Honor 9 Officially Launched with 20MP + 12MP Dual Cameras & Kirin 960 SoC

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As announced earlier, Honor has officially unveiled flagship Honor 9 smartphone today in China. With the glass back body, the design of this new device looks similar to its predecessor, Honor 8. However, the curved edges that are newly added to the Honor 9 provide nice grip to hold. On the front, we are also seeing the physical home button for the time on a flagship Honor device. It also comes with an integrated fingerprint sensor. As we covered earlier, the specifications of the device remain same as mentioned in the TENNA listing.

The dual camera setup already became an obligatory feature with the flagship smartphones from Huawei and Honor. Now, the 20MP + 12MP dual camera setup on the new Honor 9 comes in as a much better improvement to the 12MP + 12MP setup seen on the Honor 8. The device sports a 5.15-inch IPS display with Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution. Under the hood is the Kirin 960 octa-core processor coupled with Mali-G71 MP8 GPU. The device will be available in 6GB and 4GB RAM variants with 64GB and 128GB of internal storage options.

There is also a MicroSD card for further expansion of storage. It runs on Android 7.0 Nougat based EMUI 5.1 out of the box. The device supports dual SIM dual standby using the hybrid slot where the user can either opt for a secondary SIM or MicroSD card. Talking about the dual camera setup on the rear, there is a 20MP primary sensor and a 12MP secondary sensor with PDAF, Laser autofocus, and dual tone LED flash. For selfies, it is also equipped with an 8MP front facing camera. This dual SIM device also supports 4G VoLTE which is missing on its predecessor.

It is backed by a 3200mAh non-removable battery that also supports fast charging. Connectivity options include 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, GLONASS, NFC, 3.5mm Audio port, and a USB Type-C port. Coming to pricing, the Honor 9 with 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage is priced at 2299 Yuan, whereas the 6GB RAM variant with 64GB and 128GB of storage costs 2699 Yuan and 299 Yuan respectively. The device is now available to pre-order and sales starts from June 16th only in China. As of now, there is no information about the launch of Honor 9 in the foreign markets.

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