Huawei had hinted earlier this month that it is targeting to sell 20 million Honor 9X smartphones. That may sound like a tall order but we’re talking of Huawei. The company knows how to slap aesthetically beautiful designs, sturdy hardware and modest prices on smartphones. The Honor 9X and 9X Pro are examples of such sleek Huawei phones but only the 9X is on sale presently. Thus, it is not surprising that the new premium mid-ranger is creating some stunning records.
It was reported yesterday that the company claimed to have sold 100,000 units of the Honor 9X in the first two minutes of its sales. Honor has come out to reveal that 300,000 units of the 9X were shipped in the first day of its sales. We want to believe this figure represents the available stock as there could have been more orders.
This record sales put the Honor device in a good pedestal to equal or even surpass the record set by last year’s Honor 8X which sold 10 million units in just 173 days. The period which the 9X sold 100,000 units is twice as fast as the time used by the Honor 8X. So, we might be in for another record-breaker.
It won’t be much of a surprise, though, considering the high-end features the smartphone packs. Specs-wise, the device packs the latest Kirin 810 chipset, built on the 7 nm process, has a 48 MP main camera and a huge 6.59-inch LCD screen with Full HD+ resolution. The 9X also comes with a 4,000 mAh battery and starts at 1,399 yuan ($203) for the 4GB+64 GB variant, sold in Black or Blue. The Honor 9X Pro is scheduled to be launched for sale on August 9. We don’t expect anything short of record sales.
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