he trend of sticking secondary displays on the backs of smartphones is no longer reserved exclusively for expensive flagships where manufacturers love experimenting with price tags just to grab attention. As GSMArena points out, following Xiaomi's lead, Honor has decided to drag the back-of-the-phone display down into the ultra-budget segment with the new Honor X5d s. Thank goodness they didn't just sell us a plain piece of plastic, but instead added a tiny second screen whose actual usefulness in the bargain-bin sector raises serious questions.
Honor X5d s takes the rear screen idea to a very low price point
Yet beneath that gimmick, the manufacturer pinched pennies on practically everything except physical dimensions. Tucked onto the back is a modest 2.01-inch secondary display running at a resolution of 240 by 296 pixels.
Battery Specs on Paper Versus Reality
The only genuinely bright spot in the spec sheet is a hefty 6,000 mAh battery. Meanwhile, the power button tucked into the side frame doubles as a standard fingerprint scanner.
So why on earth do you need a second screen on the back of a phone that costs next to nothing? Honor pushes the idea of framing selfies with the main camera while using the tiny display, alongside promises of quick peeks at incoming calls and music controls.
Promises Versus Reality
We were promised a game-changing approach to budget tech, flagship features brought to every pocket, and effortless self-portraits. In reality, we get a heavy device running on a weak processor with an archaic screen resolution and turtle-paced charging, where the second display serves as little more than a marketing hook to generate noise around an otherwise entirely ordinary budget blower. They promised democratic innovation. What they built was a gimmick with a tiny screen on the back of the cheapest phone they could stamp out. They called it a breakthrough.