Hundreds of lucky honor 7 purchasers from all over Klang Valley, Johor, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak were given a pleasant surprise on 29 September 2015. honor made surprise early deliveries to purchasers – just three hours after they had placed their orders online.
According to Allen An, Huawei’s director of e-commerce Malaysia, a whopping 5,000 units of the new honor 7 flagship smartphone were sold out within 2 hours of the official sale. In partnership with Citylink, five delivery teams fulfilled delivery of the first 500 units to customers. The move was to thank honor’s loyal customers who have been supportive of the brand.
honor 7 was launched about a week ago in Malaysia. The young, vibrant brand exclusively sells its products online via its official online store Vmall.my. The honor 7 garnered more than 82,000 registrations of interest and 5,000 units sold within 2 hours of the sale launch. The first 1,000 early bird purchasers get a complimentary 32GB SD card.
Mandy Kuak from KL was the first to receive her honor 7 and thanked the honor team for the surprise. Meanwhile, Kino Sim from Kuching also received his honor 7 in the morning, a surprise gift from his girlfriend.
All-new, all-metal
The honor 7 features an all-new design, the first time an honor product has gone all-metal. The premium package boasts a 5.2-inch Full HD IPS-Neo display with an ultra-thin bezel. It gets a double-digit 20MP f/2.0 main camera with PDAF for super fast focusing of 0.1 seconds. The front gets a 8MP unit with soft-light flash for the ultimate selfies.
Powered by Huawei’s own HiSilicon Kirin 935 octa-core processor, the honor 7 packs 3GB RAM and 16GB of storage. It’s dual-SIM, dual-LTE capable and also packed with a massive 3,100mAh quick-charging battery.
For the first time, the honor device also gets a fingerprint scanner. It features the most advanced 360-degree fingerprint scanner that’s also superfast and accurate. It completes a scan in 0.5s.
It runs EMUI 3.1 on top of Android 5.0 Lollipop.
Check out the previous post on honor 7 for more in-depth specs. Also check out the launch highlights below:
The honor 7 sells at RM1,399 (including GST) and is available in Mystery Grey or Fantasy Silver.