Honor 6X was launched in three variants in China back in October and since then speculations have been rife for its upcoming launch in India. Based on many rumors floating the internet, we had reported that the rear dual camera handset was likely to be launched on December 23. With the advent of the New Year, however, Honor has come up with a time frame for the 6X launch in India. According to the company, it will launch the much awaited device in India in late January. The company, however, refrained from giving an exact date.
The three variants that were launched in China in October were – 3GB RAM / 32GB inbuilt storage, 4GB RAM / 32GB inbuilt storage and 4GB RAM / 64GB inbuilt storage. They were priced at CNY 999 (approx INR 9,900), CNY 1,299 (approx INR 12,900), and CNY 1,599 (approx INR 15,800) respectively.
The other specifications of the Chinese variants are as follows: The device sports a 5.5-inch (1080×1920 pixels) full-HD IPS display along with 2.5D curved glass protection paired with a Kirin 655 octa-core (4 cores at 2.1GHz + 4 cores at 1.7GHz) SoC, and a hybrid dual-SIM card slot. The device also supports microSD cards up to 128 GB, in the second SIM card slot.