Honor the subbrand of Huawei started launching its next smartphone Honor 8X from today at an event held in China. While the company confirmed about Honor 8X launch In India on October 16. But, currently the smartphone on sale only in China, Honor will soon begin the global rollout of the smartphone. Already the smartphone is rolled out in e United Arab Emirates. Apart from Dubai, the Honor 8X will also be launched in Madrid, Spain today.
The Honor’s global website landing page reveals that the Honor 8X phablet will arrive in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 9, Moscow, Russia on October 10, in Prague, the Czech Republic on October 11, and October 24 in Bangkok, Thailand. The launch event is scheduled in the for October 16 just in time for the festive season.
Honor 8X is one of the much-awaited phones which gone through numerous leaks had finally unveiled being the successor of the Honor 7X which offered an 18:9 display and dual rear cameras at an affordable price. Also, the Honor 8X is from the house of the Honor boasts HiSilicon Kirin 710 SoC.
Honor 8X India Launch: What to Expect?
The Honor 8X is the latest midrange smartphone from Honor where it takes the likes of Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro and Realme 2 Pro. Thanks to the Kirin 710 chipset which has the better power consumption than Snapdragon 636 and Snapdragon 660 as it’s built on the 12nm manufacturing process, same as the MediaTek Helio P60. To be sai, the new device is coming under an affordable segment where it still loads incredible features which are priced at Rs 15,000.
Moving to the specifications, he Honor 8X has a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display that carries a resolution of 1080×2340 pixels and 19:9 aspect ratio. It will be Honor’ second smartphone to launch with the notched display. The Honor 8X has an eye-catchy design, especially in the mid-range category. The phone comes in various colour options- Black, Blue, Red and Pink with the Red one being the best-looking one of all.
Powering the Honor 9N is the Kirin 710 chipset, coupled with 4GB/6GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of internal storage. It will be interesting to see if Honor launches a 3GB+32GB variant of the Honor 8X at a low price in India. The storage can be expanded up to 128GB with a dedicated microSD card slot.
On the imaging duties, Honor 8X includes a primary 20MP shooter on the rear side which comes paired with a 2MP secondary depth sensor. Up on the front, the phone has a 16MP selfie camera with HDR mode.
The fingerprint scanner on the Honor 8X is placed on the rear side and the phone comes armed with a 3750mAh battery. This dual-SIM smartphone comes with Android 8.1 Oreo.
Huawei Aiming to Sell One Million Smartphones During This Festive Season
Huawei and Honor are also the ones who are taking this festive season seriously but not with a major launch. However, Huawei stated that it’s aiming to see one million smartphones during this festival season by offering discounts on several Huawei and Honor smartphones.
