Honor, Huawei’s subsidiary brand, has today launched their latest budget smartphone in India- The Honor Holly 4. The Honor Holly 4 is priced at Rs. 11,999 and will be available across Honor’s extensive 30,000 retail points spread across 400 cities and towns pan-India and there are three color variants-Grey, Gold, and Silver. Within the sales package, the users will find a 5V/1A charger, 3.5 mm handsfree with an inline call button, and standard USB-A to micro-USB cable.
The main highlights of the phone are the 13MP camera, a fingerprint scanner on the back and EMUI 5.1 which based on Android 7.0 Nougat. But let’s take a look at what the Honor Holly 4 has to offer to consumers, at this price.
The Honor Holly 4 runs the EMUI 5.1, based on Android 7.0 Nougat. The phone sports a 5-inch 702p HD display. The Honor Holly 4 is powered by a Snapdragon 430 SoC (4 Cortex-A53@1.4GHz and 4 Cortex-A53@ 1.1GHz), coupled with 3GB RAM. The smartphone sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash and PDAF, apart from a 5-megapixel front camera. There is 32GB storage onboard the Honor Holly 4, but it can be expanded upto 128GB using microSD card. Connectivity options on Honor Holly 4 include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.1, Micro-USB with OTG support. Honor has also provided the option to make the fingerprint work like a configurable key for shartcuts. The Honor Holly 4 packs a 3020mAh battery.
Commenting o the launch, P Sanjeev, Vice President – Sales, Huawei Consumer Business Group India said, “Holly 4 is part of our festive offering to consumers wanting to buy a great device in a budget. Sporting a sleek, elegant metallic design with a fast fingerprint sensor we are confident that this smartphone will be a big winner.India is a diverse market and we aim to offer products that meet the needs and preferences of the varying target audience. The response so far to our Holly series has been highly gratifying and with the latest Holly 4 we are certainly upping our game in the competitive sub-15k segment.”
In case you want to know more, you can have a look at the detailed specifications sheet as provided below.
| Specs | DLI-L22 | DLI-L42 | DLI-TL20 |
| Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 430, Octa-Core (4×1.4 GHz+4×1.1 GHz) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 430, Octa-Core (4×1.4 GHz+4×1.1 GHz) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 430, Octa-Core (4×1.4 GHz+4×1.1 GHz) |
| Display | 5-inch 720p | 5-inch 720p | 5-inch 720p |
| ROM | 16GB (available 8GB) | 32GB (available 22GB) | 16/32GB (available 10/22GB) |
| RAM | 2GB | 3GB | 2GB/3GB |
| GPS | GPS/AGPS/Glonass | GPS/AGPS/Glonass | GPS/AGPS/Glonass |
| Battery | 3020mAh | 3020mAh | 3020mAh |
| Rated Battery Value | 2920 mAh | 2920 mAh | 2920 mAh |
| Fingerprint scanner | NO | YES | YES |
| Camera | Main camera: 13 MP AF camera
Secondary camera:5 MP camera | Main camera: 13 MP AF camera
Secondary camera:5 MP camera | Main camera: 13 MP AF camera
Secondary camera:5 MP camera |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| USB | USB 2.0 | USB 2.0 | USB 2.0 |
| OTG | YES | YES | NO |
| Power supply | Input: 100~240V, 50/60Hz, 0.2A
Output: 5V, 1A | Input: 100~240V, 50/60Hz, 0.2A
Output: 5V, 1A | Input: 100~240V, 50/60Hz, 0.2A
Output: 5V, 1A |
| Certification | CE, WQHL, Google, Wifi, BT, RoHS/Reach | CE, WQHL, Google, Wifi, BT, RoHS/Reach | WQHL, Google, Wifi, BT, RoHS/Reach |
| OS | EMUI 5.1 (Based on Android 7.0 Nougat) | EMUI 5.1 (Based on Android 7.0 Nougat) | EMUI 5.1 (Based on Android 7.0 Nougat) |
| Software Update | HOTA online update | HOTA online update | HOTA online update |
| Camera and Video Resolution | Photo: Upto 4160x 3120
Video: 1080P | Photo: Upto 4160x 3120
Video: 1080P | Photo: Upto 4160x 3120
Video: 1080P |
| Photo Capture Format | .jpg | .jpg | .jpg |
| Video Capture Format | .mp4 | .mp4 | .mp4 |
| External Storage Support | Yes, upto 128GB (via MicroSD) | Yes, upto 128GB (via MicroSD) | Yes, upto 128GB (via MicroSD) |
