Huawei’s sub-brand Honor on Thursday unveiled its new Honor 9i smartphone in India. The new Honor 9i is identical to the Huawei Maimang 6, which was launched in China last month, as well as the Huawei Nova 2i, which was launched earlier this month in Malaysia. The highlight of the smartphone is the presence of dual camera setups on both the front an back. Another highlight is the FullView display on the smartphone.

Honor 9i price in India

The Honor 9i price in India is Rs. 17,999, and the smartphone will be exclusive to Flipkart. The handset will be going on sale starting October 14.

Honor 9i features

Following the current trend, the new Honor 9i features a FullView display which is a highlight of the device. It comes with an 18:9 aspect ratio. Another highlight of the Honor 9i is it sports four cameras: two at the front and two at the back. Dual cameras on both panels mean that the handset is capable of clicking Bokeh shots and portraits. Much like Huawei 8 Pro, the new Honor 9i also lets users readjust the focus after the photo has been shot while also allows to choose different Bokeh effects.

Honor 9i specifications

For specifications, the Honor 9i sports a 5.9-inch full-HD display, and comes with metal unibody design. It features a screen resolution of 1080×2160 pixels and comes with a screen to body ratio of 83 percent. At the front, it sports a 13-megapixel sensor accompanied by a 2-megapixel sensor for depth of field enabled shots. At the back, there’s a 16-megapixel primary sensor clubbed with a 2-megapixel secondary sensor.

An octa-core Kirin 659 processor powers the handset clocked at 2.36GHz coupled with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. It runs on EMUI 5.1 based on Android 7.0 Nougat. The handset is backed by a3340mAh battery which the company claims can deliver up to two days of standby time. The handset also comes with some gesture-based shortcuts like ‘draw an S’ for a long screenshot to capture an entire webpage; ‘tap twice with one finger’ for a screenshot, and ‘tap twice with two fingers’ for screen recording. It will be available in three colours: Prestige Gold, Aurora Blue and Graphite Black.