HONOR to withdraw its team from India: Report

According to reports, former HUAWEI smartphone sub-brand HONOR is pulling its staff out of India due to geopolitical unrest. According to a report by the state-run Securities Times, Zhao said at the company’s smartphone launch event on Thursday that HONOR put together the team a few years ago but quit for “obvious reasons.” Continue reading “HONOR to withdraw its team from India: Report”

HONOR India announces ‘Super Service Offers’ campaign, extends service support to its consumers

HONOR has recently announced a service campaign called ‘Super Service Offers’ for its consumers, where it offers 30% discount on smartphone spare parts, other free-of-charge services such as Cleaning and Diagnosis, Screen Protector and Application, and even giving out goodies, which can be facilitated by consumers during their service visits.  Continue reading “HONOR India announces ‘Super Service Offers’ campaign, extends service support to its consumers”

HONOR 20 Camera Samples – Quad Rear Cameras

A few days back, HONOR, the sub-brand of HUAWEI has announced  HONOR 20  with a promising internals and quad-camera setup at an event in London. For the uninitiated, HONOR 20 is the successor of HONOR 10 that was announced last year. Continue reading “HONOR 20 Camera Samples – Quad Rear Cameras”

Honor View 20 Camera Samples

Recently, Huawei’s HONOR brand launched the View20 smartphone in the Indian market at a starting price of Rs. 37,999. The latest outing from Honor boasts latest specifications, trendy V-shaped texture on the glass back, and capable camera setup.  Continue reading “Honor View 20 Camera Samples”

Fortnite for HONOR View20 60fps version and Honor Guard Fortnite outfit announced

Fortnite for Android comes to HONOR View20 and is also one of the few phones to support 60 FPS mode. Fortnite for Android didn’t have a traditional Play Store release, instead, it is available only to compatible phones through its website. It was first released for Samsung smartphones starting from August last year and expanded to other devices later. Continue reading “Fortnite for HONOR View20 60fps version and Honor Guard Fortnite outfit announced”

HONOR View20 with 6.4-inch All-View Display, 48MP + 3D TOF dual rear cameras price revealed, global roll out begins January 23

Huawei’s HONOR brand just announced the HONOR View20 smartphone for global markets at an event in Paris, as it had promised. It was introduced as V20 in China last month 6.4-inch Full HD+ All-View Display with 91.82% screen-to-body ratio, 25-megapixel front camera with just 4.5mm cut out, is powered by Kirin 980 SoC with GPU Turbo 2.0,  liquid cooling, up to 8GB of RAM, 48-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX586 1/2-type (8.0 mm diagonal) sensor, uses 4-in-1 light fusion that outputs better low-light images at 12MP resolution. Continue reading “HONOR View20 with 6.4-inch All-View Display, 48MP + 3D TOF dual rear cameras price revealed, global roll out begins January 23”

Honor Play in Ultraviolet: A Stand Out Affordable Flagship for This Festive Season

The recently launched Honor Play won a whole lot of accolades for being one of the most well-rounded devices in its price band. A few months later, the phone continues to rank high on our recommendations list and for good reason too. A good-looking screen, top of the line processor, enhancements that make a genuine improvement in day to day usability, what’s not to like? It appears though that Honor isn’t one to rest on its laurels. The launch of the Ultraviolet Honor Play is perfectly timed for the upcoming festive season where we feel it is going to make quite an appearance. Continue reading “Honor Play in Ultraviolet: A Stand Out Affordable Flagship for This Festive Season”

Honor 7X update brings GPU Turbo, Party Mode, latest security patch and more in India

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Huawei’s Honor brand is rolling out a new update to Honor 7X which brings the much anticipated GPU Turbo feature to improve gaming experience, Party Mode to sync music playback across phones for better sound effects and more. The update brings the version number 8.0.0.360 for the BND-AL10 device variants.  Continue reading “Honor 7X update brings GPU Turbo, Party Mode, latest security patch and more in India”

Honor Play Hands On Impressions

There’s no denying that Honor is making an aggressive play for a share of the Indian smartphone market. With a steady spate of launches, there’s now an Honor phone at almost every price point. Enter the Honor Play, a solid device that brings high end specifications at a very affordable price point. Here’s our first impressions.  Continue reading “Honor Play Hands On Impressions”

Samsung surpasses Xiaomi in India to regain number one position with 29% market share in Q2 2018: Counterpoint

Xiaomi really nailed it last quarter in India pushing Samsung behind to regain the number one position in the smartphone space. However, Samsung gave it back this time reclaiming the top position. According to Counterpoint Research, the smartphone market returned to double-digit growth (18%) YoY after flat first-quarter growth. Continue reading “Samsung surpasses Xiaomi in India to regain number one position with 29% market share in Q2 2018: Counterpoint”

Honor 9N Review : Excellence in Design

Following on the success of the Honor 9 Lite, the 9N is the latest mid range smartphone from Honor. Not aimed as a replacement for the 9 Lite but rather as an option for someone looking for a more fashionable smartphone. The Honor 9N brings a notch to maximise screen real estate, a tried and tested chipset and a camera that can take on the competition head on. Follow along for our review of the all new Honor 9N.  Continue reading “Honor 9N Review : Excellence in Design”

Huawei’s new GPU Turbo technology roll out timeline revealed

Huawei earlier this month has unveiled GPU Turbo technology, which according to the company would increase device performance by 60% while reducing power use by 30%. The company would enable this tech on a Huawei phone via a software update and it promised that it will roll out to several of their smartphones.  Continue reading “Huawei’s new GPU Turbo technology roll out timeline revealed”

Huawei MediaPad M5 WaterPlay with 8-inch display, eSIM, dual rear-cameras passes through the FCC

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Huawei is busy prepping to launch the MediaPad M5 tablet as the device is now spotted passing through the FCC. According to the FCC listing, it sports an 8-inches display, support for eSIM. The tablet has passed through the FCC Huawei MediaPad M5 wp; the WP might stand for WaterPlay so, it might be introduced as Huawei MediaPad M5 WaterPlay. Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad M5 WaterPlay with 8-inch display, eSIM, dual rear-cameras passes through the FCC”

Weekly Roundup: Samsung Galaxy J6, J8, A6, and A6+, HTC U12+, Vivo Z1, Razer Blade laptop and more

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This week Samsung has introduced J6, Galaxy J8, A6, and Galaxy A6+ smartphones in India. Huawei’s Honor brand has launched the Honor 7A and 7C smartphones in India. LG has announced the Q7, Q7+, and Q7α. Let’s take a look at the more stuff that happened this week in our weekly roundup. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Samsung Galaxy J6, J8, A6, and A6+, HTC U12+, Vivo Z1, Razer Blade laptop and more”

Huawei launches accidental protection plans for Huawei and Honor smartphones in India

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Huawei today has announced affordable protection plans for Huawei and Honor smartphones. It has partnered with OneAssist, ubiquitous platform for assistance and protection programs to provide these plans to consumers in India. The new protection plan is available on all smartphones available on Amazon.in. Continue reading “Huawei launches accidental protection plans for Huawei and Honor smartphones in India”