Honor 5X comes to Canada as the Huawei GR5

Honor 5X fingerprint scanner
Honor 5X fingerprint scanner

The Honor 5X, which arrived in the U.S. at the end of January for $199 USD, is now available in Canada.

Because Huawei is intent on building its own brand in Canada — and because outside of the Nexus 6P, there is very little Huawei handset presence in the U.S. — the phone is known as the Huawei GR5 north of the border. Available at Rogers for $0 on a 2-year term, or $375 outright, the phone features a 5.5-inch 1080p display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 13MP rear camera, and a 3,000mAh battery.

Aside from the core specs, the Honor 5X Huawei GR5 is one of the few devices at its price point with an all-metal build and a fingerprint scanner, similar in performance to the more expensive Nexus 6P. Highlighted as one of Rogers' "Staff Picks", the Huawei GR5 should be one of the better low-cost Android phones to come to Canada this spring.

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Daniel Bader

Daniel Bader was a former Android Central Editor-in-Chief and Executive Editor for iMore and Windows Central.