Honor 8X India Launch Set for October 16, Will Take on the Likes of Realme 2 Pro and Redmi Note 5 Pro

Honor will be launching its next mid-range smartphone, the Honor 8X in India on October 16. The Honor 8X is one of the much-awaited smartphones to launch in India this year riding on the success of Honor 7X which offered an 18:9 display and dual rear cameras at an affordable price. Also, the 8X will be the first device from the house of Honor to launch with HiSilicon Kirin 710 SoC. Notably, Huawei launched the Nova 3i with Kirin 710 chipset a couple of months back, but Honor so far relied on the older Kirin 659 chip. Even the relatively new Honor 9N also arrived with Kirin 659 which disappointed many users out there. The Indian launch details of Honor 8X was confirmed by the company on its global website with the device also set to arrive in other countries such as Malaysia on October 9, Russia on October 10 and UAE on October 2.

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Honor 8X India Launch: What to Expect?

The Honor 8X is a powerful mid-range device thanks to the Kirin 710 chipset underneath. It takes on the likes of Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro and Realme 2 Pro. In fact, the Kirin 710 has better power consumption than Snapdragon 636 and Snapdragon 660 as it’s built on the 12nm manufacturing process, same as the MediaTek Helio P60. Notably, the Honor 8X could be priced around Rs 15,000 because of the hardware it packs.

On paper, the Honor 8X has a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display that carries a resolution of 1080×2340 pixels and 19:9 aspect ratio. It will be Honor’ second smartphone to launch with notched display in the sub-continent and the after one is the Honor 9N. Powering the Honor 9N is the Kirin 710 chipset, coupled with 4GB/6GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of internal storage. It will be interesting to see if Honor launches a 3GB+32GB variant of the Honor 8X at a low price in India. The storage can be expanded up to 128GB with a dedicated microSD card slot.