The Honor X7a is made of plastic, but it still looks quite stable and pressure on the front or back hardly reaches the screen's liquid crystal. However, the phone creaks quietly when twisted. The back is available in glossy black or a matte version in Ocean Blue.

Both color variants cost from 170 Euros (~$185) on the Internet at the time of testing, for example at amazon.de. That is already a considerable discount compared to the RRP of 230 Euros (~$251). The Titanium Silver color option is almost exclusively available in Central Europe via Honor's online store.

The phone with a 6.74-inch screen offers reasonably narrow bezels, is easy to use for both left- and right-handers, and fits comfortably in the hand thanks to well-rounded edges.

128 GB of mass storage is ample for the price range, but the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 4Goffers much faster UFS flash than our test device. NFC is on board, as well as a 3.5 mm port for audio devices.

The microSD reader works on class level in the test with our reference SD card Angelbird V60 in terms of read and write speeds.