Week 16, 2018 launch round-up: Moto E5 Plus, Moto G6 Plus, Honor 10, Eluga I7 and more
Last week, we again saw several notable smartphone launches in the market.
Last week, we again saw several notable smartphone launches in the market. And some of them were highly-anticipated devices that many people were waiting to see. Brands like Motorola, Honor, Vivo, and many other brands have been busy and were on a launch spree this past week.

Lenovo-owned Motorola launched its Moto G6 series of smartphones; Moto G6, Moto G6 Plus and Moto G6 Play. Along with the Moto G6 lineup, the company also unveiled the budget-centric Moto E5 lineup that includes the Moto E5, Moto E5 Plus and Moto E5 Play.
The Indian market witnessed the launch of Vivo V9 Youth and Panasonic Eluga I7.
Here's the weekly round-up of all the smartphones.
Vivo V9 Youth
- 6.3-inch (2280 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:9 IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
- 4GB RAM
- 32GB internal memory
- expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
- Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
- Funtouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
- 16MP rear camera with LED flash, secondary 2MP camera
- 16MP front-facing camera with soft LED flash
- 4G VoLTE
- 3260mAh battery
Motorola Moto G6
- 5.7-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 IPS display
- 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
- 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage
- 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage
- expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 8.0 (Oreo)
- Single / Dual SIM
- 12MP rear camera with LED Flash, 5MP secondary rear camera
- 16MP front-facing camera with LED flash
- Fingerprint sensor
- P2i water-repellent nano coating
- 4G VoLTE
- 3000mAh battery with Turbo charging
Moto G6 Plus
- 5.93-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 IPS display
- 2.2 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 508 GPU
- 6GB / 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage
- expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
- Android 8.0 (Oreo)
- Single / Dual SIM
- 12MP rear camera with LED Flash and 5MP secondary rear camera
- 8MP front-facing camera with LED flash
- Fingerprint sensor
- 4G VoLTE
- 3200mAh battery with Turbo charging
Motorola Moto G6 Play
- 5.7-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 IPS display
- 1.4GHz Octa-Core 64-bit Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) Mobile Platform with Adreno 505 GPU
- 2GB RAM with 16GB internal storage
- 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage
- expandable memory with microSD
- Android 8.0 (Oreo)
- Single / Dual SIM
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, PDAF,f/2.0 aperture
- 8MP front-facing camera with LED flash
- 4G VoLTE
- 4000mAh battery with Turbo charging
Motorola Moto E5
- 5.7-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 IPS display
- 1.4GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 425 Mobile Platform with Adreno 308 GPU
- 2GB RAM with 16GB internal storage
- expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 8.0 (Oreo)
- Single / Dual SIM
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash
- 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash
- 4G VoLTE
- 4000mAh battery with fast charging
Motorola Moto E5 Plus
- 5.99-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 IPS display
- 1.4GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 425 Mobile Platform with Adreno 308 GPU
- 2GB RAM with 16GB internal storage
- 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage
- expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 8.0 (Oreo)
- Single / Dual SIM
- 12MP rear camera with LED Flash
- 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash
- 4G VoLTE
- 5000mAh battery with fast charging
Motorola Moto E5 Play
- 5.2-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) HD IPS display
- 1.4GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 425 / 427 Mobile Platform with Adreno 308 GPU
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB internal storage
- expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 8.0 (Oreo)
- Single / Dual SIM
- Water repellent coating (p2i)
- 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture, 1.12um pixels
- 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash
- 4G VoLTE
- 2800mAh battery
Honor Magic Book
Key Specs
- 14-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with 800:1 contrast, 250 nits brightness
- 8th Gen Intel Core i5-8250U (3.4GHz) / i7-8550U processor (4GHz) with 2GB DDR5 NVIDIA GeForce MX150 GPU
- 8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD
- Windows 10 Home
- 1MP HD webcam, built-in dual digital microphones
- WiFi 802.11ac 2×2 (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1
- 3.5mm audio jack, microphone combo, 4 speakers, Dolby Atmos
- 57.4Wh battery with up to 12h of local video playback
Panasonic Eluga I7
Key Specs
- 5.45-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
- 1.3GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6737H 64-bit processor with with Mali-T720 GPU
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB storage
- expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 7.0 (Nougat)
- Dual SIM
- 8MP rear camera with LED Flash
- 8MP front-facing camera with LED flash
- 4G VoLTE
- 4000mAh battery
Nubia Red Magic Gaming phone
- 6-inch (2160 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 display with 85% NTSC color gamut
- 2.45GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 64-bit 10nm processor with Adreno 540 GPU
- 6GB RAM with 64GB internal storage / 8GB RAM with 128GB internal storage
- Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Nubia Red Magic OS
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 24MP rear camera
- 8MP front-facing camera
- 4G VoLTE
- 3800mAh battery with fast charging
Smartron tphone P
Key Specs
- 5.2-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD 2.5D curved glass display
- 1.4GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 processor with Adreno 505 GPU
- 3GB RAM
- 32GB internal memory
- expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD)
- 13MP rear camera
- 5MP front-facing camera
- 4G VoLTE
- 5000mAh battery
Tecno Camon i Sky
- 5.45-inch (960 x 480 pixels) FWVGA+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
- 1.28GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6739 64-bit processor with PowerVR Rogue GE8100 GP
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB internal memory
- expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Dual SIM
- Android 8.1 (Oreo) with HiOS
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture
- 8MP front-facing camera with LED flash
- 4G VoLTE
- 3050mAh battery
Honor 10
Key Specs
- 5.84-inch ( 2240 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ LCD 2.5D curved glass display with 96% NTSC Color gamut
- Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 970 (4 x 2.4 GHz A73+ 4 x 1.8 GHz A53) 10nm processor with Mali-G72 MP12 GPU
- 6GB RAM with 64GB / 128GB internal storage
- Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.1
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 16MP (RGB) primary camera and secondary 24MP (Monochrome) rear camera
- 24MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
- Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- Dual 4G VoLTE
- 3400mAh (typical) / 3320mAh (minimum) battery with fast charging
ASUS ROG GL503 and GX501 Gaming
Key Specs
- 15.6-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) LED Backlit TN Anti-glare Display, 120Hz, 3ms, 94% NTSC
- Intel Core i7-8750H(8th Gen) processor, 2.2 GHz with Turbo Boost Upto 4.1 GHz, 4GB GDDR5 NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050 Ti Graphics
- 16GB DDR4 2666MHz SDRAM, 256GB SATA M.2 SSD and 1TB SATA 5400rmp 2.5″ HDD, SD Card Reader
- Windows 10 Home
- WiFi 802.11ac 2×2, Bluetooth 4.1, 1 x USB 2.0 Type A, 3 x USB 3.1 Type A (1st Gen), 1 x USB 3.1 Type C (2nd Gen) with Thunderbolt 3 , 1 x HDMI Port (v1.4)
- 3.5mm headphone and mic combo jack
- 4 Cells 64 Whrs Battery
ASUS ROG Zenphyrus Edition GX501GI-EI004T
Key Specs
- 15.6-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) LED Backlit IPS Anti-glare Display with NVIDIA G-Sync Support, 144Hz, 100% sRGB
- Intel Core i7-8750H (8th Gen) processor, 2.2 GHz with Turbo Boost Upto 4.1 GHz, 8GB GDDR5X NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1080 (Max-Q) Graphics
- VR Ready, ROG Active Aerodynamic System (AAS)
- 24GB DDR4 2666MHz SDRAM, 1TB M2. NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD
- Windows 10 Home
- WiFi 802.11ac 2×2, Bluetooth 5
- 3.5mm headphone and mic combo jack, 2 x 2W Speakers with Smart AMP technology, Sonic Studio and Sonic Radar, Array microphone
- 4 Cell Li-ion Battery
InFocus Vision 3 PRO
- 5.7-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) 18:9 HD+ on-cell 2.5D curved tempered glass display
- Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 (4 x 1.5GHz A53 + 4 x 1.0GHz A53) processor with Mali T860 GPU
- 4GB RAM
- 64GB internal memory
- expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD)
- Android 7.0 (Nougat)
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, PDAF, secondary 8MP camera
- 13MP front-facing camera
- 4G VoLTE
- 4000mAh battery
Panasonic P101
- 5.45-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) HD+ 2.5D curved glass display
- 1.25 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB internal storage
- expandable memory with up to 128GB microSD
- Android 7.1 (Nougat)
- 8MP rear camera with LED flash
- 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash
- Dimensions: 148.8x72x9.1mm; Weight: 145g
- 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
- 2500mAh battery
Oppo F7 Diamond Black Edition
Key Specs
- 6.23-inch (2280 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:9 IPS display
- Octa Core MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor (Quad 2GHz Cortex A73 + Quad 2GHz Cortex A53 CPUs) with 800MHz ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU
- 4GB RAM with 64GB internal memory
- 6GB RAM with 128GB storage
- expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
- Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
- ColorOS 5.0 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
- 16MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.8 aperture
- 25MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture, HDR, Sony IMX576 sensor
- Fingerprint sensor
- Dual 4G VoLTE
- 3400mAh (typical) / 3300mAh (minimum) battery
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium
- 5.8-inch (2160 x 3840 pixels) Triluminos HDR Display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
- Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU
- 6GB RAM
- 64GB internal memory
- expandable memory up to 400GB via microSD card
- Android 8.0 (Oreo)
- Single / Dual SIM
- Water Resistant (IP65/IP68)
- 19MP rear camera and secondary 12MP (Monochrome) camera
- 13MP front-facing camera
- 4G VoLTE
- 3540 mAh Battery with Qnovo Adaptive Charging technology, Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, Qi Wireless charging
Infinix Hot S3 Topaz Blue
- 5.65-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) HD+ 2.5D curved glass display with 18:9 aspect ratio
- Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 ( 4 x 1.2 GHz Cortex A53 + 4 x 1.5 GHz Cortex A53) Mobile Platform with Adreno 505 GPU
- 4GB RAM with 64GB storage / 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage
- expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 8.0 (Oreo)
- Dual SIM
- 13MP rear camera with Dual LED Flash
- 20MP front-facing camera with dual LED flash, f/2.0 aperture
- Fingerprint sensor
- 4G VoLTE
- 4000mAh battery
ZTE nubia Red Magic
- 6-inch (2160 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 display with 85% NTSC color gamut
- 2.45GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 64-bit 10nm processor with Adreno 540 GPU
- 6GB RAM with 64GB internal storage / 8GB RAM with 128GB internal storage
- Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Nubia Red Magic OS
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 24MP rear camera
- 8MP front-facing camera
- Fingerprint sensor
- 4G VoLTE
- 3800mAh battery with fast charging


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