SpecEagle review · Honor

Honor 7 review: The 2015 metal-bodied Kirin flagship-killer with a smart key.

Item: Honor 7
Rating: 58
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2015·$330

Overall

58/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Mid

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Honor's breakout metal flagship-killer.

Honor 7 brought a full-metal body, 20 MP camera and a programmable smart key to $330 in 2015, launching Honor as a serious value brand.

01Display

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2015.

TypeIPS-NEO LCD, 60 Hz

Size5.2 inches

Resolution1,920 × 1,080 px

02Camera

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2015.

Main20 MP, f/2.0, PDAF

Selfie8 MP

03Performance

54/100

54/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2015.

ChipsetHiSilicon Kirin 935 (28 nm)

RAM3 GB

Storage16 / 64 GB + microSD

04Battery

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2015.

Capacity3,100 mAh

Wired5 W

05Build

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2015.

06Value

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2015.

What works

Full metal body in 2015.
20 MP camera + IR blaster.
Programmable smart key.
microSD + fingerprint.

What doesn't

Kirin 935 dated.
5 W charging.
Mono speaker.
Support long ended.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of mid devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .