SpecEagle review · Honor
Honor 3C review: 2014 affordable 5" octa-core.
SpecEagle Editorial·Feb 2014·$160
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#1 of 1
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front
Honor 3C.
Honor's 2014 3C brought HD 5" + 2 GB RAM + dual-SIM to $160 budget — fueled Honor mass-market.
01Display
72/10072/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.
TypeIPS
Size5.0"
Resolution720 x 1280
02Performance
66/10066/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.
ChipsetMediaTek MT6582
CPU1.3 GHz quad-A7
RAM2 GB
03Camera
68/10068/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.
Main8 MP
Front5 MP
04Battery
74/10074/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.
Capacity2,300 mAh (removable)
05Software
72/10072/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.
What works
- HD 5" at $160.
- 5 MP front selfie cam.
- 2 GB RAM.
- Dual-SIM removable battery.
What doesn't
- MTK quad-A7 slow.
- No LTE.
- 2,300 mAh average.
- Emotion UI bloat.
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 budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .