As promised, Huawei launched its new Honor 8 smartphone at an event in China. The Honor 8 is currently up for pre-orders in China. The Chinese company has so far not revealed availability plans for the Honor 8 outside China. Being rumoured for weeks, the biggest highlight of Honor 8 is its dual rear camera setup. It sports 13-megapixel dual-rear cameras with dual-tone LED flash and also features laser autofocus. There is an 8-megapixel front-facing camera on board as well.
The Honor 8 features a 6.6-inch 2K (2560×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display and comes with a pixel density of 423ppi. It is powered by an octa-core Kirin 955 processor clocked at 1.8GHz and a 4 GB RAM. The smartphone supports expandable storage via microSD card (up to 128GB). The Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based Honor 8 runs EMUI 4.1 on top. The smartphone features hybrid dual-SIM slot which means users can either use two SIM cards or one SIM card and a microSD card for storage expansion. It weighs 153 grams.
The smartphone sports a USB Type-C port and also supports fast charging. There is fingerprint scanner at the back of the handset. Another notable feature of the Honor 8 is its 7.45mm slim build and that it comes with a metal frame, a glass back and a 4400 mAh battery.
Honor 8 is compatible with 4G LTE bands in India. Other connectivity options include Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, NFC, and Infrared sensor.
