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Honor X8 review: A slim 7.5 mm 90 Hz mid-ranger with a Snapdragon 680 at $230.

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2022·$230
Overall
50/100
Class rank
#6 of 7
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Honor's slim X-series value pick.

Honor X8 squeezed a 90 Hz FHD+ screen and 64 MP camera into a slim 7.5 mm body at $230 — Honor's mainstream X-series value pitch.

01Display

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

TypeIPS LCD, 90 Hz
Size6.7 inches
Resolution2,388 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

Main64 MP, f/1.8
Macro2 MP
Depth2 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

56/100

56/100 puts it above the 53-point average for budget phones of 2022.

ChipsetSnapdragon 680 (6 nm)
RAM6 GB
Storage128 GB · microSD

04Battery

70/100

70/100 is one of the weaker battery results among budget phones of 2022 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Capacity4,000 mAh
Wired22.5 W

05Build

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 66-point average for budget phones of 2022.

06Value

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

What works
  • Slim 7.5 mm body at $230.
  • 90 Hz FHD+ display.
  • 64 MP main camera.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • SD 680 mid-tier.
  • Mono speaker.
  • 2 MP filler lenses.
  • No 5G.

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