Huawei’s latest flagship phone is pretty affordable

Jul 21, 2015 07:19 GMT  ·  By

Not so long ago, Huawei unveiled is latest top-tier smartphone, the Honor 7. The announcement was made in China, and one week after its launch, the company revealed that the Honor 7 had already achieved an outstanding 9 million pre-orders in the country.

The accomplishment makes the Honor 7 the first smartphone in this series to generate such hype in such a short time. And if you too have been eyeing Huawei’s new smartphone but you are not a resident of China, we have good news for you today.

It appears that OppoMart, an online retail location that usually sells China-made devices, is currently offering Huawei’s latest and greatest. The 16GB model sells for $322 / €297, which is quite affordable, and the handset ships internationally.

Bear in mind that the Huawei Honor 7 doesn’t officially sell outside of China, but thanks to OppoMart, customers anywhere in the world can now get their hands on the flagship device.

Specs of Huawei's latest Honor 7 flagship

The Huawei Honor 7 variant that can be ordered via the online retailer supports LTE band 1 and 3, which means it is compatible with LTE networks in some European and Asian countries, but not in North America. Bummer.

For those of you who have forgotten what the Honor 7 is all about, we’re going to take this opportunity to remind you that the smartphone arrives with the Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system right out of the box, along with Emotion UI 3.1 on top.

The high-end Android handset is equipped with a HiSilicone Kirin 935 octa-core processor clocked at 2.2GHz, which is completed by a Mali-T628 graphics processor unit and 3GB of RAM.

The device comes packed with either 16GB or 64GB of internal memory, which can be further expanded up to 128GB via microSD card slot.

The Huawei Honor 7 also sports a 5.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display that supports full HD (1080p) resolution. It also arrives with a 20MP main camera with phase detection autofocus, dual-LED flash and video recording, as well as a secondary 8MP camera in the front.

You should bear in mind that Huawei plans to officially unleash the Honor 7 on the old continent later this year. No word on when the Honor 7 will be making its way to North America though.

Huawei Honor 7 (5 Images)

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