Using biometrics as a security feature is known to be more secure than passwords, that’s the reason more hardware devices from smartphones to notebooks are introducing either fingerprint or face detection as a feature to unlock. Usually incorporated in premium devices, the technology is now being brought to even more affordable smartphones.

Honor the mid range smartphone from Huawei is taking on the Face Unlock technology and bringing it to the honor 7X and honor 9 Lite.

“We strive to be an industry leader to provide feature rich devices with best in class software at competitive pricing – this is what both the honor 7X and honor 9 Lite offers and aims to do said Zhou Ziwei Head of Honor Malaysia.

On the honor device, the feature is able to records more than 1,000 data points of the face which is often regarded safer with the option for users to hide content notifications on the lock screen. Chinese brands are well know for taking top features found on flagship and incorporating them into cheaper alternatives, giving customers similar specification but without the hefty price tag.