Honor X5c and X5c Plus are official with 90Hz displays and Helio G81

October 8, 2025

Honor X5c and Honor X5c Plus Price in Nepal

Just a few weeks ago, Honor launched its latest midrange phone—the Honor X9d—with a massive 8,300mAh battery that made some noise online. The company has now come up with a couple of budget phones, although the new Honor X5c and X5c Plus don’t exactly go big on the battery like you might expect. Anyway, let’s jump into this article, where I’ll discuss everything about the latest Honor X5c and X5c Plus, including their features, specifications, availability, and expected price in Nepal.

Honor X5c and X5c Plus Overview

Display and Design

Both the X5c and X5c Plus come with a 6.74-inch TFT LCD panel that runs at 90Hz. Resolution sticks to just 720 × 1600 pixels, so not much of a jump from last year’s Honor X5b except for the slightly larger display. They also support “Dynamic Dimming” feature to reduce eye strain.

As for the design, the Honor X5c duo brings a redesigned camera module that resembles the iPhone 16 Pro and the iPhone 16 Pro Max. They both have a side-mounted fingerprint reader and come in a few color options. Including “Ocean Cyan” and “Midnight Black” for the X5c Plus, while the regular X5c is also available in “Tidal Blue” and “Meteor Silver” finishes.

Performance and Software

Powering these budget phones is MediaTek’s Helio G81 (12nm). We have seen this same chip in the Honor Play10 as well, which was recently launched in Nepal. It’s a noticeable jump from Helio G36 on their predecessors, which honestly struggled to keep up even with light multitasking. The G81 gives you a bit more headroom, though calling it fast would be generous.

As for memory, you’re getting up to 4GB of RAM (plus another 4GB virtual) and 128GB of storage on the X5c Plus. The Honor X5c comes in a 64GB configuration too, while both of them run on MagicOS 9.0 on top of Android 15.

Camera setup

Besides memory configuration, these two have a slightly different camera setup as well. Honor X5c packs a 13MP main sensor and a mostly useless 0.08MP QVGA lens. I call it useless because it’s quite well known that it’s mostly a placeholder for an image sensor rather than a camera itself.

The Plus version, however, swaps that 13MP camera for a 50MP primary sensor, which is a decent step up if you care about photos. Both share the same 5MP front camera for selfies and video calls.

Battery, charging, and everything else

As I mentioned right at the beginning, Honor surprisingly didn’t go big with the battery here, as both of them carry a 5260mAh battery. A small bump from last year’s 5200mAh. Charging speed has also improved slightly from 10W to 15W.

Other than this, Honor’s latest budget phones have dual 4G SIM support, Bluetooth 5.1, and dual-band WiFi connectivity. There’s no NFC support, and neither do they have any sort of IP rating.

Honor X5c and X5c Plus Specifications:

Design, build: 167 x 77 x 7.89 mm, 186 gm
Display: 6.74-inch TFT LCD screen, HD+, 90Hz refresh rate
Chipset: MediaTek Helio G81 (12nm mobile platform)
Memory: 4GB RAM, 64/128GB storage (expandable)
Software & UI: MagicOS 9.0 on top of Android 15
Rear Camera: Dual (QVGA lens + 13MP main on X5c and 50MP main on X5c Plus)
Front Camera: 5MP sensor (teardrop notch)
Security: Fingerprint sensor (side-mounted)
Connectivity: Dual-SIM (Nano), WiFi 5 (dual-band), Bluetooth 5.1, GPS / A-GPS / Glonass / Galileo / BeiDou, USB-C, 4G LTE
Sensors: Accelerometer, Ambient light, Gravity, Proximity
Battery: 5260mAh with 15W charging (15W power adapter provided)

Honor X5c and X5c Plus Price in Nepal and Availability

These budget phones from Honor are currently only available in South Africa, where the Honor X5c costs SAR 299 (~USD 80 / INR 7,080) for the 4/64GB variant. While the 4/128GB model of the X5c Plus costs SAR 329 (~USD 88 / INR 7,790). If these two make their way to Nepal, we expect the price of the Honor X5c and Honor X5c Plus to be around NPR 11,999 and NPR 12,999, respectively.