Honor is a brand that was started by Huawei to target its online customers and give them a brand that has multiple facets to the differently priced smartphones in the industry. Honor makes some of the most cost effective devices for its consumers and is able to maintain quality at the same time. The Honor 9N/9i is priced at around Rupees 18000 in the mid level price range.
The Honor 9N/9i has a 5.84 inches of IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen and has a screen resolution of about 1080 x 2280 pixels with a pixel density of 432 ppi. The notch in the front houses the front camera and the sensors with the LED flash. The colour reproduction is crisp and natural and there is good distinction between blacks and whites. The sunlight viewing angles are good and turning up the brightness helps in reading the display easily.
The cameras on the Honor devices are improving as they bring out new smartphones in the market. The Honor 9N/9i has a single camera in the rear, a 13 MP lens with PDAF and a second camera which has a 2 MP lens with depth sensor. The front camera is a 16 MP lens along with the front flash. Pictures snapped from these cameras are good and you can see good detail in them. The selfie shots from the Honor 9N/9i are good and you can easily share them on any social media platforms to your friends and followers. The notch design is where the front camera is situated and looks good on a device which is in the mid level price range.
The Honor 9N/9i is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset with Octa-core (4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) processors and Mali-T830 MP2graphics chipset. The device runs on the EMUI 8 skin overlaid on top of the Android v8.0 Oreo. The device has 3 GB RAM with 32 GB internal storage variant and 4 GB RAM with 64/128 GB of internal storage with the ability to expand the memory up to 256 GB using a MicroSD card slot in the second SIM slot.
The Honor 9N/9i has a 3000mAh Lithium-Polymer battery and there is only a normal charger in the box. The device is able to sustain for a day and a half before running out of juice with average usage. It goes from 0-100 in about 2-3 hours.
The Honor 9N/9i comes in Lavender Purple, Robin Egg Blue, Sapphire Blue and Midnight Black color variants.
SPECIFICATIONS
GENERAL
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Factors |
Honor 9N/9i |
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Form factor |
CandyBar |
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Release Date |
July 2018 |
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Package Contents |
Handset, Charger, USB Cable, Warranty Card, Quick Start Guide, Eject tool, Protective Case |
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Price Group |
Budget Range (10000 - 20000) |
BODY
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Factors |
Honor 9N/9i |
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Material |
Main body: Front/back glass, aluminum frame |
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Dimensions |
149.2 x 71.8 x 7.7 mm (5.87 x 2.83 x 0.30 in) |
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Weight |
152 g (5.36 oz) |
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SIM |
Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
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Screen size (Diagonal) |
5.84 inches |
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Colors |
Lavender Purple, Robin Egg Blue, Sapphire Blue, Midnight Black |
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Keys |
Right - Lock/Unlock key, Volume control |
DISPLAY
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Factors |
Honor 9N/9i |
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Resolution |
1080 x 2280 pixels |
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Pixels per inch |
432 ppi |
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Technology |
IPS LCD |
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Touch |
Capacitive, Multitouch |
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Features |
Sunlight display Night display Supports standard display Light sensor Proximity sensor Always-on display |
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Colors |
16 Million |
CAMERA
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Factors |
Honor 9N/9i |
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Primary(Rear) Camera(s) + Aperture Size Focus Flashlight |
13 MP, PDAF + 2 MP, depth sensor Autofocus LED flash, HDR, panorama |
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Features |
Digital zoom geo-tagging touch focus Face detection Smile detection |
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Video |
1080p@30fps |
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Video features |
Video Sharing Video calling |
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Secondary(Front) + Aperture Size Video |
16 MP 1080p@30fps |
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Features (Front Camera) |
Selfie countdown Face recognition Group shots Mirror |
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Shooting Modes |
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR) Panorama |
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Settings |
Exposure compensation ISO control White balance presets |
SOFTWARE, PERFORMANCE AND STORAGE
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Factors |
Honor 9N/9i |
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OS |
Android 8.0 (Oreo) Skin - EMUI 8 |
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Chipset |
HiSilicon Kirin 659 (16 nm) |
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Processor |
Octa-core (4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) |
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Graphics processor |
Mali-T830 MP2 |
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System memory |
3 GB RAM or 4 GB RAM |
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Internal memory |
32 GB or 64/128GB |
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Card Slot |
microSD, up to 1 TB (dedicated slot) |
BATTERY
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Factors |
Honor 9N/9i |
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Capacity |
3000mAh |
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Type |
Not User replaceable, Li – Po |
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Fast Charge |
No |
MULTIMEDIA
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Factors |
Honor 9N/9i |
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Mirroring |
DLNA, Wireless screen share |
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Music player Filter by Features Supported formats |
Album, Artist, Genre, Playlists Album art cover, Background playback, MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, M4A (Apple lossless), AMR, OGG, MIDI |
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Video Playback Supported Formats |
MPEG4, H.263, H.264 |
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Speakers |
Earpiece, Loudspeaker |
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Headphones connector |
3.5mm |
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Radio |
Yes |
CELLULAR
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Factors |
Honor 9N/9i |
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Technology |
GSM / HSPA / LTE |
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2G bands |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
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3G Network |
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
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4G Network |
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) |
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Data |
LTE, HSPA |
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No. of SIMs |
2 |
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Card Slots |
Nano SIM(GSM)+Nano SIM(GSM) |
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VoLTE |
Yes |
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EDGE |
Yes |
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GPRS |
Yes |
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Supports 4G in India (Band 40) |
Yes |
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IR port |
No |
PHONE FEATURES
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Factors |
Honor 9N/9i |
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Sensors |
Fingerprint Sensor (Rear Mounted) Accelerometer Proximity Compass Ambient Light Sensor Gyroscope |
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Notifications |
Haptic feedback Music ringtones (MP3) Vibration, Flight mode Silent mode Speakerphone |
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Messaging |
SMS(threaded view) MMS |
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Browser |
HTML5 |
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IMAP, POP3, SMTP |
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Instant messaging |
Hangouts / Google Talk |
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Java |
No |
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Other features |
XviD/MP4/H.265 player MP3/WAV/eAAC+/ Document editor Voice dialing Voice commands Voice recording |
CONNECTIVITY
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Factors |
Honor 9N/9i |
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Bluetooth |
v4.2, A2DP, LE |
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Navigation |
Turn-by-turn navigation, Voice navigation |
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GPS |
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
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Infrared port |
Yes |
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Radio |
Yes |
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Wi-Fi |
802.11 b/g/n |
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Wi-Fi Direct |
Yes |
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Mobile hotspot |
Yes |
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NFC |
Yes |
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USB Connector Features |
microUSB 2.0 Mass storage device, USB charging |
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Charging connector |
microUSB 2.0 |
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Other |
Tethering Computer sync OTA sync |
PROS –
5.84 inch IPS LCD display with a notch design.
Average screen to body ratio that is approximately 79.5%.
432 ppi pixel density.
Good Neat design
Camera Pictures are Good.
3000mAh big battery.
CONS –
Low light camera pictures show noise and lack of detail.
EMUI 8 needs some improvements.
No fast charging.
No USB Type-C slot.
The Honor 9N/9i is a good device that has some of the best features and specifications for the mid price range segment.
The cameras take good quality images. The colour reproduction is natural and crisp. The dual cameras take good images and you can see much detail and blacks in them.
The device has a 3000mAh battery that lasts you for almost a day which is good and the device charges to full in almost 3 hours with the normal charger shipped in the box.
The device is suitably priced in the mid price range and is a premium built device from Honor but it is a bit expensive and there are better phones on offer in the market.
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