The Honor Power2 enters the market with a clear mission: deliver extreme battery life without sacrificing everyday performance. The Power2 is also equipped with durable and endurance qualities, unlike the camera-focused flagships by Honor, where the camera is of no use to the heavy users. It comes with a huge battery, a slick AMOLED screen, and a powerful mid-range processor, and it is housed in an unexpectedly slim enclosure.
Paperwise, it appears to be the ideal phone in the hands of users who are fed up with phobia when it comes to charging. Specs do not always give the whole story. But, what is the actual performance of the Honor Power2 in real life? Let’s find out.
Honor Power2 is a device designed to meet the needs of those users who prefer durability, serviceability, and day-to-day functionality on the expense of the glitzy gimmicks. Having a huge battery and an impressive AMOLED screen as well as an efficient mid-range processor, the phone is stress-free to use by power users. Nevertheless, the focus on battery life also has some design and flexibility of camera trade-offs. In this review, we take a closer look at the Honor Power2’s strengths, weaknesses, and its price in Bangladesh to help you decide if it’s the right choice for you.
This is what you get inside the Honor Power2 box:
Honor does not make things overly complicated in the box of the Honor Power2. The handset itself, a 80W rapid charger adapter, USB Type-C cable, SIM ejector tool, and the paperwork are included. A fundamental protective case can also be provided depending on the market. Although no additional accessories are worth getting excited about, it is a nice addition to have the fast charger included in the box of a phone that is made to have a huge battery.
The Honor Power2 is able to find a good balance between ruggedness and daily comfort. Even though the phone has an enormous battery, it is incredibly well balanced in the hand, with its 7.98 mm profile and rounded edges. It is 162.1 mm high and 76.3 mm wide and the weight of 216 grams looks solid and is not burdensome.
The Power2 is available in Black, White and Orange with a clean and understated surface that does not get smudged and will not have any fingerprints in normal use. The construction is of high quality, and the design is obviously aimed at people who desire the product to be durable but not to have an excessive bulk. This frame has the standard necessities placed neatly around the frame such as speakers (Stereo), USB-C port, microphones, as well as a SIM tray.
The only area where the Honor Power2 shines is in durability. The phone is IP68/IP69K certified, which is dust-proof as well as water-resistant up to 6 meters within a period of 30 minutes. It is hard to find this level of protection on anything except rugged or flagship devices and it provides actual peace of mind to be used outdoors or in rough environments.
The Honor Power2 has a big 6.79-inch AMOLED display with the FHD+ resolution of 1200 2640 pixels, which provides a high level of clarity and a pixel density of 427ppi. Having a 90.6% screen-to-body ratio and a bezel-free punch-hole display, the screen is immersive when in video, gaming, or browsing mode.Brightness is one of the largest highlights in this case. The panel has a peak brightness of 8000 nits that is an eye-searing brightness that is equivalent to a good outdoor visibility even in the harsh sunlight. The 120Hz refresh rate makes the animations and scrolling smooth and the presence of HDR allows having a much better contrast when the content is compatible.
Colours are alive and graphic, and the content comes out vividly, particularly in the bright colour profile. The appearance of the text and images is sharp, and the AMOLED panel is fantastic with black and contrast. The aluminosilicate glass shields the display and gives it a touch of resistance to everyday usage.
Honor also is full of considerate eye-care features. It has an Eye Comfort mode, high-frequency PWM dimming to minimise flicker, and an e-book mode, which changes the screen to grayscale, perfect when reading long books.
The Honor Power2 does not attempt to be a camera powerhouse, but it offers a reliable and functional imaging experience to normal users. The phone has a dual camera system with the primary camera being 50MP (f/1.88) autofocus and OIS sensor and has a second camera which is a 5MP ultra-wide with a secondary camera. The front side has a 16MP selfie camera (f/2.45) that is great in making video calls and taking informal selfies.
By day, the main camera has good detail and balanced colours with sharp images. The dynamic range is admirable and the camera does not go over-saturation excessive with the photos being rather natural. The ultra-wide lens can be applied in landscapes or group shots and obviously, it is far behind the main sensor when it comes to sharpness and edge detailing.
