Huawei Honor 9N - Australian Review - Massive 128GB ROM, HiSilicon Kirin 659 Chipset

Honor (Huawei’s Sub-Brand) is all set to hit the market with its greatest and latest smartphone named Huawei Honor 9N in Australia. Basically, it’s a variant of Huawei Honor 9i but Huawei decided to call it Huawei Honor 9N. The Honor 9N adopted most of its features from Huawei Honor 9i such as a notch design, onboard memory, RAM and a camera.

Digging down inside, Huawei Honor 9N is a Dual SIM flagship smartphone running on Android Operating System – Android 8.1 Oreo with no defined timeline of an upgrade. It has a gorgeous 5.84-inch IPS LCD which is backed by 1080 x 2280 pixels resolution at 432 PPI for full HD experience. The Honor 9N is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 659 Chipset paired with a whopping 4 GB of RAM, whereas Mali T830 MP2 GPU manages a graphical department. Thus, the performance is butter smooth and gives users a lag-free experience.

To install an extensive range of apps and games, Huawei Honor 9N boasts hefty 128GB of onboard memory which can be expanded further up to 256GB via microSD card. A dual 13MP + 2MP sensor is positioned horizontally on its rear featuring 1080p videos, and a 16MP sensor is sitting on its front for selfie image and video calling. This Android smartphone is loaded with 3630mAh non-removable battery which gives around 345 hours on Stand-by time and 21 hours Talk Time (2G and 3G). That’s it? No! The story is just begun. Let’s explore more in our quick Huawei Honor 9N review and see what it dishes out for its audience.

Huawei Honor 9N Release Date & Price

July 24, 2018, is an official Huawei Honor 9N release date in Australia – either it lands on shores immediately after release or not, it’s something need to be revealed. Honor 9N rumours and leaks suggested availability in August, though.

Release date at least is confirmed, but how much does it cost? It’s undecided for now. Based on numerous online sources, Huawei Honor 9N Price in Australia is expected somewhere between 470-490 AUD. Too early to say something about its price.

Huawei Honor 9N Full Phone Specs

Here we’ve listed down all Huawei Honor 9N Specifications which may be changed without any notice as it’s far away from its release. Let’s have a look.

PRICE		A$350 - A$ 400
NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCHING	Announced	July, 2018
	Status	Available. Released 2018, July
BODY	Build	Front/back glass & aluminum frame
	Dimensions	149.2 x 71.8 x 7.7 mm (5.87 x 2.83 x 0.30 in)
	Weight	152 g (5.36 oz)
	SIM	Dual SIM
DISPLAY	Resolution	1080 x 2280 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~432 ppi density)
	Type	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.84 inches, 85.1 cm2 (~79.5% screen-to-body ratio)
	Covered (Protective)	Corning Gorilla Glass
	Multi touch	Yes
PLATFORM	Operating System	Android 8.0 (Oreo)
	Chipset	HiSilicon Kirin 659
	CPU	Octa core (2.36 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53 + 1.7 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53)
	GPU	Mali-T830 MP2
MEMORY	Internal	128GB
	RAM	4GB
	Extendable (Card)	microSD, up to 256GB
CAMERA	Primary ( Dual )	13 MP + 2MP
	Secondary	16 MP
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
	Flash	LED flash
	Video	1080p
CONNECTIVITY	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v4.2
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS
	USB	microUSB 2.0
SOUND	Alert type	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	jack	3.5mm
	Mic	Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
FEATURES	Sensors	Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML5 (MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player) (Photo/video editor) (Document viewer)
BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery
OTHER FEATURES	Colours	Jasper Green (or Jade Green), Dream Purple, Magic Night Black or Charm Blue