What's good
- Premium design and build
- Full HD display with vivid colors
- Budget-friendly price
What's bad
- Sluggish performance
- Mediocre camera
- No quick-charging
What's good
- Open-source operating system
- Better privacy
- Lifetime updates
- Removable battery
What's bad
- Poor touchscreen response
- Heavy
- Horrible battery life
- It gets hot when charging
Verdict
While a great idea on paper, the Purism Librem 5 disappointed reviewers on virtually all fronts. Buy with caution.
See full review, specs & pricesWhat's good
- Vibrant, bright display
- microSD support
- Good battery life
- NFC support
- Quality design
What's bad
- Price vs performance
- Slow camera
- Average performance
- Low internal storage
- Redundant apps pre-loaded
What's good
- Snappy performance
- Plenty of storage
- microSD support
- Colorful, bright display
- All-day battery life
What's bad
- Camera so-so
- Fast charging not so fast
- Heavily modified software
- Display notch larger than most
Verdict
While it can’t keep up with flagship gaming phones, the Huawei Honor Play packs a serious punch at an affordable price. Unless you need a top-of-the-line camera, its combination of performance and price make it an excellent value.
What's good
- Plenty of storage space
- microSD support
- MotoMods add flexibility
- Blazing performance
- TurboCharge support
What's bad
- Price
- MotoMods add further to price
- Poor low-light camera performance
- ShatterShield display prone to scratches
- No headphone jack