
LG Optimus L7 1.269
Nokia Lumia 510 1.268
Samsung Galaxy Fame 1.245
LG Optimus L9 1.227
Meizu MX 1.221
Samsung Galaxy Young 1.22
Sony Xperia E 1.215
Nokia XL 1.204
Sony Xperia E dual 1.203
Asus Memo Pad 7 ME176C 1.198
Samsung Galaxy Pocket 1.18
Nokia Asha 305 1.178
Nokia Asha 306 1.175
Sony Xperia neo L 1.169
Sony Xperia tipo 1.166
Nokia Lumia 520 1.161
Samsung S6802 Galaxy Ace Duos 1.148
Samsung Galaxy mini 2 1.114
Battery life test
The battery in the Huawei Honor 6 has an ample 3100mAh capacity. The smartphone is more than adequately powered, and Huawei is keen to point out that it will last two days on a single charge.
Our experience proved that to be the case indeed. The combined rating of 67 hours means that if you do an hour of 3G calls, web browsing and video playback per day, the Honor 6 will almost make it to three entire days of usage.
Especially impressive were the results posted in web browsing and video playback, which were almost identical at just shy of 13 hours.
Our testing procedure includes a standby battery endurance test, which is not shown in the scorecard above, but is a part of the overall rating. You can learn more about our standardized routine here.
It's a good moment to point out that with a charger plugged in the smartphone, the touchscreen starts to misbehave, registering taps on wrong areas of the screen. It did that with both the supplied A/C adapter and third-party chargers. We're uncertain as to what's causing the problem and whether it's a common issue or we had a faulty device.
Connectivity
The Huawei Honor 6 is rich in connectivity options. There are various models for different markets though, and the one we have is the H60-L04 variety.
It comes with quad-band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz, dual-band 3G in the 900MHz and 2100 MHz bands and LTE 800 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 MHz. LTE Cat.6 is supported for downlink speeds of up to 300Mbps.
Local connectivity is well covered with dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n with DLNA and hotspot support. Bluetooth v4.0 is on board as well, and so is GPS with A-GPS and GLONASS.
NFC support is market/operator dependent, so if it's an important feature to you, you'd be wise to check beforehand.
An infrared blaster is on board, but with no software preinstalled. You'll need to pick a third-party solution, of which there are plenty in the Play Store.
A standard 3.5mm headphone jack will accept your choice of headphones, as none are provided. The microUSB port supports USB OTG for connecting peripherals and external storage.
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