Why on earth would you give a rat's ass about this if you have a P9?!

no NFC sadly. otherwise I'd get it honor 7 was a good phone

honor 8 was one of the best phones I've ever used,if this is close to that then bargain

looks quite decent, only negatives from my pov would be the plastic on the back and thickish bezels

This is essentially the true Honor 7 replacement
(yes i know there is an Honor 8 but its rather pricey)
Its a mid range phone with a lot of features for a £200 price, essentially what the Honor 7 was

How does this compare tot he honor 7?
Also notice black is oos of honor 6x from vmall

Is this a good upgrade from the LG G2 which I currently have?

no gyroscope. pretty much the p9 lite of honor but much better bulid camera and spec.

It's a production model so whatever is showed does not mean it will be in the actual retail models, pretty much every reviewer are stating no NFC. Unless its a big mistake from the Huawei, assume it has no NFC.

Only thing missing is a USB-C connector. Saying that though, it's still charges pretty quickly

Great deal, but unfortunately not for me...

Really, really wanted this to be NFC and have a decent speaker or front facing speakers! I think I am getting too picky/spoilt with what my next phone needs to contain, and I only want to pay around the £200.

I use me Nexus 6 for music through the amazing speakers and addicted to Google Pay NFC, as always forgetting my wallet. But it is now beginning to get rather battered and need a replacement.

Another day, another Honor :P

NFC: Not supported

Came to post this. Good price - goes back up tomorrow. Shame the grey sold out :disappointed:.

Was going to get honor 8 but that has poor speakers :disappointed:.

The search for a £200 - £300 decent phone continues.

What are we reading again as I read it as no NFC too.

Just had an email back from vMall customer services:

Chat:

"Customer Service
Hi. My name is Dariya. Thank you for contacting vMall.

UK version has an NFC, yes"

30 seconds to chat online with their cs to confirm.

Want but don't need....Already have a op3 and huawei p9 (not lite) and 2 other phones

No gyro - so not VR compatible :disappointed:

​yeah the ui gets bad reviews but it didn't bother me in the slightest and easily switched to something else,the performance and feel are good and the fingerprint sensor is the best I've used

Is it worth going for this or the honor 8 on amazon?

I have a problem lol I'm a phone addict.
Last year I owned about 11 different smartphones o.O
I was down to two currently I have 4 but probably giving one to mother. But new gadget come out and I want to try them lol

​The sensor for compass is called a hall sensor which this does have

Are you nuts? Why would you want to try a lower end phone to the one you currently have?

No gyro put me off this one...

Yeah, you lose quite a bit of function without this, but for simple users - it should be fine for the specs given?

At least they shouldn't need to upgrade too soon, unless they need gyro etc :man:

I don't know what a gyro is, what's it necessary for?

Think I'd rather have the better than usual 3GB RAM & 32GB ROM rather the latest top flight processor, it's a mobile not a video work processing station or something!

Not an expert, but I believe it's related to motion/sensors, so driving games to steer etc. That may mean it may not work for fitness tracking, though I don't work in either sector. So I don't even know how they track fitness by phone etc.

To be honest, if you use your phone for simple things, surfing the net, basic gaming, calls etc - I don't think not having gyro will have a huge impact on your experience

Does this get the monthly security updates that google releases? Also is this able to run stock android?

Didn't say I'd be getting rid the p9 lol calm down. :wink:

"calm down" - say this to yourself 1000 times if you have owned 11 phones last year :wink:

No self control ool.
Bought and sold most of them

Check Umi Z and Umi plus E. Amazing phones for around £200

I'm exactly like you when it comes to phones, in fact i probably had more then 11 last year, i have 3 right now lol

what UMI like? I like the look of the Z

Getting annoyed by the lack of nfc on phones now

Read the description from the OP.

And yet this has it, your point?

​the lg g2 is a legend

Read the thread, I wrote this before someone decided to ask vMall.

Yay glad I'm not the only one with no self control haha. What have you had and what have you got?

Just because I haven't seen anyone else comment, TCB possible 4.6% too bringing the price down below the £196 ish which seems not much cash for a lot of phone.

Ah nice, I'll add that to the OP and credit you. :smiley:

i own the Honor 5c (uk version) which is very similar to this one, sells for 149 amazon. i have been happy running it as my daily driver but i must admit every Chinese phone i ever owned suffers from updates. I've owned elephone, ulephone, doogee, thl and honor, never had a single OTA on any of them.

