Honor 7X Red Edition launched in India at Rs. 12,999

Honor 7X has been gaining a lot of traction in the smartphone market. And it has even been labeled as the "Best mid-range smartphone" that is available right now. While the device packs in good features at an affordable price and as the demand from the consumers seem to go up, Huawei's sub-brand Honor has decided to spice things up a bit with the product. Following its Chinese counterparts, Honor has announced a Red variant of Honor 7X.

Honor has launched the Limited Edition Red variant in India now. The smartphone is priced at Rs. 12,999 and the smartphone will be exclusively available via Amazon India. Honor 7X will now come in Gold, Black, Blue, and the new Red variants. The company hasn't provided any details as to when the device will be up for sale but at the time of writing this article registrations/subscriptions for the smartphone are open on the e-commerce site.

However, apart from the Red color rest of the features and specifications are said to be same as the standard version.

Honor 7X (review) comes with a 5.93-inch full-screen display with a resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels AND 18:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone is powered by 1.7GHz octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 659 processor paired with 4GB of RAM. The handset offers 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 256GB via microSD card. Moving on, Honor 7X sports a 16MP + 2MP primary camera on the rear and an 8-megapixel front shooter for selfies. The device runs on Android 7.0 and is powered by a 3340mAh nonremovable battery.

Top features of Honor 7X

The dual-SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone offers connectivity options like Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB OTG, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on board include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope. It measures 156.50 x 75.30 x 7.60 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 165.00 grams.
Meanwhile, Honor has just announced that it will be manufacturing Honor 7X in India.The company has partnered with US-based Flextronics (Flex) and the device will be made in Chennai. It will now carry the tag 'Made in India'.

Honor 7X in the U.S. has also found itself at the top of Amazon's bestsellers list and it seems that the smartphone is off to a successful start in the U.S.