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Honor 6 review
Another surprisingly affordable handset from China

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Honor 6 Review

Note the texture of the sponge on this indoors pic

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Honor 6 Review

Another cake pic, this time showing off some fine close-up detail

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The bright colours were picked out well on this overcast day

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Both colour and detail are spot on here

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A balanced foreground, but the background is extremely blown out

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Note the overexposed area near the window, completely blowing the knife and fork pots out

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The second snap, with HDR automatically engaged, doesn't remove the problem, but it improves things drastically

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A nice view of the camera's pronounced depth of field effect on close-ups

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Better detail than most front-facing cameras

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The foreground is a little drab, but this snap picked out the sea, sky, and background light rays fairly well

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Jon Mundy
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