Honor has officially launched a new midrange smartphone, the Honor 9N.
The midrange line-up of Honor is already crowded, but is not stopping the company from releasing new devices.
Right from the first look, it’s obvious that the Honor 9N is strikingly similar to a lot of other Honor smartphones. In fact, it has almost identical specs and pricing with the Honor 7X, Honor 9i, and Honor 9 Lite.
Honor 9N’s glossy back panel and dual-camera implementation has a strong resemblance to the Honor 9 Lite. However, it’s not the same case in front as its 5.84-inch 1080p display was dressed with a notch, which also houses the 16-megapixel selfie camera and ambient light sensor. With the help of the notch and 19:9 aspect ratio, Honor was able to achieve a respectable 79% screen-to-body ratio.
Moving to the hardware department, the phone equipped with Huawei’s own HiSilicon Kirin 659 with an option between 3GB/4GB of RAM. On the back, there are 13-megapixel and 2-megapixel cameras which supports tons of modern camera tricks.
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Honor 9N Specs
- Android 8.0 Oreo, EMUI
- Dual-SIM, Dual Standby (nano format, hybrid)
- 5.84-inch IPS display, 2280 x 1080 pixel resolution, ~432ppi
- 2.36GHz HiSilicon Kirin 659 octa-core processor
- 3GB / 4GB RAM
- 32GB / 64GB / 128GB storage, expandable via microSD up to 256GB
- 16-megapixel front-facing camera
- 13-megapixel primary + 2-megapixel secondary rear cameras with LED flash
- WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi hotspot
- HSPA+, 4G LTE, VoLTE
- Fingerprint scanner
- Bluetooth v4.2
- FM Radio
- GPS, A-GPS
- Dimensions: 149.2 x 71.8 x 7.7 mm
- Weight: 152 g
- 3,000mAh battery
The Honor 9N runs on a skinned version of Android Oreo and it will soon have the much-anticipated GPU Turbo technology through a software update. When in use, it boosts the graphics performance of the phone by up to 60% and it makes it 30% more efficient in power usage.
Available from the 31st of July, the Honor 9N can be purchased for a price of Rs. 11,999 (~Php9,400) for the base 3GB/32GB model. Meanwhile, the upgraded Honor 9N with 4GB/64GB configuration will costs a little bit more at Rs. 13,999 (~Php10,900). The top of the line 4GB/128GB variant will be sold for a price of Rs. 17,999 (~Php14,000)