Emotion includes a nice one-hand UI feature that squishes keyboards and dial pads horizontally so you can use them while holding the phone with one hand. Of course, you’ll see a lot more of Huawei’s ROM in the phone’s settings and widgets. They’re not all bad - I actually liked the recording app because it supports high quality audio, and the baked-in music player gets the job done. Apart from the custom launcher, menus and a few standard apps like a voice recorder, notepad, FM radio and browser.
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This phablet runs Huawei’s own Emotion 3.0 UI on Android 4.4.2, without much bloatware.
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At the end of the day, you’ll benefit more from the additional battery life and lower cost than if you got a sharper 1080p display on this phone. The 267 ppi display, similar to the one on the Redmi Note 4G, is just sharp enough to watch and read on without worrying about being able to differentiate pixels - unless you get up real close and squint.
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The 5.5-inch 720p screen can get nice and bright, and does a good job of reproducing colors. Just a few taps and you can turn it into a dumbphone to only handle calls and texts for close to 70 hours on a single charge.
You could probably get even more mileage out of the 4X by using its simple power monitoring and management tools. There’s a large 3,000 mAh battery that keeps things humming for hours – I got through a whole day of calls, texts and gaming with about 40 percent of juice to spare. The SIM management tool lets you choose which one to use for data, calls and texts. The 4X supports dual 4G SIM cards, which means you can enjoy high-speed mobile data and keep your cheap messaging plan too. Plus, the speaker and button are placed such that I tend to block the sound while gaming and risk turning off the screen while holding the phone in my left hand to watch videos. The power button would have been easier to differentiate had it been textured. The volume rocker and power button are all on the right, which is fine - but I’d like to see a little more attention to detail. Just don’t expect to start a party by playing music on the 4X. The single speaker located at the bottom doesn’t get too loud or offer much bass output, but it’s clear enough for calls, games and videos. The phone is tough enough to use without additional protection, but a case could certainly help glam it up. The back, however, features a nice textured finish and a neat camera enclosure. The front panel is as non-descript as it gets and could easily be mistaken for a cheaper phone like the basic Redmi 2.
The 4X is almost exactly the same size as the OnePlus One, but won’t turn any heads with its looks. At 170 grams, it’s a tad heavy and weighs a bit more than the OnePlus One and the HTC One M8, but I didn’t mind it too much because it’s easy to grip. True, you can tell at a glance that it’s all plastic, but it feels solid enough to take a beating, almost like the Nokia phones of yore. The 4X tries hard to earn its keep while focusing on what’s important.