Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has today announced a price cut for its Honor 8 Lite smartphone in India. The company is cutting down the price of Honor 8 Lite in India by Rs. 2,000, making the effective price of the smartphone Rs. 15,999.

The smartphone, which is a watered-down model of the Honor 8, was originally launched in India in May this year at a price of Rs. 17,999. It is available in two colour options — Black and Blue, at all major retail stores as well as online stores across the country.

The Honor 8 Lite smartphone features a 5.2-inch full-HD display with screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and a 2.5D curved glass. Under the hood, it is powered by the company’s in-house Kirin 655 octa-core processor.

The processor packs 4 cores clocked at 2.1GHz and other four cores clocked at 1.7GHz. It is coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage. There is also an option to expand the storage capacity up to 128GB using a microSD card.

As of the camera, the device comes with a 12-megapixel rear camera with f/2.2 aperture and autofocus. There is an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with a 77-degree wide-angle lens. The back camera has a 1.25μm large pixel size and a BSI CMOS sensor for low light photography.

Connectivity options on the device include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, USB OTG, Bluetooth v4.1 and GPS. The Honor 8 Lite runs Android 7.0 Nougat based EMUI 5.0 on top. It is fueled by a 3,000mAh battery which the company claims can offer 90 hours of juice.

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At this price point, the Honor 8 Lite will compete against the likes of Xiaomi Mi A1, which is priced at Rs. 14,999 in India. Mi A1 also packs 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. However, it featurs a 5.5-inch FHD display and is powered by Snapdragon 625 processor.

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Huawei’s sub-brand, Honor has scheduled Tuesday, 21st of February for the launch of two phones: the Honor V9 and Honor 8 Lite. The latter is a toned down version of the Honor 8 released last year. The blue Honor 8 Lite was seen on TENAA’s website getting its network certification.

Actually two variants made it to TENAA. The blue variant with model number WAS-AL00 which has full network support and a silver variant with model number WAS-TL00 that works on China Mobile.

Configuration details of the Honor 8 Lite mentions a 5.2-inch full HD screen, a 2.1GHz octa-core Kirin 655 processor, 4GB RAM, and 64GB ROM. There is a single 12MP camera and a fingerprint scanner on the rear and an 8MP shooter in front. The Honor 8 Lite will have a 2930mAh battery and ship with EMUI 5.0 based on Android 7.0.

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Previous leaks had mentioned that the Honor 8 Lite was going to have 3GB of RAM and 16GB of storage but the TENAA specifications says otherwise.

The phone is expected to be priced lesser than ¥2,000 (~$291). It should also be available in black, gold, and pink.

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