Honor 9X

Honor 9X will attract you with its fantastic gradient cover that makes the X-factor apparent in the way the light falls on it. Priced at Rs. 14,190, the phone is an absolute beauty and keeps itself well-equipped with decent internals as well.

Honor pairs style with substance with the Honor 9X. It has a fast performance rating and a potent battery pairing it, making the phone a beautiful companion for your daily tasks. It is an excellent set for a mid-range user, especially if you are an Honor fan.

Honor 9X has a glass build with metal frames on the side. It comes with a gradient finish, which is a famous signature for Honor phones. For the 9X, if the light hits the rear panel in a specific manner, you can also see an X forming, which is brilliant. The edges of the phone have a matte finish, which gives it a subtle change too. On the right, you have the power button, which also acts as a fingerprint sensor. It holds the volume rocker button too. The fingerprint sensor on these phones is amazingly fast. The phone is easy to handle, and it quite sturdy too. Plus, it comes with the modern, pop-up selfie camera which works wonderfully. Plus, the phone comes with a USB Type-C port which is mandatory in phones of today, if you want to keep up with the competition. It also has a headphone jack at the bottom, which is in quite a convenient position. The phone is also a bit on the heavier side with around 206gm weight.

The phone arrives with a 6.59-inch LCD, with a 1080×2340 pixels resolution. The pixel density is around 391 ppi, which is a bit low. While you do not get the level of deep blacks that AMOLED screen delivers, the display of Honor 9X remains quite strong overall. Firstly, you get an immersive screen due to the lack of bezels. The colours come out quite strong, and you have an excellent contrast level too. However, the phone display may not be very bright, and in harsh sunlight, you might find the legibility of the phone going down.

The phone arrives with an octa-core Kirin 810 processor. The Kirin 810 processor is a decent performer and can keep your everyday performance speedy. When you compare it directly with Redmi K20 and its Snapdragon 730, you will see slight differences. The Kirin can handle daily use better. It is also a new processor which you get at a great price bracket. Even in the case of gaming, the Kirin 810 can perform well and keep games like PUBG smooth and fast.

The 16MP selfie camera, coming inside a pop-up module, is not very quick to come out, but it does provide clear shots. However, the selfies turn out to be oversharpened. The Beauty camera tends to smooth out the face making it look a bit artificial. The portrait mode of this phone is not very accurate and falters with edge detection.

On the back, the phone comes with a 48MP rear camera along with a 2MP depth-sensing camera. The 48MP rear camera clicks impressive shots which are clean and the colours are kept right. While you might get a bit of noise when you go for a 10x zoom on the captured shot, that is quite natural for many phones. The Night Mode is quite good and can keep the shots decent, though there is a bit of noise present. Expensive phones would handle the noise better.

Regarding videos, the rear cameras can record 1080p videos going up to 60fps, though it fails to go for 4K video recording.

The Honor 9x has a 4000 mAh battery. It is a standard battery in this price range, and it is a successful one. The phone keeps itself chugging for a long time, holding up its power for an entire day. You can rely on this battery if you keep it at full charge.

The Honor 9x is a beauty. The phone has a great design along with a blazing-fast processor and potent battery. While it does not have the OLED screen, which is so popular among devices, the LCD is quite sharp and delivers an immersive experience. As usual, the cameras on the Honor 9x is quite good and gives you clear shots even in low-light situations, with the help of Night Mode. Overall, the Honor 9x is truly a mid-range marvel, pairing performance, immersive display and great camera for enhanced user experience.