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Introduction
The Honor 90 is the latest addition to the company's number series of phones. As such, it is not a true flagship. That position seems to currently be reserved for the "Magic" line. What you get with the Honor 90 instead is a solid mid-ranger in terms of specs. However, as far as looks and design are concerned, Honor didn't skimp at all.
The Honor 90 is slick and slim, well-constructed, light and well-balanced, and has a universally rounded body for a great in-hand feel.
Its design is also very elegant and even luxurious. The Honor 90 can be had in a number of eye-catching colors and interesting finishes, which we will go over in a bit.
Honor 90 specs at a glance:
- Body: 161.9x74.1x7.8mm, 183g; plastic frame.
- Display: 6.70" AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1600 nits (peak), 1200x2664px resolution, 19.98:9 aspect ratio, 435ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition (4 nm): Octa-core (1x2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.36 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A510); Adreno 644.
- Memory: 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 256GB 16GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM.
- OS/Software: Android 13, MagicOS 7.1.
- Rear camera: Wide (main): 200 MP, f/1.9, 1/1.4", 0.56µm, PDAF; Ultra wide angle: 12 MP, f/2.2, 112-degree, AF; Depth: 2 MP, f/2.4.
- Front camera: 50 MP, f/2.4, 100-degree, (ultrawide).
- Video capture: Rear camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS; Front camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS.
- Battery: 5000mAh; 66W wired, 5W reverse wired.
- Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Dual SIM; Wi-Fi 6; BT 5.2, aptX HD; NFC.
- Misc: Fingerprint reader (under display, optical).
Despite being a mid-ranger at heart, the Honor 90 does come with some pretty high-end features. One of its highlights is unquestionably the curved 6.7-inch display. It is a 10-bit panel with HDR10+ support and a whopping 1600 nits of advertised peak brightness. It also has a 1.5K resolution, 120Hz refresh rate and 3840Hz PWM dimming, as well as 400-grade dimming adjustment.
Then there is the impressive camera setup on the Honor 90. On the back, the phone has a massive 200MP, f/1.9 main camera alongside a 12MP, f/2.2 autofocus-enabled ultrawide that can double as a powerful macro cam. On the front, the Honor 90 is rocking a 50MP ultrawide selfie. Both of these cameras are capable of 4K@30fps video capture and support EIS.
A 5,000 mAh battery with 66W charging and some additional features, like NFC, help the Honor 90 be a pretty well-rounded device overall. It does still have some notable omissions, though, like the lack of official ingress protection and stereo speakers. Nothing dramatic, but still worth mentioning.
Design
The Honor 90 is an exquisitely-crafted device. Clearly, a luxurious exterior was pretty high up on the design priorities list. As per Honor, the phone's design was inspired by jewelry and gem pieces in particular. We can definitely see the inspiration, particularly in what appears to be the halo Diamond Silver variant of the phone. It is the one we have for this hands-on, and we have to say that it looks really striking in person.
Color-wise, the back of the phone is shiny and reflective, with a silver base that catches and reflects light in all sorts of color hues. Pretty reminiscent of a diamond surface, indeed. In terms of texture, the back panel is divided into two parts - the top one is smooth and glossy, but surprisingly doesn't really attract too much dirt and fingerprints. The bottom part has a distinct dot pattern that is reminiscent of a crystalline structure. This area has a slight texture to it and was clearly meant to convey the impression that the phone is diamond studded. It does so quite successfully.
The Emerald Green color option also features a frosted texture finish and is a single uniform color. The Honor 90 can also be had in a Midnight Black color option. This variant features a glossy ceramic texture on the back and is the most "traditional" and classic out of the bunch.
Despite its pretty large 6.7-inch display, the Honor 90 is a pretty slick and surprisingly slim device, measuring 161.9 x 74.1 x 7.8 mm. It is also surprisingly light, especially given that it has a 5,000 mAh battery as it tips the scale at 183 grams.
The phone's body is curved on almost every side with no sharp edges, which makes for a really comfortable in-hand feel. The excellent weight distribution and balance help in this regard as well. The Honor 90 is a really comfortable phone to hold and use.
We would also be remiss, not to mention the distinctive camera accent rings the Honor 90 has going on. These are clearly part of the overall memorable design of the phone and are color-matched with the rest of the colors on the phone. Honor calls these "Moon Phase Rings", which is admittedly a bit pretentious, but we can't deny that the aesthetics work well as a whole.
There is nothing particularly noteworthy about the controls and I/O on the Honor 90. Everything is pretty standard. The power button and volume rocker are well-positioned height-wise on the phone's right side. Both are nice and clicky, with plenty of tactile feedback.
