Honor 9N Launched in India: 19:9 Display, Dual Rear Camera Setup

Honor 9N was launched in India on Tuesday. Huawei sub-brand Honor unveiled its latest handset in the country at an event in New Delhi. As the company have announced, the Honor 9N will be sold as a Flipkart-exclusive handset. The key features of the latest handset include a ‘Notch FullView’ display, referring to the display notch, and the bezel-less display design with a 19:9 aspect ratio, a 12-layer premium glass design, and a 16-megapixel selfie camera. The company at the launch event announced the smartphone will be ‘Made in India’.

Price, launch offers

The Honor 9N price in India will be Rs. 11,999 for the 3GB RAM/ 32GB storage variant, Rs. 13,999 for the 4GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant, and Rs. 17,999 for the 4GB RAM/ 128GB storage variant. The smartphone will go on sale from 12pm IST on July 31 via Flipkart and the Hi Honor Store. It will be available in Lavender Purple, Robin Egg Blue, Midnight Black, Sapphire Blue. Launch offers include a Reliance Jio cashback offer, with Rs. 2,200 cashback, 100GB additional data, and Rs. 1,200 Myntra voucher.

Specifications

The dual-SIM (Nano) Honor 9N runs Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI 8.0 on top and sports a 5.84-inch (1080×2280 pixels) full-HD+ FullView IPS display with an 19:9 aspect ratio and 2.5D curved glass.

In terms of optics, the Honor 9N features a dual rear camera setup with a 13-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel secondary sensor with f/2.2 aperture, alongside an LED flash. The camera comes with PDAF and supports features like HDR, time-lapse, and burst mode. On the front, there is a 16-megapixel sensor that works with a beauty mode. Both camera setups support full-HD (1080p) video recording.

Features

Honor is touting the presence of several camera-centric features in the Honor 9N. The selfie camera in the smartphone comes with Portrait Mode, Moving Picture, Panorama, Video, AR lens, Time-Lapse, Filter, and Watermark modes. The camera settings include GPS Tag, Perfect Selfie, High quality Mode, Smile Capture, and Gesture Control. It comes with 4-in-1 Light Fusion technology that converts 4 small pixels into 1 large 2.0-micron pixel that delivers brighter images in low light conditions.

Other features in the Honor 9N include Wi-Fi Bridge that enables users to share any Wi-Fi network as a hotspot and connect a maximum of 4 devices. The Smart Face Unlock feature provides a lock screen with privacy protection.