Huawei has announced it’s latest premium flagship device – Honor V9 – with the specifications on the higher side. The Huawei Honor V9 was introduced at an event in China and is expected to be presented in Barcelona at MWC-2017 as the Honor 8 Pro for the global markets. It comes with a 5.7-inch QHD LTPS LCD touch display with the resolutions of 1440 x 2560 and 515 ppi. The phone is powered by Huawei’s own processor that is HiSilicon’s latest and greatest chipset, the Kirin 960, similar to Mate 9 series.
The Huawei Honor V9 comes with the whopping 6GB of RAM along with the 64GB and 128GB memory variants. A micro SD card can be used for further memory expansion using hybrid slot as the phone comes with the hybrid dual-SIM functionality. On the camera specifications, it has dual 12 MP + 12 MP f/2.2 cameras on the back with laser autofocus, LED flash, and 4K video capture and an 8 MP f/2.0 camera on the front. The phone runs on Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box with Huawei’s EMUI 5.0 on top. It packs a 4000 mAh battery and also has a fingerprint sensor on the back.
Huawei Honor V9 (Honor 8 pro) specifications
- Display: 5.7-inch Quad HD LTPS LCD touch display (1440 x 2560 Pixels, 515 ppi) with 2.5D curved glass
- Processor: 2.4 GHz, Kirin 960 Octa-core processor (4 core Cortex-A72 + 4 core Cortex-A53), Mali-G71 Octa-Core GPU
- Memory: 6GB RAM, 64GB / 128GB internal storage, Micro-SD up to 128 GB
- Operating System: Android 7.0 Nougat, EMUI 5.0
- SIM: Hybrid dual-SIM (nano + nano/microSD)
- Rear Camera: Dual 12 MP + 12 MP color of monochrome f/2.2 cameras, Laser Autofocus, LED flash, 4K Video recording
- Front Camera: 8 MP f/2.0 camera
- Dimensions: 157 x 77.5 x 6.97 mm
- Weight: 184 g
- Connectivity: 4G LTE, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, NFC, USB 2.0 Type-C
- Sensors: Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- Battery: 4,000 mAh with Fast Charging
- Colors: Aurora Blue, Platinum Gold, Flame Red, Midnight Black
Price and Availability
The Huawei Honor V9 is prices at CNY 2,999 (approx. $435 or €413 or INR 30,000) for 64GB variant in China, the 128GB model will be released later. if you are in China, you can pre-book it through Huawei’s online store and the device will be out on February 28. The phone is expected to be introduced in Barcelona at MWC-2017 as an Honor 8 Pro for the global markets.
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