Huawei Honor 7 announced with a 5.2-inch HD display, 20MP camera, and more

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Published 30 Jun 2015

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Huawei Honor 7

Huawei today launched its new Honor branded handset — the Honor 7 — in China. The handset will be available in three different variants with different connectivity and storage options.

The base model comes with 16GB of storage space and only single SIM connectivity, while the model above it comes with dual-SIM LTE connectivity. The highest end variant comes with 64GB storage space along with dual SIM LTE connectivity.

Apart from these differences, all the three variants of the handset are exactly the same. They feature an all-metal body, a 5.2-inch Full HD display, 3GB RAM, a microSD card slot, and Huawei’s own octa-core Kirin 930 processor, which comprises of four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2.2GHz and four low-power A53 cores clocked at 1.5GHz.

As for the camera, the handset comes with a 20MP camera that uses Sony’s IMX230 camera sensor and features Phase Detection Auto Focus for quick auto focus time of only around 0.1 second. On the front, there is an 8MP shooter with F/2.4 aperture. Another notable feureat of the handset is the presence of a fingerprint scanner on the back of the handset that can be used to directly unlock the phone with a single tap.

Huawei has included a 3100mAh battery on the Honor 7 along with its own version of Quick Charge that allows the handset to go from 0 to 100% in only 1 hour 25 minutes on the charger.

The Honor 7 will go on sale in China on July 7 and is already up for pre-order. The base variant of the handset — the one with single SIM connectivity and 16GB storage space — will cost 1999 Yuan ($322), while the dual-SIM LTE variant will set you back by 2199 Yuan ($354). The highest end variant with 64GB of storage space and dual-SIM LTE connectivity will be available for 2499 Yuan ($402).