Ha! Thanks. Well, my girlfriend thanks you for finally helping me choose a phone so kudos for posting in the first place!

isnt honor 5c 2gb ram & also lacks finger scanner

such a shame the black is oos though, it was oos from very early, i think they had less of these available at the discounted price

Not sure it will help any on HUKD but buying from the Italian area gives a discount from €249 euros to €201.33 which means a price of around £170 at the current 1.18 rate.

Ignore my last comment about it being cheaper to buy from Europe. It looks like there is some sort of glitch on the website which means that if you add the phone to your basket and then change country, the discount gets reapplied. I've got it showing up at £177.11 on the UK site now. I doubt it will let me purchase at that price though.

And your point is? Read the site description and it says nfc : not supported.

​You have seen the way that the value of sterling has been going? Oneplus will also need to choose a price that guards against sterling tanking further.

'Thank you for contacting vMall.
I glad to inform you that the Honor 6X (UK version) does support NFC.

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,
vMall Shop Support Team'

As the OP wrote in his description.

yup. and they also said in email the honor 7 had nfc yet the site said it didn't.

deal is cracking and would be all over it if it had nfc listed on the site but it doesnt and they can't be held accountable if it arrives without it.

Somehow managed to get the total to £176.49, so I had to purchase :smiley: to replace my nexus 6p that I smashed :disappointed: Not sure they will honour it (pun not intended) but we will see

Just get it in writing pre-sale and then if it doesn't have it then it is not 'as sold'?

Although also to be fair they should change their site.

Ah how you got for that price

really needed the USB C. don't care about NFC my previous 3 phones had NFC and didn't use it at all.

Bit cheeky to hijack the thread, but here goes anyway!! I've got a Z3 compact that I'm happy with but it's now 2 years old and fancy an upgrade.... Any suggestions? 1 main criteria is a screen on bigger than the Z3 compact. Android is preferable...

no bigger, not on bigger!!

Here is a link to The Honor 6X user manual where it states exactly what features are available including NFC and OTG support. Hopefully people's comments will now be just about this phone and not about other versions or brands.

http://download-c.huawei.com/download/downloadCenter?downloadId=93450&version=368053&siteCode=uk-h

I paid £177 too. With item and discount activated in your basket, just chop and change from the country of origin at the bottom under the 'international' subheading; swap between a country that uses euros currency to the UK site. Only seems to work on a desktop site. Just trial and error really

Damn well isn't it expired anyway now I thought the offer was only on yesterday

£200 and no gyro?! Needed (yet another) new phone after ebuyet and LG both refused to repair my 7 month old nexus 5x (serves me right not ordering from amazon), just ordered the honor 8 instead, wife has one and looks amazing.

I was looking around on the website just to see if buying in Euros would be cheaper (it is) and when I put in my basket in UK got the discounted price. Didn't know it was £200+ since saw it somewhere in Google for £175. Didn't think much of it, ordered, and then this morning got email confirming order for £201, not £177!! Even though my checkout page clearly shown £177. I guess I have to wait and see what appears in my bank statement.

Had an email to contact them regarding my order. They were blaming the glitch on "high volumes" (nothing to do with changing country :smiley:) Anyway, they were asking to pay to rest to complete my order so I cancelled.

Feel your pain buddy. Order so many of them and they sit in the drawer... Using a ms phone for camera and a xiaomi for Android. It's an expensive "hobby". Think we might need professional help

Well in that case they're not going to let my £96 discount pass through unoticed! Basically the more times you add them to your basket from the European sites, the more times you get the discount. :confused:

Mind me asking why usb c is so important?

Z5 compact buddy - and it won't be that expensive. Probably the only good compact phone around. The new x compact is junk.....
But I think you might want to wait for this....

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/new-xiaomi-mi-s-images-features-leaked-will-compact-flagship-phone-debut-ces-2017-709421

A Vodafone smart platinum could be worth a look. You can pick them up new for under £200 on eBay and has the specs you're after. Decent stereo front facing speakers, NFC and a lovely 4k screen. It's essentially a repackaged Alcatel idol 4S. Only thing that lets it down is the low light camera performance but that's common to pretty much all sub £200 phones.

Wow just looked at the umi Z looks a cracking phone. Do you have one? Interested what the performance of the helio is like compared to a high end snapdragon.

​If you don't mind getting a phone which hasn't been released recently, I'd recommend the HTC One M8. Has all the things you want and it's the best phone I've owned. I love mine!

Would a Umi Z work on the Tesco 4g frequency?

