Honor has a history of innovation since launching in 2021 as the youth-focussed sub-brand of HUAWEI, since breaking away from its parent brand, the Chinese smartphone maker has continued to construct stylish devices, offering a great mix of specs, performance, camera features, all for a really decent price. This innovation legacy includes launching the first vlogger-focused smartphone in South Africa in the form of the HONOR 50 in 2021.
The Honor 70 is no exception, with the phablet (161.4 x 73.3 x 7.91mm; approx. 178g) coming in two attention-grabbing colours (Crystal Silver and Midnight Black) and look that is characterised by a curved Dual-Ring design of the N Series, and an axisymmetric camera setup drawing inspiration from the craftsmanship of jewelry design (as well as the delectable HUAWEI P50 Pro).
It packs an equally eye-catching 6.67″ OLED FHD+ (2400 x 1080) that will delight mobile gamers with its 120 Hz refresh rate. Keeping those frame rates high and overall performance snappy is the octacore Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus (1× Cortex-A78 at 2.5GHz + 3 × Cortex-A78 at 2.4GHz and 4 × Cortex-A55 clocked at 1.8GHz, with the Adreno 642L GPU). The smartphone runs on Magic UI 6.1 (based on Android 12）, with smooth and effortless multitasking, and performance aided by 8GB worth of RAM and snappy 256GB internal storage.
The main attraction of this cameraphone, however, is ofcourse its camera and vlogger-focused features. The rear camera boasts a 54MP IMX800 Super Sensing Main Camera (f/1.9 aperture)+, 50MP Ultra Wide and Macro Main Camera(f/2.2 aperture)+, as well as a 2MP Depth Camera (f/2.4 aperture). You can shoot 4k (up to 3840 x 2160) video shooting with EIS video stabilization, while you also get a 32MP Super Clear Selfie Camera (f/2.4 aperture) that can record full HD (1080P video shooting with EIS video stabilization).
Moreover, you also get the first-ever Solo Cut Vlog Mode feature which was not seen in any other device, allowing users to spotlight a specific person in group video. Packed with the industry’s first Solo Cut Mode for vlogging, the HONOR 70 5G brings exceptional videography innovations to empower everyone to fulfill their creative vlogging aspirations.
Solo Cut Vlog Mode allows multiple videos to be produced simultaneously, including a dedicated video of the subject being spotlighted alongside the original video featuring all subjects, ideal for content creators who want to make one person the hero of their story.
Supported by the intelligent Person Autofocus Tracking Technology, this pioneering feature enables users to put the spotlight on a specific person in a group video. Even when the subject is out of the frame, with Person Re-Identification Technology, it can automatically return when it is back, taking creative vlogging to a whole new level. This works a treat and makes this device worthy to be top of mind for not only vloggers and bloggers, but mobile photography and videography fans and social media managers too.
Also onboard is a 4800 mAh Lithium Polymer battery that will get you through a working day and can be topped up quickly, thanks to HONOR’s 66W SuperCharge Charger.
All this comes at a recommended retail price of R15 800, which is a bargain for this level of design, camera functionality, and specs. It can go toe to toe with much costlier flagships like the P50 Pro (R18 000) and Samsung’s Galaxy S22+ (R23 000) while offering enhanced blogger and vlogger features to boot.
