so last year i'm really impressed with their honor 50 mid-range phone and i gotta say this year
they've done the same thing i'm really impressed with what they've brought to the table this year
we've got the honest 70. it's full of flagship features at a pretty mid-range price point if you
ask me skipping past all the youtuber fluff let's get into the unboxing so it's a pretty standard
box it feels very similar to the time i unboxed my note 10 plus to be honest and there it is the
honor 70 in all its glory gorgeous design they say the camera rings are actually inspired by luxury
jewelry very fancy indeed there's definitely a bit of something about this design and the color
choice i like how they've gone for a more matte look this year i found the design and glossy back
of the honor 50 very impressive last year but the matte finish on this one just has a bit more of a
mature feel to it while still keeping the wow factor about it with a stunning emerald green
color i also like how they have the text on the back there it weirdly does add something to the
phone it gives it a sort of minimal vibe i guess you could say so if you want to get your hands on
one of these it will set you back around 479 pounds in the uk or 429 if you're in the us
now just pausing on the actual phone for a second one thing that i absolutely loved about the honor
50 when i unboxed it last year and equally love about the honor 70 is the fact that honor
actually include a silicone case with the phone now it's nothing special i'll tell you that but
as a freebie just to get you going with your phone straight away i think it's a really nice idea they
also ship the honor 70 out with a pre-installed screen protector again just one of those things
that just lets you enjoy the phone that little bit quicker and if that wasn't enough you actually get
a wall socket included in the box something many bigger brands like samsung and i think even apple
now have stopped doing and it's actually kind of a good one it's a 66 watt charger and can charge
you on a 70 up from three percent all the way up to 60 battery in just 20 minutes now there really
isn't much more to go over with the unboxing we don't really want to look at all the manuals and
warranty cards so let's move on to the honor 70 itself and get it turned on so i want to focus in
on the display now i was instantly very impressed it's very bright punchy and even has a 120
hertz refresh rate which is great to see on a mid-range phone so this display is a 6.67 inch
oled 58 degree curve display featuring hdr 10 plus certification and 100 dci p3 color gamut coverage
very impressive and you know seeing through the lens of my camera really will not do it any
justice but let me tell you from my perspective this is a really good phone display i've had a
go at playing a couple of games and watching some videos and it's just so crisp and vibrant and i'll
also say the display is a really comfortable size the phone is easy to grip it's comfortable in the
hand and the screen is ample big enough for some decent media consumption and whilst we're talking
about the display it's really worth giving a shout out to the honor 70s performance here again i feel
like it does a stellar job for its price point it runs genjin impact without any issues at all
inside we have got the qualcomm snapdragon 778g plus a 5g soc that gives a 40 cpu upgrade over
the old 768g chip and from the benchmarks i've seen is in line with or even beating the old
top of the range chip so really not a bad chip at all if you want to be doing a bit of gaming
now if you are buying this phone for some gaming and i've also bought out some additional features
to help boost your performance when in game one of those things is the honor gpu turbo x boost
giving you that little bit extra power just to help your games run that little bit smoother
anyway moving on one slight issue i had with the honor 70 when it comes to media consumption
is the speakers it has one rear firing speaker and you know it's not bad but it's also not great
either i didn't find it to get as loud as some of my other phones and i think the fact that was just
one singular speaker located on the right hand side of the base of the phone i felt all the sound
was very dominant on one side it's certainly fine for playing a bit of music doing casual things
but it's definitely not the best out there for speakers now while we've got her on her back let's
just take a good old look at the design of the honor 70 again so not far away from the speakers
we've got your usb type-c port in the middle then you've got your sim tray very similar to the note
10 plus actually then on the right hand side you've got your very thin volume rocker and your
power button just below that if you're wondering about the fingerprint reader that's actually
located underneath the display one thing i've always liked about the honor phones is the fact
that the fingerprint scanner actually lights up when you're using it uh some people could see this
as a bit of a gimmick but i actually kind of like it because it shows that you know it's working and
whilst on the subject of the fingerprint reader it is ample fast enough and i've only added
