Honor announced its new smartphone dubbed Honor X40i a few days ago, and now the company has officially launched the device in China. The Honor X40i smartphone, which is a successor to the Honor X30i launched last year, is now available for purchase in the Chinese market for the starting price of 1,599 yuan, which is approximately US$ 235.
The base model of the smartphone packs 8GB
RAM and 128GB internal storage, costing 1,599 yuan (US$ 235), while the 8GB RAM
and 256GB model costs 1,799 yuan (US$ 265). The top-end model with 12GB RAM and
256GB storage is priced at 1,999 yuan (US$ 295). It comes in four colors — Magic
Night Black, Mo Yuqing, Xingmeng Silver, and Rose Galaxy. The Honor X40i
features a 6.7-inch LTPS LCD display that supports a Full HD+ screen resolution
of 1080 x 2388 pixels and offers a screen-to-body ratio of 93.6 percent, a 90Hz
refresh rate, and comes packed with Honor’s self-developed screen-by-screen
color temperature calibration technology.
Under the hood, the device is powered by
the MediaTek Dimensity 700 processor, coupled with up to 12GB of RAM and up to
256GB of internal storage. The phone also supports up to 5GB of virtual RAM for
a performance boost. In the camera department, there’s a dual-camera setup on
the back that consists of a 50-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel depth
sensor. On the front side, it features an 8-megapixel snapper for taking
selfies and video calling.
The phone runs the Android 12 operating
system out-of-the-box with the company’s own Magic UI 6.1 custom interface on
top. It is powered by a 4,000mAh battery that comes with support for 40W fast
charging.
