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Honor launched its latest smartphone with a ‘notch display’ in India today. Honor 9N is available in three storage variants with a starting price of ₹11,999. The smartphone will be available in India starting July 31 exclusively via Flipkart and Honor’s e-store.Honor 9N is an upgrade over the Honor 9 Lite which was launched earlier this January in India. The biggest difference between the two is the notch display design. Honor 9N also features a 2.5D curved glass. The smartphone comes in four colour options of midnight black, sapphire blue, lavender purple, and robin egg blue. Honor 9N specificationsHonor 9N has a 5.8-inch Full HD+ display with 19:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood of the smartphone runs in-house Kirin 659 processor. For photography, Honor 9N has a 13-megapixel and 2-megapixel dual-camera setup at the rear, and a 16-megapixel front camera. The smartphone packs a 3,000mAh battery, and runs Android 8.0 Oreo-based EMIUI 8.0 on the software front. Honor 9N features face unlock and a rear fingerprint sensor for security.Honor 9N priceThe base model of Honor 9N with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage is priced at ₹11,999. Honor 9N with 4GB RAM plus 64GB and 128GB storage is priced at ₹13,999 and ₹17,999 respectively.Here are the highlights from the Honor 9N India launch event.

Vivo on Thursday launched its all-screen Nex smartphone in India. Vivo Nex stands out for its pop-up selfie camera and a full-screen display sans the notch. The all-screen display boasts a screen-to-body ratio of 91.24%. The concept smartphone was first unveiled at MWC 2018, and officially launched in China last month.Vivo Nex with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage is priced at ₹44,990, and will be available exclusively via Amazon India and Vivo’s e-store. Pre-orders for the smartphone on Amazon India will start today at 1:00 pm and continue till July 25. Vivo Nex specificationsVivo Nex features a 6.59-inch Ultra FullView display with 19.3:9 aspect ratio and 91.24% screen-to-body ratio. The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 processor paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. For photography, Vivo Nex sports a dual-camera setup of 12-megapixel Sony IMX363 dual-pixel sensor and a 5-megapixel snapper. Up front, the pop-up selfie camera is an 8-megapixel camera. The smartphone’s cameras come with AI features like AI scene detection and AI portrait framing. Vivo Nex also ships with Google Assistant and Google Lens along with a dedicated button on the phone to launch both the apps.The smartphone is fuelled by a 4,000mAh battery. It comes with an in-dsiplay fingerprint sensor along with facial recognition for security. Here are the highlights from the launch event of Vivo Nex.