Honor 10 Lite expected to launch in India in January starting at about Rs 15,000

Huawei’s sub-brand Honor had **launched** a lighter version of its flagship **Honor 10** smartphone — the Honor 10 Lite in November last year. The device is now reportedly going to make its way to the Indian markets in January itself. The company has also teased a smartphone on Flipkart, which will be unveiled tomorrow, on 8 January. It isn’t clear which smartphone it’s going to be. Some reports suggest that it is the Honor 10 Lite — but the teased device has a dual camera setup on the front, which is not the case with the Honor 10 Lite. Honor 10 Lite is **expected** to launch alongside the View 20 in India on 29 January. The Honor 10 Lite was announced in three variants. There is a 4 GB RAM variant which is priced at CNY 1,399 (about Rs 14,500), a 6 GB of RAM variant with 64 GB storage option that costs CNY 1,699 (about Rs 17,000) and finally, there is another 6 GB RAM model that comes with 128 GB of internal storage and is priced at CNY 1,899 (about Rs 19,500). The phone comes in four color options — Gradient Red, Gradient Blue, Magic Night Black and Lily Valley White. [caption id=“attachment_5849031” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Honor 10 Lite. Image: Honor China[/caption]

Honor 10 Lite Specifications

In terms of specifications, the Honor 10 Lite (Chinese variant) features a 6.21-inch IPS LCD Full HD Plus display with a 2280x1080 pixels resolution. The smartphone’s display has a 19:9 aspect ratio and about 90 percent screen-to-body ratio. Under the hood, the device is powered by a Kirin 710 chipset that claims to offers a significant improvement in power efficiency and performance as compared to the previous generation chipset. In terms of optics, the smartphone sports a dual-camera setup at the back, which is a combination of a 13 MP primary sensor and a 2 MP secondary sensor stacked vertically. Up front is a 24 MP camera with AI support. Connectivity options on the device include Dual SIM, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, Bluetooth v5.0 LE and micro USB 2.0. The phone runs Android 9 Pie out-of-the-box with the company’s own custom interface EMUI 9 on top. Fuelling the device is a 3,400 mAh battery.