The phone's left side has an uninterrupted frame with no controls on it. Speaking of the middle frame of the phone - it is plastic but feels very sturdy. In fact, the whole phone is well-built with practically no flex to it.
The top of the Honor 90 is practically empty as well. There is just a tiny hole here for the secondary noise-canceling microphone.
The bottom of the phone is a lot busier. It houses the single bottom-firing speaker on the Honor 90. That's right. Unfortunately, the Honor 90 does not have a stereo speaker setup.
Also on the bottom is the dual Nano-SIM card tray. The Honor 90 also lacks expandable storage, in case you were wondering. The main microphone is on the bottom side, and so is the USB Type-C port. Some markets won't be getting a charger in the box, whereas others will get both a charger and a protective case.
The Honor 90 uses an under-display optical fingerprint reader. It is snappy and reliable, which we have come to expect from current mature iterations of this technology.
Speaking of the front of the phone, we do have to note the quad-curved edge design. Honor calls it an "all-new suspended quad-curved fitting process". The odd naming aside, it looks modern and stylish.
Display
The display is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Honor 90. The phone is rocking a pretty parge 6.7-inch curved AMOLED panel. It has a pretty high resolution of 1200 x 2664 pixels, which Honor calls 1.5K. On a 6.7-inch diagonal, the math works out the right around 435 ppi of pixel density. That is incredibly sharp, and the Honor 90 looks the part in person.
We haven't had a chance to test the Honor 90 in our lab yet, but Honor claims that the panel is capable of 1600 nits of peak brightness. That's a really impressive number. In practice, we had no issues using the phone outdoors in sunlight, which is great to see.
The display on the Honor 90 can also do 120Hz refresh rate, which makes for extra smooth animations and motion on the screen.
The display impresses in terms of colors as well. It managed a DXOMARK GOLD certification. The panel is 10-bit, which means that it can reproduce about 1.07 billion colors. This is particularly important for reducing color banding in gradients. On top of that, the display supports HDR 10+.
Honor is also taking eye strain and comfort quite seriously. The panel in the Honor 90 supports 3840 Hz PWM dimming, which should ensure no flicker and eye fatigue. The phone can also do automatic dimming with a whopping 400-grade adjustment. And there is also hardware-level blue light filtering in place.
Battery life and charging
The Honor 90 has a pretty large 5,000 mAh battery on board. Unfortunately, we haven't had enough time with the phone to test its battery life for ourselves, but Honor promises whole-day battery life. The company claims that a full charge on the Honor 90 should be good for about 20 hours of continuous local video playback. Not too shabby at all.
The Honor 90 also has an intelligent power management system that can recognize what you are using your phone for and adjust the power profile accordingly.
For charging, the Honor 90 support 66W HONOR SuperCharge - as we said, some markets get a charger in the box, while others don't. Officially Honor claims that the Honor 90 can charge from 0% to 20% in 5 just minutes.
The Honor 90 also supports wired reverse charging, albeit at just 5W. Unfortunately, there is no wireless charging here.
Speaker
One area that Honor skimped on with the 90 seems to be the audio hardware. The phone has no 3.5mm jack, and there is Hi-Res audio support. What is kind of surprising is that there is just a single bottom-firing loudspeaker on the Honor 90.
That's kind of disappointing, considering that plenty of mid-rangers nowadays do offer stereo speakers. From our limited time with the Honor 90, we have to say that the speaker is nothing to phone home about, either. It gets the job done, and that's about it.
Software
The Honor 90 runs on Magic OS 7.1. This is the latest iteration of Honor's UI, which no longer carries the "UI" branding and has gone with the "OS" notations for some time now, partially in an effort to differentiate from Huawei's EMUI.
Naturally, there are still plenty of similarities between Huawei's EMUI and Magic OS, but crucially, unlike Huawei's, Honor's OS builds come with Google Play Services and a standard set of Google apps. Magic OS 7.1 is also based on the latest Android 13, so you get a modern overall experience.
Going from Magic UI 6 to OS 7, we see subtle changes here or there, but the overall look and feel of the Magic overlay remain the same. Iconography is largely unchanged, the task switcher and notification/quick settings are the same, too (and that's one area where the latest EMUI and its Control center differs), and the Settings menu doesn't look one bit different either.
Also available here is previously introduced functionality like large folders and the card bar that sits under app icons to indicate that the app supports cards (another name for the in-house widgets). Speaking of widgets, though, some EMUI features like widget stacking and combined widgets are notably absent.
There are plenty of customization options to explore. You've got a wide selection of themes, Always-on display styles, the lot. You can also enable an app drawer if you like.
