Huawei Honor 7 Comes With a 20MP Camera, Priced At Rs 20,500

Chinese telecom company, Huawei has become an identifiable brand name. You are bound to come across a Huawei branded connectivity devices like modems and dongles. Huawei also makes smartphones, and its Honor line of smartphones have received positive feedback on the market. Honor was initially launched as Huawei’s answer to the low-cost competition from the likes of Gionee and Xiaomi, but the Honor 6 and Honor 6 Plus from last year served some of the best mid-range devices on the market.

Huawei has just unveiled their next Honor Smartphone, the Huawei Honor 7. The device comes in three variants that differ in connectivity and storage only. The three options are: A basic 16 GB model with LTE radio, another one with dual SIM dual standby LTE abilities, and the last is a flagship of the trio with 64 GB of internal memory.

Apart from these, all of the variants have the same specs. All three sports aluminum alloy exterior. They have a 5.2-inches 1080p displays with 423ppi and runs by the company’s own 64-bit Kirin 935 chipset, clocked at 2.2 GHz maximums for a quartet of Cortex-A53 cores, and 1.5 GHz for the other A53 set of four, arranged in a big.LITTLE configuration, with ARM’s Mali-T628 GPU for the heavy graphics. The phones include a 3GB RAM and comes in either 16GB/64GB memory, apart from expandable memory.

It has a 20MP camera with Phase Detection Auto Focus to boot, allowing it to focus on a subject in just 0.1 seconds and a selfie clicker with an impressive 8MP camera. The Honor 7 runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with Huawei’s Emotion UI v3.1 on top and is powered by a 3100mAh battery with quick charging capability that will reach a full charge in a mere 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Huawei has equipped their latest device with a fingerprint sensor on the back of the device right under the camera. This sensor will allow for one-touch unlock. Huawei has also baked in various apps for banking and additional payment methods that will utilize the fingerprint sensor for security purposes.

The device will start selling in China on July 7th while pre-orders are available now. A launch globally, including the US, is expected in the coming months. It is priced at $322 (Rs 20,500). But with all the specs, this price is quite suitable. But, we will be able to know more only after we get our hands on the device. Stay tuned to iGyaan.