Recent reports have revealed that Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is prepping up to launch the Honor 9X series of smartphones in India. Today, Honor India President, Charles Peng confirmed in an interview with the Press Trust of India that the company plans to bring the Honor 9X to India by the end of 2019.
The Chinese electronics giant also plans to introduce the Internet of Things or IoT in the country. According to Peng’s official statement at the time of launch, “We are going to introduce the Honor 9X in India by the end of the year. The smartphone uses the Android OS”.Since Honor launched the Honor 9X series back in July 2019, the smartphone is likely to feature the Google Play Store and related apps.
Apart from smartphones, Honor India further plans to introduce the Honor Vision smart TV in India by the first quarter of 2020. Honor 9X users will be able to access the Honor TV with the smartphone. Furthermore, Honor is currently in discussion with a number of leading entertainment companies in India to support the Honor Vision when it launches in the subcontinent.
Honor 9X Specifications and Features
The Honor 9X flaunts a notch-less 6.59-inch full HD+ LCD display with a resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels and 391ppi pixel density. The device is powered by the octa-core Kirin 810 SoC with up to 6 GB of RAM and up to 128 GB of internal storage. The storage can be further expanded up to 512GB with a microSD card.
The Honor 9X features a 48-megapixel primary camera with an aperture rating of f/1.8 along with a 2-megapixel depth sensor. The secondary camera is a 15-megapixel unit with an aperture rating of f/2.2. The device draws power from a 4,000 mAh battery and runs on the Android 9.0 Pie-based EMUI 9.1.1. Connectivity options include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, USB Type-C and a 3.5mm AUX port. The smartphone features a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and face detect in terms of security. It measures 163.11 x 77.2 x 8.8mm and weighs 206 grams.
There is no official word on the pricing of Honor 9X for India. Also, there is no confirmation on whether India will be receiving the Honor 9X Pro smartphone.
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