Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Varun Kashyap & Sridevi Reddy
Co-Founders, Zithara.ai
Transforming Indian Offline Retail and Customer Engagement Using AI

Huawei’ sub-brand Honor has launched a new smartphone- the Honor 9 in its home country China. The Honor 9 is the successor to the company’s much popular Honor 8 released last year with dual cameras at the back. The Honor 9 shares a lot of similarities with its predecessor, especially in the design aspect. Let’s take a quick look at what improvements does the Honor 9 bring on paper.

Design
The Honor 9 is made of metal and glass, same as the Honor 8. The dual camera is still present at the top rear left of the phone. However, the significant change is the fingerprint scanner placement, which is now present in the home button of the phone. To be frank, Huawei is all over the place with the fingerprint scanner placement on their phones- the Honor 8 and Huawei P9 scanners can be seen at the back, whereas the Honor 9 and Huawei P10 has a scanner integrated into the home key.
The Honor 9 is made of metal and glass, same as the Honor 8. The dual camera is still present at the top rear left of the phone. However, the significant change is the fingerprint scanner placement, which is now present in the home button of the phone. To be frank, Huawei is all over the place with the fingerprint scanner placement on their phones- the Honor 8 and Huawei P9 scanners can be seen at the back, whereas the Honor 9 and Huawei P10 has a scanner integrated into the home key.
Also, the Honor 9 has a 3D glass at the back, making the device look different in various angles, same as the recently announced HTC U11.
Display
Coming to the display, the Honor 9 has a compact 5.15-inch Full HD panel with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, carrying a pixel density of 424 PPI. The screen has a protective layer on top, and it’s a 2.5D curved glass.
