14 DAY TRIAL // Huawei has just announced a new powerful smartphone, the Honor V9. The device, which carries all the elements of a flagship smartphone with its 6GB of RAM capacity and Kirin 960 processor, was launched in China and will be made available for purchase on February 28.
Honor V9 comes with a sleek and polished design, with a thickness of just 6.97mm and multiple color options, including Red, Gold, Black, and Blue. The company highlighted the red variant during the press conference, but mentioned that other colors are available as well.
The specs truly make the V9 stand out, with its Huawei Kirin 960 octa-core CPU clocked at 2.4GHz. The smartphone has 6GB of RAM and 64GB or 128GB of internal storage.
4,000mAh battery and dual-camera setup on the back
Honor V9 comes with a 5.7-inch 2k display and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection on top. The display size is the same as on its predecessor, the V8 launched last year. This year’s V9 has a bigger resolution, which makes the phone suitable for VR.
When it comes to battery capacity, Huawei equipped the V9 with a 4,000mAh battery, higher than the 3,500mAh on the Honor V8. Moreover, the smartphone runs Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box, with EMUI 5.0 on top.
On the back, it features a dual-camera setup with 12MP sensors and f/2.2 aperture, very similar to the previous model. The setup is suitable for taking photos with botek effect or images in low light conditions, due to the enhanced black and white sensors that can process pictures with up to 3 times more light.
Huawei says that Honor V9 is the first 3D modeling smartphone, the dual-camera setup and the laser focus can capture 3D pictures and users can also create 3D print outs as well. The 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage variant will sell for $377, while the version with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of memory will have a price tag of about $436. Customers would have to pay $508 for the higher-end model with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The phone could arrive to the US under the name of Honor 8 Pro.
