Huawei's Honor brand, as expected, on
Tuesday expanded its smartphone
portfolio in India with the launch of the
Honor 6 Plus and Honor 4X smartphone
Both the smartphones will be available
exclusively via Flipkart. The Honor 6 Plus
has been priced at Rs. 26,499 and will b
available from April, while the Honor 4X
has been priced at Rs. 10,499, and will
be made available via its first flash sale
on Monday - registrations kick off from
Tuesday.
The firm added that both phones will
come with a free screen replacement offe
that's valid for the first month. Both
smartphones will also come with 'app
gifts' from Hungama, Yatra and other
services.
Huawei's Honor 6 Plus was initially
unveiled in December last year in China.
It runs Emotion UI 3.0 based on Android
4.4 KitKat. It features a 5.5-inch full-HD
IPS display.
The most notable feature of the Honor 6
Plus is its HTC One (M8) -like dual 8-
megapixel rear camera sensors, which
the company calls "symmetrical dual
camera technology".
The Honor 6 Plus camera sensors are
said to capture 13-megapixel resolution
images with twice the amount of light as
compared to a single sensor, take 0.1
seconds to autofocus, and use SLR-
grade ISP technology. There is a 5-
megapixel front-facing camera also
onboard.
The Honor 6 Plus is powered by an octa-
core Kirin 925 processor with Mali T628
GPU and 3GB of RAM. The Huawei's own
Kirin 925 processor also offers Cat. 6
LTE connectivity at 300Mbps. It features
32GB of inbuilt storage via microSD card
(up to 128GB). A 3600mAh battery back
the smartphone.
Huawei's Honor 4X, on the other hand, i
a budget smartphone featuring a 64-bit
1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm
Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 processor.
It comes with a 5.5-inch IPS HD
(720x1280 pixels) display and runs
Emotion UI 3.0 based on Android 4.4
KitKat. It features 2GB of RAM and an
Adreno 306 GPU. The smartphone packs
8GB of inbuilt storage, which can be
further expanded via a microSD card (up
to 32GB).
The Honor 4X was launched last year
initially in China. The handset sports a
Sony-made 13-megapixel rear camera
with f/2.0 aperture, and a 5-megapixel
front-facing camera. Backed by a
3000mAh battery, the company claims
that the Honor 4X can deliver up to 72
hours of battery life with regular usage.
The smartphone will be available in Red,
Blue and Golden colour variants and is
7.9mm thick.
The connectivity options on the handset
include 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/ A-
GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and USB 2.0.
Huawei's Honor brand is also promising
monthly OTA updates for the two
smartphones for six months, followed by
quarterly OTA updates.
Honor 6 Plus and Honor 4X Smartphones Launched in India | NDTV Gadgets
