Twin-cam Honor 7X does the 18:9 screen thing, for less

Bargain-tastic phone brand Honor is back with what’s shaping up to be another crazy good deal. The 7X launches in the UK today with a 5.93in, 18:9 aspect screen and incredibly skinny screen bezels – as well as a slightly-higher-than-Full HD resolution to boot. Exactly what you want from your mid-range phones in 2017.  It’s got the same 16MP+2MP deptth-sensing dual camera setup as January’s Honor 6X, but swaps out plastic for an aluminium frame (in Honor’s trademark blue colours, naturally). A Kirin 659 CPU is about as mid-range as it gets, but 4GB of RAM and 64GB of on-board storage (plus microSD card slot) sound like they should compete nicely with more expensive blowers. MicroUSB charging and no NFC are the few black marks, but with a remarkably wallet-friendly price the £269.99, this is the perfect pocket companion for anyone on a budget.

Tom Morgan-Freelander Deputy Editor

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A tech addict from about the age of three (seriously, he's got the VHS tapes to prove it), Tom's been writing about gadgets, games and everything in between for the past decade, with a slight diversion into the world of automotive in between. As Deputy Editor, Tom keeps the website ticking along, jam-packed with the hottest gadget news and reviews.  When he's not on the road attending launch events, you can usually find him scouring the web for the latest news, to feed Stuff readers' insatiable appetite for tech.

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Smartphones/tablets/computing, cameras, home cinema, automotive, virtual reality, gaming