Huawei’s Honor phone brand had a big 2016 showing in the US. It launched its first couple devices stateside, including its high-end Honor 8 with dual cameras. Those dual cameras were designed with quality in mind. Both had 12-megapixel sensors, one of which captured an image in RGB (color) while the other captured it in monochrome. The photos were processed simultaneously. Now, Honor is bringing another dual-camera phone from China over to the US: the 6X. This time, Honor executives tell me, the phone was designed with filters in mind, especially for young people between ages 18 and 25. (This filter message lends to the idea that these dual cameras aren’t quite as good at the Honor 8’s.)

One rear-facing camera has a 12-megapixel sensor,…

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