Honor 6A

Affordable price ; Decent camera ; Exemplary battery life

720p display feels like a step down ; Lacks a fingerprint scanner ; EMUI won’t be for everyone

With decent performance, a camera that’s capable of great things, solid build quality and exemplary battery life, the Honor 6A does most of the basics well - but not all.

It might not be the flashiest Honor on the market, but the 6A seems like a solid effort in the £150 phone category. Its metal build, neat design and operation are all plus points.

affordable ; plastic/metal case ; hybrid Dual-SIM ; bright HD display ; good system performance ; no throttling under load ; long battery runtimes

not much free storage ; App2SD not possible ; Android security patches not up-to-date ; no 5-GHz Wi-Fi ; mediocre camera

With the 6A, Honor has managed to keep to its ideal of producing smartphones that are good value for their money. The 5-inch Android, available for $200 and below, has quite a lot to offer: a well-manufactured case made from plastic and metal, a bright...

Whether it’s better than the year-old Moto G4, though, which the Moto G5 still can't match, despite being the newer handset, is another question entirely. We’ll answer that question in the full review, which we'll bring you as soon as we lay our hands...