Honor X5b Plus

The Honor X5b Plus has a height of 163.9 mm and a width of 75.8 mm, giving it a tall, narrow profile that is fairly typical for a modern large-screen smartphone. At 194 g and 8.7 mm thick, the handset has a modest heft and a reasonably slim build, with a total volume of around 108.09 cm³. The device does not feature a rugged build or a folding form factor, and it carries no water resistance rating.

The Honor X5b Plus uses an IPS LCD panel measuring 6.56″, delivering a resolution of 720 x 1612 px at a pixel density of 269 ppi. The display supports a 90Hz refresh rate and is touch-enabled, though it does not include branded damage-resistant glass, an Always-On Display mode, or a secondary screen. HDR10, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision are all absent from this display.

The Honor X5b Plus is powered by the MediaTek Helio G36, a 12 nm SoC featuring an octa-core CPU arranged in a big.LITTLE configuration with four cores at 2.2 GHz and four at 1.8 GHz, supported by 8 threads and multithreading capability. Graphics are handled by the PowerVR GE8320 with a base clock of 650 MHz and a turbo frequency of 680 MHz, with support for DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 1.2. The chipset comes with 4 GB of DDR4 RAM running at 1600 MHz across two memory channels, offering a maximum memory bandwidth of 13.9 GB/s and a maximum supported memory amount of 8 GB. Internal storage stands at 256 GB on eMMC 5.1, and benchmark results include an AnTuTu score of 127,070, a Geekbench 6 single-core result of 229, and a multi-core result of 842. The SoC also integrates LTE, supports 64-bit processing, and includes both NX bit and TrustZone security features.

The Honor X5b Plus features a single 50 MP main camera with an f/1.8 aperture, supported by phase-detection autofocus, laser autofocus, and touch autofocus, along with continuous autofocus during video recording. The main camera records video at 1080p/30fps and supports slow-motion recording, HDR mode, burst mode, and in-camera panoramas, while manual controls cover exposure, ISO, focus, and white balance — though manual shutter speed, optical zoom, and RAW capture are not available. A single LED flash is present, but there is no dual-tone or RGB flash option. On the front, a 5 MP camera with an f/2.2 aperture handles selfies; it is a single-lens setup with no front-facing flash and is not positioned under the display. Neither HDR10 recording nor Dolby Vision recording is supported, and 3D photo or video capture is absent.

The Honor X5b Plus runs Android 14 and includes a broad set of privacy controls, covering location privacy options, camera and microphone access management, clipboard warnings, and the ability to block app tracking, though cross-site tracking blocking and Mail Privacy Protection are not available. On the usability side, the OS supports dark mode, dynamic and manual theme customization, customizable notifications with a notification permission system, a media picker, full-page screenshots, split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, widgets, and an extra dim display mode. It also offers on-device machine learning, offline voice recognition, voice commands, Live Text, phone tracking, a child lock, sharing intents, and multi-user support, and users can play games while they are still downloading. A battery health check tool is included as well. Features not present include focus modes, Wi-Fi password sharing, app offloading, Quick Start, direct OS vendor updates, and the ability to function as a PC.

The Honor X5b Plus is equipped with a 5200 mAh rechargeable battery that supports fast charging at 10W, and a charger is included in the box. A battery level indicator is present for convenient monitoring, though the battery is not removable and wireless charging is not supported.

The Honor X5b Plus includes a 3.5 mm headphone jack for wired audio, but the device does not feature stereo speakers, a built-in radio, or any high-resolution Bluetooth audio codecs — aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC are all absent.

The Honor X5b Plus supports Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Bluetooth 5.1, and a cellular module with download speeds up to 300 Mbit/s and upload speeds up to 150 Mbit/s, though 5G is not available. The device accommodates two SIM cards and includes a microSD slot for external storage expansion, while connectivity options also extend to a USB Type-C port running at USB 2.0 speeds. Location is handled via GPS with Galileo support, and an accelerometer is present, but there is no gyroscope, compass, or barometer. A fingerprint scanner is built in for biometric authentication, while NFC, 3D facial recognition, and an iris scanner are all absent. Additional features such as HDMI output, an infrared sensor, ANT+, a heart rate monitor, DLNA certification, crash detection, satellite SOS, motion or optical tracking, and a built-in projector are not included, and no stylus comes with the device.

The Honor X5b Plus includes a video light for illumination during video recording, while the display is flat and uses neither sapphire glass nor an e-paper panel.