Honor 7X With 5.93-Inch 18:9 Display, Dual Rear Cameras Launched: Price, Specifications

HIGHLIGHTS

Huawei has launched Honor 7X, the successor to last year's Honor 6X
Honor 7X features a 18:9 display
Huawei is also expected to launch two flagship smartphones next week

Huawei brand Honor on Wednesday launched the Honor 7X at a media event in Beijing, China. The successor to the last year's Honor 6X, the high-end Android smartphone features a large 18:9 displayand comes in three variants.

The Honor 7X with 32GB internal storage is priced at CNY 1,299 (roughly Rs. 12,890), whereas the 64GB model is priced at CNY 1,699 (roughly Rs. 16,850), with the top-of-the-line model with 128GB storage priced at CNY 1,999 (roughly Rs. 19,820). You can purchase the Honor 7X in Aurora Blue, Gold, and Black colour options. It will go on sale in China on October 17, a day after Huawei is expected to launch the flagship Huawei Mate 10 and Huawei Mate 10 Pro flagship smartphones.

The first thing you notice looking at the Honor 7X is just how large it is. Huawei has put a 5.93-inch full-HD+ (1080x2160 pixels) curved display featuring a 18:9 screen ratio support and minimal bezels in a unibody metal form factor.

The dual-SIM (Nano) Honor 7X runs Android 7.0 Nougat-based EMUI 5.1. It is powered by an octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 659 SoC (4 x Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2.36GHz + 4 x Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.7GHz) coupled with 4GB of RAM and houses a 3340mAh battery. The company has pushed the fingerprint scanner to the back side. The Honor 7X features a duo of 16-megapixel and 2-megapixel rear cameras, and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera.

The Honor 7X comes in three storage variants: 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB. All of these variants, according to the listing, support expandable storage via microSD card (up to 256GB) in a hybrid dual-SIM configuration.

The capable Honor 7X supports 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS / GLONASS connectivity features.

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Huawei Honor 7X

Display

5.93-inch

Processor

1.7GHz octa-core

Front Camera

8-megapixel

Resolution

1080x2160 pixels

RAM

4GB

OS

Android 7.0

Storage

32GB

Rear Camera

16-megapixel

Battery Capacity

3340mAh

Mi MIX 2 With Bezel-Less Display Launched in India: Price, Specifications, Release Date, and More

BY GURJIT KULAR

HIGHLIGHTS

Mi MIX 2 price in India is Rs. 35,999
The smartphone's biggest highlight is its bezel-less display
Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 preview sale will be held on October 17

Mi MIX 2, the much-awaited 'flagship class' smartphone by Xiaomi, has been launched in India. The biggest highlight of the device is its 5.99-inch bezel-less display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The Mi MIX 2 is also powered by the current flagship mobile SoC from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 835. The launch is Xiaomi's first premium smartphone launch in the country since the Mi 5 in March last year. The smartphone is a Flipkart exclusive, though it will also be available via mi.com, Mi Home stores, and Xiaomi retail partners. Notably, the company has only brought the 'regular' ceramic + aluminium variant of the smartphone to India, with the Xiaomi MI MIX 2 Special Edition featuring an all-ceramic body and 8GB of RAM not making its way to the country.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 price in India, launch offers

The Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 price in India is Rs. 35,999, and at that price, it competes with the OnePlus 5. The company has launched the Mi MIX 2 in its 6GB RAM, 128GB storage variant in the country, with no mention of whether the other variants will be brought here as well. The smartphone will be available via Flipkart and Mi.com in a preview sale on October 17. The smartphone's general availability will begin in the first week of November, and it will then go on sale via Mi Home and other offline retailer partners in addition. There are no Mi MIX 2 launch offers as such, beyond a zero percent EMI offer, which will be available via all retail channels, the Xiaomi's Manu Jain said at the launch event.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 specifications and features

The dual-SIM (Nano) Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 runs MIUI 9 based on Android 7.0 Nougat. It sports a 5.99-inch full-HD+ (1080x2160 pixels) LCD dispay, and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC that's coupled with 6GB of LPDDR4x RAM. The dual-SIM (Nano-SIM) smartphone sports a 12-megapixel Sony IMX386 rear camera sensor with 1.25-micron pixels, 4-axis optical image stabilisation, 5-piece lens, an f/2.0 aperture, as well as a facial recognition feature. On the front, it bears a 5-megapixel front camera, also with the facial recognition function that can be used to unlock the smartphone.

As for storage, the Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 variant launched in India bears 128GB of storage that is not expandable. Connectivity options on the Mi MIX 2 smartphone include 4G (support for 43 LTE bands), VoLTE, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11c, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, and USB Type-C. Sensors on board include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, barometer, digital compass, gyroscope, and ultrasonic proximity sensor. The smartphone runs on a 3400mAh battery, measures 151.8x75.5x7.7mm, and weighs 185 grams.

As we mentioned, the biggest highlight of the Mi MIX 2 is its 5.99-inch bezel-less LCD display that has a full-HD+ resolution (1080x2160 pixels) in an 18:9 aspect ratio. The company says the display has a pixel density of 403ppi, and is complete with DCI-P3 colour gamut support. The smartphone has minimal bezels on three sides, with only a 'bottom chin' that sports the front camera and other sensors.

With no top bezel to house the earpiece, the company has decided to use a 'hidden sound-guided speaker' that resonates sound through the display and frame. The Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 bears a ceramic body with a 7-Series aluminium frame and an 18K gold plated camera ring on the rear panel.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2

Rs.35,999

Wednesday, 11 October 2017