Honor provides a bunch of proprietary apps, too. There is Gallery, Honor Health, Notes, Files, System Manager, Weather.
Performance
The Honor 90 is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset. It is a modern part introduced in 2022 and based on an efficient Samsung 4nm manufacturing process. The Honor 90 uses a slightly overclocked version of the chipset called the "Accelerated Edition". Its prime Cortex-A710 CPU core is clocked at up to 2.5 GHz instead of the standard 2.4 GHz. The rest of the CPU configuration consists of three more Cortex-A710 cores (Kryo Gold), clocked at up to 3.36 GHz and finally, an additional four Cortex-A510 cores, working at up to 1.8 GHz.
The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has an Adreno 644 GPU. There is an integrated X62 5G and LTE combo modem for connectivity. Also, a FastConnect 6700 modem provides Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity and dual-band Wi-Fi 6 (ax). The Honor 90 supports GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS and QZSS for positioning. By the way, there is also NFC on board.
We haven't put the Honor 90 through its paces yet, but we did manage to get a Quick AnTuTu run in. It should be noted that AnTuTu has a pretty robust and well-rounded set of benchmark runs within it, including GPU tests and tests for memory and storage. As such, it provides a pretty good overall performance picture. Also, while looking at the results, do keep in mind that the Honor 90 has a pretty high native display resolution, which does put more strain on the GPU.
The Honor 90 is pretty serious about cooling the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. The phone has a 4483 mm2 vapor chamber handling the heat. Also, 1270 copper wires in a dense woven mesh.
Camera
The Honor 90 hits pretty heavy in the camera department. At the helm is a 200MP main camera. It has 0.56µm individual pixels, a 1/1.4" total size and sits behind an f/1.9 lens. The main cam has PDAF. Unfortunately, no OIS is on board, but you can use EIS for video.
The main camera captures photos through pixel-binning in a resolution of just over 12MP by default. We made sure to capture some samples for you to check out, but we will reserve any quality assessment of our own for a full review of the Honor 90.
Honor 90: 12MP main camera samples
You could have the Honor 90 to capture photos with the full resolution of the main camera and get stills at right around 200MP. These are, however, huge in file size, and it's only recommended in very good light.
Honor 90: 200MP main camera samples
With all that resolution at hand, it is hardly surprising that the main camera on the Honor 90 can do digital zoom pretty well. Here are some 2x zoom samples.
Honor 90: 12MP main camera 2x zoom samples
The other potent camera on the back of the Honor 90 is the 12MP ultrawide. It has an f/2.2 aperture and a 112-degree field of view. Here are some ultrawide shots for your viewing pleasure.
Honor 90: 12MP ultrawide camera samples
However, the ultrawide cam's real "party trick" is its autofocus, which allows it to double as a macro shooter.
Honor 90: 12MP ultrawide camera macro samples
Last but not least, the Honor 90 also has a large 50MP, f/2.4 selfie camera at its disposal. Unfortunately, it does not have autofocus, but it can do 4k@30fps video capture and has EIS.
Conclusion
The Honor 90 is a gorgeous device with much to offer. Its design is both modern and standout, with plenty of color options and finishes to choose from. It has a great in-hand feel, all-around rounded corners, and no real edges. The Honor 90 is also surprisingly light, despite packing a big 5,000 mAh battery and a rather large display. It is also very well-balanced weight-wise. It feels high quality and well put together.
The Honor 90 is rocking a gorgeous 6.7-inch, 10-bit, HDR10+, 120Hz AMOLED display. It also has fast 66W wired charging for its large battery. Its camera setup is another highlight, with a large 200MP main shooter and an autofocusing ultrawide that can double as a macro camera. Honor also has its software situation well sorted and still includes Google Play Services, unlike its Huawei counterpart. While not a benchmark topper, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset is a modern chipset with plenty of current features and connectivity and enough performance to offer a smooth overall experience without any hitches or slowdowns.
Honestly, the only glaring omissions we see in the Honor 90 are the lack of stereo speakers and an ingress protection rating. Of course, there are some other smaller things as well. At the time of writing, the Honor 90 retails for right around €600, putting it in a competitive mid-ranger space. There are plenty of other alternatives to consider in the price range, but we believe the Honor 90 holds its own well.
Pros
- Relatively compact size with good build.
- Large battery with fast charging.
- Great display with 120Hz, 10-bit color, HDR10+ and great brightness.
- Modern software with Google Play Services.
- Good image quality out of the cameras.
Cons
- No stereo speakers.
- No ingress protection.
- No telephoto camera.
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