The emphasis on the Honor 9 is the dual-camera it features with 12MP color and 20MP monochrome snappers which give the same modes like potrait, 2x lossless zoom, Variable Aperture and also bokeh effects. The 8MP front camera can also do nokeh shots.
Huawei Honor 9 Highlight Features
Body: Dual glass body with aluminum frame, 3D Gorilla Glass 3 back
Screen: 5.15" LTPS IPS LCD with 1,080 x 1,920 px resolution (428ppi)
Camera: Dual Camera: 20MP monochrome/12MP color sensors, f2.2, 27mm equiv. focal length, 4-in-1 hybrid autofocus (phase/laser/contrast/depth sensing); dual-LED, dual-tone flash; 2x hybrid zoom; 2160p and 1080p @ 30/60fps video capture;
Selfie cam: 8MP f/1.9; 26mm lens; simulated bokeh effect; 1080p @ 30fps video capture;
OS: Android 7.0 Nougat with Huawei EMUI 5.1 overlay;
Chipset: Kirin 960 chipset: Octa-core CPU (4xCortex-A73@2.4GHz + 4xCortex-A53@1.8GHz), i6 co-processor, octa-core Mali-G71 GPU
Memory: 4/6GB of RAM; 64/128GB storage; microSD slot
Sound: Huawei Histen 3D sound
Battery: 3,200mAh Li-Po (sealed); Fast charging
Connectivity: Dual-SIM; LTE-A (Cat. 12 600/150Mbps); USB-C; Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac; GPS/GLONASS/Beidou/Galileo; Bluetooth 4.2; NFC; IR blaster
Misc: Fingerprint reader
PRICING AND PURCHASE
Huawei Honor 9 price ranges from US $400 - US $520. It is available on Aliexpress, an international online shop, shipping and delivering to any part of the world. Their shipping service is fast and secure.
Honor 9, 4GB RAM / 64GB ROM sales at US $400 on Aliexpress.
Honor 9, 6GB RAM /128GB ROM sales at US $485 on Aliexpress.
Design and Overview
Above the 5.15" IPS display, are the earpiece, the 8MP selfie camera, a notification light inside the earpiece's grille and some sensors.Under the screen is the touch-sensitive Home key which also houses the always-on fingerprint scanner. The fingerprint sensor is very fast and accurate. Two unmarked capacitive keys are located on both sides of the home key. You can notice them only when they light up by touching them.
On the left side of the phone is the hybrid SIM slot, while on the left of the phone is the volume and power buttons.
On the back of the device is the dual camera arranged horizontally at the top left with the dual-tone flash beside them.
Display
The display of Honor 9 is a 5.15" LPTS IPS LCD screen, a little bigger than the P10's 5.1" display. The resolution of Honor 9 is 1080x1920 pixel with a density of 428 ppi. This is an improvement over Honor 8 5.2" display.
Battery Life
Huawei Honor 9 is powered by a 3,200 mAh battery. It takes 2 hours and few minutes to fully charge. This device can boast of 21 hour 3G talktime and 9 hours video playback time after full charge.
Connectivity
The Honor 9 supports 4G LTE, 3G and 2G networks. It has WiFi support - a/b/g/n/ac, dual band, with Wi-Fi Direct and hotspot support. Bluetooth v4.2, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou and NFC are featured. The USB connectivity is Type-C USB port USB 2.0.
There's also a 3.5mm headphone jack and IR blaster. But, there is no FM radio support.
Software
The Huawei Honor 9 runs on the current Android 7.0 Nougat with the latest EMUI ROM, EMUI 5.1 which offers an improved miss-touch detection, higher touch accuracy, better RAM management and better dictation algorithms.
Performance
Huawei Honor 9 still employs the Kirin 960 chip used in Mate 9 and P10 manufactured in-house by Huawei's Hisilicon.
The device also comes with 6GB of RAM. This is massive and suitable for heavy multitasking.
Honor 9 comes with a processor consisting of two quad-core processors: Cortex - A73 cluster clocked at 2.4 GHz and Cortex - A53 cores clocked at 1.8 GHz. The GPU chipset is the Kirin 960 Mali-G71MP8 chipset.
Camera
Huawei Honor 9 features a dual rear camera like Huawei P10. It's a 20MP monochrome sensor camera and a 12MP RGB camera, each with 27mm-equivalent f/2.2 aperture lens. There is also a dual-tone LED flash.
The selfie lovers, you are not left out as the device employs 8MP f/2.0 selfie camera with simulated bokeh effects.
Honor 9 Short Comings
> There's no Stereo Speakers.
> There's no FM radio.
> There's no dust or water resistance.
PRICING AND PURCHASE
Huawei Honor 9 price ranges from $440 - $520. It is available on Aliexpress an international online shop shipping and delivering to any part of the world. Their shipping service is fast and secure.
Honor 9, 4GB RAM / 64GB ROM sales at US $400 on Aliexpress.
Honor 9, 6GB RAM /128GB ROM sales at US $485 on Aliexpress.
Honor 9 Full Specification
NETWORK
Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH
Announced 2017, June
Status Available. Released 2017, July
BODY
Dimensions 147.3 x 70.9 x 7.5 mm (5.80 x 2.79 x 0.30 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
DISPLAY
Type LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.15 inches (~70.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (~428 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
- EMUI 5.1
PLATFORM
OS Android 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 960
CPU Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G71 MP8
MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal 64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM
CAMERA
Primary Dual 20MP + 12 MP, f/2.2, phase detection autofocus, 2x lossless zoom,, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, check quality
Secondary 8 MP, f/2.0
SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
COMMS
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
Infrared port Yes
FM Radio No
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
FEATURES
Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
- Fast battery charging: 40% in 30 min
- MP4/H.264 player
- MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player
- Document viewer
- Photo/video editor
BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Po 3200 mAh battery
MISC
Colors Glacier Grey, Sapphire Blue, Midnight Black, Gold