Huawei’s sub-brand will launch the Honor 8X and its larger variant Honor 8X Max in China today. The company will also launch Honor Band 4
The Honor 8X and its larger variant, the Honor 8X Max, along with the fitness monitoring Honor Band 4 will launch today in China. The smartphones will follow in the rather giant footsteps left by Honor 7X.
Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has a rather busy day today with the launch of some exciting smartphones as well as a fitness band. The Honor 8X Series smartphone follows the Honor 7X, which needless to mention, was quite a success for the Chinese company. The 8X has been making a few rounds of the internet and even its retail packing was leaked recently. This strongly indicated the company was in its final stages of preparing the Honor 8X Series smartphones for launch.
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However, it was quite recently known that Honor will launch two variants of the 8X, with the larger one known as 8X Max. The variant with the Max in its name will have larger display that will firmly place it in the phablet category. Honor confirmed the launch dates for these devices a couple of days back.
Barring a few important ones, majority of the specifications and features of the smartphones and the fitness band are available online. However, Honor could offer more details with regards to the availability of the smartphone and the pricing at the launch. We at MSP Gear will certainly try to offer live updates of the event as it commences. Just scroll down to our live update section to follow along.
The event is scheduled to take place in China at 7:00PM or 4:30PM in India. Honor has setup a special page for the launch event. Although the entire event, including the Live Stream, will be broadcast in Chinese, we at MSP Gear will certainly try to offer updates in English.
The Honor 8X will feature a large 6.5-inch display with 1080 x 2340 Full HD+ resolution and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Interestingly, the Honor 8X will sport a “Water Drop” notch that will house just the selfie camera. Apparently, Honor is following the latest OPPO F9 series smartphones for this design aspect.
The processor powering the Honor 8X and the 8X Max aren’t confirmed yet. Honor may most likely embed Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 710 SoC. However, the company may also opt for Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 octa-core processor. The budget Android phablet could come in two configurations: 4GB RAM + 64GB internal storage and 6GB RAM + 128GB internal storage. For further expansion, the smartphone is likely to come with Hybrid Dual-SIM slots. Today’s launch should confirm the exact specifications.
The Honor 8X will have a 20MP + 2MP dual rear cameras with a host of AI enhancements. The phablet may have a 16MP snapper on the front. A sufficiently large 3,650mAh capacity battery with fast charging support will power the smartphone. The device will also have a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor.
The smartphone will most likely run on the Android 8.1 Oreo-based EMUI 8.2 version out of the box at launch. The smartphone will arrive in Black, Red, Blue, and Light Purple color options.
The Honor 8X Max is the bigger variant in the 8X Series. It will sport a 7.12-inch display with 1080 x 2244 Full HD+ resolution. The phablet will have the same water drop notch design, due to which the screen-to-body ratio touches 90 percent.
Just like the Honor 8X, the processor and the accompanying GPU remains a mystery. However, the RAM and internal memory configuration is known. According to a pre-order listing on VMall, the smartphone will be available in two memory configurations – 4GB RAM + 64GB storage and 4GB RAM + 128GB storage. Incidentally, there are reports about a 6GB RAM + 128GB internal memory variant. But it will not arrive with the other two variants. Incidentally, the phablet has a micro-SD card slot for further expansion up to 256GB.
The Honor 8X Max will feature a 16MP + 2MP dual-camera setup at the rear with an LED flash. The camera will offer 1080p Full HD video recording. The handset will have a single 8MP camera on the front for selfies and video-calling.
Apart from the large screen, the Honor 8X Max also packs a huge battery. Reports indicate the smartphone will have an impressive 5,000mAh capacity battery with Fast Charging support. Connectivity options on the phablet will include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac dual-band, Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy, GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, and 4G VoLTE. The Honor 8X Max measure 177.57 x 86.24 x 8.13mm and weighs at a rather hefty 210 grams.
The Honor 8X Max will run Android 8.1 Oreo-based EMUI 8.2 out of the box. It will come in two colors – Magic Night Black and Charm Blue.
The Honor Band 4 follows the Honor Band 3, and packs several features for the fitness conscious. According to previous reports, the activity tracker and active fitness monitoring wrist-wearable device will offer features like heart-rate tracking, sleep monitoring, and other fitness related activities.
The band will have water resistance. Moreover, the Honor Band 4 also supports NFC, which indicates it can also serve as an on-wrist payment tool. Several such fitness bands are already offering the ability to make small payments on the go.
The Honor 8X could be priced a little higher than its predecessor, the Honor 7X. The 7X launched in India at a starting price of Rs.12,999 for the 32GB storage version. We expect the Honor 8X to start at Rs.14,999 or even higher for the 64GB storage version. On the other hand, the Honor 8X Max with its extra-large 7.12-inch sized display could start at Rs.15,000.
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The smartphones and the fitness band are launching today in China. Their availability in India could be confirmed at the event. We at MSP Gear will certainly update our readers about the devices.
