Honor 8X With 91.3% Screen-to-Body Ratio and Kirin 710 SoC Launched in India, Prices Start at Rs 14,999

Huawei’ sub-brand Honor has finally launched the Honor 8X smartphone in India. The Honor 8X packs the Kirin 710 SoC (the first Honor phone to ship with), up to 6GB of RAM & 128GB of internal storage, dual rear cameras and a larger 3750mAh battery. But what separates the device from others is its design. Honor has constructed the device out of glass and the phone houses a metal frame; It has a double textured back something which we saw on the Lenovo Vibe S1 back in 2015. The phone retails at a starting price of Rs 14,999 in the Indian market and for the asking price, it takes on the likes of Xiaomi Mi A2, Redmi Note 5 Pro and the newly announced Realme 2 Pro.

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Honor 8X: Specifications and Features

The Honor 8X flaunts a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display on the front with 2.5D curved glass on top. As mentioned above, the phone has glass on the back as well, and it’s a double textured back as you can see in the images. Honor did not mention the display protection it used on the Honor 8X. The phone is powered by the HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset, clubbed with 4GB/6GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of internal storage. The device has been launched in three configurations: 4GB+64GB, 6GB+64GB and 6GB+128GB. Thankfully, there’s a microSD card slot for storage expansion up to 400GB.

Cameras on the Honor 8X include a 20MP primary shooter on the back side which works in tandem with a 2MP depth sensor. The primary sensor has an aperture of f/1.8 and there’s dual-tone LED flash as well. The phone comes with various AI-based features such as 22 scene recognition modes, dedicated low-light mode and it has Huawei’s AIS feature which helps in removing shakes from the video recording. The phone also offers 480fps slow-motion video recording. Up front, it ships with a 16MP front-facing camera.