The top-notch fingerprint reader is honor 7's killer feature

Speaking of fingerprints and the honor 7, one of the smartphone's key features is its fingerprint reader. Located below the camera, its primary purpose is to serve as a safe and convenient alternative to a lock screen PIN – to protect the device from prying eyes. It also happens to be the phone's most liked feature, as chosen by PhoneArena's readers. PhoneArena recently hosted a contest where several honor 7 smartphones were given away. To participate, the readers had to vote for their favorite honor 7 feature, and the phone's fingerprint reader was voted first.

It easy to see why one would be excited about the honor 7's fingerprint reader. After all, many of today's top smartphones rely on fingerprint readers to ensure the user's peace of mind; cracking or stealing a four-digit passcode is relatively easy, but bypassing a fingerprint-based security system could be extremely difficult. 

Now, any phone with a fingerprint reader can use it as a lock screen PIN replacement. The honor 7, however, takes matters a step further. For instance, using the honor 7's Safe feature, you can move selected photos, videos, audio files, and other documents to a folder that's only accessible with a password or, you guessed it, a fingerprint scan. That's a great way of making sure others can't access your private files while borrowing your handset.