Honor has scheduled Tuesday,
21st of February for the launch of two phones: the Honor V9 and Honor 8 Lite. The blue
Honor 8 Lite was seen on TENAA’s website getting its network certification.
Actually two variants made it to TENAA. The blue
variant with model number WAS-AL00 which has full network support and a silver
variant with model number WAS-TL00 that works on China Mobile.
Configuration details of the Honor 8 Lite mentions a
5.2-inch full HD screen, a 2.1 GHz octa-core Kirin 655 processor, 4GB RAM, and
64GB ROM. There is a single 12MP camera and a fingerprint scanner on the rear
and an 8MP shooter in front. The Honor 8 Lite will have a 2,930 mAh battery and
ship with EMUI 5.0 based on Android 7.0.
Previous leaks had mentioned that the Honor 8 Lite
was going to have 3GB of RAM and 16GB of storage but the TENAA specifications
says otherwise. The phone is expected to be priced lesser than ¥ 2,000 (US$ 291).
It should also be available in black, gold, and pink.