Earlier today, Honor confirmed to launch the HONOR X30 in China on December 16. At the same time, one of the brand executives shared some facts about the HONOR X lineup. He talked more about the HONOR 3X precisely.

Jiang Hairong (aka Harrison) is the CMO of Honor. A few hours back, this exec revealed that the brand has sold over 90 million units of HONOR X series smartphones worldwide to date. The number stood at 80 million units in May 2020.

On top of that, he disclosed that there are still over 40,000 active users of HONOR 3X. For those unaware, this handset made its debut in December 2013, which makes it an 8-year-old phone.

It is fascinating to learn that there are still people out there using this old piece of technology as their daily driver. Not only the smartphone’s hardware and software are slow in today’s time, but they are also incapable of running modern applications.

The executive also shares a story of a meteorologist whose first Honor smartphone was an HONOR 3X. This phone didn’t die like other handsets carried out by his teammates in an expedition involving extreme cold weather conditions. The device helped them to contact their homes.

Although Honor markets the durability of its products and the trust of its customers with this announcement, there’s no denying that there are people in the world who could not upgrade to a newer smartphone.

Do you have any experience with the HONOR X family of phones? Do let us know in the comment section below.

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Earlier today, Honor finally announced the Honor X10 in China after days of leaks and teasers. At the launch event, the brand’s president George Zhao aka Zhao Ming revealed that the company has so far sold over 80 million Honor X series phones worldwide.

Honor has been selling Honor X series of smartphone from late 2013. The first phone in the series was Honor 3X, a rebranded Huawei Ascend G750. It has been later followed by newer models every year since then. We even got to see some Pro and Max versions along the way.

The Honor X10 launched today is the first 5G model in the series. Thus, at the beginning of the keynote, Mr Zhao recalled the series as a whole. He pointed out that they have sold over 80 million Honor X series phones worldwide since its inception.

We feel the count could have been more if the brand had launched Honor 9X series globally since this series alone shipped 10 million units in China. The original Honor 9X Pro did launch in India recently but without GMS (Google Mobile Services), it will be a tough sell in the country.

On the other hand, Huawei US ban has been further extended for a year along with restrictions to chip supplies. This will impact the Chinese telecom giant including its Honor sub-brand severely. 

The sales of Huawei / Honor smartphones worldwide are expected to go down rather improve going by the current situation.

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