Honor 9X and Honor 9X Pro mid-range smartphones were
made official in July. The Honor 9X was introduced in three color options such
as Magic Night Black, Charm Sea Blue (Phantom Blue) and Flame Red (Phantom
Red). Even the Honor 9X has been available for purchase since July 30 in China,
the Flame Red model was not released. The Vmall listing of the Honor 9X reveals
that its Flame Red edition will be go on sale at 10:08 AM (local time) tomorrow
in China.
The Honor 9X Flame Red will be available in three
variants like its other color options. The 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage, 6 GB RAM +
64 GB storage and 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage models of the Honor 9X are
respectively priced at 1,399 Yuan (US$ 199), 1,599 Yuan (US$ 227) and 1,899 Yuan
(US$ 269).
The Honor 9X offers a high screen-to-body ratio
since it features a notch-less display. It has a 6.59-inch IPS LCD panel that
produces 1080 x 2340 pixels full HD+ resolution and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The
7nm Kirin 810 chipset fuels the smartphone along with a 4,000mA battery that
lacks support for fast charging. There is a microSD card available on the
device for expanding its storage.
There is a motorized pop-up selfie camera of
16-megapixel with f/2.0 aperture on the Honor 9X. The rear side of the
smartphone has a dual camera system with LED flash. It features a 48-megapixel
primary lens with f/1.8 aperture and a depth sensor of 2-megapixel with f/2.4
aperture. Some of the other features of the Honor 9X include side-mounted
fingerprint scanner, USB-C port and Android 9 Pie OS that is overlaid with EMUI
9.1 skin.
Leaked information that had surfaced soon after the
launch the Honor 9X series of smartphones in China had claimed that the 9X and
9X Pro phones as well as the Honor TV will be soon debuting in India. There is
no official confirmation yet by Honor India on their arrival. It is speculated
that 9X and 9X Pro phones will either go official by the end of this month or
beginning weeks of September.
