“The Honor 9N offers some of the premium features like notch display and dual cameras at a budget price”
Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has been on a roll lately when it comes to smartphone launches. The phonemaker has unveiled a number of options in the budget segment such as the Honor 9 Lite, Honor 7X, Honor 7A, Honor 7C, Honor 7S, and the Honor 9N. Interestingly, the Honor 9N has received a lot of attention, thanks to its attractive pricing and even more attractive design. But that’s not it, the smartphone offers a ton of features that make it a worthy buy…
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A head-turning design
There are a very few smartphones that feature a stunning design in the budget segment, and the Honor 9N is one such phone. From the modern notch display to a shiny finish, the smartphone has everything going for it in the aesthetics department. According to the brand, the rear panel of the handset has been crafted using a 12-layer nano-coated optical material, which gives the Honor 9N a distinct mirror-like finish. Further, the 2.5D curved glass merges seamlessly into the chamfered metal chassis, giving the Honor 9N an ergonomic and premium in-hand feel. Add to that the phone is available in pleasing colours like Lavender Purple, Sapphire Blue, Midnight Black, and Robin Egg Blue, Honor 9N is bound to turn heads wherever you go.
Almost an edge-to-edge display
The stunning design of the Honor 9N is further complemented by an immersive display on the fascia. The device comes with a 5.84-inch display with full HD+ resolution, which is quite sharp and vibrant. The screen flaunts a taller-than-usual aspect ratio of 19:9 to accommodate the cut-out on the top. Moreover, the brand is offering features like the ability to change the colour temperature, smart resolution to automatically lower the pixels being pushed by the display to save power, and Eye comfort mode for lesser eye strains while using the phone at night.
The good thing is that the smartphone also offers an option hide the notch from the display settings for those who need it. A brownie point goes to the brand for the attention to the detail as the display has symmetrical curves in all the four corners, when the notch is disabled.
Delivers a solid performance
The Honor 9N comes with the HiSilicon Kirin 659 octa-core processor. The chipset offers two quad-core clusters of 2.36GHz and 1.7GHz to balance performance and battery efficiency. The good thing is that the SoC is paired with 3GB, 4GB or 6GB of RAM, ensuring that the device can comfortably cater to casual or even heavy users. Depending upon the RAM, the 9N is available with 32GB, 64GB or 128GB of in-built storage, which can be expanded further up to 256GB by making use of a microSD card.
A capable pair of cameras
In terms of the imaging, the Honor 9N offers 13-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual-camera setup on the back. The cameras have been equipped with PDAF and a portrait mode. The camera module also uses 4-pixel binning technology to combine light data from four pixels to produce detailed and illuminated pictures, even in low-light situations. There are AR effects as well, which allow users to add various elements as well as change the background of an image. For selfies, the Honor 9N gets a 16-megapixel front shooter, which comes with a 3D beauty effect.
Ships with a feature-rich software
On the software front, the 9N boots EMUI 8.0 interface, which is based on Android 8.0 Oreo. The brand has added some nifty features such as a smart Face Unlock feature, which comes with notification privacy option that displays notifications only when the user’s face is recognised and offers closed-eye face unlock prevention as well. Another interesting option is the Party Mode, which lets users connect up to six devices with the phone to play a single track in sync. There is also the Quick Paytm Access, which lets users to pre-assign a fingerprint to the payment section of the app directly. Other notable features include Ride Mode and Game Suite.
We’re sure that these features have piqued your interest by now. And if that wasn’t enough, acting as an icing on the cake is the fact that the Honor 9N will exclusively be available at an attractive price of Rs 9,999 as a part of the superstar offer during the Flipkart Big Billion Day sale starting October 11th to 14th, 2018.
