Huawei has just officially started selling second hand smartphones in China. These certified used handsets from the company are now available on the official online store in the region.

The new service from the Chinese tech giant offers a variety of smartphones that have previously been owned and are certified by the company itself to offer assurance regarding quality of the smartphone. This move from the consumer is beneficial for the brand as its customers now get more affordable deals, while the company also benefits as second hand devices would ensure stock amid smartphone supply shortages. Notably, we had previously reported on second hand 5G Huawei phones seeing a rise in price after the company launched the 4G only P50 series.

Talking about the used devices, the VMall app and official website in China (Via CNMO) sells second hand smartphones of various models. This includes six models, namely the Mate 30 Pro 5G, Mate 40 5G, P30, P30 Pro, Mate 30, and Mate 30 Pro. Out of these handsets, only the Mate 30 Pro 5G, in the 8GB+128GB and 8GB+256GB variants, are currently in stock while the rest have already been sold out. In other words, the second hand deals from the company were quite attractive and the move was successful in the Chinese market.

Looking at the prices, one can see prices the used smartphones being around 500 or 600 Yuan (roughly 77 to 92 US Dollars) cheaper than their new counterparts. So, the second hand models are clearly more cost effective as well. Huawei also assures that the used phones it certifies undergo a strict quality check, while the company also equips these devices models with new original batteries before listing them for sale and arrives with one year of warranty.

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It is no news that Honor is no longer a Huawei company, and to further emphasize that, Huawei has delisted all Honor products from its Vmall online store.

If you head to Vmall.com and search for Honor, you get a message that says that “Honor related products have been removed…”. If you want to purchase Honor products, you will have to go to the manufacturer’s own online store via its official website, HiHonor.com.

The link to the Honor online store which was announced on January 12, is currently giving a 404 error. We want to believe the site is under maintenance. ITHome reports that aside from the website, there is also a WeChat app version of the store but a proper mobile app is yet to be announced.

The Honor Mall will sell the brand’s smartphones, tablets, smart displays, notebooks, earphones, and smartwatches. It has been reported that the 75-inch Honor X1 Smart Screen is already listed for purchase there and also opened registration for the new Honor MagicBook notebooks and Honor V40 smartphone scheduled to launch on January 22.

Honor used to be a subsidiary of Huawei before but the latter’s ongoing battle with the US has greatly affected its business. Last November, Honor was sold to Zhixin New Information technology Co. Ltd – a company formed from a consortium of more than 30 agents and dealers of the Honor brand, and Shenzhen Smart City Development Group Co. Ltd.

Honor has been in talks with chip manufacturers, MediaTek and Qualcomm, for chip supply. The manufacturer says it plans to ship more than 100 million smartphones this year and it can only do that if its chip supply and supply chain, in general, is not cut off.

UP NEXT: Honor V40’s camera configurations revealed in a new leak

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Despite being launched back in October, the Huawei Mate 40 is finally available for preorders as of today (15th December 2020) and its first sales starting from 21st December 2020.

For those unaware, the Mate 40 from the Chinese tech giant is the company’s 2020 flagship and arrives with the 5nm Kirin 9000E chip. It sports a 6.5 inch curved display with a 2376×1080 resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. The touch sampling rate on the device is 240Hz and it even supports a P3 color gamut. Under the display, a fingerprint scanner is housed and it also offers face recognition technology as well.

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Arriving at the camera, the Huawei Mate 40 houses a single front facing punch hole camera, while the rear sports a 50 megapixel primary sensor, a 16 megapixel ultra wide angle camera, and an 8 megapixel telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom. The flagship is powered by a large 4,200mAh battery pack, which supports 40W fast charging as well. We had also previously reported on the preorders yesterday.

Looking at the preorders, the Huawei Mate 40 5G is priced at a range between 4,999 Yuan to 5,499 Yuan (roughly 763 US Dollars to 839 US Dollars) for the 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant and 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage variant respectively. It is currently available online on Vmall.com. The device will be available in multiple color variants including Mystic Silver, White, Black, Green, and Yellow.

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A few days ago it was reported that Honor will announce the Honor 20i smartphone and the MagicBook 2019 notebook on April 17. Ahead of the release next week, the MagicBook 2019 has been listed on the official Huawei/Honor online store, Vmall. The listing reveals some of its key specs.

The original MagicBook launched on April 19 last year. It packed a 14-inch display, an 8th-gen processor and NVIDIA GPU. It later got an AMD Ryzen version in May and a touch-screen version in July which is also available in Intel and AMD versions.

For the MagicBook 2019, Honor is going with AMD’s Ryzen 5 3500U processor. The notebook will come in two variants – 8GB RAM + 256GB and 8GB RAM + 512GB. Buyers will also be able to choose between Glacier Silver and Starry Sky. Unfortunately, it seems only the 512GB version will have two color variants. The 256GB version will only be available in Glacier Silver. That might change though as even though there are only two color variants listed, the header image for the product shows there will be three, the third being Nebula Purple.

