Honor 70 Lite 5G With Snapdragon 480+ SoC Launched: Price, Specifications

Honor recently launched the Magic 5 series globally at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. The series consists of the base Honor Magic 5, and the Honor Magic 5 Pro models. These models launched alongside the Honor Magic Vs, the company’s first flagship foldable smartphone to release outside China. Earlier this month, the Shenzhen-based company also released the Honor Magic 5 Ultimate Edition in China. Now, Honor has launched a new smartphone, the Honor 70 Lite 5G.

Honor 70 Lite 5G price, availability

Offered in a single configuration of 4GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage, the Honor 70 Lite 5G is priced in the UK at GBP 199 (roughly Rs. 20,000). Its availability in other global markets has not yet been officially confirmed.

The latest smartphone by Honor is offered in three colour variants — Titanium Silver, Ocean Blue, and Midnight Black. As noted on the website, not all colours may be available in all markets.

Honor 70 Lite 5G specifications, features

The dual-SIM supported Honor 70 Lite 5G runs Android 12 with Magic UI 6.1 skin on top. The handset features a 6.5-inch HD+ LCD display with 1,600×720 pixel resolution and a refresh rate of 60Hz. It is powered by a Snapdragon 480+ chipset, alongside Adreno 619 GPU and 4GB of RAM.

The triple rear camera unit of the Honor 70 Lite 5G is placed on a square island alongside the LED flash unit. A 50-megapixel main sensor heads the triple rear camera unit, which also includes two 2-megapixel cameras for macro and depth information. The phone has an 8-megapixel front-facing camera housed in a centrally aligned waterdrop notch slot at the top of the display.

The phone features 128GB of internal storage. Connectivity options include 5G, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, USB Type-C port, NFC, OTG, and a 3.5mm audio jack. The Honor handset also features a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, compass, and gravity sensor.

The phone packs a 5,000mAh battery with 22.5W fast charging support. Face unlock and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor are among the security features available on the Honor 70 Lite 5G device. It has dimensions of 163.66mm x 75.13mm x 8.68mm and weighs 194 grams.