Honor launched the Honor 9i in India with an exciting price tag of Rs. 17,999. This handset comes with dual cameras on the front as well as dual cameras on the back. Overall the specs are impressive and here is the unboxing and first impression.
The box packing is unique, slide it to open up, inside you will find the handset, SIM ejector pin, user manual, data cable, travel charger 5V/2A, earphone and plastic case for protection. This is a dual SIM handset using hybrid slot – you can use 2x nano SIM’s or 1x nano SIM + micro SD card. SAR value is highest is 1.09.
Build and finishing is very good, its using metal body, also the handset gives you more screen space since the screen is 5.9 inches (2.5D curved glass) with 2160 x 1080 pixels resolution – 18:9 aspect ratio. Color reproduction, touch response and viewing angles are great. There is a factory fitted screen guard on it.
There is LED notification, OTG is supported. Honor 9i comes with accelerometer, light, proximity and magnetic sensors – gyro sensor is missing. This 9i supports 4G with VoLTE, there is finger print sensor and a 3340 mAh built in battery.
The key attraction on the Honor 9i is the dual cameras on the rear – 16MP + 2MP and the front camera of 13MP + 2MP this means you can get professional bokeh style effects from both front as well as rear cameras.
This Honor 9i comes with 64GB ROM and 4GB RAM and powered by Kirin 659 octa core processor. Full review coming soon.
Does it have Gyroscope sensor ?
Which phone is good honor 8 or honor 9i?
Waiting for your full review..hope its ready
I will be going live with video review in an hour or so, text review will take time, a day or two.
Thanks gogi
Dear Gogi, between Mi max 2 and Honor 9i which is better? My main usage will be watching media, viewing pictures albums and light gaming? Need your quick opinion. Thanks.. HARE KRISHNA.
I have ordered Honor 8 Pro from Amazon so as it is having Gorilla Glass 3 , should I need to buy tempered Glass protector?
don’t think for spending 3-400 on tempered glass. if u keep thinking u might need to spend thousands on the actual glass.
true. gorilla glass.. chimpanjee glass… nothing matters. it will get scratched. better the screen guard pick up scratches.
Gogi ji, please give the front camera a special consideration as it’s dual camera. I’m planning to buy moto g5s plus or mi a1 or honor 9i. Please give your feedback.
Bro, undoubtedly it’s Honor 9i… I am also planning to buy it… But guys, only gold colour will be available on 14- Oct as showing on Flipkart.
yes, thats not good. really need the black color.
Sir compare the phone with honor 6x
Sir it has any video stabilisation options to the mobile?
Hello Gogi,
I’M asking one question which is out of the context here.
This is regarding Mi A1. Hopefully u will also do comparision with Mi a1 in ur upcoming full review with honor 9i.
As of now ,
Plz let me know if I am using two sim simultaneously & for slot 1,if network is kept at 4G LTE for sim 1,then for 2nd sim,which type of network will receive either 2G or 3G?
Hi Gogi
you have mentioned this phone has hi-fi audio chip. please include audio quality in ear phones in your full review. one of the disappointment in honor 6x is the audio quality in ear phones. it sounded flat.
Hi Gogi, can you please tell whether this Phone has NFC?
There is no NFC.
Dear Gogi,
Can you please confirm if this phone supports dual 4g/3g?
No it does not you can use any one slot for 4G the other will become 3G/2G.
Thanks Gogi. I asked that since honor 6x is dual 4G/2G (means second SIM can’t do 3G) . 2G is shutdown in Australia so the second sim of my honor 6X is useless.
Does Kirin 659 Support 4K video playback..?
I wonder Why Companies show like 99% bezel-Free in the Teaser & Images.
But the Real Phone it looks totally Different…
Thats a lot of Bottom Bezel for a Bezel-less Phone .
Gogi
Whats the logic behind 18:9 ratio displays these days in New launchings….
16:9 is the perfect size for phone…
Need to work on folding displays rather than to experiment on the size.
First of all you get a different usage experience, more screen space it looks good too and also feels good when I hold in your hand. If you get a chance try holding and just use any 18:9 aspect ratio smartphone.
At the dawn of the TV era this 4:3 standard continued as the standard however it was eventually superseded by other widescreen aspect ratios. 18:9 will do the same to 16:9.
Lets see its camera review & overall performance
Waiting for your review gogi 🙂
4000mAH battery should be made mandatory for phones with 5.5display, also gyro sensor should be a must.
What is this gyro thing ?
it gives great vr experience
Huawei says that the bokeh will be hardware based . I think it’s not possible.
All other smartphones have software based bokeh effect.
Gogi , please consider mentioning that point regarding camera bcoz hardware based bokeh is better than software based bokeh !….
If Hardware based Bokeh will be there Then iam sure gonna buy this
And I hope for some video stabilization too ,just like G5 Plus.