I SWITCHED to the Budget HONOR Magic5 Lite! - Are flagships even necessary?

[@amirreza4228]

Honor is doing a fantastic job making people rethink about their brands of choice

[@OrdinaryGuy343]

lol fr

[@James-TFK]

Great video, I like mobile techies to review budget phones aswell as the flagships. That battery on that Honor is phenomenal.

[@tapster9657]

I've had the honor view 20 for about 4 years and still is absolutely brilliant Next phone will def be an honor phone

[@tiffgplu2590]

Same here... Best Buy of the decade...

[@westcoast_trains_]

I've had this phone for a few days now. It is absolutely amazing. After 24 hrs of normal use, on performance mode, I still had 52% battery left. The screen is superb with 120mhz refresh rate. It's extremely fast, 256gb internal memory and 8gb ram. I got mine for £229 at Argos, absolute bargain. One of the best phones I've ever had.

[@tamukagawe]

Same... Got it from argos too. Best phone I've ever had

[@hdkonvick6299]

I just ordered 128gb version for 139€.

[@rutles222]

@@hdkonvick6299 i just got 256gb for 139€ :D

[@heldercosta1925]

🥰 almost 4 years and it still works well and fits perfectly, I love Honor-Huawei.

[@tumslucks9781]

I've owned a Mate 20 Pro for 4 years. Instead of buying a new phone I'll just replace the battery!

[@vit23745]

I am still using mate 20 pro i raplaced battery and still rocking with no issues

[@davidnorton7464]

My 3rd phone was a p20pro, I've gone on to get the p30pro and now p50pro. Seriously considering this honor phone with its top of the chart score on dxomark

[@felix_empereur]

Currently on Huawei, my next phone will be a Honor

[@fastred214]

Me too. I'm currently using my huawei mate 20 since Nov 2018, nearly 5 years ago & still. Had changed the battery once. That's all. 🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@anaotazu5975]

I have an Honor and charge my phone every two days, I think if you use your phone for calls, texts, social media and watching KZbin videos, etc you don't need an expensive flagship, I have a £7 pound a month sim free deal with my honor and I'm fine

[@codetoby1150]

I used HONOR holly for five years and now using HUWAWEI from 2019 and again looking forward to move to HONOR MAGIC 5...IT ticks all boxes of requirements

[@robinWrath16]

i still used HUAWEI Mate 9 until now.. its 2017 phone i think? hehe..

[@passivevii4052]

@@robinWrath16your both idiots for using a phone made by a phone company that literally works for Chinese government

[@hammerbear22]

Getting a Magic 5 Lite tomorrow, got it for £199.99 , I've got an Honor 9X from 2020 still going strong not a thing wrong with it !! Just can't update no more on this one ( stuck on Android 10 ) and no 5g that's it really ✅ Honor good quality.

[@hammerbear22]

Very happy with it so far easy to transfer everything and much quicker as now on Android 13

[@Gadgetibles]

When u paying for flagship you paying for the premium feel , and high resolution screen and maybe speakers ..day to day usage most people cant tell the difference between budget phone and flagship chipset performance ..the only time an average person will start to see a difference between a budget phone and flagship is at night photography...

[@dronedays450]

Bought one from argos yesterday £249 all seems good so far, bought it to use it at work to save risking breaking my iphone 14 pro and this does everything i do on the iphone anyway lol

[@paulm613]

Thanks Alan. Allan Allen, .. Needed advice and issues addressing, You did it in Spades. 👍

[@newphonexp]

Android 13 has been out for over a year heck Android 14 has been released yet companies like honor have still not released it absolutely shocking especially when honor is releasing newer phones with android 13 no wonder customers turn to apple

[@pizazazaza]

Why didn't you talk about the speakers(or did i miss it?)? Honor phones are plagued with awfully bad speakers.

[@gazbradster]

New sub mate, from sunny Manchester, just ordered this mobile, cant wait

[@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970]

Priced At A Bit Over $500~Its Rather More A MidRange Device~Not Budget...That's A Bloody Understatement...

[@andreas9250]

I own this smartphone since 6 weeks and love it

[@schnickschnack4030]

Hey Andreas, i think about buying this, how does the curved Display feel ? And what about the camera and speaker? Cheers for an answer

[@anthonymoore7994]

Honor are not great with their software updates. Have the honor magic4 lite and still on android 11. While other companies and their devices are on android 12/13

[@Beammeupscotty-w5x]

Based on your battery life and how surprised you were it's time to do a battery test against the s23 ultra iPhone 14 pro and maybe the one plus 11 .

