Honor 9N: Experience the best-in-class selfie performance in the mid-range segment

Selfies are undoubtedly the biggest photo-trend in the recent times that has taken the online world by storm. Thanks to the selfie-centered smartphones, we can now capture lifelike self-portraits to post on the social networks such as Instagram and Snapchat. Among the myriad of selfie-focused smartphones selling in the budget price-point, Honor 9N has managed to grab our attention. It is a budget smartphone with a flagship-class front-facing camera that is full of interesting features to help you capture the best version of you.

Honor 9N features a 16MP front-facing camera that works on light fusion technology to capture bright images in challenging light conditions. The camera also comes equipped with the most trending selfie features such as Smart Portrait Mode, AR effects, Beautify features, filters, etc. to help you make the most out of a selfie camera. We have used the smartphone as our daily driver and here we give you a detailed overview of the feature-rich selfie camera on Honor 9N.

16MP ISO-enhanced camera for brighter images

It is quite remarkable to see how Honor has managed to equip a budget smartphone with a capable front-facing shooter. Honor 9N boasts a 16MP selfie camera that takes extreme care of colors and detailing in challenging light situations. The big 16MP sensor is ISO-enhanced and works on 4-in-1 light fusion technology.

What this means is that the camera better understands the available light and utilize it in the most efficient manner to deliver crisp and clear self-portraits. If you are wondering what is 4-in-1light fusion technology, it is basically a process when a camera converts 4 small pixels into 1 large 2.0um pixel to deliver brighter photos in low light conditions. The final image output with bigger pixels offer better detailing and contrast levels.

Smart-Portrait Mode

Honor 9N also allows you to capture depth-of-field effect in selfies. The selfie camera on the budget smartphone comes with Smart Portrait Mode that offer much more than the standard portrait modes we see in other selfie-centered smartphones. The front-facing camera on Honor 9N has the ability to identify your face in difficult light situations to apply software algorithms. Once the face is identified, the camera renders bokeh effects to create a software-driven portrait mode that looks natural and create an impressive shallow depth of field.

3D-Beauty Effect

You must have used 'Beautify' modes on various selfie-centered smartphones that softens the skins and create an appealing final selfie output. Honor 9N also features a Beautify mode; however, it is far immersive, feature-rich and effective in real-life as compared to rival smartphones. Honor calls it 3D-Beauty effect as it comes with gender beauty mode that identifies the gender of the subjects and beautifies photos accordingly. The beautification software effectively differentiates between men and women in order to give a natural effect and a picture-perfect selfie shot.

The 16MP front-facing camera on Honor 9N also utilizes 3D Light Blending algorithms to best contour a subject's face to apply various kinds of beauty effects for a natural image output. Last but not the least, the camera app also allows you to customize the beauty effect as per your requirement with the help of an on-screen slider.

Hand gestures and Moving pictures

Honor has also added some nifty gestures in the 9N's camera app that enhances your selfie experience. Once you set the frame, simply wave your hand and the front-facing camera captures the perfect shot for you. It prevents blurry shots and makes it so much simpler to get that perfect self-portrait for your net profile picture.

Moreover, the camera also comes with 'Moving Pictures' mode that when enabled captures a short video of the moment that can be used as a GIF or to extract a particular frame of your choice. This is a feature that we usually get to see in the premium segment smartphones.

AR Effects and Backgrounds

Last but not the least, the camera app on Honor 9N is full of intuitive AR effects and interesting backgrounds. You can apply various AR filters and backrounds in real-time to give your selfies an interesting makeover. What this means is that you are no more bounded on social networking applications like Snapchat and Instagram to experiment with your selfies and rear-camera shots. Everyhing has been made available right there in the camera app itself.

Summing up all, Honor 9N comes out as the most feature-rich camera smartphone for selfie lovers. The 16MP front-facing camera capturess crisp and detailed images in different light conditions and offers an entire suite of interesting and carefully crafted selfie-centric features to meet the demands of today's tech-savvy smartphone users. Once you start using the Honor 9N, you will realize that the handset is miles ahead of competition in terms of camera performance.

The Honor 9N is available exclusively on Flipkart in four unique colors - Midnight Black, Sapphire Blue, Robin Egg Blue and Lavender Purple. The Midnight Black and Sapphire Blue are available at a starting price of Rs. 11,999/- for a 3GB RAM and 32 GB storage version while the Robin Egg Blue and Lavender Purple versions are only available in the 4 GB RAM and 64 GB variants starting at a price of Rs. 13,999/-.