Honor 7 officially announced: improves throughout and the price is unchanged

It was announced officially Honor 7 on the Chinese market. Improve hardware and materials, but the price remains unchanged for a product that is configured as a very interesting.

It was just announced in an event Chinese New Honor 7 device that carries a hot heritage. It must do better than Honor 6, its predecessor, which integrates high-end components inside a device from the typical cost of the midrange.

But, according to claims of the company, the new brand of Huawei seems to be doing really, improving an already excellent product in many fields.

The technical Honor 7 is remarkable: the display is 5.2-inch full HD resolution, while the embedded processor is a octa-core HISILICON Kirin 935 to 2.2 GHz with full support to the instruction set to 64-bit.

The SoC is assisted by 3 GB of RAM LPDDR3, while the quantity of storage varies from 16 to 64 GB according to various declinations for sale. The flash memory is still expandable via microSD up to a maximum of 128 GB.

Everything will be powered by a battery 3,100 mAh, compatible with the new technology of rapid charging. Very interesting chip dedicated to energy savings, according to the proclamations of Honor, should allow an increase of the operational measurable in 30%.

On the camera, Honor 7 will use a module with 20-megapixel sensor on the rear (Sony IMX230) with auto-focus laser, while the front end has 8 megapixels and a wide-angle lens.

Honor 7

Honor 7 version will also be offered in dual-SIM and support 4G LTE networks and will have a biometric sensor for fingerprint scanning on the back. In addition to the traditional release of the terminal, the sensor will perform preset actions based on the type of user interaction (with one swipe will access those notifications, with prolonged pressure or with various touches other actions probably customizable).

Honor 7 Honor 6
Processor HISILICON Kirin 935
2.2 GHz octa-core 64-bit
HISILICON Kirin 920
1.7 GHz quad-core
RAM 3 GB 3 GB
Display 5.2″ Full HD (1080p) 5″ Full HD (1080p)
Storage 16 to 64 GB
Expandable via micro-SD
16 to 32 GB
Expandable via micro-SD
Front Camera 8 MP
wide-angle lens
5 MP
Rear camera 20 MP
Auto-focus laser
13 MP
Auto-focus
Battery 3,100 mAh 3,100 mAh
Introductory price 1,999 Yuan 1,999 Yuan

On the software side, we will find Android 5.0 Lollipop customized with EMUI 3.1 and a personal assistant that functions similarly to that of Google Now. But, as usual, on prices that Honor is felt: in spite of the improved hardware and materials (metal frame and sapphire glass for the lens of the camera back), Honor 7 16 GB will cost 1,999 yuan and 2,199 Yuan respectively for single and dual-SIM version, while the 64 GB version with global connectivity will be priced at 2,499 Yuan.

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