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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Huawei‘s sub-brand Honor recently launched its Honor 10 as well as Honor 7C and Honor 7A smartphones in India. Now, the company is gearing up to launch another mid-range smartphone, Honor 9X, in the Indian market.

Honor has scheduled a launch event in India on 24th July and has already sent out media invites for the same. The invite reads #NOORDINARYBEAUTY in Blue and Purple colors, suggesting a smartphone in different colors and two O’s hints at  the dual rear cameras.

While the company has not revealed which device is plans to launch, it seems that the smartphone is question is the Honor 9i (2018), which is the successor of the Honor 9i launched last year. However, the Honor 9i (2018) is expected to launch as Honor 9X in India.

The smartphone features a a 5.84-inch Full HD+ notched display with 2280 x 1080 pixels screen resolution and 19:9 aspect ratio. It is powered by Kirin 659 octa-core processor with MaliT830-MP2 GPU and packs 4GB RAM.

It comes in two different storage options — 64GB and 128GB and there’s also a microSD card slot which enables users to further expand the phone’s storage capacity up to 256GB. The phone has a 13-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual camera setup at the back with phase detection autofocus and a portrait mode.

On the front side, the device comes equipped with a 16-megapixel shooter with artificial intelligence features. Connectivity options on the device include 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, and GPS / GLONASS. There’s also a fingerprint sensor for added security.

The phone runs on Android 8.0 Oreo operating system out of the box with the company’s own EMUI 8.0 custom interface. The smartphone is fuelled by a 3,000mAh battery.

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In China, the Honor 9i (2018) is priced at 1,399 Yuan, which roughly converts to $209 and we expect the Honor 9X to be priced similarly in India. It is expected to come in four color options — Black, Blue, Green, and Purple.

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