{"id":637967,"date":"2026-10-06T10:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/637967\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:36:20","slug":"the-selfie-camera-on-your-phone-has-always-been-in-the-wrong-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/637967\/","title":{"rendered":"The Selfie Camera on Your Phone Has Always Been in the Wrong Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Most budget phones have one screen you stare at and a back you think about. The Honor X5d s makes that back worth a second look by placing a 2.01-inch touchscreen next to its rear camera. It shows the time and alerts, handles music, and helps you take selfies with the better camera. That\u2019s a useful design trick for an inexpensive phone.<\/p>\n

The camera island looks like it was built around that display, rather than having a screen tacked on afterward. Two dark circles sit beside it, although Honor lists only one rear camera. Forest Green makes the island pop against a pale back, while Midnight Black keeps things subdued. Either way, the phone\u2019s most interesting feature is visible before you even wake it.<\/p>\n

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That rear screen makes sense when you\u2019re trying to get everyone into a photo. Instead of extending your arm, guessing at the framing, and discovering that someone\u2019s head is missing, you can see the shot while using the 50-megapixel rear camera. A tap on the back takes the picture. There\u2019s also a 5-megapixel front camera, but this arrangement gives selfies another option.<\/p>\n

Of course, a phone can\u2019t spend all day posing for pictures. Leave the X5d s face down on a desk, and its little window can still show the time or a call alert. Music controls live there too, so skipping a song doesn\u2019t require turning the whole device over. It\u2019s a small convenience, but those are often the ones you keep using.<\/p>\n

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On the other side, there\u2019s a 6.78-inch LCD for more than a glance. Its size makes room for videos, messages, and the photos you took, although the 1,576\u00d7720 resolution isn\u2019t particularly sharp for such a large panel. The rear display doesn\u2019t fix that limitation. It simply gives quick tasks their own place instead of asking the bigger screen to do everything.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a 6,000mAh battery to keep both screens running, though the phone\u2019s 15W wired charging might test your patience when it finally needs a refill. Honor also provides 64GB of storage and a three-card slot, letting you add a microSD card without sacrificing either SIM. That\u2019s handy if you keep your photos and music on the phone rather than in the cloud.<\/p>\n

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Inside, the Unisoc T610 processor and 4GB of RAM tell a more familiar budget-phone story. The side-mounted fingerprint reader is convenient, but there\u2019s nothing particularly exotic about the rest of the hardware. In South Africa, the 4GB\/64GB version costs R2,499 (about $150), which puts the extra screen in reach of people who aren\u2019t shopping for a flagship just to get a conversation-starting feature.<\/p>\n

That display won\u2019t replace your phone\u2019s main screen, nor will it make the X5d s a better choice for demanding games. But it changes the small interactions that fill a day: a glance at a call, a tap to skip a song, a preview before taking a selfie. At this price, giving the back something useful to do feels refreshing.<\/p>\n

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