Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has finally launched their much-anticipated smartphone in India, which is named as,“Honor 8 Lite” . This Honor 8 Lite smartphone has been launched at the price point of Rs.17,999 and will be made available across all Honor partner stores pan-Indian starting from May 12th . Like other Honor smartphones , the device will be also available through online as well as offline e-stores . Besides, the Honor 8 Lite will be available only via bricks and mortar stores.
Now speaking about the whole specifications, the Honor 8 Lite smartphone featuring 5.2-inch full HD 2.5D curved glass display with a screen resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels . It has just 7.6 mm thin that gives a lightweight experience and has a unibody phone and with brushed steel effect finish . Under the hood, the device is powered by powerful Huawei’s Hisilicon Kirin 655 (2.1 GHz + 1.7 GHz) Octa Core processor paired with ARM Mali-T830 MP2 GPU that makes it flawlessly smooth experience . The device is packaging with 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM, 64 GB of onboard storage capacity and further can be expandable memory up to 128 GB through dedicated slot to store a large number of stuffs in it.
On the Software front, the Honor 8 Lite device is running on latest Android v7.0 Nougat operating system which will be wrapped under EMUI 5.0 Lite skin on top out of the box, apart from this it has user interface is super cool . The Honor 8 Lite smartphone is powered by 3,000 mAH Non-removable Lithium-Polymer battery with energy density as high as 650WHL . with this larger battery capacity, the handset gives you a non stop performance up to 93-hours of usage which includes a fair mix of music playback, Talktime , Surfing intertnet, video viewing and playing high-definition games . Further, the smartphone houses a fingerprint scanner on the back panel that gives you a power to unlock the phone in just 0.03 seconds.
For the photography enthusiasts, the Honor 8 Lite device is equipped with 12-megapixel primary rear camera comes with f/2.2 aperture lens, LED Flash Light, 27 mm focal length and CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) to taking a brialliant and gorgious picture in also a poor light conditions . On the front panel, it sports a 8-megapixel secondary camera comes with f/2.0 aperture lens, LED Flash, 27 mm Focal Length, 77 Degree Wide Angle Selfie Camera Lense and CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) to capturig a great bright selfies even in low light conditions . Other primary camera featurimng that adds beauty to this phone are as Auto Focus, Continuous Shooting, Digital Zoom, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Touch Focus, Face Detection, White balance setting, ISO settings, Exposure Compensation, Scene Mode, 1.25 um Pixel Size Sensor, PDAF.
Connectivity options on this Honor 8 Lite smartphone are as Wifi-802.11 b/g/n , Wi-Fi hotspot , Bluetooth v4.1 , GPS with A-GPS/GLONASS, microUSB port , Dual SIM, 4G LTE with VoLTE Supported . Other sensors on this phone board are as Geomagnetic Sensor , Accelerometer and Gyro Sensor . In tems of dimension, the handset measurement be 147.2 x 72.94 x 7.6 mm and weighes be 147 Grams.
The Honor 8 Lite smartphone will be exclusively available in Premium Black colour initially, but after that followed up by blue colour varaint later this month in India.
Honor 8 Lite Smartphone Key Features:
- Hybrid Dual SIM Standby with 4G VoLTE
- 5.2-inch Full HD IPS 2.5D Curved Glass Display
- 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution
- GFF Full Lamination screen protected
- Android v7.0 Nougat Operating system
- 2.1 GHz Huawei’s Hisilicon Kirin 655 octa core Processor
- 4 GB LPDDR3 RAM & 64 GB ROM
- MicroSD card support up to 128GB
- Fingerprint scanner (Rear-mounted)
- 3,000 mAH Li-polymer battery
Speaking on the launch of Honor 8 Lite in India, Mr. P Sanjeev, Vice President- Sales, Huawei India Consumer Business Group said that:
“The Honor 8 Lite is set to revolutionise the sub-20K segment. This phone is ideal for consumers looking for a power packed phone with stunning design. The 8 Lite is a refreshing change from the current selfie offing that runs on outdated chipsets; and provides users with a device that is awe-inspiring both in looks and performance. Running on powerful Kirin 655 octa-core chipset backed by a 4GB RAM+64GB ROM, running on the latest Android Nougat, the Honor 8 Lite, is the best smartphone choice for consumers”.
Further he added in a statement,
“We and our channel partners are very excited to launch this product and are sure that the Indian offline consumer will fall in love on their first glance at the all-new Honor 8 Lite”.