Well my mum ordered herself one yesterday morning at £229 as a birthday present to replace her Nexus 4, so she's now speaking to customer services to see if they'll refund her the £5 that it dropped by later in the day, or at least waive the excessive shipping charge on one of the official flip cases.

The phone itself should arrive today, quite looking forward to seeing what it's like when I visit later. Did anyone else order one?

Edit: Also they've updated the website to reflect that it does have NFC.

This does NOT have NFC or a Gyro. It does have a compass for GPS (someone above I think accidentally made out that no Gyro = lack of compass). It's also just a tad too large and past the limit for me. The honor 8 at 5.2inch has everything you would need/want but it's £285, which is a bit much for a chinese phone that will have a lack of support after a year.

The waiting game continues.

It definitely does have NFC and i have even read reports that the EU version has a gyro as well (but not 100% on that).

Placed an order with the discount applied twice for £177 however when I tried to pay with PayPal the order reverted to correct price of £201.60. Guess the glitch is not gonna hold

I have the Honor 5x and bought it back in Feb last year. Since then it has received 3 OTA updates for anyone that is interested. I haven't noticed any less or any more than with any other manufacturer.

I also bought 1 yesterday at the same price and called them this morning about the price discrepancy. They are looking into it. How much did they want to charge for the flip case delivery?
Mine is due between 2:30 and 3:30 pm. I'll report back later after trying it.

Why do people complain about bezels? If anything, they provide a welcome buffer for the screen for knocks and drops, that full width and curved glass don't. And the Pixel phones are getting rave reviews, but never mention the bezels, which appear to be wider than those on this phone.

Someone on GSM arena had posted up that they are in possession of one and it does NOT have NFC. based on that, and with GSM specs list saying it didn't, and the website, I assumed it did not have it. Same with gyro. Hopefully someone can test it later if they receive one. :smiley:

It seems like there are a lot of different (region specific?) versions so it does seem to be a bit of a minefield, spec wise.

£4.74. She's been told it'll take 24 hours for them to get authorisation to waive the delivery charge or refund her the £5 difference.

One arrived this morning for a family member, definitely has NFC.

Does it have a gyro?

Does it have built in coffee making facilities? If not, I'm out.

I have been looking for a replacement for my G4 and I haven't seen a single phone yet which makes me want to swap. Unless something spectacular, and at a reasonable price, comes along, I'm sticking with it.

For anyone having issues with the discount being applied and not working at checkout, disable your ad blocker and try again.

My wife's G4 just bricked and LG won't repair it out of warranty, despite online claiming they will repair up to 18 months. Very common boot loop issue. You should consider selling on whilst it still works. Ticking time bomb.

I placed an order last night at £177.11 - and checked pending on credit card last night. This morning I checked again and they have processed a second authorisation for £24.49 - thereby bringing the total to £201.60

I phoned them up to query and was told 2nd auth was processed a few seconds after first. I'm waiting to hear back from their finance team about this.

Has anyone managed to order this at £177.11?

I paid via PayPal so they couldn't do another authorisation, I spoke to them and they requested the remaining amount of money.

Mine says it has a 'STMicroelectronics LSM330' gyro inside it. Sensor test apps also seem to confirm it has one.
[CPU-Z output here]

​ok. thanks a lot for this. I don't suppos
e you fancy verifying it has one by playing a vr game that would need it?

Ok thanks! :smiley:

I'm not sure what a good test is ... I fired up Pokemon Go and the AR mode worked fine.
Similarly, mine has NFC too.

​get the Xiaomi mi5, from eglobalcentral, 200 quid, insured 6-8 day delivery, no customs, PayPal, 1 year warranty, amazing phone

The Mi5 or 5s don't support UK Band 20 though?

It seems almost every phone out there at the moment that is mid spec, seems to have a compromise of sort. A lot of the chinese ones don't have NFC and some no gyro. Some have less storage. I just got a P9 Lite the other day as needed a phone v quick. It has no Gyro and no 5ghz wifi which is almost unforgivable. In fact, I might return it. Band 20 is an issue on many of them too.

Hot phone, hot deal. And I can't wait until the great NFC question of 2017 is answered by someone getting a phone and using it..

Not for me though, I was waiting for a deal on the Honor 8 but it turned out to be the 6X. Anyway I picked a mint H8 for £200 so all is good.

Grey and silver now sold out, so it's only gold left.

Bought the P9 Literally over Xmas for £129 got to say I'm very happy with it for the price I'm very impressed with build quality and the device overall. I typically go for vanilla Google devices Nexus etc but the Pixel is way beyond what I would pay. Really impressed with Huawei so the Honour will be just as good if not bettter

​the Honor 8 is basically a flagship, at midrange price, much more powerful, better camera, more features. The honor 6x on the other hand is a full blown budget device with compromises.

