Honor launches Honor 6X with dual-rear cameras in India starting at Rs. 12,999

Honor has officially launched the Honor 6X smartphone in the Indian market. Honor 6X was announced for global market earlier this month at CES 2017. The smartphone is already available in the U.S. and Europe. Honor 6X comes with mid-range specifications including dual-rear cameras and is priced competitively.

The smartphone will be available in three color options including Gold, Silver and Gray and in different RAM and ROM configurations, including 3GB RAM + 32GB storage and 4GB RAM + 64GB storage. Honor has priced the prior at Rs. 12,999, whereas the latter will be available for Rs. 15,999.

According to Honor, the smartphone will be available via flash sales exclusively from Amazon India starting February 2nd at 2PM. Interested buyers can register for the sale by clicking on this link.

Honor 6X with dual-rear cameras launching in India on January 24th [Amazon Exclusive]

Update (10th Jan): Honor has officially confirmed that it will be launching the Honor 6X smartphone in India exclusively on Amazon. More details including pricing and availability will be revealed on January 24th.

Earlier (8th Jan): Honor announced its latest offering, the Honor 6X smartphone with dual-rear cameras and metal unibody design at CES 2017 couple of days back for global market. The smartphone was already available for pre-order in the U.S. and for purchase in Europe. Now, Honor has officially revealed that the Honor 6X smartphone will be launched in India on January 24th.

The Honor 6X comes in three colors - Gold, Silver and Gray and in two different storage / RAM options, including 3GB RAM + 32GB storage and 4GB RAM + 64GB storage. The 3GB RAM variant Honor 6X is priced at $250, whereas the 4GB variant costs $300 in the U.S.

Talking of specifications, Honor 6X comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS display with 2.5D curved glass, 2.1GHz 16nm octa-core Kirin 655 processor with Mali-T830 GPU, 3GB / 4GB RAM and runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with EMUI 4.1 on top.

Honor 6X will be updated to Android 7.0 Nougat with EMUI 5.0 in the second quarter of the year. EMUI 5.0 will bring huge improvement in performance and interface on the Honor 6X.

Also Read: [CES 2017] Honor 6X with dual rear cameras announced for $250, launching soon in India

Other specifications include an 12MP + 2MP (for depth of field / blur effect) dual rear camera with LED flash, Sony IMX386 sensor, 6P lens, 1.25μm pixel size, PDAF and f/0.95-f/16 aperture, a 8MP front facing camera, 32GB / 64GB internal storage (eMMC 5.1) with expandable memory using microSD card (up to 128GB) and 3340mAh battery with fast charging support.

[CES 2017] Honor 6X with dual rear cameras announced for $250, launching soon in India

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Huawei's Honor brand has officially announced a new mid-range Android smartphone with dual rear cameras. Called Honor 6X, the smartphone was originally introduced back in October 2016 as China exclusive. Today at CES 2017, Honor announced that it will be expanding the availability of the Honor 6X.

Honor 6X is the successor to highly popular Honor 5X smartphone announced last year. The smartphone comes with mid-range specifications. Honor has carry forwarded the dual-rear camera trend and has embedded the same in the 6X. The device feels like a budget friendly variant of Honor 8, launched in India last year in October for Rs. 29,999.

The device comes in three colors - Gold, Silver and Gray. It will be available in two different storage / RAM options, including 3GB RAM + 32GB storage and 4GB RAM + 64GB storage. The 3GB RAM variant Honor 6X is priced at $250, whereas the 4GB variant costs $300.