Huawei is all set to launch its new smartphone Honor 8 in Indian market on October 12 where the company will also launch the lite variant of the Honor 8 called Honor 8 Smart. A Mumbai based Indian retailer has tweeted via its Twitter account about the pricing details of both the smartphones. According to him, the Huawei Honor 8 will be priced at INR 29,999 (around $450) and the Honor 8 Smart will be priced at INR 19,999 (around $300) in Indian market.
The Honor 8 was launched back in July and was launched in the US in August. In China, it was priced at 1999 yuan (around $299) for the 3GB RAM with 32GB inbuilt storage, the 4GB RAM + 32GB internal storage variant is priced at 2299 yuan (around $343) and the 4GB RAM + 64GB internal storage is priced at 2499 yuan (around $374).
If we compare that with Indian pricing, let’s take the high-end variant priced at $374, then its very costly for the Indian market priced at $450. The company may also launch the 3GB RAM and 32GB inbuilt storage variant as the Honor 8 Smart. We also don’t have any details about the specifications of this device, so we have to wait for the company to say something about the Honor 8 Smart device.
The Honor 8 was launched with a 5.2-inch full HD 2.5D curved glass display with 96% NTSC color gamut and 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution. It is powered by the octa-core Kirin 950 (2.3GHz 4 x A72 + 1.8GHz 4 x A53) 16nm processor with Mali T880-MP4 GPU. It comes with 3GB RAM + 32GB inbuilt storage, 4GB RAM + 32GB / 64GB internal storage options and microSD card expandable storage up to 128GB.
It runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) OS out of the box with EMUI 4.1 on top and also supports hybrid Dual SIM option. It features a 12-megapixel dual rear cameras with dual-tone LED flash, Laser AF, f/2.2 aperture, 6P lens and 1.4um pixel size. It also comes with an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.4 aperture. It is backed up by a 3000mAh battery with fast charging enabled.
Connectivity options includes 4G LTE, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, NFC and USB Type-C. It measures 145.5 x 71 x 7.45 mm and weights 153g. The Honor 8 also comes with a metal frame with glass back and features a fingerprint scanner on the rear side. It also comes with a Infrared sensor.