Honer 9 lite mobiles reviews

Honor 9 Lite review summary

The 9 Lite features a compact form factor with a mirror-finish glass back, which looks really striking. The phone is also incredibly lightweight due to the plastic build. The 9 Lite has a FullView 5.65-inch IPS display, which produces punchy colours and good brightness levels. The bezels are also pretty slim. Powering the phone is an octa-core Kirin 659 SoC and you have two RAM and storage combinations to choose from. EMUI 8 is quite polished but isn't as snappy as stock Android or OnePlus' OxygenOS. Both 13-megapixel cameras have accompanying sensors for sensing depth. We found portrait mode to work a bit better on the front camera but overall image quality is pretty average. Battery life could be better as even with the 3000mAh battery, it's a bit tough to go beyond a full day.

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About Honor

Honor is a mobiles, tablets, and wearables brand of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Established in 2013, the largely-online brand contributes a significant proportion of Huawei's total sales in its categories.

Honor 9 Lite specifications (full)

Honor 9 Lite battery and general information

Release date December 2017 Launched in India Yes Form factor Touchscreen Dimensions (mm) 151.00 x 71.90 x 7.60 Weight (g) 149.00 Battery capacity (mAh) 3000 Removable battery No Colours Midnight Black, Sapphire Blue, Glacier Blue SAR value 1.06 Honor 9 Lite display Screen size (inches) 5.65 Touchscreen Yes Resolution 1080x2160 pixels Aspect ratio 18:9 Pixels per inch (PPI) 428 Honor 9 Lite hardware Processor octa-core (4x2.36GHz + 4x1.7GHz) Processor make HiSilicon Kirin 659 RAM 4GB Internal storage 64GB Expandable storage Yes Expandable storage type microSD Expandable storage up to (GB) 256 Honor 9 Lite camera Rear camera 13-megapixel + 2-megapixel Rear autofocus Phase detection autofocus Rear flash Yes Front camera 13-megapixel + 2-megapixel Front flash No Honor 9 Lite software Operating system Android 8.0 Skin EMUI 8.0 Honor 9 Lite connectivity Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi standards supported 802.11 b/g/n GPS Yes Bluetooth Yes, v 4.20 NFC No Infrared No USB OTG Yes Micro-USB Yes Headphones 3.5mm FM Yes Number of SIMs 2 SIM 1 SIM Type Nano-SIM GSM/CDMA GSM 3G Yes 4G/ LTE Yes Supports 4G in India (Band 40) Yes SIM 2 SIM Type Nano-SIM GSM/CDMA GSM 3G Yes 4G/ LTE Yes Supports 4G in India (Band 40) Yes Honor 9 Lite sensors Fingerprint sensor Yes Compass/ Magnetometer Yes Proximity sensor Yes Accelerometer Yes Ambient light sensor Yes Gyroscope                                                              Yes                                                                                                                                                             Honor 9 Lite summary Honor 9 Lite smartphone was launched in December 2017. The phone comes with a 5.65-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080x2160 pixels at a pixel density of 428 pixels per inch (ppi) and an aspect ratio of 18:9. Honor 9 Lite is powered by an octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 659 processor that features 4 cores clocked at 2.36GHz and 4 cores clocked at 1.7GHz. It comes with 4GB of RAM. The Honor 9 Lite runs Android 8.0 and is powered by a 3,000mAh non-removable battery. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Honor 9 Lite on the rear packs a 13-megapixel primary camera and a second 2-megapixel camera. The rear camera setup has phase detection autofocus. On the front, the Honor 9 Lite packs a 13-megapixel primary camera and a second 2-megapixel camera. The Honor 9 Lite runs EMUI 8.0 based on Android 8.0 and packs 64GB of inbuilt storage that can be expanded via microSD card (up to 256GB). The Honor 9 Lite is a dual-SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM cards. Connectivity options on the Honor 9 Lite include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, Bluetooth v4.20, USB OTG, Micro-USB, FM radio, 3G, and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on the phone include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, compass/ magnetometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, and fingerprint sensor. The Honor 9 Lite measures 151.00 x 71.90 x 7.60mm (height x width x thickness) and weighs 149.00 grams. It was launched in Midnight Black, Sapphire Blue, and Glacier Blue colours. As of 21st April 2019, Honor 9 Lite price in India starts at Rs. 8,499.