I hate plugging in micro USB. The ports always get knackered after a while

Ive had the honor 6+ for 2 years, my wife has had the 5x since release, and my brother has the 7 since release. All very good phones and I would definitely recommend them. I'm tempted to upgrade at this price. Vmall are offering £60 trade in for my 6+

can anyone tell me how this compares yo my galaxy note 2? a good upgrade? tyty!

Site updated and has nfc :smiley::smiley: now get back in stick grey lol

Gah, another dual sim that really isn't a dual sin, ffs !! Had this one had a separate SD-slot it would have been a given buy and replace my honor5x :disappointed:

So does this have a gyroscope? Is it better than my moto x play? Thanks.

If you want absolutely EVERYTHING, go buy a 400 + quid phone, like if you're looking for a mid price device you'll have to be realistic

If youre on 02, Tesco or Giffgaff, Chinese phones are a no no for 4G, true, but you are paying 1/2 or even 1/3 of sim free prices of LGs, Samsungs, etc... for the same chipsets, RAM, screen and body qualities, etc...

The Mi5 has NFC and gyro anyways, so the only issue (which is only an issue for a few) is no Band 20
Considering rock bottom prices for SIM only deals at 3, and EE's quite reasonable pricing for premium signal and 4G, I would say you have absolutely nothing to lose.

My mum has the LG G5, and I legit prefer the Mi5, take the plunge or absorb EU phone prices, the choice is yours.

This is a decent phone for the money but I cant help feel like everyone is being ripped off when I paid 2 quid more than this for my Mi5, a far superior device, with a warranty and paypal cover. The EU phone market is a con.

Do they have the legal right to charge more your credit card, than the amout you agreed on at the checkout? Because if they made the mistake...ok cancel the order. But they charged me more than displayed at checkout, and said they can't cancel since they already shipped it.

I am wondering exactly the same thing, thats what happened to me as well. I spoke to my CC company and they said that once transaction is charged to account and not just pending that they can open a dispute. I don't know how to prove it though, as didn't screenshot. The fact that they carried out two authorisations will presumably go in my favour though as it shows I agreed to lower price, and then vMall charged an additional amount. I was surprised at how relaxed vMall were about the whole thing as I'm pretty sure they can't just whack an extra amount on. When I pressed the buy button the lower amount was displayed. Who knows?!

I've made screenshots...and even this morning made a video when I saw in which direction the things are going. But in my cc account the charged only one time. I will dispute also.

​or also is this upgrade for Lg G3

This happened for me too. Ive asked them to invoice me the difference so I can wait for everyone to confirm NFC/Gyro or not and keep the correct discount.

I have a moto x play that Im upgrading from as the 16gb is doing my head in and the SD card is SO slow. This is an upgrade but not massive.

I'm tempted by the Z5 compact but I'm not sure there's much of a difference between that and the Z3 compact is there? What are the main differences? Worth the change'

As for your second suggestion... Looks potentially good but I don't know much about the brand...

Is the product support as good as Sony etc?

Thanks for your help....

If you have screenshots showing price I'd appreciate them, even if you wanted to blank out your details :smiley:

My Mum got her 6X today, had a play with it while I was visiting this evening. I'm very, very impressed. Build quality is very good, the display is excellent, it's very snappy and the interface, whilst very customised over stock Android, has some legitimately useful additions and is very polished. The camera is very good too, it takes nice, sharp images with impressive depth.

Oh, and yes, it definitely has NFC.

It's got the Snapdragon 810, on paper that does only look like the better spec. It's a generational leap from the previous snapdragon found on the z3 compact.

if you're willing to settle for 5 inches then there's a lot more options available, for example the x performance, for some reason is only 331 euros from amazon spain https://www.amazon.es/gp/offer-listing/B01GTM1GJQ?f_new=true&tag=kimovil0a-21 (scratch that - it's only the xperia x)

check out kimovil.com and you can specify exactly what you want in the phone and it'll show the suggestions.

As for xiaomi - no the product support is non existent because you'd import the phone from china. However, it'd be a lot cheaper to buy and if you have uk phone insurance, i don't see much of a problem. I'd say xiaomi, along with huawei are the best chinese smartphone manufacturers. They use snapdragon and not mediatek processors in their phones, their android skin is pretty good and they generally have a better reputation than the other chinese phone manufacturers. You'd be good to hold on to your z3c at the moment and wait for a true compact flagship to come around

hi guys,

i got my honor 6x today and can confirm it does support nfc.

