Our quick take

Honor 9X - 4.0 / 5

Design & Display

  • 6.59-inch LCD display, Full HD+ resolution (1080 x 2340 pixels) ‘Dynamic X’ design (reflective ‘x’ shapes in glass rear) Finishes: Midnight Black, Sapphire Blue Size & weight: 164 x 77 x 8.8mm; 197g Rear-mounted fingerprint scanner 3.5mm headphone jack

Hardware & Performance

  • HiSilicon Kirin 710F (octa-core processor), 6GB RAM 4,000mAh battery capacity, 10W USB-C charging EMUI 9.1 software (Android 9.0 base)

Cameras

  • Triple rear camera: Main, wide, depth Main: 48MP (1/2in size), 27mm equiv., f/1.8 aperture, (12MP ‘Light Fusion’ shots by default) Wide: 8MP, 13mm equiv. (120-degree wide-angle), f/2.4 aperture Depth: 2MP, f/2.4 aperture Selfie: Motorised pop-up, 16MP, f/2.2 aperture

To recap

The absence of a notch on that large screen, the eye-catching Dynamic X design and the great battery life all make for a solid affordable handset. However, the processor isn’t a bump over last year’s and the cameras aren’t all that. Nonetheless, it’s a solid affordable handset and comes with full Google services too.