Honor 9C, 9A, and 9S budget phones now official

Honor just released three new budget phones in Russia. Meet the new Honor 9C, 9A, and 9S.

Let’s start with the most feature-packed of the three, the Honor 9C. This thing is powered by a Kirin 710A processor, with 4GB of RAM, 64GB of expandable storage, and comes with a 4,000mAh battery.

A 6.39-inch HD+ IPS screen populates the front, with a small punch-hole on the top left that houses the 8-megapixel selfie camera. A 48-megapixel main sensor is seen on the back, alongside an 8-megapixel ultra-wide shooter and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. You can also find the fingerprint scanner back here.

The Honor 9C has a price of RUB12,990 (~Php8,900) and will hit the store shelves on May 4.

Honor 9C Specs

Android 10, EMUI 10
Dual SIM, Dual standby
6.39-inch HD+ IPS display, 1560 x 720 pixel resolution, ~269ppi
2.0GHz Kirin 710A octa-core procesor
4GB RAM
64GB internal storage, expandable via microSD up to 512GB
8-megapixel front camera
48-megapixel (f/1.8) + 8-megapixel (f/2.4) + 2-megapixel (f/2.4) rear cameras, LED flash
Rear-mounted fingerprint scanner
HSPA+, 4G LTE
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC
microUSB
Dimensions: 159.81 x 76.13 x 8.13mm
Weight: 176g
Colors: Blue, Black
4,000mAh non-removable battery

Next stop, we have the Honor 9A. This 6.3-inch device will come with a toned-down MediaTek Helio P22 octa-core processor, with 3GB of RAM, and 64GB of expandable storage.

It boasts a camera bump that’s similar to the Huawei P40 series, albeit only comes with a 13-megapixel main shooter, 5-megapixel (possibly ultra-wide), and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. There’s also a larger 5,000mAh battery to compensate for the underwhelming hardware.

The Honor 9A will retail for RUB10,990 (~Php7,600).

Honor 9A Specs

Android 10, MagicUI 3.1
Dual SIM
6.3-inch HD+ IPS display, 1600 x 720 pixel resolution, ~278ppi
2.0GHz MediaTek Helio P22 octa-corep rocessor
3GB RAM
64GB internal storage, expandable via microSD up to 512GB
8-megapixel front camera, f/2.0
13-megapixel (f/1.8) + 5-megapixel (f/2.2) + 2-megapixel (f/2.4) rear cameras, LED flash
Rear-mounted fingerprint scanner
HSPA+, 4G LTE
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC
microUSB
Dimensions: 159.07 x 74.06 x 9.04mm
Weight: 185g
Colors: Blue, Green, Black
5,000mAh non-removable battery

Lastly, we have the most affordable of the three, the Honor 9S. This thing has a smaller 5.45-inch HD+ screen, a MediaTek Helio P22 processor, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of expandable storage.

The thick bezels on top and bottom is a major throwback, with a 5-megapixel selfie camera on the top, and a single 8-megapixel camera on the back. And to keep the price even cheaper, the fingerprint scanner was removed.