Honor 9A: Design
Honor -- the sub smartphone brand from Huawei is known for pushing entry-level and affordable smartphones with a great set of features. This specific model is an entry-level device with a modern-looking design, where the Honor 9A offers a glass back panel with a gradient finish. The smartphone has a 6.3-inch IPS LCD screen and the device does get 2.5D curved tempered glass protection. There is a tiny notch at the top and the device does have a bit of chin. So, the Honor 9A does look like a typical mid-range smartphone that we have seen in 2020.
Honor 9A: Hardware Performance
The Honor 9A is powered by the MediaTek Helio P22 SoC, an entry-level eight-core processor with a peak CPU clock speed of 2.0GHz on four cores and the remaining cores run at 1.GHz. The graphics are handled by the PowerVR GE8320 GPU and one should not have any issue with the regular gaming or using social media apps. However, do note that this might not be the most capable gaming smartphone for the asking price. The Honor 9A is a device that can handle basic tasks and is not meant for heavy usage, especially not for those who might want to play a game.
Honor 9A: Camera Performance
The Honor 9A is a triple camera setup smartphone with a 13MP wide-angle lens, 5MP ultra-wide angle lens, and a 2MP depth sensor to achieve those portrait shots. The smartphone has a single 8MP selfie camera with support for HD video recording and it is also capable of face unlock. The camera performance of the Honor 9A is nothing fancy and it takes decent photos that look good when taken with good lighting. Though there are a lot of software features on the Honor 9A, photos taken under low light do retain a lot of noise and sometimes they are even unusable.
Honor 9A: Price To Specs Ratio
The Honor 9A cost around Rs. 11,999 and it is great pricing for a phone of this class. This device has everything that a first-time smartphone buyer might look out for, including a premium-looking design, and the phone also has a rear-facing fingerprint sensor that increases the overall aesthetics of the smartphone. The Honor 9A is a device that is designed to offer good experience for the basic users and it just does that. Do keep in mind that the smartphone does not offer Google Play Services, hence, you might not be able to use all the apps that you were using on your previous device.
Honor 9A: Important Features/Highlights
The Honor 9A is a device that just follows the formulae with no gimmicks. This device has a 5,000 mAh battery. However, it still uses a micro-USB port and it is definitely one of the drawbacks considering the features offered on the device. The Honor 9A also comes with a dedicated 3.5mm headphone jack, and having a glass back panel is something that we don't generally see on devices of this class.
Honor 9A: Verdict
The Honor 9A is not a special smartphone, in fact, it is a smartphone that most of the Android users will be familiar with. Having a bigger battery ensures that the smartphone can easily last for an entire day even with continuous usage and can handle most tasks with ease. Overall, the Honor 9A is a great entry-level smartphone.
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The phone is offered in Midnight Black and Phantom Blue color options.
The camera features include HDR, Panorama, portrait, and more.
There is a triple camera module at the back side which offers a 13MP main lens.
We cannot say the Honor 9A will be a perfect choice. However, having a big battery, good looking design can be a plus point for an asking price of Rs. 10,000.
The smartphone is a little heavy in weight. It weighs about 185g.
The Honor 9A does not include Google Play Store. However, instead of you will get the HuaweiApp Gallery.
No, the smartphone doesn't support the 5G network.
The handset sports a 6.3-inch IPS LCD screen with 20:9 aspect ratio.
The handset ships with Android 10 based on Magic UI 3.1.
Yes, the smartphone features a tiny notch for selfie camera.
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