Honor is all set to introduce a new flagship killer smartphone –Honor 80 GT– that will offer much more bounce for the ounce. The handset will debut in China next week and it will be accompanied by the new Honor Pad V8 Pro.
Honor 80 GT will arrive as the fourth phone in the 80 series unveiled only last month. However, it will have a different design and will offer the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset at an affordable price. It will also boast a dedicated display chip for enabling a fast and efficient refresh rate.
Continue on to find out everything that’s known about this device ahead of its official announcement.
Honor 80 GT Launch Date
Honor recently posted a teaser on its official Weibo handle, confirming the launch date of the upcoming Honor 80 GT. The smartphone will debut in the company’s home country China next Monday, December 26.
The device will share the stage with a new Honor tablet, called Honor Pad V8 Pro (roundup). The launch event will commence at 7:30 pm (local time) and it will be live-streamed via Weibo and other leading Chinese video streaming platforms.
Honor 80 GT Design
The design of the Honor 80 GT is entirely different from the rest of the 80 series models. There’s a large rectangular camera module, aligned vertically, unlike other devices with camera islands shaped like an “8” or infinity.
The smartphone will have a flat OLED at the front with a punch hole for a single selfie camera. It will be 7.9mm thick and have curved side frames. The device will be available in two colors and a special edition.
It will have the power key and the volume buttons on the left side and the right side will remain empty. The company is said to be using a plastic frame on the device to keep the cost low. It could have a fingerprint sensor embedded in the power key.
The bottom of the device will include a microphone hole, a USB Type-C port, and a speaker grille. There will be no 3.5mm headphone jack.
Honor 80 GT Specifications
The Honor 80 GT will get a flat OLED display with an FHD+ resolution, up to a 120Hz refresh rate, and a punch hole cutout. The panel could offer a 360Hz touch sampling rate and high brightness.
The gaming-focused smartphone will draw power from Qualcomm’s older Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Soc. Rumors suggest the device will use a low-frequency version of the chip with the prime Cortex-X2 core running at 3.0Ghz and the three Cortex-A710 Gold cores clocked at 2.5GHz
The chipset could be paired with up to 16GB RAM and 256GB storage. On the software front, the phone will boot MagicOS 7 based on Android 13.
Honor recently revealed that the device will be equipped with a VC (vapor chamber) liquid cooling mechanism. It will also feature 74mm thermal materials to keep the temperature under control. The handset will be backed by a 4,900mAh battery with support for 66W fast wired charging.
For photography, the Honor 80 GT will feature a triple camera unit, headlined by a 54-megapixel primary camera. It likely uses the Sony IMX800 sensor, which was also seen on the Honor 70 series from earlier this year. Details about the other two cameras are yet to be known.
Honor 80 GT Expected Price
The official pricing of the Honor 80 GT will be revealed during the launch (of course), but don’t let that curb your enthusiasm. Leaker Digital Chat Station claims the upcoming Honor smartphone will be priced at around 3,000 Yuan (roughly $429).
If the leaker’s words are anything to go by, this is a very competitive pricing and will likely make the device a popular option. We’ll learn all details about the Honor 80 GT on December 26. So, stick around if you don’t want to miss out.
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