Huawei of China has claimed that its newly launched Honor 6 smartphone has surpassed over ten thousand units sold in first 48 hours through Flipkart. Honor is Huawei’s online brand & two key Honor devices – Honor 6 smartphone & Honor T1 tablet were announced in India on 29th Sept, 2014. The Honor 6 is priced at Rs. 19,999.
Since its commercial debut on October 6, the phone is estimated to be selling at 3-4 units per minute during the first 48 hours. Huawei & Flipkart announced this tie-up at the onset of the festive season & Honor 6 was made available for sale on the “The Big Billion Day” with the objective to reach out to maximum customers pan India.
Honor 6 has made a new record for Huawei by generating sales faster than any of its predecessors in India with a whopping sales numbers. This is a remarkable achievement for Huawei as the device has seen an overwhelming response from consumers across the country.
Not only in India, Honor 6 has also received tremendous response in China. According to Huawei, they have sold 2.5M units in 3 months in China and maintains as one of the best selling phone at jd.com, the biggest B2C website in China. The brand also created a history by becoming the first Chinese brand to enter the Top 100 Best Global Brands report by Interbrand.
The Honor 6 smartphone sports a 5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) with a pixel density of 445ppi with Corning Gorilla glass protection, and is powered by Huawei’s octa-core Hi Silicon Kirin 920 processor, with Mali T628 GPU. This smartphon has massive 3GB of RAM and comes with expandable 16GB ROM.
The Honor 6 is also equipped with a 13MP rear camera with dual LED flash, BSI sensor, and f2.0 aperture, and for the selfie enthusiasts, the company has provided a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. This smartphone is fuelled by powerful 3100mAh battery. For connectivity options, the Honor 6 provides support for Wi-Fi, GPS/A-GPS, GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth 4.0, 4G LTE and 3G.
The Honor 6 is a single SIM device and runs on Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS with Huawei’s Emotion UI 2.3.
Expressing happiness on a remarkable beginning, Mr. Allen Wang, President, Consumer Business Group India, said, “We were pretty excited to launch our flagship device Honor6 in India. We were confident of the product as it offers best features and tech specs vis-à-vis other devices in the Rs. 30-40K price bracket. It is a moment of extreme delight for Huawei and a great start of our partnership with Flipkart. We are hopeful to do even better in the times to come.
