Huawei GR5 is an impressive midrange smartphone sprinkled with some higher-end features. The attractive phonet packs a massive Full HD display, an octa-core processor, moderate RAM and a fingerprint scanner, amongst others.

Features

NETWORK

Technology: GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands: HSDPA 900 / 2100, HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA, HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands: LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) - USA, LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China
Speed: HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS: Yes
EDGE: Yes

BODY

Dimensions: 151.3 x 76.3 x 8.2 mm (5.96 x 3.00 x 0.32 in)
Weight: 158 g (5.57 oz)
SIM: Dual SIM (Micro-SIM/Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY

Type: IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size: 5.5 inches (~72.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution: 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch: Yes, - EMUI 4.0

PLATFORM

OS: Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8939v2 Snapdragon 616
CPU: Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU: Adreno 405

MEMORY

Card slot: microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal: 16 GB, 2 GB RAM - KIW-CL00, KIW-TL00, KIW-TL00H, KII-L21, KII-L22, KII-L23, 16 GB, 3 GB - KIW-AL10

CAMERA

Primary: 13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm, autofocus, LED flash
Features: Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video: 1080p@30fps
Secondary: 5 MP, f/2.4, 22mm

SOUND

Alert types: Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker: Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack: Yes, - DTS sound, - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

COMMS

WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth: v4.1, A2DP
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Radio: FM radio
USB: microUSB v2.0

FEATURES

Sensors: Fingerprint, accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser: HTML5
Java: No, - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player, - MP4/H.265 player, - Document viewer, - Photo/video editor

BATTERY

Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery