While last year’s Honor 60 was its first major release since the split, with product development times lasting up to 24 months it stuck rigidly to the design principles of its former owner.

Its new flagship device does not sway far from the mid-range sector that the firm has always targeted, offering features roughly on par with the top end with some key compromises.

While hardly disappointing, at £480 the Honor 70 also fails to wow in any particular area, and except for the selfie camera leaves little to get excited about.

Honor 70 - credit Jack Loughran

Image credit: Jack Loughran

The display covers almost the entire front of the device, curving slightly at the edges, with a “holepunch” style selfie camera at the top. While curved edges were once the preserve of premium phones, the industry as a whole has largely moved...