The 5.9-inch screen with full HD+ resolution (1080 x 2160 pixels) seems quite decent in terms of outdoor and indoor legibility. The auto-brightness works pretty fast, for now. The Honor 9i also lets you view content on the device in full-screen mode (via Fit to Screen feature in Huawei’s words).
While the likes of Lenovo and Nokia are moving onto the stock Android experience, Huawei has continued with the custom EMUI ROM (version 5.1) that is based on Android 7.0 Nougat. Ahead of the launch, a senior Huawei official told Hindustan Times that the EMUI has been refined keeping in mind preferences of users. With Linux at its core, Huawei said that the smartphone won’t get slow after a few months of usage as other Android smartphones do. We will put that claim to test when we have thoroughly reviewed the smartphone.
The Honor 9i comes with dual cameras on the back as well as the front. At the back, it has a 16-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel secondary sensor for depth, along with LED flash. On the front, it has a 13-megapixel primary sensor and 2-megapixel secondary sensor to deliver Bokeh effect (DSLR-like shallow depth-of-field). During the brief time we spent with the device, the camera performance seemed pretty decent. The image processing was quite fast. We will need to spend more time with the phone to have a say on the performance.
Summing up, the Honor 9i looks like a promising smartphone with solid mid-range specifications (4GB of RAM, 64GB built-in storage and Kirin 659 2.36GHz octa-core processor) packed in a beautiful design. At Rs 17,999, it is slightly more expensive than the LG Q6 but the four cameras are expected to give the smartphone an edge over the competition. Stay tuned to our detailed review for more on the Honor 9i.
The 5.9-inch screen with full HD+ resolution (1080 x 2160 pixels) seems quite decent in terms of outdoor and indoor legibility. The auto-brightness works pretty fast, for now. The Honor 9i also lets you view content on the device in full-screen mode (via Fit to Screen feature in Huawei’s words).
While the likes of Lenovo and Nokia are moving onto the stock Android experience, Huawei has continued with the custom EMUI ROM (version 5.1) that is based on Android 7.0 Nougat. Ahead of the launch, a senior Huawei official told Hindustan Times that the EMUI has been refined keeping in mind preferences of users. With Linux at its core, Huawei said that the smartphone won’t get slow after a few months of usage as other Android smartphones do. We will put that claim to test when we have thoroughly reviewed the smartphone.
The Honor 9i comes with dual cameras on the back as well as the front. At the back, it has a 16-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel secondary sensor for depth, along with LED flash. On the front, it has a 13-megapixel primary sensor and 2-megapixel secondary sensor to deliver Bokeh effect (DSLR-like shallow depth-of-field). During the brief time we spent with the device, the camera performance seemed pretty decent. The image processing was quite fast. We will need to spend more time with the phone to have a say on the performance.
Summing up, the Honor 9i looks like a promising smartphone with solid mid-range specifications (4GB of RAM, 64GB built-in storage and Kirin 659 2.36GHz octa-core processor) packed in a beautiful design. At Rs 17,999, it is slightly more expensive than the LG Q6 but the four cameras are expected to give the smartphone an edge over the competition. Stay tuned to our detailed review for more on the Honor 9i.