Honor is gearing up to make its return to India, partnering with local firm PSAV Global to establish its retail network. The company will sell its phones under the HonorTech brand, with former Realme CEO Madhav Sheth at the helm. The first phone from the Chinese brand is likely to be the Honor 90. In advance of the launch, Honor has revealed that its phones launching in India will receive three years of software support, a bloatware-free UI, and access to Google Apps.

Madhav Sheth held a Q&A session on YouTube, where he revealed several details about Honor’s return to India. The CEO revealed upcoming Honor phones will get 3 years of software support in the country. This includes 2 years of major updates and 3 years of security patches. The smartphones are claimed to feature a clean user interface with more Google apps.

It’s important to remember that Honor is no longer affiliated with Huawei. The company is now independent and therefore has access to Google services. Additionally, Honor smartphones run MagicOS 7.1 software, which is completely unrelated to HarmonyOS and is based on Android 13.

Honor has been teasing a smartphone launch in India for a few weeks, but there is no official date yet. The first device to launch in India is likely to be the Honor 90, which is already available in China and Europe. The mid-range handset features a sharp display and a Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 processor. It has a 200MP main camera and a 12MP ultra-wide camera. The phone is powered by a 5000mAh battery and supports 66W fast charging.

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According to famous research firm Counterpoint, a third-party market research company called Sino and one of the biggest e-commerce companies in China (Jingdong), Honor devices are the strongest phones in online sales. Let’s start with the first report, which has been made by Counterpoint in cooperation with Jingdong, and it refers to the Jingdong e-commerce website. A top ten list has been published, and it shows Honor at the first place among the best-selling smartphones brand.

At the second and third place, there are Xiaomi and Apple, respectively. The 4th and the 5th spot are occupied by Huawei and Meizu. 360 Mobile, Oppo, Vivo, Nokia, and Angelcare (ZTE‘s sub-brand) occupy the second half of the ranking. Honor is also incredibly strong with single models: Honor 8 Youth Edition and Honor 6X are at the second and third place in the ranking of the most sold phones on Jingdong Mall. But the most sold Chinese phone on Jingdong is the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X: the variant of the Redmi Note 4 with Snapdragon 625. According to Sino, Honor smartphones are the most sold Chinese smartphones on the internet with 54.5 million units shipped and sales of 78.9 billion Yuan.

Huawei is not only the best smartphone brand in China, but it is also the best Chinese brand in the global market. And the Honor line has registered a growth of 160% during Black Friday. This Chinese giant is becoming a serious menace to Samsung and Apple: note that the company has already confirmed that they are going to increase its global market share from 15 to 50% by 2020. When the company will reach the U.S. shores, it will grow even more.

Do you think Huawei will become the best smartphone brand in the world in the near future or Samsung will be able to keep its first place?

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UPDATE: 

Pricing has been revealed. Honor 8 Lite starts at 1099 Yuan ($160) for 3GB + 32GB, 1399 yuan ($203) for 4GB + 32GB and 1599 Yuan ($232) for 4GB + 64GB.

Huawei had a big event today and the first product to be announced was none other than the Huawei Honor 8 Lite model, which we are already familiar with, thanks to the recent listing in Finland.

Huawei revealed that the Honor 8 Lite comes with a 12-layer mirror coating to make it look premium. The phone comes in four color options, Midnight Black, Streamer Gold, Sea Blue and Pearl White. The phone features a 5.2-inch 1080p display up front with curved glass on top. Under the hood, the Honor 8 Lite version features the mid-range Kirin 655 processor. In comparison, the Huawei Honor 8 flagship came with the powerful Kirin 950 chipset. One of the highlights of the device is that it runs on the new Android 7 Nougat version based on EMUI 5.0.

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At the back, the phone features a single 12MP f/2.2 aperture camera while up front, there is an 8MP wide-angle shooter. The front camera uses the light from the LCD to light up your selfies even under dark lighting conditions.

Other features of the Honor 8 Lite are already known to us. So, the phone comes with 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage expandable up to 128GB and 3000mAh battery. There should be a 4GB RAM high version as well, but the company is yet to confirm this.

Also, Huawei is yet to release the pricing of the device, but we’ll update this article when the details are out.

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