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Huawei has officially launched the Honor 9X Pro variant in India online on Flipkart. It is priced at Rs 14,999 and will go on sale on May 21st.  Rs 14,999 price is actually a launch offer price only available during the  early bird sale  on May 21. The regular MRP price for Honor 9X Pro in India is Rs 17,999. Important Note: Since Huawei is banned from using Google Apps and Google Services, this smartphone will launch without Google Play Store, instead uses Huawei App Gallery to install apps and games. Most popular apps like Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, etc can be installed without any issues. However, apps like Google Maps, Uber, etc won't work without Google services.  Regular Honor 9X was certified before the Huawei ban, hence it can use Google Apps. It has Google Play Store as well as Huawei's App Gallery. Honor 9X vs Honor 9X Pro Specs Comparison The Pro model is powered by 7nm Kirin 810 chipset which is much better than the Kirin 710F processor H...

Huawei can't ship phones with Google Gapps ( Play Store, Gmail, Google Maps, etc ) and Google Play Services on their smartphones. This is due to the 'Huawei Ban' by Trump Govt which prevents them from getting into a licensing agreement with Google to use their apps and services. Huawei P40 Pro, Honor 9X Pro, Honor 30 Series, etc ship without these google apps.  Huawei is not banned from using Google's Android since it is open-source. However, they have to wait until the AOSP Android version is publicly available after the release by Google. For rest of the OEMs, who have a licensing deal with Google, can get access to upcoming Android versions a few weeks or months early. This means Huawei would take more time to push out newer Android versions to their phones.  Huawei's own App Gallery has a lot of apps actually. You can also download apps from Amazon App Store as well. Trusted websites like APKMirror provides .apk files for many popular Android apps. So most ...

Huawei has officially announced the launch date of Honor 9X in India on Flipkart. It will be available from Jan 14th 2020. Honor 9X Price in India : Rs 12,999 ( Expected Price - Official price will be announced during the launch ) Indian Honor 9X is same as the Global variant, but is different from the Chinese variant. In China, Honor 9X and 9X Pro was launched Hisilicon Kirin 810 processor, while the Global and Indian Honor 9X has older Kirin 710 chipset. Does Honor 9X Indian variant comes with Google Play Store and other Gapps ? YES. This is because Honor had certified 9X before the ban came into effect. Specs Highlights Triple Rear Cameras - 48MP F1.8 main camera ( Sony Sensor ) + 8MP Ultra Wide Angle + 2MP depth sensor 16MP pop-up selfie camera F2.0 aperture Kirin 710 Octacore processor 6.59 inch HONOR FullView Display ( 2340p x 1080p resolution, 391 PPI, IPS-LCD screen ) AI Video Stabilization ( only 720P HD supported ) No 4K recording support 4000mAh ba...

Huawei has officially announced their next flagship phones - Mate 30 Series ( Pro, Lite and regular ) - will launch on Sept 19th. This is the first major phone launch from Huawei since the Huawei Ban by Trump administration.  Due to the ban, Google and Huawei can't work together or sign licencing agreements. This means, the latest flagship from Huawei - Mate 30 Pro will ship without Google services. So, in short, you won't have access to vast amount of apps found of Google Play Store as it won't come pre-installed on the phone. One other issue Huawei is going to face with the Mate 30 Pro would be how they would push future software updates. Instead of relying on the Android version Google provides, they would now need to wait for the AOPS ( open source Android ) to surface and then build from those code with EMUI 10 on top.  Apart from this big worry, Huawei is gearing up to launch a true flagship phone with Great Cameras on board which are of course going to be Leica ...

Short answer is No.  Huawei actually has been preparing for this ban for a while now and has officially confirmed to be developing a new operating system. Even if Huawei launches a full fledge OS for their phones, majority of customers would be put off by knowing it is not an Android phone they are buying. Alternate option Huawei has is to wait until Google releases AOSP Android which is open source and build up EMUI on top of that.  With the talent Huawei has got, it won't be a big task to do that. However, the issue is, since Google has pulled the Android licence, Huawei or Honor can no longer ship Google apps like Play Store, Gmail, Google Services etc. This is not a big deal for them in China, however for Global customers, it is. So if the ban from Trump administration continue for the next 6 months or so, it is going to affect Huawei's sales a lot.  What will happen to existing Huawei and Honor devices ? Android aka Google has officially confirmed all Goog...