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HUAWEI Y7 Prime 2019 Review – The Shiny and Glossy

Mujtaba Ahmed
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Today’s youth are enamoured with social media. Given the rise of Tik Tok, Snapchat and Instagram Stories around the world, it’s safe to say that creating and consuming video content are two things that are the closest to the hearts of youth.

That, and of course, gaming. With new titles coming out daily, each featuring increasingly flashy graphics and innovative gameplay to boot, mobile games attract a great deal of attention from youth smartphone users. To them, having a handset that runs new games well is not enough—a device also has to have good battery life, so it does not run out of power while they are out and about and having fun.

There’s another key criterion that this demographic is particularly sensitive about price. While being young affords much time and energy, these users typically do not command a great deal of wealth, so naturally, they tend to gravitate towards buying handsets that are more value-oriented, often at the expense of a quality user experience.

Huawei price and performance are not two mutually exclusive concepts. With the Y Series, Huawei demonstrated its commitment to affordable, and equally capable devices. HUAWEI Y7 2019, as one of the newest devices to join the Y Series, is no exception. Featuring a large 6.26-inch HUAWEI Dewdrop display, a 13MP+2MP AI Camera with Master AI support and a class-leading 4,000mAh battery—which works in concert with the intelligent battery management solution to provide an outstanding two-day battery life—it punches above its weight to deliver a great user experience that is unprecedented at its price level. It’s what youth today want—and more.

The most recent Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 costs you Rs. 29,000 which is a real first upgrade from its predecessors. It keeps the bigger battery from the original and even better front/rear camera than last year’s Y7 Prime. On top, this year’s Y7 Prime brings an upgraded Snapdragon 450 processor along with a notched-display design.

With the Y7 Prime 2019 in hands, we think that the belief, which stated as the company won’t be using notch displays after when it adapted hole-punch display later last year, is debunked. They are rather keeping it for its budget smartphones, which will surely attract willing consumers. It’s just like last year when the company started using the full-view display on its budget phones.

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HUAWEI Y7 Prime 2019 – Camera

Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 features a dual camera setup on its back with a 13-megapixel main unit paired with a secondary 2-megapixel depth sensor. It’s pretty much the same package as last year’s Y7 Prime, however, the new model comes with a large aperture lens. That means you should get better low-light photos from Y7 Prime 2019.

The main camera features an f/1.8 aperture lens and an LED flash. Unlike recent Huawei devices, this phone doesn’t have a specific “Portrait” mode for portraits with blurred background. However, the camera will allow you to take photos with blurred background, aka bokeh effect with an “Aperture” mode which is present for all-kind closeup shots.

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Provided the single 16MP front-facing camera, Y7 Prime 2019 won’t allow you to take similar selfies with blurred background. However many vendors are providing that feature with even single-camera unit via software, it’s always been unusable. So you better be with standard selfies as long as they are good.

HUAWEI Y7 Prime 2019 – Specifications

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HUAWEI Y7 Prime 2019 – Build & Design

Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 follows the company’s recent design language but it’s all plastic – sure it’s a lower mid-range category phone. As you know plastic is always prone to attract scratches far quicker if not covered with a back case. But don’t count it as a bad thing about this phone, as you won’t get anything better at this price. You can, though, talk about the quality and it’s a good one like any other Huawei device.

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The mid-frame is also plastic and joins right between the screen frame and the back panel. The branding and labels are at the side of the phone following the most recent releases from the company. Some light labelling is on the opposite side.

The rear side hosts the dual-camera module on the top-left corner and prints the camera labels below in the same direction as logo. It reads “AI CAMERA” with no camera or lens specifications, unlike a few other Huawei devices. An LED flash is also there below the camera module. The fingerprint sensor is also on the rear side which is always the most appropriate place for it.

HUAWEI Y7 Prime 2019 – Performance

We have the Snapdragon 450 powering the phone and it did a stellar job. When combined with the 3 GB of RAM, the performance again is top notch. The EMUI on isn’t as ridiculously heavy as previous versions so I had smoother user interactions and less glitchy.

Let’s talk storage. You get 32GB of storage which should be sufficient for you but if you’re into hoarding multimedia content, you get an expandable storage slot that allows you to use a MicroSD card with up to 256 GB of memory and that is crazy for a budget phone like this one.

In my time of using the phone, I haven’t even reached to close what the phone offers in terms of storage. If you use a lot of cloud storage or like storing things locally, the 32 GB will be decent for you.

Gaming on the Huawei Y7 Prime was quite an enjoyable experience too. The neat features on the Game suite ensure you get a great mobile gaming experience. The Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 is not a gaming phone but for the casual gamer, the experience will serve you well.

HUAWEI Y7 Prime 2019 – Unboxing

HUAWEI Y7 Prime 2019 – Final Sentiments

If you have the money to get the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019, go ahead and purchase it. The incremental upgrades over last year’s Huawei Y7 Prime and the 2019 tech trends in terms of specs included making the phone worth it as a budget phone to get in the first place.

Posted by Mujtaba Ahmed
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I am a tech and corporate expert with 7+ years of experience, specializing in leveraging technology to enhance business growth and efficiency. As a skilled writer and commentator, I am known for simplifying complex concepts.
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