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Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 review: Budget big-screen seller with a dual camera and big battery.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2019·$180
Overall
50/100
Class rank
#3 of 6
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A big-battery emerging-market seller.

Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 paired a large screen and 4,000 mAh battery at $180. The SD450 and HD+ LCD are basic, but it sold heavily across Asia.

01Display

56/100

56/100 trails the 59-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

TypeIPS LCD, 60 Hz
Size6.26 inches
Resolution1,520 × 720 px

02Camera

50/100

50/100 trails the 52-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

Main13 MP, f/1.8
Depth2 MP
Selfie16 MP

03Performance

44/100

44/100 trails the 47-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

ChipsetSnapdragon 450 (14 nm)
RAM3 GB
Storage32 / 64 GB + microSD

04Battery

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2019 — 7 points above the cohort average.

Capacity4,000 mAh
Wired10 W

05Build

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

06Value

62/100

62/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

What works
  • Big 4,000 mAh battery.
  • Large 6.26" display.
  • microSD + jack.
  • Affordable in emerging markets.
What doesn't
  • HD+ LCD only.
  • SD450 is slow.
  • Mono speaker.
  • 10 W charging.

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? .