Honor 7X, 8 Pro, 9i, 6X Now Available With Discounts

Days after hitting the sales record of 40 million Honor X-series units, Huawei's Honor brand on Monday rolled out the 'Honor Blockbuster Days' to offer discounts on the Honor 7X, Honor 8 Pro, Honor 9i, and Honor 6X. The sale will run until January 12 on Amazon.in and Flipkart. The Chinese company has also unveiled a new variant of the Honor 7X - a limited edition Red colour option - that is set to arrive in India soon, the firm confirmed.

The Honor Blockbuster Days sale has brought the Honor 7X with no-cost EMI option for up to 12 months on Amazon.in. The Honor 8 Pro, on the other hand, can be grabbed under the sale from Amazon.in and Flipkart with a discount of Rs. 4,000. The Honor 6X is also available for purchase through Amazon.in and Flipkart with Rs. 2,000 discount. Besides, the Honor 9i is listed on Flipkart with a discount of Rs. 2,000 in addition to an exchange offer. Customers can get up to Rs. 17,000 off in exchange for their old s7 edge screen .

Alongside the discounted prices under the new sale, the Honor 7X has received the limited-edition Red colour variant. The new variant will be available in select markets, including the United States, Russia, India, and Western Europe (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain). The company will bring only 20,000 units of the Red Honor 7X, however, its availability details are yet to emerge.

Honor has partnered with headphone manufacturer Monster to give away the Red co-branded Honor-Monster AM15 headphones alongside the Honor 7X Red. The headphone bundling is limited for the first 100 customers.

Launched in December, the Honor 7X comes in two storage options - 32GB and 64GB. The 32GB Honor 7X is priced at Rs. 12,999, whereas the 64GB variant comes with a price tag of Rs. 15,999. The dual-SIM (Nano) smartphone runs Android 7.0 Nougat-based EMUI 5.1 and features a 5.93-inch full-HD+ (1080x2160 pixels) IPS display. It is powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 659 octa-core SoC, paired with 4GB of RAM. The handset has a dual camera setup on the back with 16-megapixel and 2-megapixel image sensors and LED flash. On the front, there is an 8-megapixel camera.

The Honor 7X comes with expandable storage option via microSD card (up to 256GB) in a hybrid dual-SIM configuration. It has 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.1, GPS/ A-GPS, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and Micro-USB port. Besides, the samsung s7 edge glass replacement packs a 3340mAh battery.

Samsung Galaxy A8 Plus Will Launch India on January 10

Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) India launch is round the corner, what with Amazon setting up a dedicated page for the handset a day ago. Now, Samsung has sent invites for an event it will host next week in India, which the company is calling “the year’s first big innovation.” This invite pretty much confirms the fact the Galaxy A8+ (2018) launch event will be held on Wednesday, January 10 in New Delhi. The handset’s USPs are the Infinity Display design, water- and dust-resistant body, and up to 6GB RAM. Going by the dedicated micro-site, the upcoming model will be an Amazon-exclusive in the country.

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) has a 6-inch full-HD+ (1080x2220 pixel) Super AMOLED display and the flagship Infinity Display design with 18.5:9 aspect ratio seen in last year’s flagship wholesale Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge LCD screen . It is powered by an octa-core processor with two 2.2GHz cores and six 1.6GHz cores. On the back of the smartphone is a 16-megapixel camera with f/1.7 aperture and PDAF, while the front features a dual camera setup with 16-megapixel and 8-megapixel sensors, both with f/1.9 aperture.

The Android 7.1.1 Nougat-based smartphone comes in two configurations, 4GB RAM and 32GB inbuilt storage and 6GB RAM and 64GB inbuilt storage, and both support microSD cards of up to 256GB capacity. The 3500mAh battery of the Galaxy A8+ (2018) supports fast-charging, and the connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0 and LE, NFC, USB Type-C, GPS, and GLONASS. The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge display measures 159.9x75.7x8.3mm and weighs 191 grams. It also features MST for Samsung Pay-based mobile payments.

Its smaller sibling Galaxy A8 (2018) is largely the same, but features a 5.6-inch display, 3000mAh battery, and comes with only 4GB RAM. Its dimensions are 149.2x70.6x8.4mm, and the weight is 172 grams.

As for the price, Galaxy A8+ (2018) costs VND 13,490,000 in Vietnam, which roughly translates to Rs. 38,040. This will put the handset in the vicinity of the popular OnePlus 5T as well as the likes of Nokia 8 and LG G6. Similarly, the Galaxy A8 (2018) is priced at VND 10,990,000 (Rs. 30,980).

Everything about LG G7 Rumors

When talking about underrated phones from 2017, it's almost impossible to not mention the LG G6. LG made a huge comeback following the disaster that was the G5, but devices like the Samsung Galaxy S8 simply ate the G6 for breakfast and didn't leave it with much of a fighting chance to stand out from the crowd.

LG needs a winner this year with the G6's successor, and although details aren't quite as abundant as they are for the Galaxy S9, there are still a few solid rumors floating around that have us excited for what LG will release in 2018.