With respect to design, there doesn’t seem to have been a lot of changes. The bezels seem to be the same thickness and the ports are also in the same position as last year’s model. The speakers are still flanking the keyboard, though it seems it now has four, and the power button doubles as a fingerprint scanner.

READ MORE: Honor 20i images revealed through Vmall reservations; Geekbench listing also spotted

The Honor MagicBook 2019 will ship with a 65W USB-C power adapter. There is no price yet but those who pre-order will get a free pair of Honor wired headphones and the first 1000 buyers to complete their order will get a free Honor backpack.

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Huawei’s sub-brand Honor will be announcing Honor 8X series which includes Honor 8X and Honor 8X Max smartphones on Sept. 5. The Honor 8X Max is now listed on VMall with all its specifications and official images.

The Honor 8X Max VMall listing reveals that the handset features a 7.12-inch display that supports FHD+ resolution of 1080 x 2244 pixels. The handset offers a screen-to-body ratio of 90 percent thanks to its waterdrop display. Also, the massive display of the 8X Max has been certified by TUV Rheinland for eye protection. The rear side of the phone is made of glass with 3D design. It will be coming in colors like blue, black and red.

The product listing has no details on the chipset that powers the Honor 8X Max. It is speculated that it could be fueled by Snapdragon 660. The SoC of the phone is coupled with 4 GB of RAM. It has an internal storage of 64 GB. The other variant of the phone includes 128 GB of storage and 4 GB of RAM.

For more storage, it is equipped with a microSD card slot. The connectivity features that are available on the 8X Max include Wi-Fi 802.11ac, dual 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth 4.2, microUSB and 3.5mm audio jack. The handset is preinstalled with Android 8.1 Oreo that is preinstalled with EMUI 8.2. A fingerprint scanner is placed on the back panel of the phone. The handset carries support for 9V/2A charging and it can be also used for reverse charging other devices.

Apart from SoC, the product listing of Honor 8X Max lacks information on the battery and camera configuration. The TENAA listing of the phone has revealed that it will be arriving with a 4,900mAh battery, 16-megaipxel + 2-megapixel dual camera and 8-megapixel frontal shooter. +*The handset is now available for booking through VMall. Only the Magic Night Black and Charm Blue variants are currently available for booking. The smartphone offers Dolby Atmos surround sound output through its dual speakers.

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The Honor 8X Max can booked by paying 99 Yuan in China. The final payment can be paid between Sept. 5 and Sept. 7 after which its shipments may begin. The listing does not contain any information on its pricing. The aforementioned specifications suggest that it will be a worthy competitor for the Xiaomi Mi Max 3.

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Huawei’s Honor brand unveiled the Honor 9 last month but what you probably don’t know is that the flagship phone was launched along with two smart IoT products. The Honor Smart Body Scale and the Honor Air Quality detector were both announced on that day and were billed to go on sale on July 18. The sales for the Honor Air Quality detector has now opened on Huawei Mall (Vmall).

The Air quality detector comes with a tumbler design and allows monitoring of air quality. The gadget captures clean air level and a number of other parameters. The Honor Air Quality detector works in real time and can detect more than 300 types of volatile organic compounds. The detector can also detect ultra-fine particles (PM 2.5) in the air, temperature and humidity inside the room and then provide recommendations to aid in improving the air quality.

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In addition, it comes with an energy-saving mode which can preserve the battery for up to 5 days, but in real-time monitoring mode, the battery only lasts up to 15 hours. If it is only to monitor the temperature and humidity, you get up to1 year battery life. The Honor Air Quality detector is presently on sale at Vmall for 599 Yuan ($88). It is available only in Snow white colour.

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Honor‘s latest flagship Honor 9 was launched about a month ago and was officially available in four colour variants –  Sea Blue, Amber Gold, Black and Seagull Gray color. The Honor 9 has since gone on sale with only the Sea Blue, Amber Gold, and Seagull Gray variants available across the different e-commerce platform. The Black color variant of the Honor 9 has now been released on Vmall, Huawei’s official e-commerce platform.

The Honor 9 Black is an exclusive edition of the sleek flagship that will only be available with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. In terms of appearance, the Black variant brings a whole new perspective to the looks of the Honor 9 due to the darker tone it adopts, different from the other colors that are lighter. Apart from the colour difference, the new variant comes with entirely the same design as the other variants.

Read More: Honor 9 Sales Break 1 Million Mark In Less Than A Month!

As far as the specs go, the Honor 9 features a 5.15-inch  1080p display and is powered by a Krin 960 chip. The processor is backed by either a 4GB RAM or 6 GB like n this vriant. It also comes with a 64GB or 128GB storage variant. On the camera end, the Huawei Honor 9 comes with a 20MP + 12MP dual camera setup at the rear while there is an 8MP shooter up front. The device gets its light from a 3200mAh battery and runs EMUI 5.1 based on Android Nougat. The Honor 9 Black variant’s price is set at 2,999 Yuan (∼$441) and the sales will commence on July 18 at 10.08 AM via Vmall.

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