Honor 6X Battery Life Test

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Huawei’s Honor brand launched the Honor 6X smartphone in India last month starting at Rs. 12,999. It packs a 3,340mAh built-in battery, slightly bigger than than the 3000mAh battery on the Honor 5X, has a 5.5-inch 1080p screen and is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 655 16nm processor. We already brought you the review of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone.
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Honor V9 with dual rear cameras will be announced on February 21

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Huawei’s Honor brand today announced that it will unveil Honor V9, successor of last year’s Honor V8 at an event in Beijing on February 21st. It got certified by TENAA recently that confirms most of the specifications, including a 5.7-inch Quad HD screen, 12-megapixel dual rear cameras and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera similar to the Honor V8, but this is expected to powered by Kirin 960 SoC and pack 6GB of RAM. Continue reading “Honor V9 with dual rear cameras will be announced on February 21”

Honor 6X 4GB RAM variant will go on sale today on Amazon India

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Huawei’s Honor brand launched the Honor 6X smartphone last month in India starting at Rs. 12,999. The 3GB RAM version of the smartphone went on sale exclusively on Amazon.in in the first flash sale last Thursday, February 2nd, which went out of stock in a matter of minutes, according to the company. Today in the second sale Honor said that the 4GB RAM version will also be available for purchase in addition to 3GB RAM variant starting at 2PM. Those who have not registered for today’s sale can register for the next sale on February 16th. Continue reading “Honor 6X 4GB RAM variant will go on sale today on Amazon India”

Honor 6X Photowalk

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It is easy to talk about camera specifications and say that X Megapixels or a certain pixel size and sensor size would yield certain results. However, a real life scenario is where the smartphone camera is actually put to the test and what better way to put a phone through its paces than a photowalk. We took a stroll along various locations and tried to capture the scenery and the objects in whatever best way we could with the Honor 6X to see just how well it fares. Let’s take a look.

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Honor 6X EMUI 5.0 Android 7.0 Nougat update to roll out starting from March

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Huawei’s Honor brand introduced the Honor 6X smartphone with dual rear cameras for the global markets at the CES 2017 last month. It was launched in India a couple of weeks back and went on sale exclusively on  Amazon.in in the first flash sale yesterday. The phone currently runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with the company’s own EMUI 4.1 on top. Now the company has promised to roll out EMUI 5.0 based on Android 7.0 (Nougat) starting from next month. Continue reading “Honor 6X EMUI 5.0 Android 7.0 Nougat update to roll out starting from March”

Honor 6X Teardown

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Huawei’s Honor brand launched the Honor 6X smartphone in India last month, which went on sale in the country today exclusively on Amazon.in. It is a major upgrade to last year’s Honor 5X since this packs dual rear cameras, improved processor and more RAM. Even though this has a familiar design, there are a lot of components that go into making the device what that might not be revealed on a regular specs sheet. We did a teardown of the device, similar to the Honor 5X to see what it packs on the inside. Let’s take a peek. Continue reading “Honor 6X Teardown”

Honor 8 Lite with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE announced

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Huawei Honor brand today introduced Honor 8 Lite, a cheaper version of last year’s flagship Honor 8 smartphone in Finland. The main difference is that this has a 12-megapixel single rear camera instead of dual 12-megapixel rear cameras on the Honor 8. This also comes with a less powerful Kirin 655 processor, similar to the Honor 6X instead of Honor 8’s Kirin 950 SoC, but this runs Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.0 out of the box. Continue reading “Honor 8 Lite with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE announced”

Honor 6X with dual rear cameras will go on sale in India today on Amazon starting at Rs. 12999

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Huawei’s Honor brand launched the Honor 6X smartphone last month in India starting at Rs. 12,999. As promised, the smartphone will go on sale exclusively on Amazon.in in the first flash sale starting today at 2PM. Those who have not registered for today’s sale can register for the next sale on February 9th till Midnight of 7th February.
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Huawei P10 Plus with 5.5-inch Quad HD curved screen, iris scanner and ring flash surfaces in renders

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First render of the Huawei’s P10 smartphone surfaced last year. Now renders of the P10 Plus, the top-end version of the smartphone has surfaced in China. This reveals a 5.5-inch Quad HD curved glass screen and possibly a iris scanner along with ring flash on the back. The fingerprint sensor is present on the back, still there is a home button below the display.

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Honor 6X Camera Review

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The Honor 6X is one of the very few smartphones that seems to pack in quite an impressive set of camera features and specifications. The new entrant in the Honor family is the first offering to provide a dual camera setup at this price range. However, specifications are not necessarily any guarantee for a great outcome. Let’s examine the smartphone in detail to see just how good it is.

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Huawei Watch 2 with cellular connectivity expected to debut in February

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Huawei is working on its next generation smartwatch, according to the latest report from Venturebeat. The company had launched Huawei Watch last year in March and the report says it will introduce Huawei Watch 2 next month. Continue reading “Huawei Watch 2 with cellular connectivity expected to debut in February”

Honor 6X with 5.5-inch 1080p display, dual rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 12999

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Huawei’s Honor brand introduced the Honor 6X smartphone for global markets earlier this month at the CES 2017. Today it has launched the smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced in China last year, has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 655 16nm processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EMUI 4.1. It will get EMUI 5.0 based on Android 7.0 (Nougat) in Q2 2017.  Continue reading “Honor 6X with 5.5-inch 1080p display, dual rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 12999”

Why a Dual Camera Setup is a Perfect Fit for Photography Enthusiasts

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Up until 2016, dual cameras on smartphones only referred to the cameras on the front and the rear of the device. The Huawei P9 which was last year’s flagship from the company has a Dual Leica lens sensor system with 12 Megapixels of resolution and a Sony IMX 386 sensor in each of them. The primary sensor on the phone is an RGB one while the secondary sensor is a Monochrome one offering sharper images with stunning amounts of detail as well as dynamic range.

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