Without further ado, here's everything we know about LG's successor to the G6.

It won't be called the LG G7

If you noticed that we've refrained from actually saying "LG G7" so far, there's a reason for that. A report popped up on January 3 indicating that LG will be ditching its G-series branding in favor of something else for a phone that'll be released in "the first half" of the year.

We're expecting this rebranding to make its debut with what would have been called the G7, and while the phone in question will be the sequel to the G6, it'll have a much different name. LG is supposedly playing around with the idea of having the wholesale Samsung Galaxy S6 LCD screen launch with two digits in its name so that customers don't think it's outdated compared to the likes of the Galaxy S9 and iPhone X, but this could also change by the time the phone's released.

We'll refer to the G6's successor as the G7 throughout the rest of this article, but just know that it'll be called something else at release time.

The phone should be powered by the Snapdragon 845

As great as the G6 was, one of the main reasons you might have been inclined to choose the Galaxy S8 over it was because of the processor it shipped with. The G6 launched with the Snapdragon 821, and while the 821 was a perfectly fast CPU, the S8 launched just a few weeks later with the much newer 835.

This year, however, we aren't expecting LG to make the same mistake. A report from The Investor last May said that LG would be partnering with Qualcomm to release the G7 with its Snapdragon 845 processor, and towards the end of December, a list was found showing that the G7 would launch with the 845 in February.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 is a big improvement compared to the 835, offering speed improvements, better camera performance, faster cellular speed, and a lot more. If LG can get this inside the G7, that'll put it on a much more level playing field than what we saw with the G6 and S8 last year.

A curved OLED display with slim bezels

The LG V30.

LG was one of the first companies to market with a near bezel-less phone, but Samsung's curved glass and AMOLED technology outshined the G6's flat design and use of an LED panel. LG took a few notes from good old Sammy later in the year with the V30 and finally adopted curved sides and used its own OLED display tech. Curved screens and OLED displays are what we've sort of come to expect in flagship Samsung Galaxy S6 display these days, and that's likely what we'll see with the G7.

The OLED technology used on the V30 wasn't the best we've ever seen, but it was still a huge improvement from the last time LG toyed with OLED on the G Flex 2 back in 2015. In addition to offering deeper blacks and more contrasty colors, OLED on the G7 would also allow it to use Google's Daydream VR platform (something the G6 didn't support).

Huawei CES 2018 press conference: How to watch it

Like many major tech players, Huawei is attending CES 2018.

The company will hold a press conference and help kick off the massive consumer electronics trade show with a one-hour keynote address. Chengdong Richard Yu, Huawei's chief executive officer, plans to take the stage to share "Huawei's Samsung Galaxy S5 repair parts on future connectivity and strategy in artificial intelligence, IoT, and new smart devices".

Here are the details on how to watch the event live.

When is the Huawei CES 2018 press conference?

Huawei’s press conference at this year’s CES will be held on 9 January 2018 (Tuesday) from 2pm to 3pm PST at the Palazzo Ballroom. The press conference is open to the media, though Huawei will also live-stream the show all around the globe for others to watch. Here are the different local times:

Can I watch the Huawei CES 2018 press conference online?

Huawei has suggested it'll live-stream its CES 2018 keynote, though it hasn't said yet where we can find the stream. We expect to host the live-stream once it's available. In the meantime, keep your eyes on the company's Twitter profile.

What can you expect at the Huawei CES 2018 press conference?

Huawei launched the Mate 9 Pro at CES 2017, which was 99 per cent the Porsche Design version of the Mate 9 - but without the hefty price tag. We've already seen the Mate 10 Pro launch in 2017, so it's not clear what Huawei might use CES 2018 to unveil. It is, however, suggesting on Twitter that it'll discuss the Samsung Galaxy S5 LCD screen replacement .

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 gets a price cut of Rs 3,000

Xiaomi launched its first bezel-less flagship device, the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 in India at Rs 35,999 in November last year. Now the Samsung Galaxy S4 parts has reportedly received a price cut of Rs 3,000 and available at Rs 32,999 via offline retailers. However, whether the price cut is permanent or it is for a certain period is not confirmed at the moment. Various reports say that the discount is not permanent, and the smartphone will be available at the discounted price only till January 5.

The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 comes features a metal chassis with the ceramic rear body and comes with a 5.99-inch (2160 x 1080) Super AMOLED with an 18:9 full-screen display and a bezel-less display. It is powered by 2.45 GHz octa-core Snapdragon 835 64-bit processor coupled with 6GB RAM and 128 internal storage along with Adreno 540 GPU. The dual-SIM Samsung Galaxy S4 spare parts runs on Android 7.1 Nougat operating with MIUI 9 and has a non-removable 3400 mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0 technology.

It offers a 12-megapixel autofocus rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, Sony IMX386 sensor, 4-axis OIS, f/2.0 aperture, 5P lens, PDAF, HDR. On the right of the lens is a dual LED flash and below it is a fingerprint scanner. For the front, there is a 5-megapixel camera that supports face recognition and also has autofocus.