Huawei's sub-brand Honor has introduced several extremely handset handsets in recent times. Honor 8 Pro, launched only this year, gave a strong challenge to OnePlus 5 directly. Considering the price, its specification and feature influenced us. Now, in the smartphone market, there is an inclination towards the handset of 18: 9 aspect ratios. The company has introduced its claim with Honor 9I. In order to strengthen the claim, four cameras have also been provided in the phone, which is a unique feature in itself. On paper, its specifications look suppressed. Is the handset also strong in common use? We will answer this question to you.
Honor 9i Design
If you appeal to the phone with thin bezel and large display, you will also like the Honor 9. It has a 5.9-inch big screen with sharp edges on its sides. Do not be afraid of the big screen size. Due to the aspect ratio of 18: 9, this phone gives the feel of having a 5.5 inch screen with 16: 9 aspect ratios in hand. The thin bezel display also means that the earpiece, the sensor and the front camera have a place on the edge of the upper side. The fingerprint scanner is on the back part. The front panel is very clean.
As soon as you take the phone in hand. Its winding edges give a good feel in the hands. Due to the Metal Unibody, the Honor 9i also looks strong. The black finish of our review unit is very beautiful, but it is like a magnet for finger prints. The phone also slips in the hands. In such a situation, you have to take precautions. The dual camera module is on the rear side. The good thing is that it comes with metal rim to protect from scratch. Honor has replaced the LED flash, camera and fingerprint sensor on the back. Fingerprint sensor is slightly above our choice. To reach this, we had to stretch our index finger slightly.
Honor 9i has a micro-USB port for charging and data transfers. There is also a loudspeaker with headphone jack on the lower part. In the retail box, you will get earphones, plastic covers and a 10-watt charger in addition to phones.
Honor 9i specifications and software
The first thing that will draw your attention is its display. Honor 9i has a 5.9-inch fullview screen. It is a fullHD+ resolution(1080x2160 pixels). Viewing angles are good, but according to our calculations, colors should have been diverse. You can control the color temperature, but the contrast can not be increased. The display for Indoor is fairly brighter, but the situation changes in the outdoors.
Honor has given four cameras in this phone. The primary sensors of the rear and front panel are 16 and 13 megapixels respectively. They have 2-megapixel secondary sensor on both sides, which will be used to capture the depth information. This means that you will be able to take pictures from both camera setup in Portrait mode. There is an LED flash on the back side and there is soft selfie flash on the front panel.
If you talk about the hardware then the Honor 9I has the Kyrgyz 659 chipset. Processor's clock speed is 2.36 GHz. You will get 64 GB of storage with 4 GB RAM. Due to hybrid dual sim design, there is also an option to increase storage. But you have to pick one of the other nano SIM or microSD card up to 128 GB. Honor has given 3340 mAh battery in this phone, which is slightly larger than average.
Talking about the software, you will find the EMUI 5.1 based on Android Noaga. Huawei has used his visual style. Some of the settings app options have been rearranged, but you will not take too much time to get it done. Honor has given some unique gestures, which can be activated with a pair of fingers. If you knock twice on the screen then the phone will take a screenshot. If you knock the two fingers together then screen recording will start. You also have the option of launching the app by typing letters on the screen. We found some of these features very effective during review.
We found that the fullview display is not made to use with one hand. Getting to the top corner is not easy. One hand-held mode is also given in the phone which makes the UI smaller. You can activate it by swiping it on the navigation button. 18: 9 Another problem with the display is that all apps are not built for it anymore. You can play these apps with a black patch on the bottom of the screen. You also have the option of scaling some apps. You will also find many unwanted apps.
Honor 9i Performance, Battery Life and Camera
Honor 9i's performance is the same as the other device at this price. In general use the phone does not get hot. But the situation changes during gaming. You will love to watch videos and play games on the big screen. We played gam like Real Racing 3, Prime Pix and Clash Royal, so that the performance of Honor 9I could be seen. Rear Racing 3 and Prime Pix worked fine. But the Clash Royal got a little zoomed in. It was coming chopped on the edges. We did not find the option to run the game in 16: 9 But we gradually became addicted to it
We also found that battery consumption is faster during gaming. In such a way, you will suggest monitoring the battery level while playing a game. If the handset is not doing full task then it manages the power well. In normal use the battery lasted about one day. But the effect of watching games and viewing videos is very much on battery life. In our HD Video Loop Test the phone battery lasted 8 hours 54 minutes which is not very good compared to other smartphones. You can reduce battery consumption by turning on Power Saver Mode in the phone. But there is disappointment if there is no fast charging support.
