Honor recently launched the new Honor 8X in India at a starting price of just Rs. 14,999. The budget-friendly mid-range device packs in an octa-core Kirin 710 chipset coupled with up to 6GB of RAM and up to 128GB of internal storage. The device has a very premium look and feel, especially due to its nearly bezel-less 6.5-inch FHD+ IPS LCD display that looks absolutely amazing.
In case you’ve been keeping up with our coverage of the new Honor 8X, you’d already know that the smartphone ships with a standard 5V/2A charging brick in the box, with no fast charging support. However, Honor claims that the device has been optimized to charge faster even with the standard charger and here’s what we found:
Now with a massive 6.5-inch FHD+ IPS LCD display in place, you’d expect the Honor 8X to burn through the 3,750 mAh battery quite rapidly through the day, but let me assure you that that’s not the case. In order to get an accurate reading of the Honor 8X’s battery life, we put the device through two different use case scenarios – one with a normal workload and one with intensive use – and here’s what we observed:
With a normal workload that consisted of some web browsing, listening to music, playing a game or two, along with the usual calling and texting, the Honor 8X comfortably managed to last a full day with enough battery left to power through the next day. The device managed to deliver a screen-on-time of around 4 hours and 30 minutes with moderate use, and had 44 percent battery left at the end of the day. This, in my opinion, is quite impressive.
In conclusion, the Honor 8X’s 3750 mAh battery is quite substantial for any kind of workload and will definitely last you through a full day, no matter what you do on the device. In case you’re in the market for a mid-range device with a great battery life, then I can confidently recommend the Honor 8X to you, however, the device doesn’t support fast charging and when it does run out of juice, you’ll have to use it tethered to a wall outlet for quite some time. In case the aforementioned results don’t spark confidence in you, you can always opt for the Redmi Note 5 Pro or the ZenFone Max Pro M1, both of which sport larger batteries that deliver even better battery life.
