Huawei P8 Lite launched officially; India to get Huawei P8, P8 Max, P8 Lite, MediaPad X2 and TalkBand B2 in Q3

Huawei introduced its Huawei P8 and P8 Max smartphones in April this year. A third smartphone Huawei P8 Lite was also expected to be unveiled at the time but that didn’t happen. However, the P8 Lite was later released in Germany and Hungary and was priced at about $270. Now Huawei P8 Lite has been made official by the company at its South East Asia (SEA) launch event held in Bangkok.

At the event, the Chinese giant showcased its latest flagship smartphone P8 along with its two variants P8 Max and P8 Lite as well as MediaPad X2, Watch W1 and TalkBand B2.

The Huawei P8 Lite is a dual SIM smartphone that comes with a 5-inch, 1280 x 720 pixels resolution display and is powered by a 64-bit HiSilicon Kirin 620 chipset with octa-core 1.2GHz CPU and a Mali 450 MP4 GPU for graphics. Inside, it has a 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable storage. It doesn’t have a separate slot for microSD card but the second SIM slot works as a microSD card slot.

There is a 13MP BSI camera at the back and a 5MP camera at the front for selfies and video chats. The device runs on a 2200mAh battery and comes with pre-installed Android 5.0.2 lollipop with Huawei’s own EMUI 3.1 skin on top. Connectivity options include 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, Wi-Fi and NFC. The Huawei P8 Lite dimensions are 143.0 x 70.6 x 7.7mm and it weighs 131 grams. The handset is available in 3 color options – Black, White and Gold.

At the event, Huawei also announced that the Huawei P8, P8 Max, P8 Lite and the Huawei MediaPad X2 will be launched in India in the third quarter of 2015. According to the company, Huawei P8 will not be joining the price war and will cost about $455 while the P8 Lite is a budget phone falling in the mid-range price segment. The TalkBand B2 which is a fitness tracker-cum-Bluetooth earpiece, is expected to arrive in India in June and cost about $235.

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Huawei P8 Lite launched officially; India to get Huawei P8, P8 Max, P8 Lite, MediaPad X2 and TalkBand B2 in Q3

Flipkart teases new Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) smartphone

Both the generations of Motorola Moto G have done quite well in India and now it looks like the Moto G (3rd Gen) is on the way. Although there has been no news about the launch of the said smartphone, Flipkart listed it on its website which was quite surprising. However, the listing may have happened by accident since it has now been taken down. It is also possible that Flipkart was just teasing or testing the waters.

The online listing on Flipkart was first spotted by gadgetraid. The listing said that Moto G (3rd Gen) model number AP3560AD1K8 with 8GB internal storage was available in White color but no image was displayed there. No other details have been mentioned.

Rumors suggest that the Moto G (3rd Gen) will be a powerful upgrade to the 2nd Gen Moto G. The device will apparently have a 5- or 5.2-inch display having a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and a 64-bit Snapdragon 610 chipset with quad-core 1.7GHz CPU and Adreno 405 GPU. It will have a 2GB RAM and would support 4G LTE connectivity.

We haven’t heard any rumors about the camera, battery and other specs of the Moto G (3rd Gen). Although there is no official word about when the new handset would be launched, Flipkart listing suggests that it may be soon.

There are also speculations that the device may be introduced in June or July this year. Motorola had launched the 1st generation Moto G in December 2013 and the 2nd generation Moto G in September 2014.

Flipkart teases new Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) smartphone