Honor 90 review: Almost magical

financialexpress.com:

It is hard to find a fault with the Honor 90 without looking at its price tag and that, ladies, and gentlemen, is the too long; didn’t read (TL;DR) review of Honor’s comeback phone in India. The Honor 90 starts at Rs 37,999 for 8GB/256GB. The top-shelf 12GB/512GB model will set you back by Rs 39,999. If you’re even remotely interested in these things, and planning a purchase as we speak, the name OnePlus 11R should have popped up in your head already. The OnePlus Nord 3 is fantastic, too, and a bit cheaper as well. More probing should bring up a few more good options. The point is not to make a list of alternatives— which is also fine by the way— but to tell you how competitive the ~40K segment is. Every spec, or the lack thereof, is checked with remarkable amount of vigilance. Then, there’s judgement. And the Honor 90 must face it.

To be clear, Honor did not exit the smartphone space globally, only in India, which is to say reviewers in this part of the world have had to mostly rely on external sources to get a sense of its portfolio. Long story short, the brand’s pulling of some interesting stuff including foldables, some of which have the potential to put Samsung on notice. The Honor 90 may not be as magical or breathtaking, but it carries one big Honor gene— the penchant for good looks. Even when Honor was servicing this market before, it was making some of the most eye-catching designs the smartphone world could fathom. The Honor 90 feels like Honor never left the building.

The phone’s being billed as an epitome of luxury. Inspired by fashion and jewellery. Two of its colours are, in fact, called emerald green and diamond silver. The former uses matte-frosted glass with a layer of sparkle, enough to spark up a