Honor, Huawei's smartphone e-brand for digital natives, today, launched dual lens camera Honor 8 along Honor 8 Smart and its first 'Make in India' phone Honor Holly 3.
Honor announced that the Honor 8 would be available in the Sapphire blue along with Pearl White and Sunrise Gold colors at a retail price of Rs 29,999 while Honor 8 Smart is available in black, white and gold colors will be priced at Rs 19,999. Furthermore, Honor Holly 3 also available in black, white and gold colors colors would be available at Rs 9,999.
The Honor 8 will be exclusively available at Flipkart and Amazon along with the Honor store from 3.00 PM onwards, while the other two will follow soon.
Speaking at the launch, George Zhao, president, Honor said, "Three smartphones include - Honor 8, a sleek and elegant smartphone that boosts of our dual lens camera legacy; the Honor 8 Smart and we proudly announce our first ‘Make in India’; smartphone Honor Holly 3 coming from our Chennai plant. With this launch, we continue our India journey and promise to introduce even more high-quality, disruptive products in the market."
Taking the legacy of its predecessor, the Honor 8’s 12 MP dual-lens camera comprises of a RGB and a monochrome len that captures more light to deliver amazing picture quality, vivid color, and stunning detail. Additionally it has a 8 MP front camera that works well even in low light for all the selfie fans.
The smartphone is powered by a 16 nanometer Kirin 950 chip that reduces power consumption and enhances overall performance. Featuring a 3,000 mAh battery, the smartphone has a 4 GB RAM and external memory support up to 128 GB.
Honor 8’s dual-function advanced fingerprint reader redefines the 3D fingerprint scanning. It also allows the users to take partial or full screenshots with the tap of their knuckle and similar other features through its enhanced knuckle feature.
Honor 8 Smart is a 5.2 inch, aircraft grand aluminium alloy framed compact smartphone. Using the brand-new 13 million pixel stack sensor camera of SONY IMX214, Honor 8 Smart’s 13 MP camera can superbly capture scene light, high light sensitivity and providing good effect of dim light which ensure pictures of higher quality and brighter colour.
Honor 8 Smart also houses a 8 MP front camera for takings selfie’s even in dark environment. It is equipped with a long battery life with 3,000 mAh battery combined with the energy-efficient design of the excellent Kirin650 chipset and the brand-new smart electricity technology of EMUI4.1.
Honor Holly 3 will be the company's first ‘Make in India’ smartphone. The 5.5 inch smartphone equipped with a 3,100 man battery is designed with a luxurious 3D back cover comes equipped with a 13 MP rear and 8 MP front camera for faithful color representation.
Underlining its customer-centric approach, Huawei will also expand its distribution network by partnering with more than 50,000 retail outlets by the end of 2016. This retail network will add to the existing 350+ distributors in India to create a comprehensive, nationwide distribution system.
