In May, Honor had announced the Honor 7C smartphone in India. Amazon India has started a dedicated page for the upcoming Honor 8C. It reveals that the handset will be announced on Nov. 29. This smartphone will be arriving as the successor for Honor 7C.
The Honor 8C was first announced in August in China. The 32 GB and 64 GB storage models of the Honor 8C has been available in the home market with respective pricing of 1,099 Yuan (~$158) and 1,399 Yuan (~$201). There is a possibility that the two variants may approximately cost Rs. 11,000 and Rs. 14,000.
The Honor 8C is equipped with a notched display and a glass rear. The thickness of this device is 7.98mm and it is fitted with a 6.2-inch FHD+ display that supports 19:9 aspect ratio.
Honor 8C is the first ever handset to be fueled by Snapdragon 632 SoC. The chipset that features 1.8 GHz octa-core processor powers the smartphone along with 4 GB of RAM. It comes with a native storage of up to 64 GB and Honor has included a dedicated slot for adding a microSD card.
The vertical dual camera setup of the Honor 8C has an f/1.8 aperture 13-megapixel primary sensor and a depth sensor of 2-megapixel with f/2.4 aperture. The notch of the phone is the home for 8-megapixel selfie camera. It is supported by a dedicated softlight LED flash.
The Honor 8C is running on Android 8.1 Oreo OS. It is overlaid with Honor’s EMUI 8.2 custom UI. The handset receives power to last for up to days through its 4,000mAh battery on single charge. The rear shell of the smartphone is fitted with a fingerprint scanner.
In the home country, the Honor 8C is available in colors like Magic Night Black, Platinum Gold, Aurora Blue and Nebula Purple. In India, the smartphone will be Amazon Exclusive product. A leaked information that had surfaced had claimed that 64 GB Honor 8C could be priced at Rs. 15,000.
