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  Chinese electronics maker Huawei’s digital brand Honor on Thursday launched in India the Honor Watch GS Pro and Honor Watch ES smartwatches. The Honor Watch GS Pro is a rugged smartwatch; passed through 14 types of MIL-STD-810G tests for durability and longevity. It boasts a battery life of up to 25 days, Bluetooth calling, and GPS Route Back features. The Honor Watch ES is a lifestyle smartwatch with focus on design and health and fitness features. It features a 1.64-inch rectangular AMOLED touch display, 95 workout modes, and 12 built-in health and fitness animated courses. The Honor Watch GS Pro, priced at Rs 17,999, will be available in midnight black colour on Flipkart from October 16.   For Flipkart early access members, the sale will start from October 15. Honor is offering no interest equated monthly instalment of up to 12 months. Additionally, consumers will get a 10 per cent instant discount on the SBI credit or debit card transactions. Read More

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei’s sub-brand Honor recently launched in India the Honor 9X Pro . Priced at Rs 17,999, the phone goes for special early access sale at 12 noon on Flipkart. The sale is exclusive to people who showed interest and registered for the product on Flipkart from May 12 - May 19. The Honor 9X Pro will available in midnight black and phantom purple colours. Honor is offering several benefits during early access sale, including no interest equated monthly instalment scheme for up to six months, Rs 3,000 instant discount and free one-time screen replacement plan on accidental damage valid for first three months. Besides, the company is also offering seven-day return, subject to terms and conditions. Read More

Chinese smartphone maker Honor, a sub-brand of Huawei, is confident about its survival despite no access to Google Mobile Services (GMS) as the company is fast developing its own Huawei Mobile Services (HMS), a top company executive told IANS here on Thursday. Google Mobile Services (GMS) are the apps by Google that often come pre-installed on Android devices. Honor is working on a pre-planned strategy to overcome the difficulties being faced owing to the ongoing US-China trade war and restrictions imposed on the giant. The company has already started talent acquisition and it's not 'Mission Impossible' for us to stand in the global market without Google's support, said James Zou, President of Honor's Overseas Marketing and Sales. "Google acquired Android around 10 years back for less than $20 million and several companies worked with it to build the entire Android ecosystem, including Huawei. "We thought Android is open source so we work