Huawei recently introduced the Honor 3C Lite, and it packs great hardware despite being the most affordable Honor smartphone available on the market at a sub-Php6k price tag. Is it brave enough to stand against the competition? Design and Construction The Honor 3C Lite, also known as Honor Holly in some markets, has an uninspiring, symmetric design going on. The images are crisp, the colors are vivid and the angles are all well-done, and this is where the Honor 3C Lite stands out. OS, Apps, and UI Android 4.4.2 KitKat runs the show, and Huawei left the OS almost untouched except for the launcher and app drawer, which is merged and shown through their Emotion UI 2.0 software. Huawei's own Emotion UI is very straightforward, showing all your apps on the home screen, which is reminiscent of Apple's mobile OS. The said UI, however, seemed toned down a lot when compared to Emotion UI skins of other Huawei siblings such as the Honor 6 -- several key elements have been ditched in favor of stock Android UI elements such as the lockscreen and the notifications panel. Add to that the support for up to 32GB additional storage through a microSD card, and this is where the Honor 3C Lite trumps other devices at this price point since they normally sport only 8GB of internal storage. Read more in our articles including "Huawei Honor 3C Lite Review" and "TechLife Pad Plus 2 Review".
Huawei recently introduced the Honor 3C Lite, and it packs great hardware despite being the most affordable Honor smartphone available on the market at a sub-Php6k price tag. Is it brave enough to stand against the competition? Design and Construction The Honor 3C Lite, also known as Honor Holly in some markets, has an uninspiring, symmetric design going on.
The images are crisp, the colors are vivid and the angles are all well-done, and this is where the Honor 3C Lite stands out. OS, Apps, and UI Android 4.4.2 KitKat runs the show, and Huawei left the OS almost untouched except for the launcher and app drawer, which is merged and shown through their Emotion UI 2.0 software. Huawei's own Emotion UI is very straightforward, showing all your apps on the home screen, which is reminiscent of Apple's mobile OS.
Our coverage of Huawei Honor PH includes: "Huawei Honor 3C Lite Review"; "TechLife Pad Plus 2 Review"; "Huawei's new 4G/LTE Pocket WiFi line-up". Each article provides unique insights and information.