Honor 9X Pro
Chinese smartphone maker Honor has officially launched its Honor 9X Pro in India. The smartphone is the first handset that has been released in the Southeast Asian country without Google Mobile services and features Huawei‘s proprietary Appgallery.
Honor 9X Pro features a 6.59 inch FHD+ LCD display with a high screen to body ratio of 92 percent. The device is powered by Hisilicon’s 7nm Kirin 810 SOC alongside the ARM Mali-g52 MP6 GPU. Honor 9X Pro also features the new GPU Turbo 3.0 along with liquid cooling technology for better thermals during mobile gaming.
Honor has equipped with the smartphones to run the vanilla Android OS, skipping over Google services. This move arrives after Huawei was banned by the us government from partnering with American based firms. While many models from the Chinese tech giant are already available without Google services in europe, this is the first from Honor to launch with Huawei’s Appgallery in India. The Appgallery is Huawei’s version of the Play Store and is a part of the Huawei Mobile Services ecosystem.
The Honor 9X Pro houses 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.1 storage. It also packs a large 4,000mah battery pack that can be charged via a USB Type C port.
For optics, the device features a triple camera setup with the primary sensor being a 48MP Sony IMX582 shooter. Furthermore, an 8MP super wide angle lens and a 2MP depth sensor can also be found on the rear.
Arriving at the front, the smartphone has a full screen body and Honor has opted for a 16MP popup camera for selfies. It also supports Dual SIM, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.0, and even a 3.5mm headphones jack.
The smartphon is available at
Rs 14,999 over its actual Rs 17,999 price tag. ■
expanding its hugely-popular Hot series, Transsion’s premium smartphone brand Infinix has come up with the Hot 9 and Hot 9 Pro smartphones in India. These devices will be available on Flipkart at an introductory price of Rs 8,499 and Rs 9,499 respectively.
The Hot 9 series stands out for its a 6.6-inch punchhole display that is near bezel-less with a 90.5% screen-to-body ratio and 480 nits brightness along with HD+ resolution on a 2.5D curved glass display. It is backed by a powerful audio facilitated by DTS-HD surround sound. Both the smartphones are powered by an octa-core Mediatek
Helio P22 processor with 4GB RAM and 4GB internal storage expandable up to 256GB using a microsd card, and operate on Android 10 XOS 6.0 Dolphin out of the box. The smartphones sport a stunning gem-cut texture design with 2.5D curved glass unibody finish.
In terms of optics, the Hot 9 series continues with its tradition of offering the best in class camera in its price category. While the Hot 9 comes with a 13MP AI quad rear camera with an f/1.8 large aperture and a triple LED Flash, the Hot 9 Pro features a 48MP AI quad rear camera with quad LED Flash along with an f/1.8 large aperture and 6P Optical lens. Both the smartphones are equipped with a 2MP macro lens that allows photo enthusiasts to capture the smallest of the objects with greater detail and also feature an 8MP AI selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture, dedicated LED flash, and multiple camera modes such as portrait and wide selfie. The camera hardware in the Hot 9 series is well supported by its intuitive Ai-based software capabilities that enable high-quality, real-time picture editing.
The smartphones are backed by a massive 5,000mah battery with support for 10W fast charging tech. There’s also a fingerprint scanner at the back of the phones right next to the rear camera setup. The Hot 9 series also offers supports for Face unlock, Vowifi, dual VOLTE and OTG. It also comes with a ‘Hide App’ customisation that allows you to hide your social and banking apps to minimise the risk of unauthorised access.
The latest Infinix phones will be available in different colour options, including Ocean Wave and Violet. ■