News & Reviews:   Honor 8 pro announce

So this just came in, honor Malaysia will be releasing “an energetic smartphone” that was design in mind for the millennial and outgoing consumers. They are reallyyy keeping their mouth tight on this one, so we can only assume it’d be the Honor 8 Pro. Let’s see what else they have to say.  

Right on cue, Honor have officially and globally confirmed the Honor V9 (which was announced for China) as the Honor 8 Pro. We initially saw it a bit earlier with some hands-on pics but the tech specs have been confirmed to include a Kirin 960 processor, 6GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, a 5.7-inch 2K or 1440 x 2560 pixel resolution display and Android 7.0 + EMUI 5.1 right out of the box. It will also have 4G LTE, NFC, 12MP dual rear cameras (one of them being monochrome), 8MP front camera, an infrared universal remote controller, 3.5mm audio jack, USB Type C port and a hybrid Dual SIM slot. It will measure in at 157 x 77.5 x 6.97mm and 184g while still packing in a 4000 mAh battery.

We talked about the much rumoured Honor V9 as an international phone before, but that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore now that Huawei actually show us a new phone - Honor 8 Pro (which was also speculated as another code name) in their Russian counterpart with an official launch date 5 April 2017.

In case you didn’t know, it’s not uncommon for Chinese smartphone manufacturers to slap a different name on their phones for international release purpose. One good example is when Oppo released the F1 Plus as an international model, but it’s the same one as the R9. So today, it seems that the latest news is that the Honor V9 will have a name-change for international release.