Huawei Honor 9i Specifications, Features and Price
Gaming smartphones are already taking over the mobile world and very hot right now in the market. Huawei’s Honor brand has released affordable gaming phones – the Honor Play and Honor 9i – which has now been launched in China.
The Honor 9i has a smaller 5.84-inch screen with the same aspect ratio and resolution 1,080 x 2,280 px. It is powered by a Kirin 659 chipset, which also features GPU Turbo tech, making it suitable for gamers on a smaller budget.
As far as camera is concerned, the Honor 9i has a 13 MP + 2 MP dual camera on its back with Portrait mode and a 16 MP front camera with AI-powered selfie enhancements and face unlock.
Specifically, CNY 1,400 ($220/€185) for the 4 GB / 64 GB model, but there’s one with 128 GB storage (same amount of RAM) for CNY 1,700 ($265/€225). Sales in China start tomorrow with Charm Blue, Dream Purple, Jasper and Magic Night Black color options.
The 9i will launch with the older Android 8.0 Oreo and EMUI 8.0 out of the box. It has a 3,000 mAh battery.
Huawei Honor 9i Specifications
Network
- 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
- CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
- 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
- 4G: LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
- Data Speed: HSPA, LTE
SIM Type and Count
- Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Software (OS)/Skin
- Android 8.0 (Oreo) / EMUI 8.0
Design & Build
- Dimensions: 149.2 x 71.8 x 7.7 mm
- Weight: 152 g
- Colours: Black, Blue, Purple, Lime
Display
- Type: IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size: 5.84 inches, 85.1 cm2 (~79.5% screen-to-body ratio)
- Resolution: 1080 x 2280 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~432 ppi density)
- Multitouch: Yes
Hardware & Memory
- Chipset: HiSilicon Kirin 659
- CPU: Octa-core (4×2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.7 GHz Cortex-A53)
- GPU: Mali-T830 MP2
- RAM: 4 GB
- Internal Storage: 64 / 128 GB
- External Storage: microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Camera
- Rear: Dual: 13 + 2 MP, phase detection autofocus, LED flash
- Features: Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
- Video: 1080p@30fps
- Front-facing: 16 MP (f/2.0, 2.0µm), 1080p
Multimedia
- Music Support: MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player
- Video Support: MP4/H.264 player
- FM Radio: Yes
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- 3.5mm jack: Yes
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Connectivity
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot
- Bluetooth: 4.2, A2DP, LE
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
- USB: microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Miscellaneous
- Sensors: Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
- Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
- Browser: HTML5
- Document viewer
- Photo/video editor
Battery
- Charging: Regular
- Battery Type & Capacity: Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh battery
Announcement & Availability Date
- Announced: June, 2018
- Availability: June 7, 2018
Pricing
- Launched Price: € 220
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