Honor 5A with 5.5-inch display, Android Marshmallow, 3100mAh battery announced

Huawei sub-brand Honor after launching the Honor V8 with dual rear camera setup last month, has now announced its latest budget smartphone, Honor 5A, successor of Honor 4A. The phone sports a plastic body with metallic frame and 3D patterns on the back. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Emotion 4.1 UI on top, and comes with dual-SIM slot and 4G VoLTE support.

The Honor 5A features a 5.5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display and is powered by either a 1.2GHz octa-core Kirin SoC w/ Mali 450 GPU (or) octa-core Snapdragon 617 SoC w/ Adreno 405 GPU. The phone packs 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage, which can be expanded via microSD card up to 128GB.

For photography, it gets 13-megapixel Sony/Omnivision rear camera with LED flash and f/2.0 aperture. For video calling and snapping selfies it rocks an 8-megapixel front camera with Sony/Hynix BSI sensor.

Connectivity duties are handled by 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. It is fueled by 3100mAh battery. Unfortunately it does not have a fingerprint scanner.

The Huawei Honor 5A comes in various versions priced at CNY 699 ($106 | Rs. 7,000) for the for standard version and costs CNY 799 ($120 | Rs. 8,000) for the carrier variant (China Unicom, China Telecom). The phone will be available for order starting today via vmall and will go on sale in China on June 17.

Honor 5A, Honor 5A Plus gets TENAA certification

Following the launch of Honor 5X in February 2016, Huawei is gearing up for the launch of two Honor phones called Honor 5A and Honor 5A Plus, successors of Honor 4A. Both the phones have been certified by China's telecom authority TENAA, revealing specifications and images.

According to TENAA, the Honor 5A carries the model number CUN-TL00 runs Android 5.1 Lollipop and come with 5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display, 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage (expandable), 13MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, 4G LTE w/ VoLTE and a 2200mAh battery.

The Honor 5A Plus on to other hand comes in two models, CAM-AL00 and CAM-CL00. As per TENAA, the Honor 5A Plus specs include a bigger 5.5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display, more powerful 1.8GHz octa-core processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage (expandable), 13MP rear camera, 8MP front camera, 3000mAh battery, and will run Android 5.1 Lollipop.

The Honor 5A and Honor 5A Plus will come in Black, White and Gold color options. There are no details on the launch date, but since the devices are certified by TENAA, an announcement can be expected soon. 

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