Huawei Y6 (2018) was launched two days ago by the company as a budget smartphone with the trending Facial Identification technology. Huawei is really having fun releasing many smartphones to their Y series these past couple of weeks.
The budget friendly smartphone comes with a bezel-less display, dishing out an 18:9 aspect ratio with the iPhone X’s colorful wallpaper. Internally, there’s 2GB RAM, 16GB storage space and 13MP rear camera. Lets officially meet the Huawei Y6 (2018).
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Design
A combination of Metal and Plastic here, both elements came together to give birth to this stunning beauty. It’s disappointing it doesn’t come with a fingerprint scanner, but you can use the Face ID instead.
From afar, it looks like a horizontally aligned dual rear shooters, but that’s just a single rear camera and LED flash. The slim device measures just 7.8mm in thickness and weighs 150g overall, you can get it in Black, Gold and Blue colors as well.
Display
A bezel-less screen for unlimited viewing experience, literally expand your horizon with this affordable beauty. The 18:9 aspect is simply breathtaking with super minimal bezels in sight. We can see another Huawei logo at the bottom bezel, while the usual features are at the top.
The 5.7-inch HD+ IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen dishes out vivid displays. Has a resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels with 282 pixel per inch density, offering some of the best display on a budget smartphone. The screen also stretches up to 75% screen to body ratio, you’ll be seeing more screen and less bezels.
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Hardware and Software
Working underneath is the Snapdragon 425 chip from Qualcomm with Quad-core processor and 64-bit CPU architecture. The 4-cores of processor runs at a speed of 1.4GHz with 28nm process technology offering a smooth ride. The Adreno 308 graphics processor from Qualcomm dominates graphics and makes the rule.
A standard 2GB RAM space is available for multitasking with a memory speed of 667MHz. While for storage, 16GB is available and ready to accommodate all your files and games. You can always upgrade up to 128GB with a memory card. The Huawei Y6 (2018) runs on Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box with Emotion UI 8.0 skin.
Camera
Bummer! That’s just a single 13MP rear camera with plastic by the side, the camera has f/2.2 aperture lens and captures photographs with 4160 x 3120 pixels in dimension. The 5MP selfie camera has AR features and beautify technology for cute selfies. That’s not all, the selfie supports Face ID and has its own dedicated LED flash as well.
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Battery
Powering the Huawei Y6 (2018) is a 3000mAh non-removable Li-Po battery with no fast charging technology. Even without the fast charging feature, it shouldn’t take up to 2.3 hours to fully charge up the battery from 0% to 100%.
Huawei Y6 (2018) Full Technical Specifications
General
| Device Type | Smartphone |
| Model | Huawei Y6 (2018) |
| Announced | April, 2018 |
| Released | April, 2018 |
| Status | Available on Shopping stores |
Network
| 2G Network | Yes |
| 3G Network | Yes |
| 4G Network | Yes |
| SIM Type | Nano + Nano |
| SIM Count | Dual SIM |
Design
| Type | Metal + Plastic |
| Dimensions | 73.0 x 152.4 x 7.8 mm |
| Weight | 150g |
| Protection | Yes |
| Colours | Black, Gold, Blue |
Display
| Display Type | HD+ IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen |
| Size | 5.7-inch |
| Resolution | 1440 x 720 Pixels |
| Colors | 16M colors |
| Pixel Density | 282ppi |
| Screen-To-Body Ratio | 75% |
| Touch Screen | Yes |
| Protection | Yes |
| Features | Multi-touch, Scratch Resistant |
| Secondary Display | No |
Camera
| 13MP | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Autofocus Continuous shooting Digital zoom Exposure compensation Face detection Geotagging HDR ISO settings Panorama Scene mode Self-timer Touch focus White balance settings |
|
| Yes, LED | |
| 5MP with LED |
Software
| Android 8.0 Oreo | |
| Emotion UI 8.0 | |
| Yes | |
| Skype | Yes |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Youtube | Yes |
Hardware
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 MSM8917 | |
| CPU | Quad-Core 1.4GHz |
| GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 308 |
| 2GB | |
| Internal Storage | 16GB |
| Yes, up to 128GB | |
| – Accelerometer Proximity Ambient Light Compass |
|
| Controls | Touchscreen, Lock Button, and Volume Key |
Connectivity
| Yes | |
| Infrared | No |
| Wi-Fi | Yes |
| Wi-fi Hotspot | Yes |
| USB Type | Yes, microUSB |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS |
| NFC | – |
| HDMI | – |
| Facial Identification | Yes |
| No |
Battery
| Battery Type | Li-Po Battery |
| Capacity | 3000mAh |
| Placement | Non-removable |
| Fast Charging | No |
| Standby | – |
| Talk Time | – |
| Music Play | – |
Media
| Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC | |
| Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player | |
| – | |
| – | |
| Vibration, Ringtones | |
| MP3, WAV | |
| Yes | |
| Yes |
Other Features
| – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player – Photo/video editor – Document viewer |
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