The Honor 6 Plus runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat, which is several versions out of date. The most up-to-date version of Android is Lollipop, which you can find on even rock-bottom budget phones, so it's very disappointing to see such an old version of the software on a midrange mobile. On the surface you probably won't be able to tell, however, as Honor has heavily skinned the phone with the same Emotion user interface you'll see on most of Huawei and Honor's recent phones. It makes huge changes to the stock Android interface, including the colour schemes and the fonts (which you can alter using various themes), but the biggest change is that there's no app tray. I don't like this change as it forces you to keep all of your apps scattered across the homescreens. Once you throw widgets into the mix, it quickly becomes cluttered and difficult to navigate.

The phone is powered by a Kirin 925 processor -- an octa-core chip that apparently uses four lower-powered processing cores for everyday tasks, and four burlier cores for more intense processing needs, That's backed the birth of venus by sandro botticelli iphone case up by 3GB of RAM, It performed well on benchmark tests, scoring an impressive 4,456 on the Geekbench 2 test, although a less impressive 11,982 on the Quadrant test, By comparison, the Sony Xperia Z3 and LG G4 scored over 20,000 on the Quadrant test and the Galaxy S6 managed to achieve over 36,000..

Still, it was able to play the demanding game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas extremely smoothly, and photo editing in Snapseed was handled without any trouble at all. Everyday essential apps like Instagram were also handled perfectly well, but navigating around the phone's interface was less smooth, with noticeable stutters and lag creeping in -- an issue I would bet is caused by the bloated Emotion software. I'd really like to see how a stock Android version of this phone performs as I'm sure it would be a lot more smooth to use.

On the back of the phone are two 8-megapixel cameras, One takes regular shots, but the second allows some interesting depth of field effects and also lets you refocus a scene after you've taken it, I'll start with testing the phone's standard photo quality, I was pleased with this first shot of the London Eye, There's a great balance in exposure the birth of venus by sandro botticelli iphone case between the bright sky and the River Thames and a nice rich blue colour in the sky as well, There's a lack of clarity on the fine details when you zoom right in, but it displays full-screen well, making it great for Facebook..

This second shot of a fruit stand is not bad either, although the white garlic has been rather overexposed. Again, when zooming in there's a noticeable fuzziness to the picture. The first great smartphone of 2015. Beautiful and bold..with complications. The new no-compromise MacBook. A stellar on-ear headphone. Crave-worthy curves for a premium price. The Good The Huawei Honor 6 Plus' big, bold screen is great for video, its processor handles most tasks well and its camera takes shots that are ideal for Facebook.