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Honor launches Honor 5X and Honor Holly 2 Plus in India

Honor the e-brand for Huawei launched two new smartphones in India called the Honor 5X and Honor Holly 2 Plus. Honor 5X takes on the 5.5-inch smartphone market with its affordable price tag of ₹12,999. Honor Holly 2 Plus basically joins the league of MediaTek MT6753 SoC running launched this year including the Lenovo K4 Note and the Coolpad Note 3 Lite. Honor Holly 2 Plus is launched at the price of ₹8,499.

Honor 5X Specifications:

5.5-inch Full HD IPS display
Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 (MSM8939) CPU with Adreno 405 GPU
2GB RAM
16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
Dual SIM (micro + nano)
Android 5.1 Lollipop with EMUI 3.1
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture, 28mm wide-angle 5P lens
5MP front-facing camera, f/2.4 aperture, 22mm wide-angle lens, 1.4 micron pixel size
Fingerprint sensor, Box speakers with Smart PA audio chip
Supports 4G LTE
3000mAh battery

Honor Holly 2 Plus Specifications:

5-inch HD IPS display
1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU
2GB RAM
16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with MicroSD
Android 5.1 Lollipop with Emotion UI 3.1
Dual SIM (CDMA / 4G)
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture, OmniVision BSI sensor, 28mm wide-angle lens, 6P lens
5MP front-facing camera
Supports 4G LTE and USB OTG
4000mAh battery

Comparing these smartphones with the competitors, we feel the pricing to be a little on the higher side because Le1S is a perfect competitor for Honor 5X whereas Holly 2 Plus though having its USPs like CDMA support and 4000mAh battery might not be able to beat Coolpad Note 3 Lite at 6,999. When a mere 1000 bucks matter so much for the market, it clearly states that competition is very close.

The smartphones will be available at Flipkart and Amazon.in

We haven’t spent much time with the smartphone to draft a first impressions, so that will be coming soon when we have the smartphone for review.

Hans Gogia

Hans is a tech enthusiast and an Android fanboy who has been blogging for the past three years. He is an engineer by profession and loves to play with gadgets in his free time. He is currently using a OnePlus One as his daily driver probably running a custom ROM and few mods.