The Huawei Honor 9X and Honor 9X Pro are officially announced, and they are the first phones in the brand’s lineup that came with a pop-up selfie camera. Both phones look the same, but the Pro version sports an extra camera on the rear, plus an additional RAM storage.
The two phones has a 6.59 inch IPS LCD screeb with 1080 x 2340 pixel resolution, similar to that of Huawei P Smart Z. The full-screen design is thanks to the pop-up selfie camera with a 16MP sensor (f/2.2).
Huawei Honor 9X Full Specification
| NETWORK | |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only) |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G bands | LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) |
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat12 600/50 Mbps |
| LAUNCH | |
| Announced | 2019, July |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2019, July |
| BODY | |
| Dimensions | 163.1 x 77.2 x 8.8 mm (6.42 x 3.04 x 0.35 in) |
| Weight | 206 g (7.27 oz) |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | |
| Type | LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 6.59 inches, 106.6 cm2 (~84.7% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~391 ppi density) |
| PLATFORM | |
| OS | Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9.1 |
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 810 (7 nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (2×2.27 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6×1.88 GHz Cortex-A55) |
| GPU | Mali-G52 |
| MEMORY | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 512 GB |
| Internal | 64 GB, 4 GB RAM or 64/128GB, 6GB RAM |
| MAIN CAMERA | |
| Dual |
48 MP, f/1.8 (wide), 1/2″, PDAF 2 MP (depth sensor) |
| Features | LED flash, HDR, panorama |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SELFIE CAMERA | |
| Single | Motorized pop-up 16 MP, f/2.0 |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SOUND | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| NFC | Yes (market/region dependent) |
| Radio | FM radio |
| USB | 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
| FEATURES | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| BATTERY | |
| Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery |
| MISC | |
| Colors | Magic Night Black, Charm Sea Blue, Charm Red |
| Price | About 180 EUR |
The Huawei Honor 9X Pro comes with a triple camera; having a 48MP main sensor, an 8MP ultra wide-angle camera and a 2MP depth sensor. The non-pro model does not have the ultra wide camera.
Both the pro and standard model are powered by the Kirin 810 chipset, same as the Huawei Nova 5. The chipset has an octa-core CPU and a Mali-G52 GPU. Both phones comes with Android 9 Pie with EMUI 9.1 out-of-the-box.
The Huawei Honor 9X Pro comes with 8GB of RAM and offers a choice of two iinternal storage options: 128GB and 256GB. The Honor 9X memory configurations are 4GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB. The internal storages of both model can be expanded further up to 512GB via a microSD card slot.
The batteries of both phones have 4000mAh capacity, but lacks fast charging. The USB-C port tops out at 10W. Next to the port is a 3.5mm headphone jack. The fingerprint reader is found on the right side of both phones.
Huawei Honor 9X Pro Full Specification
| NETWORK | |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only) |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G bands | LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) |
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat12 600/50 Mbps |
| LAUNCH | |
| Announced | 2019, July |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2019, July |
| BODY | |
| Dimensions | 163.1 x 77.2 x 8.8 mm (6.42 x 3.04 x 0.35 in) |
| Weight | 206 g (7.27 oz) |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | |
| Type | LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 6.59 inches, 106.6 cm2 (~84.7% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~391 ppi density) |
| PLATFORM | |
| OS | Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9.1 |
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 810 (7 nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (2×2.27 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6×1.88 GHz Cortex-A55) |
| GPU | Mali-G52 |
| MEMORY | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 512 GB |
| Internal | 128/256 GB, 8 GB RAM |
| MAIN CAMERA | |
| Triple |
48 MP, f/1.8 (wide), 1/2″, PDAF 8 MP (ultrawide) 2 MP (depth sensor) |
| Features | LED flash, HDR, panorama |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SELFIE CAMERA | |
| Single | Motorized pop-up 16 MP, f/2.0 |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SOUND | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| NFC | Yes (market/region dependent) |
| Radio | FM radio |
| USB | 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
| FEATURES | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| BATTERY | |
| Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery |
| MISC | |
| Colors | Magic Night Black, Charm Sea Blue, Charm Red |
| Price | About 290 EUR |
Huawei Honor 9X and Honor 9X Release Date
Both phones will be available in China on July 30th in several colours. Below are the Huawei Honor 9X and Honor 9X Pro Prices in China, and a direct conversion to Dollars and Euro. Obviously, the actual prices in the US and Europe will be higher when Honor brings the phone to the global market.
Huawei Honor 9X and Honor 9X Price
| Honor 9X | CNY | USD | EUR |
| 4/64GB | 1400 | $205 | €180 |
| 6/64GB | 1600 | $230 | €210 |
| 6/128GB | 1900 | $275 | €250 |
| Honor 9X Pro | CNY | USD | EUR |
| 8/128GB | 2200 | $320 | €285 |
| 8/256GB | 2400 | $350 | €310 |
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