Honor’s budget 7A, 7C is for all

The Honor 7C and 7A borrow many design elements from its siblings. Considering the overall package, the two devices feel well- built and almost identical. The only major difference is the display — while the 7A flaunts a 5.7- inch HD panel, the 7C has a 5.99- inch HD display. Furthermore, the trendy 18: 9 display and dual rear cameras add to their looks.

Surprisingly, the two phones are powered by a Snapdragon chipset instead of the company’s own home- brewed Kirin SoCs. At the heart, 7A features an octa- core SD430 chipset, and other gets a SD450 SoC. The 7C performs as expected. It handles casual games with ease, but the moment you try and raise the bar for high- end gaming, this one shows its weakness. Well, the SD450 is not for intensive power but is meant for standard use. However, multitasking is quick, and apps launch without much delay and show no lags or sluggish behaviour.

The Honor 7A is pretty similar in performance, but a tad slower than the 7C. Benchmark tests showed that the 7C managed to clock 70054 points and the Honor 7A scored 57849 points. Both the phones run Android 8.1 Oreo with EMUI 8.0 on top. While EMUI runs fairly well, it is definitely not as snappy or fluid as stock Android. There isn’t much separating the two phones in terms of camera performance. Both come with the similar 13MP+ 2MP configuration on the rear and an 8MP front- facing snapper.

The pictures shot from the phones are above average. Shots in daylight aren’t as sharp though, and objects tend to exhibit soft edges very often. Lack of details and textures are also witnessed in some areas. Low- light images are average — pictures so lose out on quality and grains prominently set in too. As for the front cameras, the selfies captured were pretty good, and we had nothing to complain here.

Both phones are armed with a 3000mAh battery. We were able to stretch a single charge through a full day of casual usage with regular video streaming, casual gaming, emails, messaging and web surfing.

To sum up, the Honor 7A and 7C are decent smartphones which manage to impress, considering that they are meant as a casual daily smartphone. With budget- class chipsets, one should not expect heavy tasks. Overall, comparing the two smartphones with its price, they seem to be a good option for those seeking budget smartphones. Honor’s 7A is priced at ` 8,999 and the 7C is priced at ` 9,999.