Honor 8C Launched In China

Honor has announced a new budget smartphone, the Honor 8C in China. The smartphone has a 6.26 inch HD+ LCD display with a resolution of 1520 x 720 px and 269 ppi pixel density. It is the first device to run on the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 SoC with an Octa-Core processor and the Adreno 506 GPU. The smartphone has 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 256 GB via a microSD card.

On the back, the Honor 8C has dual rear cameras, the first one is a 13 MP, f/1.8 aperture equipped color sensor and a secondary 2 MP, f /2.4 aperture equipped black and white sensor. The device can capture 1080p videos at 30 fps. Along with the dual rear cameras, it also has an 8 MP selfie camera which can shoot 1080p videos at 30 fps. The Snapdragon 632 has AI integration that assists in taking better pictures from the smartphone.

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The Honor 8C is powered by a 4,00o mAh lithium-polymer battery and it also has a fingerprint scanner for swiftly unlocking the phone. The phone is running on EMUI 8.2 which is based on Android 8.1 Oreo. It has a triple slot which houses two SIM cards and a microSD card.

Talking about connectivity, the smartphone has 802.11 ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2 and micro-USB 2.0 for charging and data transfer.

Price and Availability:

The Honor 8C starts at a price of 1,099 ¥ (around Rs 11,700) and is available in three color variants: Magic Night Black, Aurora Blue, and Platinum Gold.  The smartphone is up for pre-order in China, but the company is yet to make any announcement about its India launch.