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Huawei Honor 6

The Honor 6 and Honor 6 Plus are Android smartphones produced by Huawei under Honor sub-brand. The Honor 6 was released in August 2014, while the Honor 6 Plus was released in December 2014.

Design

The back of the Honor 6 in black

The front and back are made of glass. The frame of the Honor 6 is made of matte plastic, while the frame of the Honor 6 Plus is made of aluminum.

On the bottom of the smartphones, there is the microUSB port and a microphone, while on the top, there is the 3.5 mm audio jack, an additional microphone and the IR blaster. On the right, there is the volume rocker, the power button and a flap covering the single or dual SIM slots and a microSD slot on the Honor 6[3] or two trays with single or dual SIM slots and a microSD slot on the Honor 6 Plus. On the front, there is the screen with an earpiece speaker, a proximity/ambient light sensor and a front-facing camera above it. On the back, there is the logo, a single on the Honor 6 or a dual on the Honor 6 Plus rear-facing camera, an dual-LED flash, and a speaker.

The Honor 6 was available in black and white color options, while the Honor 6 Plus, additionally, was available in gold color option.

Specifications

Hardware

The Honor 6 is the second phone by Honor which is equipped with the HiSilicon Kirin 920 SoC, while the Honor 6 Plus features the Kirin 925 SoC.[4] The phones feature 3 GB of RAM and 16 GB or 32 GB of internal storage. The smartphones are connectable via Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and 2G/3G/4G LTE.

Both smartphones feature IPS LCD displays with a Full HD (1080 × 1920 pixels) resolution and a 16:9 aspect ratio. The display of the Honor 6 has a 5.0" diagonal, while the display of the Honor 6 Plus has a 5.5" diagonal.[5]

The Honor 6 features a single 13 MP rear camera with an f/2.0 aperture and autofocus, and 5 MP front camera. However, the Honor 6 Plus features a rear dual-camera setup, which has an 8 MP primary camera with f/2.0 and autofocus, paired with a 2 MP depth sensor. Also the Honor 6 Plus features an 8 MP front camera.

Software

The Honor 6 was released with Emotion UI 2.3, while the Honor 6 Plus was released with EMUI 3.0. Both user interfaces are based on Android 4.4.2 "KitKat". Later, both devices were updated to EMUI 4.0 based on Android 6.0 "Marshmallow".

References

  1. ^ "Honor 6 - Full phone specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
  2. ^ "Honor 6 Plus - Full phone specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
  3. ^ "Huawei Honor 6 review: Virtue in disguise". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  4. ^ "Honor 6 Plus specs". PhoneArena. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
  5. ^ Parker, Max (2015-08-12). "Honor 6 Plus review". TechRadar. Retrieved 2025-03-22.