Honor 5C release date and price
This phone’s predecessor, the Honor 4C, came with some caveats. But this year, Honor has corrected availability issues, for example, and now the Honor 5C can already be purchased on the official Huawei/Honor website. It’ll set you back around $155 or, if you’re in Europe, about €199. If you’re spending pounds, expect to pay £149.99 via sites like Vmall. Don’t wait too long, though, as Honor is offering a discount until July 31.
Regarding colors, Honor opted for classic colors reflecting premium design: gold, silver and gray.
If you want an alternative for around the same price, the Honor 5X is currently at the same price with a discount.
Honor 5C design and build quality
If you are familiar with Honor, you might be surprised when you get this smartphone in front of your eyes. First, its dimensions (147.1 x 73.8 x 8.3 mm) make it neither too big nor too small for average-sized hands; the screen is large enough to view multimedia content, yet it’s compact enough to fit in the pocket. The weight, in turn, is 156g, only 2g less than the Honor 5X despite the size difference.
The volume buttons and the power button are on the right side. On the left is the SIM card slot.. It is possible for you to use a microSD but you may have to sacrifice one of your two SIM card as it is not possible to have all three in at the same time.
There’s a little surprise on the front. Perhaps you’re like me and asked why there was an empty space under the display of the Honor 5X, which is not particularly pretty. With the Honor 5C, Honor has solved the problem by placing its logo in this space. Perhaps is it not helpful to have the logo on the front of the device, but it's better than an empty strip. Above the screen is nothing extraordinary; a speaker, sensors and LED flash.
However, I must admit I was a little disappointed. The device is certainly brushed aluminum, but it is also a bit fragile. After just a week the first scratch appeared, although it’s difficult to see with the naked eye. But they multiply over time.
On the bottom of the device are two speaker grilles. Only one of them works - the other is only there to ensure aesthetic balance. Between the two grilles is a USB port that lets you charge the device. It’s not Type-C, as you could imagine with a budget phone like this. On the upper edge of the unit is a microphone jack and a standard 3.5mm jack.
This phone isn’t completely made of metal. There is plastic on the sides which ends at the top and bottom of the phone, which is a logical design for proper operation of the antennas. The phone’s ergonomics are good and the rounded corners make it comfortable to use. You might dislike the absence of a fingerprint reader but, in my opinion, this was left out to maintain a difference in hardware between the Honor 5C and Honor 5X, justifying the (slight) difference in price.
On the back of the device you’ll find the logo and, above this, is the camera lens.
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