one finger or thumb i should say just once and i hadn't had a single failure yet so it's pretty
reliable in comparison to some of the other phones i've tested especially when it comes to under
display fingerprint readers anyway continuing on with the design we've got two giant camera rings
on the back my concern with these huge modules that there would be a massive amount of table
wobble when typing but you know what it's so much better than my fold three i think that the camera
is being so large and spread out it actually helps balance the phone a little bit overall there
hasn't been any huge changes since last year's honor 50 design wise aside from the material
finishes and some subtle tweaks to modernize the honor 70. i want to really appreciate the design
but question of the day what do you think of the honor 70s design does it tickle your fancy
now getting onto the huge ass elephant in the room the honor 70s camera modules and um well that they
are huge but also rather impressive this year the honor 70 is boasting some rather impressive camera
specs those being a 54 megapixel imx 800 super sensing main camera 50 megapixel ultra wide and
macro main camera 2 megapixel depth camera 32 megapixel super clear selfie camera now based
off the clarity and resolution alone the camera setup on this is flagship killing i feel compared
to some of my samsung phones it just blows them out the water even my latest full three in picture
quality colors might not be as on point but that being said samsung tend to have this oversaturated
super vibrant look which don't get me wrong makes a pretty picture but it's not great for those who
want a little bit more control over their images with the honor 70s photos i feel like i'm getting
a little bit more control a bit more of a raw image i have been showing off some of the pictures
i've been taking with the honor 70. i really want to tip my hat to that macro lens i really found it
to be pretty fantastic if i'm honest and compared to other phones again that i've tested with macro
lenses they tend to be awfully pixelated really low resolution this looks like i've actually
taken it with a dslr camera with a dedicated macro lens and i could not be more impressed
with these impressive camera specs and a couple of other features i deduce that the honor 70 is the
perfect phone for content creators there's even a built-in mode called multi-video where you can see
both the front and rear cameras at the same time this will be great for vlogging and especially
streaming and before we move on we haven't really focused too much on the front camera it is a
notch again no under display camera this year but it is really good it's so sharp and i feel like
the colors there are pretty well balanced with it again comparing it to some of the other flagship
phones i own or have owned i really do think is better in quite a lot of ways we have also yet to
mention the video capabilities of the honor 70 another reason why i think the honor 70 is the
perfect vlogging slash content creator phone it has up to 4k 30fps capabilities and boy does it
look good additionally you can also make use of the slo-mo features and record in 1080p 60fps if
you so desire which will be more than enough for most people to be honest you can make any camera
look good with good composition and lighting but the honor 70 really does make that whole process
effortless now whilst we're in the camera settings is worth paying attention to the honor 70s ui and
os it's running on magic ui 6.1 which is quite obviously on his own ui a bit like how we have one
ui for samsung it works really well the gestures do take some getting used to i will be the first
one to admit that and they're not always as snappy and fluid as i'd like but i do very much believe
that's because i've been using a samsung phone for the past five years or so now so at least for now
i have no doubt some of you will prefer honest gestures there are a couple of cool features that
come with magic ui as well including multi-window mode and you also have pop-out windows similar to
what samsung have as well it's all very familiar it's very easy to get used to especially if you've
used any modern samsung phone over the past couple of years now one other small gripe i have with the
honor 70 is the default home screen settings you'll notice there is no app tray on this and
i found that awfully frustrating however this can be enabled in your settings like so which is great
but even still i think the design of the app tray could have had a little bit of extra something
added to it now the honor 70 might still be on the expensive side for some of you out there so i do
have a solution for you do check out my review in the top right hand corner now for the honor
50. that is coming in a little bit cheaper these days and i personally think it's still a great
deal if you do have a bigger budget and want to check out some of the older folding phones
like the fold three also i'll leave a link in the bottom right as well for now though i've been alex
this has been take it easy thank you so much for watching and i will see you in the next one