Huawei has launched its new smartphone dubbed Honor 7i at an event in China today. The device is now available for pre-order for a starting price tag of 1,599 Yuan (Rs 16,400) (China Mobile version). The China Telecom version is priced at 1,699 Yuan (Rs 17,500) while the China Unicom version is priced at 1,899 Yuan (Rs 19,500). It will be offered in Black, White and Gold color variants.
The most impressive feature of the smartphone, design wise, it its flip-up camera module which means that the rear camera unit itself will be the front facing camera too. This feature is partially similar to the camera seen on the Oppo N1, instead of the entire top portion of the phone rotating, in Huawei’s case only the camera module rotates. The rear camera can go up to 180 degrees to transform into a selfie snapper and can also adopt various other angles for creative shots.
In addition, the new smartphone also features a first of a kind finger print scanner which has been embedded on the side of the phone. This might be the first official smartphone to ever feature this function on the side instead on the home screen button as seen previously on the iPhone 6, Samsung Galaxy S5 and others.
In terms of specifications, the new smartphone features a 5.2-inch FHD LCD display along with a screen to body ratio of 79.8 percent. It is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 616 64-bit octa-core processor, reportedly much stable and low power consuming than its previous generation, paired with 3GB RAM and includes an internal storage at 32GB
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