“Honor’s next smartphone is expected to offer a display notch and dual rear cameras under Rs 10,000”
Honor has been enjoying success in India’s smartphone market lately. As per the recent market reports, the company entered the list of top five phone brands for the first time with a market share of 3.4 percent in Q1 2018 in the country. The brand is now said to be aiming to garner 10 percent market share in India by the end of 2019. Most recently, the phonemaker launched the Honor Play (review) in the subcontinent at a competitive pricing. Now 91mobiles has exclusively learned from its sources that Huawei’s sub-brand is planning to launch a new smartphone in the country to cater to the sub-Rs 10,000 segment.
According to our sources, Honor’s upcoming smartphone will be competing against the likes of the upcoming Realme 2 in the country. The handset is said to offer a notch above the screen and dual cameras at the rear. The phone will also artificial intelligence for cameras to improve your photos. That’ll make the forthcoming phone among the very few to offer a notch display and AI capabilities for imaging. To recall, Honor and Huawei’s smartphones come with Master AI mode in the camera app, which detects the scene being captured from over 19 categories to deliver an enhanced output.
The upcoming Honor smartphone is expected to replace the Honor 7A and 7C (review) in India. These smartphones are available in the country with a starting price of Rs 8,999, and were launched in the month of May this year. We should have more details about the soon-to-be-launched budget-centric offering from Honor in the coming days, so stay tuned.
