Last week, I was in Aamby Valley for the Honor 8 Pro with GoPro and Gameloft Media Meet before its official launch in India. For those who don’t know, Aamby Valley is in the state of Maharashtra. It’s a privately built city by Sahara India Parivar near Pune and is 120 Kms away from Mumbai. For more information, you can head to their website http://www.aambyvalley.com/Default.aspx
It was Friday the 23rd, ya not as scary as Friday the 13th 😉
We (Tech Media Fraternity and fashion bloggers) were handed over Honor 8 Pro devices after a product presentation by Huawei/Honor, GoPro and Gameloft team. Yes, there were presentations by folks from GoPro and Gameloft too. And the reason for these presentations was the fact that Honor 8 Pro will be the first device in India to launch with GoPro’s acclaimed Quik video editor pre-installed on the device. Similarly, Gameloft will have its extremely popular games like Asphalt pre-installed on the super powerful 6GB RAM, Honor 8 Pro smartphone.
So after the presentation, the tech media and fashion bloggers were each handed over the upcoming Honor 8 Pro. But the devices weren’t given without a purpose, we all were given a task to complete.
The Task
The task was simple! Go around Aamby Valley and capture the day with the Honor 8 Pro smartphone and then edit on GoPro Quik Video Editor. We had time from 3 PM until 9 PM to record, edit and submit our videos to the team.
Once everyone submitted their videos, the Jury (Honor and GoPro team) took their time going through all the videos (50+). After reviewing all the videos, the jury shortlisted 6 entries and played them for everyone.
Then out of those 6 shortlisted entries, 2 winners were selected. The second prize winner was announced first and it went to Chetan Bhawani from GizmoTimes and the first prize winner was Nikhil Chawla (Yay!)
The Prize
First Prize
GoPro Creators Kit (It’s not an official kit or package by GoPro. I coined this term)
Second Prize
GoPro Hero5 Black Camera
The Winner
In the GoPro Creators Kit, I won:
- GoPro Hero5 Black $399.99
- GoPro Seeker Backpack $179.99
- Pro 3.5mm Mic Adapter $49.99
- GoPro 3 Way $69.99
- GoPro Chesty (Chest Harness) $39.99
- Pro Handlebar / Seatpost / Pole Mount $59.99
- GoPro The Tool (Thumb Screw Wrench + Bottle Opener) $4.99
- SDXC Memory Card $79.99
- GoPro Accessory Kit $19.99
- GoPro Tshirt $19.99
To satisfy the geeks, here are the specs of the Honor 8 Pro –
| Release date | July 2017 |
| Form factor | Touchscreen |
| Dimensions (mm) | 157.00 x 77.50 x 6.97 |
| Weight (g) | 184.00 |
| Battery capacity (mAh) | 4000 |
| Removable battery | No |
| Colours | Navy Blue, Platinum Gold, and Midnight Black |
| SAR value | NA |
| Screen size (inches) | 5.70 |
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Resolution | 1440×2560 pixels |
| Pixels per inch (PPI) | 515 |
| Processor | 1.8GHz octa-core |
| Processor make | Kirin 960 |
| RAM | 6GB |
| Internal storage | 64/128GB |
| Expandable storage | Yes |
| Expandable storage type | microSD |
| Expandable storage up to (GB) | 256 |
| Rear camera | Dual 12-megapixel |
| Flash | Yes |
| Front camera | 8-megapixel |
| Operating System | Android 7.0 |
| Skin | EMUI 5.1 |
| Wi-Fi | Yes |
| Wi-Fi standards supported | NA |
| GPS | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v 4.20 |
| NFC | No |
| Infrared | No |
| USB OTG | No |
| Headphones | 3.5mm |
| FM | Yes |
| Number of SIMs | 2 |
| SIM 1 | |
| SIM Type | Micro-SIM |
| GSM/CDMA | GSM |
| 3G | No |
| 4G/ LTE | Yes |
| Supports 4G in India (Band 40) | No |
| SIM 2 | |
| SIM Type | Nano-SIM |
| GSM/CDMA | GSM |
| 3G | Yes |
| 4G/ LTE | Yes |
| Supports 4G in India (Band 40) | No |
| Compass/ Magnetometer | No |
| Proximity sensor | Yes |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes |
| Barometer | No |
| Temperature sensor | No |
Lastly, I want to express that the Honor 8 Pro meet will always remain special for me. Not only because I won a GoPro kit but because it marks the birth of Nikhil Chawla the HERO! Didn’t get it?
GoPro Be a HERO.
And with this post, I launch the revamped nikhilchawla.com and announce my foray into Vlogging powered by GoPro Hero5 Black.
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