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Huawei Honor 9 announced with Kirin 960 SoC, 6GB RAM!

Nick PapanikolopoulosJune 12, 2017

Well this isn’t a surprise is it? Huawei unveiled earlier today their latest Honor family addition, called Huawei Honor 9 and it surely looks beautiful – to me at least 😉

The new Huawei Honor 9 packs a 5.15” 1080p display, with DCI-P3 color space (also used on the iPhone 7 and Galaxy S8), its dimensions are 147.3 × 70.9 × 7.45mm and weighs around 155 grams. As we already knew, the device is equipped with a 2.4GHz octa-core Kirin 960 chipset, packing 6GB of RAM and will be available in 64GB/128GB internal storage options. The device boots up on Android 7.0 Nougat with EMUI 5.1 on top.

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It has an impressive dual camera on the back – a combo of 12MP and 20MP sensors – featuring 2x optical zoom, portrait and bokeh modes, along with an 8MP selfie camera in front. It packs a 3100 mAh battery with fast charging support, 4G VoLTE support, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n ac, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC and Huawei Pay service compatibility!

The impressive device will be priced at 2299 yuan ($ 338) for the 6GB RAM+64GB ROM version, while the higher-end variant i.e with 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version should cost 2999 yuan ($441).

What do you think guys?

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Nick Papanikolopoulos
Nick’s journey into the world of technology began back in 1997 with his first mobile device, a Philips Twist—a quirky phone that ignited a lifelong passion for all things mobile. With a career spanning over 25 years in the Mobile Technology sector and countless hours of experience in news editing, scripting, and tech reviews, Nick now serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Gizchina, one of the most influential platforms in global technology journalism.

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