Can you check if it has gyroscope please?

Wasn't it just very early ones which had the bootloop issue? I only bought it in January last year so I'm not that concerned about it to be honest.

i used android sensor box app to chek gyro and it works so looks like honor has it

most of g4 made before january 2016 have this issue. had in mine but got it fixed under warranty (new motherboard)

​I think it's the 5X replacement

Result! I just received an email saying the phone has been dispatched! £177!!! Cheers OP and Zippy Giraffe

Adam,

I have a dispatched notice email. If you push hard enough I reckon they will let you have it for £177

Quite the opposite in fact, I asked them to review as was 'overcharged' - they replied that they've cancelled and refunded and welcome me to re-order to avoid any confusion. Hahaha!

Well, looks like the discount has ended, price now £224.

Cheers Ktown. I think I'll hold out for a well known brand to launch..

​Thanks for checking! Looking forward to it arrive - an improvement to my Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (MTK chipset) and it's very average camera!!

I'm thinking I should be alright. There's always the sale of goods act as a fallback should anything go wrong.

All Sold Out now!

My daughters one arrived today. Am I being stupid or does it already have a screen protector on? - it looks too well stuck down to be a pull off. And I've already ordered a set from Amazon...

It does but it seemed like just a shipping one to me, didn't feel very nice to use the screen with it on. The ones you've ordered will likely feel smoother to use.

Thanks. Glad I'm not going mad! :smiley:

I am between this and the Oneplus 2. I want a sub 200£ phone for everyday use (no gaming). Or should I just wait a little longer for new models to be released?

You can, but this is fresh on the market so it really depends on what models you want to wait for.

My wife's arrived yesterday. Yes it does come with a screen protector quite nicely applied actually. Not a real edge to edge one but covers all the screen so very useful given I did not have time to order any. In the hand it's a lovely device actually. Will get it setup this afternoon and test NFC and Gyro.

Sold out! :disappointed:

​Interested to hear your thoughts

do these come with a uk or eu plug?

did it come with uk or eu plug

It's a UK model, so it comes with a UK charger.

It doesn't matter ​you're not having another phone! :smile:

What about comparing this phone with P9 lite which one is better?

Looked at this but bought the Xperia XA for £79. This phone is probably better but is it 3X the price better?

Mine came Friday. Build quality feels good. Snappy performance. Fingerprint sensor fast. Battery life so much better than the Samsung S4 it replaced. NFCed to Samsung printer fine. UK 2A charger. Not many cases on eBay as so new so it might have been worth ordering from Honour to get genuine fit and free postage. Heat from me thanks.

HI Which one is better honor 6x or P9 lite.

Thanks

UK plug included. Sorry for delay.

I have the P9 Lite and the Honor 6X. Bought both in the same week. My wife has the 6X. The P9 Lite does not have a gyro, but it does have NFC. The 6X has both. They are physically very similar, the honor 6X being a tiny bit bigger. There is not much in it between them in day to day use, but the 6X has a dual camera which is supposedly much better as one of the lenses is dedicated to capturing finer detail or something like that. I can't remember.

The P9 Lite only has 16gb storage which is a bit limiting. You can set the SD card to be default storage, but it will only move a portion of some apps to it I gather. Also, SD card will be slower than phone storage (slightly) even with the best SD cards. Would you notice it in apps? Dunno. Maybe.

The Honor 6X is better on paper in terms of specs in a few areas, but really, they are both brand new phones and therefore feel quite snappy especially since they are not clogged up with cached data etc yet. The finger print reader on both is amazing. Instantly unlocks the phone and makes me now not miss the double tap of the LG series to wake. The finger print reader on the back I personally prefer as your finger naturally falls there when you take it out your pocket. Ok, so people used to front finger print reader unlock will tell you it's better as you can unlock when it is sat on the desk....yes....but how often do you use a phone with it sat on a surface? For me, I use it whilst holding more so.

I'm just waffling to be honest. They are both good. Is the 6X worth an extra £60...probably not, but then I have not intensively used them yet. The pics on both phones look really good to me. If anything, the 6X looks a bit more like a fitler was applied out of the box. i.e. Less natural. Look a bit more vivid.

What's the options on the 6X now it's been out for a several weeks?

Apparently, the U.S. version of this Phone has no NFC, BUT, the UK version of this same Phone does have the NFC built-in to it.

2 versions of same thing? (confusing!), not so straightforward, right .....