Today at the launch event of Huawei Mate 8 for South East Asia, we witnessed a surprise unveiling of the new Huawei GR5, a mid-range phone with a metal build which is quite identical to the Huawei Honor 5x launched last year.
Huawei GR5 sports a same 5.5-inch display like the Honor 5x with Full HD 1080P resolution. It has a Qualcomm’s latest mid end chipset, the Snapdragon 616, that comes with a two 64 bit quad core processor (1.7Ghz quad core Cortex A53+ 1.2Ghz quad core Cortex A53). The processor is supplemented by an Adreno 405 for graphics. In terms of storage, the Huawei GR5 has 16GB of inbuilt storage with a provision of microSD card expansion slot that is upgraded upto 64GB.
The Huawei GR5 comes in a metal build construction and should feel premium. It has a 13MP rear shooter with smart image 3.0 image processor and a 5MP snapper up front with f/2.2 aperture, 22mm wide-angle, 4P Lens, Blue Glass filter and an 88 degrees wide angle lens. The back is non-removable and inside there is a 3000mAh battery which supports quick charging 3.0. And also features a fingerprint sensor on the back. The addition of three different card slot each for a micro sim, nano sim, and Micro SD card is a long awaited feature on handsets.
Huawei GR5 will be launched in Nepal next month. The price is still unknown but being identical to the Honor 5x it might fall under the same price category.
Huawei GR5 Factsheets:
| Model | GR5 |
| System | Android 5.1 |
| Processor Model | Snapdragon 616 4×1.5Ghz+4×1.2Ghz |
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| Front Camera | 5MP |
| Battery Capacity | 3000mAh
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| Memory | 2GB RAM+ 16GB ROM |
| Color | White / Black / Gold |
| Size | 151.3×76.3×8.15mm |
