Former Huawei subsidiary Honor returned to the Indian market in September with the launch of the Honor 90 5G via Madhav Sheth’s HTech. Now, HTech is looking to expand its product portfolio in India. In a recent media interview, company CEO Madhav Sheth revealed Honor’s intention to launch a foldable phone in the first half of next year. He also reportedly said that the next Honor smartphone is likely to be launched by the end of this year.
in one Interview With Financial Express, Madhav Sheth revealed that HTech’s next smartphone launch will likely happen before the end of this year. He also confirmed that the company is hoping to bring at least one foldable handset to India by the first half of 2024. Additionally, Sheth said Htech aims to start local manufacturing internally by early next year and shift most of the company’s portfolio to India. Production. He said that Honor is in talks with three partners and the contract will be signed soon.
Honor’s book-style foldable smartphones like the Honor Magic Vs and Honor Magic V2 are mostly limited to China. The launch of Honor’s foldable handset will provide new competition to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 5, Oppo Find N3 Flip, Google Pixel Fold and Tecno Phantom V Flip in India.
The launch of Honor 90 last month marked Honor’s re-entry into the smartphone segment in India after a gap of three years. Honor withdrew its operations from India in 2020.
Honor 90 5G price in India starts from Rs. The 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant is priced at Rs 37,999, while the 12GB RAM + 512GB storage model is priced at Rs. 39,999. It has been introduced in Diamond Silver, Emerald Green and Midnight Black colors.
The Honor 90 5G features a 6.7-inch full-HD+ (1,200 x 2,664 pixels) AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 120Hz. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoC Accelerated Edition with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 inbuilt storage. It has a triple rear camera unit, which houses a 200-megapixel primary sensor, 12-megapixel ultra-wide and macro cameras, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. It has a 50-megapixel sensor for selfies and video calls. It is powered by a 5,000mAh battery with 66W wired fast charging support.