The segment has acceptable performance in low-light settings. With the help of OIS, the main camera is capable of capturing details at controlled noise and decent exposure. Although highlights may sometimes appear around the sources of light, the photographs are not lost but can be used in social media. The wide-angle camera performs worse in the dark, giving less sharp results.
The main camera provides decent portrait shots and acceptable edge detection and a background blur that looks natural. Cola tones of the skin are mostly correct, with fluctuating consistency based on the lighting. The 16MP front camera is great when there is a lot of light, selfies are taken with clean exposure and a balance of light and the photo is softened, however, in indoor settings or during night, the camera reduces some of the details.
The Honor Power2 has an up to 4K 30fps on the rear camera and 1080p 30fps on the rear and front cameras on the video front. The quality of the video is very consistent, and the colour reproduction is decent, as well as the handheld clips are well-stabilised.
Generally, the camera set of Honor Power2 is geared towards practicality and not flashiness. It will not be competing with the phones that focus more on the camera, but it will be doing the minimal requirements on daily photography and video usage.
The core of the Honor Power2 is the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Elite, a 4nm chipset, that is more focused on efficiency and longevity. It has an octa-core CPU, the Cortex-A725, cores, and the Mali-G720 MC8, which consists of an eight-core graphic card, thus rendering daily use to be smooth and reliable. The phone can manage mundane assignments without chokes whether it is social media, web browsing, or multitasking on various applications.
A power-oriented device is good in terms of gaming performance. Other popular games such as COD: Mobile and BGMI can be played at medium to high settings that provide a stable frame rate. The length of gaming sessions does lead to some degree of warmth, but nothing to worry about and the performance is stable due to the good thermal control.
The Honor Power2 is software-wise based on Android 16 with MagicOS 10 on top. The interface is clean, fluid, and optimised and has numerous handy features in everyday multitasking. The animation is fluent, it takes little time to switch between apps and navigation is generally smooth throughout the system.
Another feature introduced by MagicOS is considerate productivity features that improve the offline experience, particularly to the customers who use their phones extensively during the day. The customisation is also basic but not bad, and there are certain system-level controls that can be a bit limiting in comparison to stock android.
The Honor Power2 has a decent performance in synthetic benchmarks in terms of performance-oriented in a mid-range device. It achieves a score of about 22,68,740 points in AnTuTu Benchmark (v11), which makes the phone lead a large number of its competitors in its category and provides a good signal of overall performance in terms of CPU, GPU, memory, and UX tests.
In Geekbench, initial results are in the 1,700 single-core and around 6,700 multi-core results, which is pretty much what MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Elite should have delivered.
Such standards imply that the Power2 will be able to perform daily tasks, work with multiple applications, and play games without significant delays due to the effective chipset. Though real life experience counts more than numbers, these scores provide a good guide of the good performance of the phone on paper.
The Honor Power2 derives its name where it counts in battery life. The phone has an enormous Li-Ion battery of 10,080mAh which is very huge compared to the current smartphones. Although the capacity in itself is huge, Honor still makes the device fairly slim thus making it a practical device to use on a day-to-day basis.
In practice, the Power2 can conveniently extend the full day on moderate to heavy use and with lighter users, they can conveniently extend to a second day. The battery drain is also controlled even in situations where the tasks such as gaming are demanding as well as in video streaming and when performing benchmark tests, which reinforces its endurance-oriented character.
It is chargeable through 80W fast wired charging through a USB Type-C 2.0 connector. It takes surprisingly fast to refill the large battery with a compatible charger. The phone also has the 5W reverse wired charging that will enable the phone to be used as an accessory power supply or other items that might run out of power.
The Honor Power2 price in Bangladesh is BDT 55,000 (Unofficial) for the 12GB RAM + 256GB storage (CN) variant.This makes it an attractive product choice to users who care about battery life and all-day capabilities without having to empty the wallet.
The Power2 presents good value in its segment, especially when long endurance is a priority in your list, due to its huge 10,080mAh battery, smooth AMOLED display, and potential to compete with other smartphones.
The Honor Power2 is also worth consideration to those users who are highly concerned with battery duration, durability and the ability to perform their daily tasks without any challenges. Its huge battery, sharp AMOLED screen and its consistent software experience makes it perfect in terms of lengthy hours of stress free use. The cameras are not the best in the market, but the entire package is balanced and reliable. The Honor Power2 is not hard to recommend in case endurance is your priority.
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