Honor 9 Lite Launched In India At A Price Of Rs. 10999
Launched
Honor
Honor 9 Lite
21st December (China)
17th January (India)
Rs. 10999 (3GB RAM)
Rs. 14999 (4GB RAM)
On Sale: 21st Jan Click here for latest pricing
151 × 71.9 × 7.60 mm
149 grams
Front Glass
Back Glass
Metal Frame
Sapphire Blue
Midnight Black
Glacier Grey
5.65 inch
IPS LCD
2160 x 1080 px
428ppi
HiSilicon Kirin 659
Octa-core
4 x 2.36 GHz Cortex-A53
4 x 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53
Mali-T830 MP2
32GB
64GB
3GB
4GB
MicroSD Card
256GB
Hybrid Tray
Android 8.0 Oreo
EMUI 8
13MP
2MP (depth sensor)
PDAF
HDR
Panorama
1080P @ 30fps
13MP
2MP (depth sensor)
Bokeh
Beauty Mode
1080P @ 30fps
3000 mAh
Super Charge
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.2
Dual Nano SIM
Fingerprint sensor
Huawei’s sub-brand, Honor has launched the new Honor 9 Lite in India at a starting price of Rs. 10999. The smartphone will be a Flipkart exclusive will go on sale via the first flash sale on the 21st of January. The 3GB RAM variant is priced at Rs. 10999 while the 4GB RAM variant is priced at Rs. 14999.
Honor has been on a roll in the past couple of months. It recently launched the Honor 7X at a starting price of Rs. 12999 and the Honor View 10 in India at a price of Rs. 29999. The Honor 9 Lite has a similar design with thin bezels and a tall display with the Honor branding housed in the bottom bezel. At a price of Rs. 10999, the Honor 9 Lite goes up against the likes of the Xiaomi Redmi Y1 and Redmi Note 4, although Xiaomi is expected to soon launch the successor to the Redmi Note 4 in India.
It has a 5.65-inch IPS LCD display with a 2160 x 1080 px resolution which translates into an 18:9 aspect ratio.
Under the hood, similar to the Honor 7X, the Honor 9 Lite has the HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset, an octa-core processor, the Mali-T830 MP2 GPU, 3GB or 4GB of RAM and storage options of 32GB and 64GB. It is worth noting that the onboard storage will be expandable up to 256GB via a microSD card. The fingerprint sensor is placed at the back and the bottom bezel on the front houses the Honor branding.
Powering the device is a 3000 mAh battery which also supports the Super Charge technology.
The Honor 9 Lite has four cameras. To the front and back, it has a 13MP camera along with a 2MP depth sensor and both the setups record 1080P videos at 30fps.
The Honor 9 Lite at this price is a great alternative for people who like the Honor 7X but, are on a tight budget. Not just that, the Honor 9 Lite is powered by a very able chipset, has a dual camera setup on the front and back and a build quality that is unmatched at this price point.