Huawei’s Honor brand introduced Honor 9 flagship smartphone in China earlier this month. Today at an event in Berlin, the company introduced the smartphone for global markets. To remind you, it packs a 5.15-inch 1080p curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 960, has up to 6GB of RAM, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.1 and a 20-megapixel rear camera along with a 12-megapixel camera for 2x hybrid zoom and laser autofocus for quick focus.
It has a 3D metal and glass body made up of 15 meticulously crafted layers. “Light dances off the back in dazzling and ever-changing ways, transforming natural light into the phone’s best accessory. A sandblasted metal bezel also surrounds the phone with a subtle metal aurora effect,” said the company.
It has a fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button and packs a 3200mAh battery with support for fast charging.
Honor 9 specifications
- 5.15-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD 2.5D curved glass display
- Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 960 (4 x 2.4 GHz A73+ 4 x 1.8 GHz A53) processor + i6 co-processor, Mali G71 Octa-core GPU
- 4GB RAM with 64GB storage, 6GB RAM with 64GB / 128GB storage, expandable memory with microSD
- Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.1
- Hybird Dual SIM (nano SIM + nano SIM / microSD)
- 20MP (Monochrome) + 12MP (RGB) Dual rear cameras with dual-tone LED flash, Laser AF, PDAF, CAF, f/2.2 aperture, 4K video recording
- 8MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
- Fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 147.3 × 70.9 × 7.45mm; Weight: 155g
- 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C
- 3200mAh (typical) / 3100mAh (minimum) battery with fast charging
The Honor 9 comes in Sapphire Blue, Glacier Grey and Midnight Black colors and starts at 449 Euros (US$ 508 / Rs. 32750 approx.) for the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage version. It is already available from vmall.eu online in select markets, including Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE and UK.