Things found in the box of Honor 90 5G.
Honor 90 5G does not focus on any one specification. The company has tried to fit every spec in the device that catches people’s attention. 6.7 inch AMOLED quad-curved floating display, premium back, 200MP main rear camera, 50MP front camera are the highlights of this smartphone.
As soon as the phone was unboxed, its design attracted attention. The back of the phone is made of glass and polycarbonate frame. Honor has called the back design a dual-ring camera system design. All the rear sensors have been fitted in two separate camera bumps that look like rings. There is shiny trim around the bump. The remaining part has such dotted patterns, which shine in the light. Due to these, the phone grips the hand and does not slip. These dotted patterns protect the phone from fingerprints to a great extent. Honor branding is highlighted at the bottom.
The frame of Honor 90 5G is glossy and green in color. The power button and volume rocker are on the right side of the phone. At the bottom there is a SIM tray, Type-C port and a single speaker grill. One microphone port is at the top while the other is at the bottom. Honor 90 5G has a curved display. There are thin bezels all around the panel. The bottom bezel is a little thicker than the rest. There is a notch in the top center of the display, in which the selfie camera is fitted. In this way this phone offers premium design and look. The thickness of the phone is only 7.8mm and weight is 183 grams. The design of Honor 90 5G attracted me. It would not be wrong to say that it can be easily identified even in the crowd of smartphones.
Honor 90 5G has a 6.7-inch quad-curved floating display, which supports refresh rate up to 120Hz. This is an AMOLED panel, which has an excellent resolution of 2664×1200 pixels. The peak HDR brightness of the phone is 1600 nits. Its display is HDR 10 Plus certified and HDR certified for Netflix. Honor has said that 3840Hz PWM dimming technology has been used in its smartphone. There is no risk to the eyes due to this, which means you can use the smartphone for a long time.
The display impressed me. It was crisp and vivid. The colors also appeared punchy. What’s more, I didn’t feel any tiredness in my eyes even after using the phone for a few hours. Display colors looked good both indoors and outdoors. There was no problem in reading content in bright sunlight.
Talking about some other technical aspects, the display of Honor 90 5G is TUV Rhineland certified. It has also received the title of First Quality Display with DXO Gold Label.
Honor 90 5G has Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 AE processor. There are selected smartphones available with this processor in the Indian market, one of which, Motorola Razr 40, is priced around Rs 60 thousand. This is a processor made on 4nm process, which is considered good from gaming to multitasking. This processor supports 14 5G bands. Despite using it for a short period of time, I found this processor to be powerful. My review unit has 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB of storage.
In this configuration, the phone handled social media browsing, content streaming and short-term gaming well. In the coming days we will put this smartphone through all our tests. To prevent the phone from overheating during heavy use, graphite sheet and AI based thermal management system has been used in it.
Honor 90 5G has a triple rear camera setup. The main camera is 200 megapixels. Apart from that, there is a 12-megapixel ultra-wide and macro camera and a depth camera. The 200 MP main rear camera has a 1/1.4 inch sensor. It is claimed that with its help excellent HDR photos can be taken. It captures bright and detailed shots even in low-light. The ultra-wide camera has a field of view (FOV) of 112 degrees. The camera app has options for various modes like HDR, portrait, multi video, solo cut, close up. The main rear camera can record videos at 4K @30fps, while the 50-megapixel front camera can also record videos at 4K @30fps.
Digital zoom up to 10X is available with the main rear camera. The initial pictures came out fine. The selfie camera appeared more effective. We will talk about camera performance in detail in the review.
Honor 90 5G has a 5000mAh battery. Charger not found in the box. There was only Type-A to Type-C cable. Honor says that the charger will be sold separately to Indian users, which will be free. The phone’s battery lasted for about a day during initial use. Although its test is still pending. To know how well it supports heavy usage, you will have to wait for the review.
Honor 90 5G smartphone runs on Magic OS 7.1 based on Android 13. Some preloaded apps were present in the phone, which could be uninstalled. Talking about other features, Honor 90 5G comes with RAM Turbo feature, through which the phone’s RAM can be expanded up to 5 GB. This phone also has the features of NFC support, in-display fingerprint sensor and UFS 3.1. The company is offering 2 years of software and 3 years of security patch updates.
We will put the Honor 90 5G smartphone through all the necessary tests of Gadgets 360 in the coming days. Stay connected with us to read the full review.
