Huawei Honor

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6/10

480 x 854 display
Android
World Phone
Touchscreen
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Speakerphone
GPS
Memory slot
FM Radio
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The world smartphone market has no shortage of models that come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread pre-installed. One such model is the Huawei Mercury a.k.a. the Huawei Honor, which ships with a 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, 1GB RAM, over 4GB of internal storage, and a 4-inch 480x854 pixel resolution touchscreen display. It’s one of Huawei’s larger Android smartphones and while it looks pretty impressive on paper, real life performance offers something different.

There’s no denying the fact that the Honor is pretty well-equipped. It has an 8-megapixel camera with built-in LED flash, stereo speakers, and a 1,930 mAh battery. Its wireless features include GPS with A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, and 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi. And when it comes to wired connectivity, it gets the job done with a microUSB port. Again, it’s not such a bad phone on paper. But its actual performance is just not up to snuff.

Users have complained about poor call quality and lackluster touchscreen performance with the Honor. Apparently, having a speedy dual-core processor is not enough to guarantee smooth operations.

Need to Know: Huawei Honor

1. 4-inch color touchscreen display. (The Good)

2. Relatively low price. (The Good)

3. Uses an older version of the Android software. (The Bad)

4. Bad call quality. (The Bad)

Prices (Where To Buy)

Huawei Mercury Ice - 4GB - White (Cricket) Smartphone from eBay

•Condition: New
•Availability: In Stock
•Carrier: Cricket
•Located In: USA

$199.99

#brandNEW Cricket Monthly No Contract - White Mercury 8GB ~Android~ from eBay

•Condition: New
•Availability: In Stock
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$219.99

Huawei Mercury M886 (Cricket) Fast Shipping from eBay

•Condition: Used
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Latest Reviews

Call quality is pretty abysmal and touchscreen sensor is just awful but it is ridiculously cheap

David Ruddock from Android Police (8 months ago)

Here's the thing about the Mercury Ice. It does everything an Android phone running Gingerbread can do, and that's a lot. For $150, you're getting a piece of technology that, 5 years ago, would have practically been magic to someone. They'd have paid $500 or more for a phone like this. That's how fast... More

It's not a budget phone, and it's not a performance handset either

Ian Morris from Pocket-lint (8 months ago)

6/10

Comparing the Honour to the ZTE Grand X seems fair. Both are about the same price, and both will be sold to the same people. Sadly, both are flawed. The Grand X suffers from an insensitive screen that isn't great in sunlight, while the Huawei has a better touchscreen, but still doesn't work well outside... More

Its performance is sufficient but the operating system outdated and call quality suspect

Brian K. from PhoneArena (8 months ago)

5/10

In the end the Huawei Mercury Ice is a rather unspectacular phone; its performance is sufficient but the operating system outdated and call quality suspect. At just $150 with no contract the price is right, but in the growingly competitive pre-paid space there are better phones with better networks available... More

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