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Honor 6X Gets a Limited Period Discount in India

Honor 6X Gets a Limited Period Discount in India

By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 8 August 2017 17:52 IST

Highlights

Honor 6X was launched in India on January
The company is offering a Rs. 1,000 limited period discount
The smartphone's discount will be available on Amazon India

Huawei Terminal brand Honor on Tuesday announced that its popular budget smartphone, the Honor 6X (Review), will be available with a limited period discount of Rs. 1,000 from Wednesday, August 9 to Saturday, August 12 on Amazon India. To recall, the company had slashed prices of the smartphone back in June, dropping the the price of the 3GB RAM/ 32GB storage variant from Rs. 12,999 to Rs. 11,999, and 4GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant from Rs. 15,999 to Rs. 13,999. The company had launched the smartphone in India back in January this year.

A hybrid dual-SIM (Nano-SIM) smartphone, the Honor 6X runs EMUI 4.1 OS based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The company says a beta version of EMUI 5.0, based on Android 7.0 Nougat, will be available for buyers at launch, with the final version due to release in Q2 2017. The Honor 6X display measures 5.5-inch and has full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) resolution, 2.5D curved glass protection and pixel density of 403ppi - the company is also touting an 'eye-comfort mode' that filters out blue light. The new Honor smartphone is powered by a Kirin 655 octa-core (4 cores at 2.1GHz + 4 cores at 1.7GHz) SoC. The inbuilt storage is expandable via microSD (up to 128GB).

The Honor 6X features a dual rear camera setup with one 12-megapixel Sony IMX386 sensor that supports PDAF (autofocus time of 0.3 seconds is being touted) and an additional 2-megapixel sensor right below it, helping provide depth-of-field or Bokeh effects with a combined wide aperture range of f/0.95 - f/16. On the front, Honor 6X bears an 8-megapixel front camera with a 77-degree wide-angle lens and 1.25-micron pixels. It bears a fingerprint sensor on the rear panel. The inbuilt storage is expandable via microSD (up to 128GB).

Connectivity options on the Honor 6X include 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, and GPS/ A-GPS. The new smartphone is powered by a 3340mAh battery, rated to deliver up to 600 hours of standby time and up to 11.5 hours of video playback. Honor 6X battery features fast charging support that charges the whole battery in 2.5 hours. It measures 150.9x72.6x8.2mm and weighs 162 grams. Sensors on board include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, and a magnetometer.

Honor 6X

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Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Good build quality
Decent app and gaming performance
Good battery life
Bright and sharp display
Accurate fingerprint sensor

Bad
No Wi-Fi ac or USB Type-C
Average low-light camera performance
Hybrid SIM slot

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Display 5.50-inch

Processor HiSilicon Kirin 655

Front Camera 8-megapixel

Rear Camera 12-megapixel

RAM 4GB

Storage 64GB

Battery Capacity 3340mAh

OS Android 6.0

Resolution 1080x1920 pixels

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