Honor has confirmed that the Honor 70 vary of telephones will make their debut very quickly.

Right here’s all we all know thus far in regards to the Honor 70, 70 Professional, and 70 Professional+.

When will the Honor 70 be launched?

On its official Weibo web page, Honor has confirmed that its new Honor 70 sequence might be unveiled on 30 Could.

In fact that is only a Chinese language launch, and we’re undecided if or when the telephones will debut internationally.

How a lot will the Honor 70 value?

We don’t have any affirmation on pricing for the time being, though this may clearly change on 30 Could. To present ourselves a ball-park determine, right here’s how the Honor 60 and 60 Professional lined up:

The Honor 60 is available in three variants:

8GB RAM, 128GB storage = ¥2699 (direct conversion = £320/€375/$425/₹31,725)
8GB RAM, 256GB storage = ¥2999 (direct conversion = £355/€415/$470/₹35,240)
12GB RAM, 256GB storage = ¥3299 (direct conversion = £390/€460/$520/₹38,760)

Whereas the Honor 60 Professional is available in these two:

8GB RAM, 256GB storage = ¥3699 (direct conversion = £435/€510/$580/₹43,460)
12GB RAM, 256GB storage = ¥3999 (direct conversion = £470/€555/$630/₹46,985)

There have been worth will increase throughout the trade recently because of the continued disruption to the manufacturing and provide chain, worldwide chip scarcity, to not point out how the conflict in Ukraine is affecting vitality costs. So, it might be that the figures listed above get a bit bump with the Honor 70 sequence, though we hope not.

What are the Honor 70 specs?

Though there was no official phrase from Honor on a lot of the specs for the 70 sequence, there have been some bulletins in addition to loads of sturdy rumours.

What we all know for positive is that the cameras throughout the vary might be geared up with Sony’s new IMX800 sensor, as confirmed by the Honor Weibo web page.

That is excellent news for digicam followers, because the sensor is the largest smartphone one which Sony has launched thus far, at 1/1.1-inches and 50Mp. Initially it was thought that this might be reserved solely for the Professional+ mannequin, however the announcement from Honor (until one thing is being misplaced in translation) suggests in any other case. The sensor can be considered coming within the Huawei P50 Professional+ and Xiaomi 12 Extremely, each of which ought to launch later this yr.

A teaser video launched by Honor does confuse the scenario barely, in which you can see the writing ‘AI Matrix Digicam 54Mp 1/1.49 1:1.9ASPH’ written on the physique. Notebookcheck speculates that this might be a bespoke or new variant of the Sony sensor, and that the picture might be of the Professional or Professional Plus gadget.

The Honor 60 include a 108Mp f/1.9 (extensive), 8Mp f/2.2 (ultrawide) and 2Mp f/2.4 (macro) array of cameras, and the official pictures we’ve seen from Honor present a triple lens array on the again of the gadgets, so it might be that we see one thing comparable within the Honor 70 and its siblings (albeit with that 50Mp primary shooter). These are all housed in twin round raised areas on the rear, which appears to be the factor in 2022.

Cameras apart, GSM Area has reported on potential sightings of the brand new Honor 70 that appeared on the Chinese language certification website 3C. This exhibits one of many gadgets (it’s anticipated that there might be a 70, 70 Professional and 70 Professional+) will sport a 4800mAh battery and assist 66W fast-charging. Apart from that, the vast majority of rumours appear assured that the usual 70 will characteristic an OLED panel (almost definitely 6.67in as with the Honor 60), Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 processor, 8/12GB of RAM and 128/256GB of storage.  

The Professional and Professional+ might improve the panel to an LTPO OLED, with the Professional sporting a MediaTek Dimensity 8000 processor, whereas the Professional+ will get a MediaTek Dimensity 9000.

There’s not lengthy to attend now, so make sure you test again to this web page as soon as the official launch takes place on 30 Could, as we’ll be updating the rumours to match the precise specs which are introduced. To see what the Honor 70 might be up towards, make sure you additionally check out our guides to the perfect telephones and finest Chinese language telephones.