Honor 7S Launched in India 6999

Honor launched a new smartphone in the Indian market today, dubbed the Honor 7S. The device is priced at Rs 6,999 and will be available via e-commerce portal Flipkart and the official Honor website. It will go on sale starting September 14, at 12PM IST. It comes in Blue, Black, and Gold colour variants.

In terms of specifications, the device features a 5.45-inch HD+ (720x1440) FullView display with 18:9 aspect ratio. It is powered by a MediaTek MT6739 chipset with 2GB RAM. It includes an internal storage of 16GB which can be further expanded up to 256GB via microSD card.

Running Android 8.1 Oreo out-of-the-box, the device comes equipped with a 13MP rear sensor along with a 5MP front-facing camera. Connectivity features include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth v4.2 LE, GPS/ A-GPS and microUSB. A 3,020mAh battery completes the package.
Recently, at IFA 2018, Huawei's sub-brand Honor teased its own take on the hidden camera when it announced the upcoming Magic 2, a successor to the 2016 Magic phone. Featuring a ‘FullView Display,' this almost bezel-less device has found a different way to ‘pop up' the camera. Honor's president George Zhao stood on stage at the Berlin event and then slid the smartphone, manually pushing up the camera, rather than relying on an automated mechanism. For anyone that remembers their phone from a decade ago, there's a good chance it did just that, though revealing a keyboard instead.

The device will be powered by newly announced Huawei Kirin 980 processor, which will rival the Snapdragon 845 and feature in phones such as the Huawei P20 Pro. It's not sure when the Magic 2 will be released, or where, as the original Magic was a limited edition in China.