At its press event earlier today, Huawei launched its Honor Band 5 fitness tracker alongside the Honor 9X lineup and the MateBook Pro laptop. A successor to the Honor Band 4 that was launched last year in China and earlier this year in India, the device is expected to give tough competition to the Mi Band 4 that was launched last month in China and reportedly shipped one million units globally within just 8 days.
The Honor Band 5 has been priced starting at 189 yuan (around Rs. 1,900), while the NFC version comes with a 219 yuan (around Rs. 2,200) price-tag. They’ll go on sale in China starting July 29. There’s no immediate word on when the device will be launched internationally, including in India, but we’ll definitely get to know more in the days ahead.