[@kakram29]

Well said 👏 I feel like that when using a budget phone. I am currently using redmi 12 explorer and 200mp camera on it is really good. Honor 5 lite look cool.

[@arfurdaley6399]

Great vid AS ALWAYS 👏👏👏

[@theodorezanello]

I'm trying to find out what phone I should buy and the "Sponsored by Honor" doesn't help. Might even get it but the deciding factor won't be you.

[@Ayyildiz-t5e]

How long security updates?

[@1983andyjm]

Hardly watched anything and battery is going down, used Google maps for 30 minutes and battery dropped 7 percent

[@MarkoVuckovic32]

I don't understand people that buy flagship phones. You pay $1000+ and they don't even give you a charger in the box. Literally every midrange android except a few Samsung phones have a charger in the box.

[@mrantcor1981]

I am defo gonna buy this today, cant wait to use it

[@Gurri__143]

Does this phone will update to Android 14?

[@c2g1980]

The battery life is amazing... What was your sot?

[@KFM197]

Just got the green and here in South Africa it's marked as honor x9a 5g

[@DrunkTomMemes]

Perhaps the major thing about honor phones is the display. I love the curves so freaking much. But the problem with Magic 5 lite is that sd695 wouldn't be able to handle 120Hz refresh rate. So I still recommend honor 70 at the similar price with sd778.

[@Diablo22967]

It actually has 120% as it's a rebrand of the Honor x9a.

[@mkskyshot]

I got bored with my iPhone 14 pro and Apple watch 8. I got this phone and the honor band 7 for a total cost of £232 for both and am blown away by the overall proformance, display and battery life. The camera is the only let doen but for the price I cannot moan. No more apple for me. I will now upgrade every year and not worrry about the cost.

[@najeebmuslimkhan2141]

Nothing but your energy and confident review convincing content always make me to be agreed ❤❤❤

[@Funmap66]

Battery life and display seem great but many things make the phone seem overpriced like bad software support, no stereo speakers, WiFi 5 only, bad auxiliary cameras and so on. When you compare this to the Honor 70, which dropped in price recently, the Magic 5 Lite seems like a bad deal to me.

[@craigr07572]

Why is the Honor 70 a better phone?

[@usmanabdulkadir3334]

Amazing unboxing as always bro

[@vladyslavdiumin4124]

Thank you for the great content! Great stuff!

[@XumitaYT]

I've got a 40w charger in the box, maybe it depends on region, i'm from Costa Rica

[@ericyoung3183]

Like the way you put it. I was thinking about the same before getting BLU G72 Max which is backed by a mediatek SoC. The 13MP camera setup with 5000mAh battery are sufficient for me.

[@marcinw343]

For casual use this phone is Perfect. Nice watch you have. Great review! :)

[@boom5732]

Good for any use really

[@Jerry-xp3cw]

Only thing pretty much I dont like about Honor is their software, i feel like software design is pretty outdated, but thats just me. Good vid overall m8👍, keep up the good work!

[@Diablo22967]

It is, but bare in mind that it was heavily dependent on Huawei and are trying to find their feet as a independent brand, so software is still a bit more on the old Huawei side, but I think their goal right now is to get back into the minds of people and then doing a redesign

[@thebrownExplorer99]

The happiest part of this video:) Chelsea fan

[@rubenmaia7725]

Do we need to install google services or is it installed from the manufacturer? I'm asking for the Portuguese market.

[@ASBYT]

Honor phones have google services

[@mr.b501]

I have the Honor Magic5 lite and Redmi Note 13 pro. When it comes to the Display Brightness 🔅 Honor Magic5 lite is way better when set half way ...But at full brightness for display Note 13 pro slightly wins, but poorer when both devices are set the same level lower then full brightness 🔅 Honor Magic5 and 6 wins Vs Redmi Note 12 and 13 Pro

[@mulberrymystery9729]

Honor has been rumored and Fuji co-branded before No more, talk about no more? There are also rumors of a full range of ultrasound is also gone, but began to significantly reduce the shrinkage of the simple. 1. the standard version with ufs3.1, not on ufs4.0. Pro with 4.0 2. standard version of the main camera did not ois optical stabilization 3. charging 66w, and the current mainstream 120w or even 150w gap is a bit large, in addition to the Pro version is also the same 4. the standard version with z-axis motor, but now Mid-range price point phones are beginning to popularize x-axis linear motor ah. 5. 5. USB and shrink into the usb2.0. 6. Pro is also a short-focus fingerprint, should only be the best version with ultrasonic. 7. not using Bluetooth 5.3, but the use of 5.2 In addition, the Qinghai Lake technology means that the battery? I would like to ask, the so-called market strategy and we consumers have what to do with it? More than a thousand to buy Snapdragon 480, 695 this kind of shirt,, is it still worthy of praise?

