Smartphone company Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has announced to unveil their new device on 5th July. “The smartphone Honor 8 is a successor to last year’s runaway hit Honor 7. The device will be available for purchase from 12th July,” informs Vaikundarajan.
The company made the announcement by releasing an official teaser with a tag line - Beauty out of the ordinary. The key features of the phone were revealed on Chinese certification agency, TENAA’s website.
“Honor 8 is a 5.2 inch full HD display smartphone with 2.3 GHz Kirin 950 octa-core processor. It will be available in four different variants,” says Vaikundarajan.
The users will be able to choose between a 3GB RAM with 32GB of internal storage, 4GB with 32GB of internal storage, 4GB with 64GB internal of storage and the top model with 2K display, 4GB RAM with 128GB storage. It also comes with an option of expanding the storage up to 128 GB via microSD card and runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. “An interesting addition to the features is the fingerprint scanner and an infrared port,” adds Vaikundarajan.
Honor 8 will come with a dual 12-megapixel camera module at the back and a 8-megapixel selfie snapper on the front.
In this competitive market, brands like Honor will survive if they bring unique features to their devices and are accepted by the users
Chinese tech company Xiaomi's second 'Made in India' phone, Redmi Note Prime is launched in India. The first Mi phone to be made in India was the Redmi 2 Prime. “The Redmi Note Prime is priced at Rs 8,499 and will be accessible solely on Amazon.in and Mi.com. The deal for this smartphone will begin at 10 am from today,” informs Vaikundarajan.
Redmi Note Prime is the second Mi smartphone to be made in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, in association with Foxconn Technology Group. “It is good to see that International brands are locally making the products. It's a refreshing change,” says Vaikundarajan.
Redmi Note Prime is an enhanced version of Redmi Note 4G with 2GB RAM, 16GB storage (expandable to 32GB) and a Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor.
In a press release, Manu Jain, India Head of Xiaomi said, “We are really happy to be able to deliver on our promise of continuously innovating and catering to the needs of Mi Fans. With the launch of Redmi Note Prime, we are glad to provide our customers an opportunity to upgrade to an even better smartphone with an expanded memory and dual-SIM capabilities.”
“The anticipation and expectations are running high. Let us wait and see whether Xiaomi will be able to repeat their success with the Redmi Note Prime,” says Vaikundarajan.
