Honor 8 Lite launched with 5.2-inch display and Kirin 655 processor
Honor 8 Lite is a low-powered variant of Honor 8 smartphone
Honor 8 Lite, the cheaper and slightly low-powered variant of Honor 8 smartphone has been launched in Finland. The smartphone appeared in the form of renders before and has specifications similar to that of 2017 Huawei P8 Lite. The smartphone features metal and glass design and will be available in black, white, blue and gold colour options.
Honor 8 Lite comes with a 5.2-inch Full HD LTPS display and is powered by company's very own HiSilicon Kirin 655 processor. The processor is same as the one found under the hood of Honor 6X smartphone. The smartphone is aided by 3GB RAM and 16GB internal storage as opposed to 4GB RAM and 32GB storage found on Honor 8.
Honor 8 Lite also drops the dual rear camera setup found on Honor 8 in favour of a single 12MP rear camera. The rear camera comes with an aperture of f/2.2 and supports phase detection autofocus. There is also an 8MP front camera for selfies.
Honor 8 Lite sports a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and houses a 3000mAh battery. The smartphone runs EMUI 5.0 based on Android 7.0 Nougat. According to Finnish site SuomiMobiili, the smartphone is available for pre-order in Finland for €269 and will go on sale from February 17. The handset will only be available in Black and White colour variants while Gold and Blue options will hit shelves at the end of March.