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Honor 9 vs Honor 7X Specs Comparison

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Honor 9
8.0
Honor 7X
Honor 9 Honor 7X
Released · Jun 27, 2017
Released · Dec 14, 2017
5.2-inch · 1920x1080px
5.9-inch · 2160x1080px
Dual camera
Dual camera
4GB · 64GB
3GB · 32GB
3200 mAh
3340 mAh
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Availability

Officially announced
Jun 12, 2017 Dec 05, 2017
Prices (MSRP)
$200

Design

Dimensions
5.80 x 2.79 x 0.29 inches
147.3 x 70.9 x 7.45 mm 		6.16 x 2.96 x 0.30 inches
156.5 x 75.3 x 7.6 mm
Weight
5.47 oz (155.0 g) 5.82 oz (165.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass
Frame: Aluminum 		Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Blue Black, Gold, Blue, Red

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 70.03% screen-to-body 5.9-inch, 77.14% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD IPS LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 428 PPI 2160x1080px, 407 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm) HiSilicon Kirin 659 (16 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2400 MHz
ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53 		Octa-core
2360 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8 Mali-T830 MP2
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
6GB/128GB 		3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB
4GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat) Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)

Battery

Type
3200 mAh, Li - Polymer 3340 mAh
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Dual camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal length: 27 mm 		16 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal length: 26 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.9"
Pixel size: 1.25 μm
Second camera
20 MP (Black and White)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 27 mm 		2 MP (Depth information)
Flash
Dual LED LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps)
Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing 		1080p (30 fps)
Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP
Video capture: 1080p 		8 MP
Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2 4.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac 		b,g,n
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 b, g, n
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 8 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 17
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1 5, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA LTE, HSPA, HSUPA
Dual SIM
Yes Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Nov 22, 2017
FCC ID value: QISBND-L24
Measured SAR
Head: 1.11 W/kg
Body: 1.11 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.43 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.27 W/kg

Alternative variants
Memory 6GB/128GB
International version
Memory 4GB/64GB
4G (FDD) Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands 40
3G Bands 5, 8, 2, 1
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Memory 4GB/64GB
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