Huawei unveils Honor 5X, Holly 2 Plus in India

NEW DELHI: Huawei’s smartphone e-brand Honor has launched Honor 5X and Holly 2 Plus. Huawei says that the newly launched phones are in line with the company’s design philosophy of Honor and are aimed to meet the needs of digital natives through internet-optimized products which offer superior user experiences, inspire action, foster creativity and empower the young.

Honor 5X, will be available in three colors – gold, silver and grey and Holly 2 Plus will be available in black, white and gold colors. The Honor 5X and Holly 2 Plus is available for pre-orders at Flipkart and Amazon from January 28, 2016. The sale of Honor 5X will commence from February 1, 2016 midnight and Holly 2 Plus from February 15, 2016 midnight with the exclusive partners. Honor 5X is priced at Rs 12,999.

Over the last 15 months, Honor in India has strived to come up with products which meet the unmet needs of the Indian customers by localized research and product development. With these two new product introductions, Honor is optimistic of providing phones which suit the needs of Indian customers.

Commenting on the launch, George Zhao, President of Honor, said, “Honor smartphones are meant for young, stylish and adventurous consumers. As an internet driven brand, Honor is all-too-aware of the importance of gathering feedback and rapidly responding as needed. It therefore encourages its customers to share their views and is very much keen to take those views into account when developing new products. India is a very important market for Honor and with these continued series of launches, we would like to reiterate our commitment to the Indian market and would continue to strive to offer world class consumer experience which address local needs of our consumers.”

According to Allen Wang, President of Consumer Business Group, Huawei India, “We are extremely thrilled to launch our new powerful smartphones Honor 5X and Holly 2 Plus in India. These phones offer best-in-class features at an attractive price point which makes them the star performer in their segments. We are thankful to our customers for their continued support and will strive to innovate and offer the world class products.”

Honor 5X has high quality metal construction with next-generation fingerprint technology and inspired-design for the most unique technology experience, all at an affordable price. On the other hand, Holly 2 Plus is a powerful phone that boasts a unique and elegant design, powerful battery saving and unimaginable camera experience.

Honor 5X is a dual SIM phone powered by a Rim-free touch fingerprint sensor with a 0.5 sec unlock first honor metallic phone with nano-SIM, micro-SIM, and microSD card slots, together with expandable storage space up to 128 GB a 5.5 inch fully laminated GFF screen 1080p full HD screen and T6735 4x1.3GHz Processor. The phone is equipped with a 13 MP rear camera and 5MP Front camera and is backed by a powerful 3000mAh smart power 3.0 battery which lasts for approximately 10 hours.

The phone comes with a premium aircraft grade metal that offers 5-layer heat sinks with copper shielding cover. It runs on Android 5.1+ HUAWEI EMUI 3.1 Lite, this system offers a more intuitive, simple, clear and stylish design with a 150% more call clarity The phone boasts of 2G RAM + 16GB ROM memory. Other than this, the phone has 12bit ADC high-precision gravity sensor, Bluetooth 4.0, light sensor, proximity sensor, FM radio and Wi-Fi Direct Connect making one of the most powerful smartphones in this price segment. The phone had its debut at International CES 2016 earlier this month.

Holly 2 Plus is a smart phone specially designed for India market, and also one of the only smartphone which supports both 4G for both CDMA and WCDMA at the same time. The phone offers a 4000 mAH battery with a reverse charging to share the user’s power with a friend via Micro-B USB to Micro-B USB Cable, Dual-mic Noise Cancellation Technology with Outstanding audio and integrated speaker experience. The phone offers 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera. The device offers 16GB internal storage and a MicroSD card slot for storage expansion. A 64-bit high speed processor and 2G RAM offer consumers more power and pleasure. Holly 2 Plus is priced at Rs 8,499.