Honor 9A

The Honor 9A gets an impressive 5,000mAh battery along with a multi-lens camera system. With a decent powertrain, the device has a lot to offer to the customers.

Pros

• Large 5000 mAh battery
• Inexpensive mid-budget phone (starting from Rs 10,990 in India)

Cons

• No Google Play services (only Huawei services)
• No Type C charger (uses micro USB)
• No earphones available with the box
• Fast charging not available (as there is only a 10W adapter)

Honor 9A is the latest addition to the Honor 9 series by the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei. The smartphone was launched on 29^th April 2020. The device packs the MediaTek Helio P22 chipset along with a massive 5,000mAh battery. With an old-school waterdrop notch, there is also a triple rear camera setup. The design is simple but Honor 9A can prove as a great budget smartphone.

Honor 9A Price in India

Honor 9A is a budget segment smartphone with a very affordable price tag. Honor 9A is launched in Russia and China starting at the price of 899 Yuan (129$)  for the 4GB + 64GB storage variant and 1199 Yuan (169$) for the 4GB + 128GB storage variant. Honor 9A will be available in three colours: Green, Black and Blue. The price and availability in India is still not confirmed. Honor 9A price in India is expected to start for Rs.10,999.

With very competitive pricing, Honor 9A is set to attract beginners and budget smartphone buyers.

Honor 9A is equipped with the selfie camera in a waterdrop notch display. The rear panel includes a double camera setup. It measures 159 mm x 74 mm x 9 mm and weighs 185 grams. The phone is packed with a big frame as it houses a large 5000 mAh battery. The phone also consists of a 3.5 mm audio jack for earphone plugin. The phone also has a fingerprint sensor on the rear end, instead of an in-screen fingerprint sensor which is commonly used in other smartphones in the market.

The phone is currently available in 3 colours- Blue Water Emerald, Jasper Green and Dark Night Black.

Honor 9A smartphone has an IPS LCD display without a gorilla glass protection. The screen measures 6.3 inches with a typical waterdrop notch. The screen has a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels, a good feature for this price range. The display has a 278 PPI pixel density. It has an aspect ratio of 20:9 and screen-to-body ratio of 81.44 %.

Honor 9A is powered by the Mediatek Helio P22 chipset with a clock speed of 2.4Ghz. Honor 9A runs MagicUI 3.0.1 based on Android 10. The version of the GPU is PowerVR GE8320. On the memory front, it is packed with 64GB of inbuilt storage with expandable storage up to 512 GB using microSD with a dedicated slot. There is also the option of a variant with 128 GB internal storage. Both the variants possess 4GB of RAM.

The Honor 9A is a dual-SIM smartphone that will accept Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM cards. Connectivity features in the smartphone include WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Volte, NFC and more. The audio of the device is also notable, with a strong audio output with decent clarity without much distortion or noise. It also boasts of a strong speaker system with up to 88 dB of sound intensity with music.

On the camera front, the buyers get an 8 MP f/2.0 Primary Camera and on the rear, there’s a 13MP + 5MP + 2MP camera. The cameras come with HDR support and LED flash and panorama flash. Some of the extra features include Digital Zoom, Auto Flash, Face detection, Touch to focus among others. The 8 MP Selfie camera also includes HDR support. Another notable feature is the ability of the selfie camera to shoot 1080p resolution videos at 30 fps.

Honor 9A is home to a non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh battery. The box is also equipped with a 10W charger. It does not include a Type C cable, as it instead uses the micro USB cable.

The latest addition to the budget smartphone range, the Honor 9A is a decent mid-budget smartphone available at a pocket-friendly price. The phone is not an extra ordinally good performer but also not an underperformer nonetheless. It is a decent product with an array of features providing a good value for money.