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Marvel and HONOR team up to launch a limited edition Doctor Strange HONOR 8
To celebrate the launch of the upcoming Doctor Strange movie, HONOR and Marvel Studios have joined forces to give fans a chance to get their hands on a limited edition Doctor Strange HONOR 8 handset. The phone comes etched with the ‘Eye of Agamotto’ from the movie and will be up for grabs through the Marvel UK Facebook page.
As part of the promotion, HONOR is also giving customers an oppertunity to claim two free adult cinema tickets for the film and four Marvel movie downloads. To be eligible, customers can purchase a new HONOR 8 through carrier Three, the handset’s exclusive network partner, between October 3rd and November 30th 2016.
Other than the new aesthetic design, the limited edition Doctor Strange model features the same hardware specifications as the regular HONOR 8. Inside you’ll find an octa-core Kirin 950 processor, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of memory with a microSD card slot, fingerprint scanner, a 3,000mAh battery, and fast charging capabilities. The phone comes with a 5.2-inch 1080p display and boasts dual 12 megapixel rear cameras accompanied by an 8 megapixel front facing camera. Check out our review below for a full rundown of the handset’s features and capabilities.
Doctor Strange will be hitting cinemas on October 25th, while the HONOR 8 launched in the UK and Europe back in August. The impressive and inexpensive mid-ranger can be picked up for just £339.99 from Three UK right now.
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HONOR and Marvel Studios Doctor Strange join forces
10 October 2016 – HONOR, the leading smartphone e-brand for digital natives, has teamed up with Marvel as the official partner of the hotly anticipated movie Doctor Strange, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
To mark the launch of the film on October 25, HONOR is giving customers the chance to claim two adult cinema tickets for Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange and four Marvel movie downloads courtesy of HONOR and
Three. Fans can access the promotion when they purchase an HONOR 8 handset via Three, the exclusive network provider of HONOR devices. The promotion kicked-off on 3 October and will run until 30 November
2016.
The HONOR 8 is the new flagship device from HONOR which launched in the UK and Europe in August and has been met with great demand, with the Sapphire Blue close to selling out. The device brings state-of-the-art
mobile technology and futuristic dual camera advancement into the hands of digital natives at a price tag of just £369.99.
In addition, Marvel Studios will be giving fans the chance to get their hands on limited edition HONOR 8 handsets etched with the ‘Eye of Agamotto’ as featured in the movie via Marvel UK’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/MarvelUK) from the launch of the new film.
Key features of the HONOR 8 handset include a smart-key connected to a lightning-fast fingerprint sensor, a long-lasting and fast-charging battery and a dual camera for picture perfection. Specifications include:
- Kirin 950 chipset in flagship-grade 16 nm FinFET production
- Four 2.3 GHz high-performance cores
- Four 1.8 GHz high efficiency, energy saving cores
- 4GB of RAM and 32GB of on-board memory, expandable to 128 GB via microSD card
- 3,000 mAh(Typ.), 2900 mAh(Rat.) battery
- 5.2-inch Full-HD LTPS display
- 12MPx2 main dual camera with separate RGB and monochrome sensor, capturing more, HDR mode, Slow-Mo, pro-mode, etc…
- 8MP front-facing camera
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