Huawei has launched its new smartphone, called the Honor 6A. The Huawei Honor 6A is a budget smartphone that features a full-metal unibody along with a fingerprint scanner. The smartphone comes in two variants - 2GB RAM with 16GB internal storage and 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage.


The Honor 6A is a dual-SIM smartphone with 4G LTE support that runs EMUI 5.1 based on Android 7.0 Nougat. It sports a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) display and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 SoC wherein four Cortex-A53 cores are clocked at 1.2GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores are clocked at 1.7GHz. For graphics, the device houses an Adreno 505 GPU. As mentioned before, there are two RAM and storage variants - 2GB RAM with 16GB inbuilt storage and 3GB RAM with 32GB inbuilt storage.
The storage is expandable via microSD card (up to
128GB).

The Honor 6A offers a 13-megapixel rear camera with a 28mm 5P lens with features like PDAF, full-HD video recording, and dual-LED flash.
On the front side, the smartphone has a 5-megapixel camera. Honor 6A comes with a fingerprint scanner below the camera at the back which the company claims will unlock the device in just 0.5 seconds.


Apart from 4G LTE support, the smartphone also comes with Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth (v4.1), GPS, and GLONASS. It packs a 3020mAh battery under the hood that is rated to deliver 12 hours of video playback or 57 hours of music playback on a single charge. It measures 143.7x70.95x8.2mm and weighs 143 grams.


Huawei Honor 6A detailed specifications


GENERAL:


Release date: May 2017

Form factor


Touchscreen


Dimensions (mm) 143.70x70.95x8.20


Weight (g) 143.00


Battery capacity (mAh) 3020


Removable battery: No


Colours: Gold, Silver, Blue, Pink


SAR value: NA


DISPLAY


Screen size (inches) 5.00


Touchscreen: Yes

Resolution 720x1280 pixels


HARDWARE

Processor 1.2GHz quad-core


Processor make: Qualcomm Snapdragon 430


RAM: 2GB Internal storage 16GB


Expandable storage: Yes


Expandable storage type: microSD


Expandable storage up to (GB) 128

CAMERA

Rear camera 13-megapixel


Flash: Yes

Front camera: 5-megapixel


SOFTWARE

Operating System: Android 7.0

Skin: EMUI 5.1


CONNECTIVITY


Wi-Fi: Yes

Wi-Fi standards supported 802.11 b/g/n

GPS: Yes

Bluetooth: Yes, v 4.10


NFC: No

Infrared: No

USB


OTG No


Headphones: Yes

FM: No


Number of SIMs: 2

SIM 1

SIM Type :Micro-SIM


GSM/CDMA
GSM

3G: Yes

4G/ LTE: Yes

Supports 4G in India (Band 40) No


SIM 2

SIM Type: Nano-SIM


GSM/CDMA

GSM

3G: Yes

4G/ LTE: Yes


Supports 4G in India (Band 40) No


SENSORS

Compass/ Magnetometer: No


Proximity sensor: Yes

Accelerometer: Yes

Ambient light sensor: Yes

Gyroscope: No


Barometer: No

Temperature sensor: No

STATUS
Announced: 2017, May


Launch & Availability: 2017, June 1st


PRICE:

Starting price in:

Nigeria, NG: N36,000

China, CN: CNY 799

India, IN: Rs. 7,500 (for the 2gb/16gb model)


However, the smartphone is priced at CNY 999 (roughly Rs. 9,400) for the 3GB/ 32GB model.


The smartphone will go on sale starting June 1 in China and it will be available on Vmall.com and JD.com. There is no word as to when the company will launch the smartphone in the global market.
The smartphone will be available in gold, silver, blue and pink color options.