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Honor 9 Lite Registers Blockbuter Sale Response; Sold Out in 6 Minutes in First and 3 Minutes in Second Sale, Making it the Best Selling Product on Flipkart
[January 22, 2018]

Honor 9 Lite Registers Blockbuter Sale Response; Sold Out in 6 Minutes in First and 3 Minutes in Second Sale, Making it the Best Selling Product on Flipkart


NEW DELHI, January 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

- During the sale, Honor 9 Lite sold at a rate of over 150 units per second  

Honor, the digital brand of Huawei, today announced that the elegant looking smartphone, Honor 9 Lite in its first sale on 21st January midnight has set a series of sale records on Flipkart.com. The new smartphone was sold out in just six minutes in the first flash sale and to ensure Indian consumers get their hands on the device, Honor had extended the sale with a second flash sale till 12 PM on 21st January, which also got sold out in three minutes.

Starting with Honor View 10 and Honor 7X, 2018 has been a year of great results for Honor products. "We are incredibly humbled by the continued love and response shown by our Indian consumers. The sold-out response for Honor 9 Lite again establishes the fact that consumers want a wholesome experience with meaningful innovations. Honor 9 Lite is a complete package given its excellent price, specifications and Honor's best in class technology, and will prove to be a game changer smartphone in the budget segment," said Mr. P Sanjeev, Vice President, Sales, Huawei Consumer Business Group.

Launched last week, the Honor 9 Lite is a 5.65-inch smartphone with an 18:9 IPS display, designed with dual cameras on both the front and rear and runs on Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI 8.0. The quad-camera smartphone that delivers unparalleled images for the selfie-lovers, will be available at an extremely competitive price point of INR 10,999 for the 32 GB variant and INR 14,999 for the 64 GB variant.

Comenting on the successful sale of Honor 9 Lite, Ayyappan Rajagopal, Senior Director, said, "Honor 9 Lite, a Flipkart exclusive, was sold out within six minutes of the sale opening, selling at a bristling rate of over 150 units per second. In addition to this, it got stocked out in less than three minutes in the next flash sale. Setting a new milestone, Honor now enjoys a leading position among the best-selling brands on Flipkart. We hope to continue this momentum in the future sales for the device."



Looking at the surging demand for the Honor 9 Lite and to ensure, it is available for everyone in India, Honor, and Flipkart will be getting more stocks.

Honor is an industry leader in its creation of reasonable value products, combining top-end quality and performance at a highly competitive price point. Compared to other smartphones in the same price bracket, the Honor 9 Lite leads the way in combining value with the all-important wider screen, bezel-less display and a series of high-end features; from the premium double-sided 2.5D glass unibody, 13MP quad-lens camera, a 3000 mAh long-lasting battery with unmatched durability and quality.


About Honor: 

Honor is a leading smartphone e-brand under the Huawei Group. In line with its slogan, 'For the Brave', the brand was created to meet the needs of digital natives through internet-optimized products that offer superior user experiences, inspire action, foster creativity and empower the young to achieve their dreams. In doing this, Honor has set itself apart by showcasing its own bravery to do things differently and to take the steps needed to usher in the latest technologies and innovations for its customers. Honor led the online smartphone market with a global shipment value of 2.5 billion USD to become the number 1 online smartphone brand, as per International Data Corporation (IDC) in Q1 2017. Huawei's Consumer Business Group, comprising of its dual brands Huawei and Honor, shipped 139 million smartphones globally in 2016 and reported an increase of 44% in its annual revenue.

For more information please visit: http://www.hihonor.com/in  
Huawei- Hotline number: 1800-209-6555 | 9 am - 9 pm | All days open, except public holidays
Huawei website: http://consumer.huawei.com/in


Contact information

Huawei Media Contact:
Priyanka Seth
[email protected]

Ritwik Sharma
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FleishmanHillard India Contact:
Prateek Sharma
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