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Honor X70 review: An 8,300 mAh silicon-carbon budget — battery champion of 2025.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2025·$219
Overall
70/100
Class rank
#1 of 6
Tier
Budget
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

The 8,300 mAh budget champion.

Honor X70 ships an 8,300 mAh silicon-carbon battery — the largest of any 2025 budget phone — wrapped in a 1.5K AMOLED and 108 MP camera at $219. Against Redmi 15 5G (smaller 7,000 mAh, similar chip) and Realme C75 (4G-only), it wins clearly on endurance + display.

01Display

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2025 — 17 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED, 120 Hz, 1.5K
Size6.78 inches
Resolution2,652 × 1,200 px
Peak brightness5,000 nits peak HBM

02Camera

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2025 — 10 points above the cohort average.

Main108 MP, f/1.75
Depth2 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2025 — 8 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (4 nm)
RAM8 / 12 GB LPDDR4X
Storage128 / 256 GB UFS 2.2

04Battery

96/100

At 96/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2025 — 10 points above the cohort average.

Capacity8,300 mAh silicon-carbon
Wired35 W

05Build

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among budget phones of 2025 — 12 points above the cohort average.

06Value

88/100

At 88/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among budget phones of 2025 — 17 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • 8,300 mAh silicon-carbon — biggest battery on any budget phone.
  • AMOLED 1.5K 120 Hz with 5,000-nit peak.
  • 108 MP main camera at $219.
  • IP65 + slim 7.98 mm design.
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 is mid-tier.
  • No periscope or ultrawide.
  • 8 MP selfie is weak.
  • MagicOS in China has ads.

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 6-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .