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05:41PM EST – Low voltage backlight, Apical-style CABC for sunlight visibility
05:39PM EST – 500 charging cycles supported, won’t catch fire apparently
05:39PM EST – 3340 mAh battery, 680 Wh\/L power density
05:37PM EST – Standard EmotionUI features like split screen, screen recording, and scroll capture
05:37PM EST – Up to 4 devices can connect to the Honor 6X
05:36PM EST – So the Honor 6X acts as a WiFi repeater to try and extend coverage
05:36PM EST – „Wi-Fi Bridge“
05:35PM EST – This is carried over from Mate9, seems to be an EmUI feature
05:35PM EST – Night mode to reduce color temperature and reduce brightness of the display
05:34PM EST – Advertising CABC and what seems to be saturation boost in video
05:33PM EST – 5.5″ FHD display
05:33PM EST – Claiming that their app launch performance is better than the competition
05:32PM EST – This is shared with Mate 9
05:31PM EST – „Smart file system“
05:31PM EST – Claim 65% performance increase over 5X
05:31PM EST – Kirin 655 16nm octa-core
05:31PM EST – MicroSD, dual SIM
05:31PM EST – 32\/64GB eMMC 5.1
05:30PM EST – 3\/4GB RAM
05:29PM EST – Honor 6X will be able to use a „Honor Tripod Selfie Stick“.
05:26PM EST – Camera has f\/2.2 aperture it looks like
05:25PM EST – 12MP sensor is 1.25 micron pixel size
05:24PM EST – They’re showing a demo photo with some obvious defects in how it’s being blurred…
05:22PM EST – Dual lens is 12MP, 2MP, 6P lenses, PDAF
05:20PM EST – Three colors gold, silver, gray
05:20PM EST – Front glass is 2.5D curved glass as is popular in smartphone design right now
05:19PM EST – „Bezier curve-inspired design“
05:18PM EST – Dual camera, fingerprint reader, looks to be aluminum unibody sandblasted finish, microUSB 2 still
05:17PM EST – Honor 6X „Double or Nothing“
05:15PM EST – Best selling phone during Black Friday for Amazon Germany, 15k sold in US, etc
05:14PM EST – 1.5M Honor 8 sold in 50 days
05:14PM EST – 11M Honor 5X sold globally
05:13PM EST – Note
05:12PM EST – During Chinese Black Friday, 320M in sales, 40% increase from last year
05:11PM EST – „We are glad iPhone 7 Plus has dual camera“
05:10PM EST – Dual camera, smart key, octa-core with LTE cat 6
05:10PM EST – Discussing the various new things Honor have introduced
05:08PM EST – Announcing Honor 6X
05:07PM EST – „We studied the global young people“
05:06PM EST – Claims Honor is the leading smartphone e-brand
05:05PM EST – Claims brand satisfaction is higher than Apple and Samsung
05:05PM EST – „Our customers become Honor promoter“
05:04PM EST – „Honor ’net promoter score‘ on par with Apple in China“
05:03PM EST – „100M fans and users worldwide“
05:03PM EST – Last year they launched the Honor 5X here in the US
05:03PM EST – George Zhao takes the stage
05:02PM EST – The Honor brand stands for those who are brave enough and bold enough to be themselves – MC on stage
05:02PM EST – We don’t really have video so I’ll just settle by saying that there’s a lot of epileptic video and bass
05:00PM EST – Looks like the Honor 6X is getting announced here.
04:59PM EST – Funky guitar solo as we lead up to the start – very millennial.
04:50PM EST – Venue is basically full
04:49PM EST – Event is set to start at 2pm
04:48PM EST – We have a group interview with George Zhao, CEO of Honor, later today. Submit your questions…
04:47PM EST – Ian on pictures, Josh on text
04:47PM EST – Double is referring to cameras
04:46PM EST – We’re here at Honor’s CES event, Double or Nothing<\/p>\n