Honor 5C with Kirin 650 SoC, 2GB RAM, 13MP camera announced

Huawei sub-brand Honor, has officially announced the Honor 5C in China, that will succeed the Honor 4C. The phone sports a premium metal unibody design and has a fingerprint scanner at the back, that can unclock the phone in 0.5 seconds.

The Honor 5C sports a 5.2-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels IPS LCD display and is powered by homegrown octa-core Kirin 650 processor backed by Mali-T830 GPU and 2GB RAM. On-board storage is 16GB, further expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB). It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow with EMUI 4.1 UI on top.

The camera department gets a 13-megapixel rear camera with an LED flash, f/2.0 aperture. For selfies and to make video calls, its gets an 8-megapixel front camera. Connectivity duties are handled by dual-SIM slots, 4G LTE (VoLTE included), 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 LE and GPS. It is fueled by 3000mAh battery.

The Honor 5C comes in 3G and 4G varaints, which are priced at CNY 899 ($140 | Rs. 9,000) and CNY 999 (Rs. 10,000) accordingly. It is now up for pre-order in China and will be available from May 5.