The new Honor 90 Lite is here: cheap and surprisingly powerful

Honor has announced another member of its latest series of mid-range smartphones. To recap, less than a month ago Honor announced the Honor 90 and Honor 90 Pro, which use Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor cores. The Honor 90 Lite is expected to have a less powerful MediaTek Dimensity 6020 processor, which combines two ARM Cortex-A76 processor cores with a clock speed of 2.2 GHz and six Cortex-A55 processor cores with a clock speed of 2 GHz.

In addition, the Honor 90 Lite has a 6.7-inch IPS display with a resolution of 2,388 x 1,080 pixels and a 90 Hz screen refresh rate. Honor has built this large screen into a 7.48 mm thick case, which is powered by a 4,500 mAh battery and supports 22.5 W charging via the USB Type-C port. In the middle of the screen there is a classic opening in which the 16 MP front camera is integrated, and next to it there are cameras with a resolution of 100 MP (main camera), 5 MP (ultra-wide camera) and 2 MP on the back. (macro camera).

The Honor 90 Lite will hit European shelves on June 19. The company has yet to confirm pricing for Europe, but the Honor 90 Lite will be available in the UK for a retail price of £249.99 from June 20. All Honor 90 Lite models will be equipped with 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB of storage and MagicOS 7.1, a customized interface based on Android 13.