Honor, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, finally launched the Honor 9 Lite in India. The smartphone is another mid-range offering from the company. The unique selling proposition of the Honor 9 Lite includes the 18:9 display and the dual-camera setup at the front as well as the back making a total of four camera sensors. The company also touted that India had the first overseas launch of the Honor 9 Lite and one month ahead of the global launch.
Specifications
As far as the specifications are concerned, the Honor 9 Lite features a 5.65-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080x2160 pixels and an 18:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone is powered by Huawei's HiSilicon Kirin 659 SoC coupled with the Mali-T830 MP2 GPU. The device has been launched in two variants, one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage and the other with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The smartphone runs on EMUI 8.0 based on Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box.
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On the optics front, the Honor 9 Lite sports a dual-camera setup at the back with a 13-megapixel camera and a 2-megapixel camera with phase detection autofocus and a LED flash. Up front, there is the same 13MP + 2MP dual-camera setup found at the back of the smartphone.
Price and Availability
The Honor 9 Lite is priced at Rs. 10,999 for the 3GB + 32GB variant while the 4GB + 64GB variant retails for Rs. 14,999. Both the smartphones are exclusively available via the e-commerce website Flipkart. Customers purchasing these smartphones can get an instant cashback of 10 percent on using a Citi Bank Debit or Credit card. The smartphone will go on flash sales for the first time at 12 AM and 12 PM on January 21 followed by 12 noon on January 22 and 23.
