Honor 9N India launch highlights: Price, specifications, features

Honor launched its latest smartphone with a ‘notch display’ in India today. Honor 9N is available in three storage variants with a starting price of ₹11,999. The smartphone will be available in India starting July 31 exclusively via Flipkart and Honor’s e-store.Honor 9N is an upgrade over the Honor 9 Lite which was launched earlier this January in India. The biggest difference between the two is the notch display design. Honor 9N also features a 2.5D curved glass. The smartphone comes in four colour options of midnight black, sapphire blue, lavender purple, and robin egg blue. Honor 9N specificationsHonor 9N has a 5.8-inch Full HD+ display with 19:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood of the smartphone runs in-house Kirin 659 processor. For photography, Honor 9N has a 13-megapixel and 2-megapixel dual-camera setup at the rear, and a 16-megapixel front camera. The smartphone packs a 3,000mAh battery, and runs Android 8.0 Oreo-based EMIUI 8.0 on the software front. Honor 9N features face unlock and a rear fingerprint sensor for security.Honor 9N priceThe base model of Honor 9N with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage is priced at ₹11,999. Honor 9N with 4GB RAM plus 64GB and 128GB storage is priced at ₹13,999 and ₹17,999 respectively.Here are the highlights from the Honor 9N India launch event.

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Honor 9N features a 5.8-inch Full HD+ display with an aspect ratio of 19:9. (HT Photo)

24 Jul 2018, 12:27 IST

Honor 9N: Pricing and availability

Honor 9N starts at Rs 11,999 for the 3GB plus 32GB variant, and Rs 13,999 for the 4GB plus 64GB variant. There's also a top model with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage which will retail at Rs 17,999. Honor 9N will be available starting July 31 via Flipkart and the company's e-store. Buyers can avail Reliance Jio offers like Rs 2,200 cashback and 100GB of additional data.

24 Jul 2018, 12:15 IST

Honor 9N: Features like Game Suite, Ride mode

Game Suite: you can play games while answering calls at the same time. Ride mode: Customise your phone to respond to calls and messages when riding a two-wheeler. Party mode: Sync up to seven Honor devices to play music at the same time. Quick access to Paytm with one-tap pay option.

24 Jul 2018, 12:13 IST

Honor 9N: Face unlock and fingerprint sensor

Honor 9N features face unlock which works for notifications as well. It also has a rear fingerprint sensor located at the top center. The rear fingerprint sensor can be used to answer calls and take photos, and also silence alarms.

24 Jul 2018, 12:11 IST

Honor 9N: Dual rear cameras

Honor 9N has a dual-camera setup at the rear which is a 13-megapixel and 2-megapixel combination.

24 Jul 2018, 12:10 IST

Honor 9N: Selfie camera

Honor 9N sports a 16-megapixel selfie camera which is claimed to offer good photos in low-light conditions. It features 3D face contouring, smart and gender beautification, and the ability to change image backgrounds.

24 Jul 2018, 12:08 IST

Honor 9N: Colour variants

Honor 9N will be available in four colours of ‘Midnight Black', ‘Sapphire Blue', ‘Lavender Purple, and ‘Robin Egg Blue'.

24 Jul 2018, 12:04 IST

Honor 9N: Display and design

Clinton Jeff, Senior Marketing Lead, Huawei India begins the presentation on Honor 9N. It has a 12-layer glass design with a 2.5D curved glass. It features 5.8-inch Full HD+ display with an 19:9 aspect ratio.

24 Jul 2018, 11:57 IST

Honor 9N: Honor’s journey so far

Suhail Tariq, Chef Marketing Officer, Honor, talks about the company's photo workshop started six months ago.

24 Jul 2018, 11:47 IST

Honor 9N: Sales of Honor 10, Honor 9 Lite

P Sanjeev says that the company sold 3 million units of Honor 10 globally. In India, Honor has sold almost 1 million units of Honor 9 Lite.

24 Jul 2018, 11:43 IST

Honor 9N: Launch event begins

P Sanjeev, VP of sales, Huawei takes the stage to start the launch of Honor 9N smartphone.

24 Jul 2018, 11:31 IST

Honor 9N: Dual cameras, rear fingerprint sensor

Honor 9N features a dual-camera setup located at the top left corner of the smartphone. There's also a fingerprint sensor placed at the center.

24 Jul 2018, 11:22 IST

Honor 9N: Flipkart exclusive

Honor 9N will be available exclusively via e-commerce platform, Flipkart.

24 Jul 2018, 11:10 IST

Honor 9N: Notch display, glass design

Honor 9N has a notch cutout on its display, and is wrapped with a 2.5D curved glass.