[@NonStick872]

Ok I had so much to say about all of this video.... The autism in me is screaming out at me about what's being said and what's shown.... Please don't hate me..... So.... Phone fully charged at 08:07, cut to the phone 45seconds in and it's 10:21 on 22nd Feb which is an irritant to start with, but as you go through the video we get some footage of the phone on the 20th and 21st Feb, but as it turns out most of the test was (well I'm assuming on the 21st Feb) but we don't get to see all the phone battery and date status on each battery update.... There are days that are shown that have a lot less battery at around noon, like almost 66% by 13:31.... It's not that I don't trust ASBYT, it's just an irritant due to knowing he's a good and well known KZbinr, and to be honest yes a lot of people won't be looking this deep into it, but curiosity of an autistic is always wanting to investigate themselves with what they have in this case this video. Don't get me wrong HONOR as a sister brand (or was) of Huawei, I'd not be surprised if they had the great battery life that Huawei phones did. Maybe it's just that oddly extra 100MAH to the already large 5000MAH battery that really makes that much of a difference? Or combination of both the large batter and the very efficient operation of the OS on the battery too? Funny I still had a lot to say even after I was going to make this shorter 🤣

[@ShawnC07]

I have a feeling that the battery drainage will increase by 50% after the OS updated

[@Sapper094]

Great video as usual, are there any particular Bluetooth earbuds you recommend for Honour phones? Thanks 😊

[@chrisgoat6435]

No they are not. Easily learned that by getting a p40 lite very early in 2021. Best decision for a phone I ever made.

[@jasonmeadows712]

I bought the honor magic 4 lite a month ago. It's the 680 Snapdragon. I'm now waiting for a poco x4 gt to be delivered as I find the performance sucks.

[@predragpesic3980]

Tell me during your usage was the screen constantly at 120hrz?

[@Stojkev1]

Honor x8 is also a good phone good for gaming butt I'll be getting the x9 5g this summer

[@kamranakram6059]

Nice review, I wasn't planning to buy this but found good deal £210 eBay. I like the design and specs. I feel I am get pull away from flagship and move towards mid/budget range phone their killer it.

[@denisangelov4982]

Have you bought it ?

[@1983andyjm]

Just got one and I'm finding the battery is going down quite fast, anyone else had this problem?

[@Micenik]

The battery needs to optimize to your usage. I am a year late lol

[@SMentor568]

Good review! Would have been good to know how long the battery did last for?

[@bobortx]

I have the phone and if u don't use it more than 4 hours a day it can last for 2and a half days

[@ktownkanak808]

Which wireless carrier do you use for this phone?

[@AH-zf5on]

You can perfectly use the magic 5 lite Unfortunally 3d face isnt there which i would only miss

[@Mark-mi1lx]

Good review as always

[@Djwatzy]

I'd have bought the magic 4 pro but I can't stand a pill shaped camera cutout on the front. I need symmetry

[@BorislavSimeonov-ci6ki]

Nice review, what is the game name with the heroes?

[@harrydrake4173]

QHD screen? At this price point? Come on, dude. Who would honestly expect that? Samsung sell the S23+ for £1000+ and that's still only FHD.

[@subediraju8552]

In December 2021 I bought Oneplus 7T pro Mclaren Edition after using OnePlus 8T+. I told to my dad's sister to buy my Oneplus 8T+ at $250. Should i buy Honor magic 5 lite or stay with 7T pro Mclaren Edition? Actually, I prefer full screen.

[@robertanderson3144]

Was going to but this phone second hand for £100 and instead opted for samsung a71...wish I had stuck with the honor now

[@Jokuvaan-u7c]

Watching this whit honor magic5 lite 5g i have the titanium silver and im in love with it❤❤

[@filhomcs]

It only lacks stereo sound.

