The budget segment in India has an overwhelming number of smartphones on offer, be it from the likes of Xiaomi, Asus, Realme or Honor, which has unveiled the Honor 8C in India. The Chinese giant is adding to the list with the launch of Honor 8C, a successor to the popular Honor 7C smartphone, on November 29.
Before diving into it, let’s take a quick look at the specs sheet for the Honor 8C:
Design and Display
Huawei kicked-off the era of beautifully crafted backs and its sister company Honor has since tread the same path, with the Honor 8C being the latest addition to their portfolio. And we absolutely love the shiny blue rear panel of our device, as seen below.
Though I’m growing wary of the extremely curved edges of the screen, the screen itself looks pretty good in the brief time I’ve spent with the Honor 8C. It can get quite bright, has good viewing angles and looks a bit saturated at times.
Hardware
Honor has stepped up their game in the hardware department, with the Honor 8C being powered by a Snapdragon 632 processor instead of a Snapdragon 400-series chipset, as was the case with its predecessor. It is the first device to be powered by this processor, that is coupled with up to 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage.
Software
One cannot really complain about the software as EMUI is one of the most feature-rich and powerful custom Android skins, sitting along Xiaomi’s MIUI. Honor 8C runs EMUI 8.2, which is based on Android 8.1 Oreo, and it’s quite responsive in my two-day experience.
We finally turn our attention to the cameras, where the placement and design aesthetics are the same as the Honor 8X. The Honor 8C packs a dual rear-camera system, with a primary 13MP (f/1.8) sensor and a secondary 2MP (f/2.4) depth sensor and a single 8MP selfie camera, with an f/2.0 aperture, on board.
