Can the Honor demo machine receive text messages?

No.

After checking the Honor official website, it can be seen that Honor demonstration phones are generally mobile phones that are given to users for experience in Honor physical stores. They generally do not have a SIM card and network connection, and cannot receive messages.

Short Message Service, or SMS for short, is a text or digital message sent or received directly by a user through a mobile phone or other telecommunications terminal. The number of characters a user can receive and send in a text message each time is 160 English or numeric characters. characters, or 70 Chinese characters.