Huawei Honor 5X Brings Fingerprint Technology to the Budget Market 1

Huawei Honor 5X Brings Fingerprint Technology to the Budget Market

Huawei announced a brand new smartphone this week called the Huawei Honor 5X. The brand is still relatively unknown, but it got a huge boost with the launch of the Huawei Nexus 6P, launched by Google in October. The new Honor 5x brings a premium design and fingerprint scanner technology to the budget market.

During its annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Huawei concluded last night by announcing one more device, the Honor 5X. The goal is to offer an unlocked and versatile premium looking Android smartphone for those on a budget. Going after the Moto G and ASUS ZenFone series.

Not to be confused with Google and LG’s own Nexus 5X announced in September, the new Huawei Honor 5X is a completely different phone, but it offers some similar features at a much lower price point. Those who want a great smartphone but can’t afford a $600 device, read on for more details.

Huawei has a lot to offer the new Honor 5x at a relatively low price. The phone has a 5.5 inch 1920 x 1080p Full HD LCD display of similar size to the LG G4. It is powered by a Snapdragon 615 processor with 8 cores and 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage and has a micro SD slot for users to add additional storage for apps, movies and games.

Other features include a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner for enhanced security and mobile payments, a 13-megapixel rear and 5-megapixel front camera setup, Android 5.1 Lollipop (no Marshmallow yet), all powered by a sizable 3,000mAh battery.

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As for the design, users will notice that it comes with an all-aluminum or metal frame with a ceramic coating. The base model comes in Gold, but Huawei will also offer it in Aluminum Silver and Grey. It may not be the best phone on the market, but with these features and features it offers more than the Moto G, its specs are similar to the LG G4 and it’s only $199. It supports full US 4G LTE bands like AT&T and T-Mobile.

The new Huawei Honor 5X is available for pre-order today at a wallet-friendly price of just $199 and will begin shipping from popular online retailers such as: Amazon and new egg on January 31st.

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