Huawei’s New Honor 9 Is A Beast

Huawei’s New Honor 9 Is A Beast

Pity it won’t be arriving in our shores anytime soon

While Huawei’s internet sales only Honor line is no longer officially in the Philippines, it’s still pumping out drool-worthy, bang-for-the-buck smartphones in the other countries it still operates in. The newest darling of the sub-brand, the Honor 9 is its best yet, equipped with hardware that’s roughly equivalent to P10.

Honor 9 specs

  • 2.4GHz HiSilicon Kirin 960 octa-core processor
  • Mali G71 MP8 GPU
  • 4GB/6GB RAM
  • 5.15-inch full HD LTPS display, 1920 x 1080 resolution
  • 64GB/128GB storage, expandable via microSD up to 256GB
  • 12-megapixel main color sensor plus 20-megapixel monochrome sensor, PDAF, laser AF, dual LED flash
  • 8-megapixel front camera
  • Dual-SIM
  • 3G, LTE
  • WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, fingerprint scanner, USB Type-C, NFC, HiFi Audio
  • Android 7.0 Nougat with EMUI 5.1
  • 3,200mAh battery

Specifically we’re talking about a HiSilicon Kirin 960 octa-core processor, 4GB/6GB of RAM, 64GB/128GB of storage along with a 20-megapixel monochrome and 12-megapixel RGB rear camera with PDAF, laser AF and dual-LED flash.

The phone also gets a gorgeous, metal and glass body, 5.15-inch full HD LTPS display, 3,200mAh battery, Android Nougat and EMUI 5.1.

The new phone will retail for RMB 2,299 (Php 16.7K) for the 4GB/64GB variant, RMB 2,699 (Php 19.6K) for the 6GB/64GB variant and RMB 2,999 (Php 21.8K) for the 6GB/128GB variant. Sales will start June 16 in China.

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