Honor 9A and Router 3



Honor is ready to introduce its 9A smartphone to global audiences on June 23 as part of its VIP Day launch event. The event will be live-streamed and starts at noon UTC. 

The Honor 9A is an entry-level phone with a 6.3-inch IPS LCD, triple cameras and 5,000 mAh battery. It runs on the Helio P22 chipset and is offered in a single 3GB RAM and 64GB storage configuration. On the software side, it boots Magic UI 3.1 on top of Android 10 with no Google Play Services.

HONOR 9A specifications
  • 6.3-inch (1600 × 720 pixels) HD+ 20:9 display
  • Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P22 (MT6762R) 12nm processor with IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU
  • 3GB RAM, 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 512GB with microSD
  • Android 10 with Magic UI 3.0.1
  • Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
  • 13MP camera with f/1.8 aperture, LED flash, 5MP ultra-wide camera with f/2.2 aperture, 2MP depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture
  • 8MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
  • Dimensions: 159.07 × 74.06 × 9.04; Weight: 185g
  • Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/GLONASS, Micro USB Port
  • 5000mAh (Typical) / 4900mAh (Minimum) battery


The company also plans to launch the HONOR Router 3 for the global markets after it was introduced for the Chinese markets last month. It has in-house Kirin W650 Wi-Fi 6+ chipset, Gigahome Dual-core 1.2 GHz CPU and packs 128MB of RAM, and flash memory. It has 4 external antennas which have a gain of 5dBi and it can transmit at 2976 Mbps (maximum) with 2402 Mbps on the 5GHz band and 574 Mbps on the 2.4GHz band.

The HONOR Router 3 was introduced for 219 yuan (US$ 31).