Honor first launched the Honor 9A smartphone in China in March this year. The device is a budget model with an affordable price. Honor is now set to launch the Honor 9A in India on July 31. The phone will be sold on Amazon.in and already, a product page or the model is now live.

Although the Honor 9A is an entry-level model, it packs a mammoth 6.3-inch IPS LCD screen with a waterdrop notch. The device is powered by a MediaTek Helio P22 chipset paired with 3GB RAM and 64GB storage. The phone features triple cameras including a 13MP main sensor, 5MP ultrawide angle camera and a 2MP macro camera. The selfie camera is an 8MP sensor.

On the software side, it boots Magic UI 3.1 on top of Android 10 with no Google Play Services. Instead, the phone features Huawei Mobile Services with Huawei’s App Gallery app store.  The phone packs a mammoth 5,000 mAh battery as well as a dedicated MicroSD card slot, a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, NFC, and an audio jack. It also has an FM radio with a built-in antenna, Huawei Histen 6.0, and a Smart PA audio system.

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While the Honor 30S was the highlight of the event today, the brand also announced the Honor 9A, a budget smartphone with a large battery. The phone comes with a simple design and a large 5000mAh battery which Honor claims is good for up to 3 days on a single charge.

The Honor 9A features a 6.3-inch waterdrop display with a 20:9 aspect ratio. The phone comes with the MT6765 Helio P35 chipset with dual SIM 4G support, VoLTE, EROFS file system and other features such as AI face unlock, rear fingerprint sensor, eReader mode, and WeChat and AliPay support.

The company didn’t go into the details of the specifications of the Honor 9A but focused on its battery capacity and reverse charging capability. The phone’s 5000mAh battery can reverse charge other devices at 5V1.2A. This large battery is good for 35 hours of video playback, 33 hours of 4G talk time, and 37 hours of FM radio playback. The phone also comes with a smart PA speaker system which is the company claims is loud.

The Honor 9A starts at 899 yuan (~$127) for the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage variant and goes up to 1199 yuan (~$169) for the 4GB RAM and 128GB storage model. There are three colors available at launch: Green, Blue, and Black.

Pre-sale kicks off today at 10 PM in China and the first online and offline sale is on April 7, the same day as the Kirin 820 equipped Honor 30S goes on sale.

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