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Honor 8C with Snapdragon 632, AI Backed Camera, 4,000mAh battery, Launched in India, Specifications and Price

Honor 8C

Honor 8C was first lauched in China last month. Now, Honor 8C has been launched in India. The new budget smartphone by the Huawei's sub-brand Honor features a 19:9 display panel with a traditional notch. It is also powered by an all-new Snapdragon 632 SoC. The smartphone has a face unlock feature that uses the frontal camera sensor along with an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to recognise facial features of users. Gradient colour options are also available on the Honor 8C that brings it against other Honor smartphone.

Honor 8C Specifications

The Honor 8C runs EMUI 8.2 based on Android 8.1 Oreo and features a 6.26-inch HD+ (720x1520 pixels) TFT IPS LCD panel with a 19:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, there is an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 SoC, coupled with Adreno 506 GPU. It has 4GB of RAM. The Honor 8C has 32GB and 64GB of onboard storage options that both are expandable upto 256GB via microSD card.
In the camera department, the smartphone sports a dual rear camera setup that includes a 13-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel secondary sensor, paired with an LED flash. For selfies, the smartphone has an 8-megapixel camera at the front that has a fixed focus lens with an f/2.0 aperture and a selfie toning light.

There is an AI-backed camera app to support the given hardware. The app is touted to recognise over 500 scenarios in 22 different categories and optimises settings. Further, the Honor 8C comes with HDR support to improve photo quality and an Artificial lens feature. Honor has also provided an AI Shipping feature that detects the object and searches for a similar item or its alternative online using the built-in NPU.
In terms of connectivity, the smartphone support dual-SIM (Nano) 4G VoLTE, single-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.2LE with aptX, GPS/ A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, a Micro-USB port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Sensors onboard include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, electronic compass, fingerprint sensor, and proximity sensor. The smartphone also packs a 4,000mAh battery that supports 5V/2A (10W) charging. The smartphone measurements are 158.72x75.94x7.98mm and wieghs 167.2 grams.

Honor 8C Price in India

Honor 8C price in India has been set at Rs. 11,999 for the base 4GB/ 32GB storage variant, while it's 64 GB storage variant is priced at Rs. 12,999. Both variants come in Aurora Blue, Magic Night Black, Platinum Gold and Nebula Purple colour options. The Honor 8C will go on sale in the country exclusively through Amazon India and HiHonor Store starting December 10.

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