Huawei Honor Lands in Malaysia – Latest Smartphone with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich capabilities

Huawei Honor packs a punch with its 16M true colour HD display and two-day battery life, the longest in its class

Kuala Lumpur, 20th January, 2012 – Huawei today officially announced the availability of its latest smartphone in Malaysia; the Huawei Honor. The much anticipated Honor is an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-ready smartphone that features a 16M 16:9 true color high-definition (HD) 4-inch FWVGA capacitive touch screen.

Powered by a 1,930 mAh battery, Honor frees consumers from the inconvenience of searching for an electricity source, allowing them to share and connect for up to two days on a single charge – the longest battery life among smartphones in the 4-inch screen range. With a 1.4 GHz processor, an 8-megapixel HDR -enabled camera and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera, Honor is a powerhouse in a sleek 10.9 mm-thin body and weighs just 140g.
“Huawei Honor encapsulates the Huawei brand – it features simple-to-use, advanced technology that allows people to share and connect easily. Honor provides a package of features that elevates the smartphone user experience, including an ultra-long battery life, so critical to the performance of smartphones but yet is often downplayed,” said Victor Xu, chief marketing officer of Huawei Device. “Consumers now have a high-performing smartphone that lets them communicate, connect, entertain and share content for an extended period of time without compromising on looks, technology or style.”Honor comes with an exclusive Huawei user interface which is easier to customize and manage, as well as a dynamic weather widget. Honor also features a Gyroscope which enables a better gaming experience. The smartphone is DLNA-certified which ensures interoperability with other DLNA-certified devices such as digital cameras, game consoles and TVs. This makes it easier for consumers to share their digital photos, music and videos between different DLNA-certified devices.
The DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) is a non-profit organization with more than 250 member companies in the mobile, consumer electronics, PC, and service provider industries. According to ABI Research data, as of 2010, more than 440 million DLNA-certified devices have been installed in homes.Huawei Honor in Malaysia are currently equipped in Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread OS, and is upgradable to the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS, which will be officially released by Q2 of 2012. Huawei Honor is now available for retail at RM 1,099 at more than 110 available dealer outlets. To learn more about the Honor or to find the list of available outlets, visit Huawei Device Malaysia’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/HuaweiDeviceMY.