Honor 9 vs Honor 9 Lite Specs Comparison

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Honor 9
Honor 9 Honor 9 Lite
Released · Jun 27, 2017
Released · Jan 21, 2018
5.2-inch · 1920x1080px
5.7-inch · 2160x1080px
Dual camera
Dual camera
4GB · 64GB
4GB · 64GB
3200 mAh
3000 mAh
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Availability

Officially announced
Jun 12, 2017 Jan 17, 2018

Design

Dimensions
5.80 x 2.79 x 0.29 inches
147.3 x 70.9 x 7.45 mm
5.94 x 2.83 x 0.30 inches
151 x 71.9 x 7.6 mm
Weight
5.47 oz / 155.0 g 5.26 oz / 149.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass
Frame: Aluminum
Back: Glass
Frame: Metal
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) 2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Blue Black, Gray, Blue

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 70.03% screen-to-body 5.7-inch, 75.96% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD IPS LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 428 PPI 2160x1080px, 427 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
3 (Average) Untested

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
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB
3GB/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat) Android (8.0 Oreo)

Battery

Type
3200 mAh, Li - Polymer 3000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Dual camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal length: 27 mm
13 MP (PDAF)
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)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP
Video capture: 1080p
13 MP (Dual-Camera)
Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2 4.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
b,g,n
Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
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, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS
Other
NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, 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 Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 8
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 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 Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

Memory 6GB/128GB
with 32 GB storage
Memory 3GB/32GB
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