Honor 9 goes official with 6GB RAM and dual rear camera

Honor has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, known as the Honor 9 at an event in China which is the successor to the last year’s Honor 8. It carries a price tag of CNY 2,700 and will be available to purchase from June 16. The handset comes with a 5.15-inch full-HD 2.5D curved glass display, Huawei’s Kirin 960 chipset, and a 3200mAh battery.

The Honor 9 has a 5.15-inch full-HD 2.5D curved glass display that carries a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. It is offering a similar metal-and-glass design which makes it very beautiful and premium smartphone. Measuring dimensions of the handset are 147.3 x 70.9 x 7.45mm and weighs around 155grams so we can say that you can easily hold this phone in your palm. The handset runs on company’s own EMUI 5.1 based on Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box.

Under the hood, the Honor 9 is powered by a Huawei’s Kirin 960 chipset that offers four Cortex A73 cores along with four Cortex A53 cores along with a Mali G-71 MP8 GPU. Users get either 4GB of RAM or 6GB of RAM with 64GB of internal storage and 128GB of internal storage respectively that can be expanded via microSD card up to 256GB. There is also a fingerprint sensor that is embedded into the home button such as Samsung or iPhone handsets.

The Honor 9 provides 12MP + 20MP of rear camera featuring dual-tone LED flash, Laser AF, PDAF, f/2.2 aperture and 4K video recording. The front facing camera is an 8MP, good enough for selfies and video calling. The company incorporates a 3200mAh battery for the phone which gives full day battery back-up. Other features include 4G VoLTE, 3G, WiFi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS, NFC, a 3.5mm audio jack and more connectivity options.

As for the pricing and availability, the Honor 9 will be available to purchase from June 16 that carries a price tag of CNY 2,700 for the 64GB model and CNY 3,000 for the 128GB one. The key attraction features of the smartphone are its dual rear cameras, massive RAM for smooth multitasking and more. The handset will be available in three color variants, i.e. Gold, Black, and Blue.