[@sergegs4507]

i'm trying to decide between Honor 70 and Honor Magic 5 Lite which is 100 euros cheaper but has 5100mah battery....What do you recommend? Is the H70 ebough for full day medium use with 4800mah?? Thx in advance! Great review btw...

[@ASBYT]

4800 mAh and honors battery optimisation should be fine for full day medium use 👌

[@sergegs4507]

@@ASBYT thx for your fast response bud

[@sergegs4507]

@@ASBYT would you recommend this or the Honor 70 as overall phone?

[@jaserkhelfa2]

​@@sergegs4507what did you end up getting

[@starcade90]

Love the air tag on the cat.

[@lefuedebout]

It's a nice enough phone but as Honor has now joined the Apple/Samsung cartel by not including a charger in the box, I'll look elsewhere.

[@cwd5736]

Huawei not only make excellent premium phone & budget phone, they also make excellent microchip to save the phone battery, and their Hamony OS is just the rare level of software design! I'm going to use their phone instead of Samsung phone from now on! To get the best for what I paid for! The Ultimate Honor and Huawei brands for the phone users!😎

[@mr.b501]

I have the Xiaomi 11T pro and the battery is gone bonkers after 12 months in use.. it drains from 82% to 0% in 5 mins yes 5 mins,but here is wired part when charging it, I use a 67w Redmi charger from my Missus and the bloody thing chargers to 100 in 7 mins..Strange as my 120w charger from the phone takes 15 and then the bloody thing sticks at 100 up to 20 hours, but soon as it goes down to below 90% she quickly goes in 10 mins..not sure what is happening and it feels very hot... STRANGE

[@mr.b501]

But I might switch to the Honor Magic 5 lite to see if I get similar issues I know the processor and cameras not as good, as the Xiaomi 11T pro but I'm getting similar ram / memory bigger battery and similar stereo speakers and the same display at cheaper cost .

[@melvyncarrot4741]

Those super charger are definitely going to make your battery life shorten by half, I would rather use a normal Samsung charger than some 67 watt charger , what for? I don't get it , the faster it charges, the more cycles it depletes.

[@tallman431]

SWITCHING from the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra to the Budget HONOR Magic5 Lite! Wearing a apple Ultra watch 😂😂😂

[@dummyxl]

Exactly 💯🤡

[@ASBYT]

I use an android phone and an iPhone daily. Next question.

[@greatvids8028]

Lmaoooo

[@greatvids8028]

Let me check if he has affiliation links in the bio

[@dummyxl]

Next question? Ok why?

[@jokeinc1]

No review /comment about the speaker?

[@andyruswandsanryo3552]

What fighting game is it, sir? I really like to download it too.

[@ASBYT]

Marvel contest of champions 👍

[@maciejjirowec3315]

Still it is way better to buy new unopened box S21Ultra for £450-500 Better in every category

[@me5425]

S21 Ultra battery life is terrible Cameras are good

[@Ahmd004]

Commenting from the magic 5 lite

[@fazalanwarr]

How’s it going ?

[@Ahmd004]

@@fazalanwarr really good

[@fazalanwarr]

@@Ahmd004 what about the camera/Video ?

[@Ahmd004]

@@fazalanwarr honestly the camera is mid ranged,If you care about it you shouldn't buy this phone,instead you can buy xaumi redmi 12 pro or the 12 pro+ they are almost the same price as my phone but with much better camera, especially the pro+ it got the best camera deal in the market

[@fazalanwarr]

@@Ahmd004 Thanks. I think I’ll go with Redmi Note 12 pro . You’re right, price is same and it’s is better than Honor magic 5lite …

[@jabariarneaud3129]

What is the name of that fighting game u was playing in the video

[@jabariarneaud3129]

Hey send your email address please

[@babis_a7736]

which one is the best HONOR Magic5 Lite or Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G ?

[@erome5578]

@ASBYT, Good review. What kind/breed of cute cat is that? 😁😅

[@siddharthchaujar2119]

Is it a paid review? how can you compare apples with oranges, Other flagships in 2023 have SD 8 Gen 2, but this doesn't even come remotely close, just borrowing some features from flagships doesn't make it a flagship replacement.

[@ASBYT]

It's not a comparison. I'm asking the question, can you use a non flagship and be fine, spending less money. That's the point.

[@siddharthchaujar2119]

@@ASBYT When you say in title are flagship necessary?it inherently instigates comparison. I know that a lots of effort, planning and hardwork goes into making these videos, so I ve got nothing against the content.. Just felt like highlighting the comparison point. Cheers !!!

[@kingzoltan1]

Best phone I had for long time

[@TechNewsCentury]

I got that honor magic 5 lite delivered from Honor to review

[@hasham19833]

How long did they tale to deliver in the UK?

[@TechNewsCentury]

@@hasham19833 next day as its from Honor pr

[@davidnorton7464]

Google playstore available?

[@me5425]

Yes

[@Patrikch100]

Dxomark 🤣🤣🤣 yeah the totally lost their reputation. Btw in the Czech Republic this honor costs same as Galaxy A53 so .... yeah Chinese phones aren't competitive in Europe anymore.

[@walkwithpaul8]

does it have muti video recording on it

[@hasham19833]

How to order this phone? I read trustpilot reviews and 99% of the people have given 1star to their online purchase experence, either not delivered or delivered somehwere else, and then once you are in a mess, support center are equally bad and unhelpful. To be honest i would prefer buying this from a shop rather online, can you tell us how to get one from a shop

[@thomasvandervee2308]

Which is the better one? This or Honor 70?

[@me5425]

Honor 70 is better

[@craigr07572]

@@me5425 how come?

[@me5425]

@@craigr07572 it is better but OnePlus 9 Pro is even better and it's same price 😃

[@DeadByMarcy]

they don't sell their phones with a charger anymore because of economic problems... 90% of phone users have a charger at home, so they won't sell them anymore u3u

[@Imstarshine]

Honor are using this video as an advert on their website.

[@annagodman688]

Hmm.. not sure, if the OS and security updates are guaranteed for the next 5 years, I might switch from Samsung

[@watsoft70]

Be careful buying an Honor handset. I have one that just eats its storage. I have very few apps installed and had several GB free. In no time at all these free GB will be eaten despite apps being set to store what they can on the SD card. Running the proprietary storage cleaner will free a tiny amount and put off a reinstall for a while, but most of the space is lost to the "other apps" area, which is not accessible. It really doesn't matter if the handset has comparable specification when it needs resetting every few months. I certainly wouldn't choose a Chinese product again...who knows what is filling my storage?!?!?!

[@chriswest2290]

Spyware

[@chriswest2290]

@@watsoft70 thanks for the info.. yeh, I'm trying to stay away from the Chinese phones now. .👍

[@Oyzatt]

@@chriswest2290 don't use any phone device. Because they're all spying on you one way or the other. With my iPhone, sometimes Siri turns on by itself and start to listen to whatever is happening around it. Who knows what's going on ...

[@chriswest2290]

@@Oyzatt OK don't use any phone 👍

[@Joshflemin]

@@chriswest2290 use only Nokia 3310 😂😂😂

[@miladhaddad4492]

Honor magic 5 lite or samsung galaxy a54?

[@zad.21]

A54 better

[@lastonewon]

Yea I would rather spend 200-300 on a mid ranger and use SIM only than spend 800+ on a flagship outright or pay a monthly premium for 2 years. A midrange smartphone caters to 90% of the average users needs, with only the cameras and CPU/GPU normally being the main differences

[@handlemonium]

Yeah this is basically my Sony Xperia 10 IV with the same Snapdragon 695 + 5000mAh combo. Easily a 2-day battery if not three or even up to four days if you push it with super skimpy usage and turning it off at night.

[@Don_Matteo]

Only one speaker which isn't loud

[@simonepiranio1380]

I'm using a pixel 6a and feel no need for a flagship .

[@idcnetwerk9265]

Yes its true the iphone 13 Pro max or iphone 14 Pro Max does not have the longest lasting battery as Apple tries to make you believe.

[@noahb.]

Cameras are always bad in this light phones. Plus I would not recommend a Honor Phone. Honor Magic 4 pro (Global Flagship) is still on December Security Patch now and there is not even an Android 13 beta yet. You can only think how bad the support for the Light phones will be...

[@ambalina]

This review was done in such a rush, hard to follow. You need to slow down mate and relax.

[@sultanabran1]

i'd rather be an arsenal fan than a chelsea fan these days

[@Hardzonenp]

Unboxing magic 5 pro please sir🙏

[@me5425]

Not global unfortunately

[@daily_dose_of_nothingness]

But the camera is horrible it's like those WELCOME phones camera...

[@murtazachaudhary3339]

Nice video

[@jornada.del.muerto]

2:01 i love the cat I want one 🥺