Honor launches 9 Lite with glass unibody, quad cameras: price starts at Rs 10,999

The Honor 9 Lite comes with a 13MP + 2 MP dual camera combo on the both the front and rear.

Update: 2018-01-17 11:57 GMT
We expect this smartphone to be the Honor 9 Lite, which was launched in China a few days ago.

Honor has launched its second quad camera smartphone in India by the name of Honor 9 Lite at a price of Rs 10,999 for 32GB variant and Rs 14,999 for the 64GB variant. It will available in three colours – Sapphire blue, Glacier Grey and Midnight Black.

Also read: Honor 9 Lite first impressions/hands-on

The Honor 9 Lite comes with an all-glass body held together by a metal frame, which the company claims to provide a mirror-like finish. It sports a 5.65-inch 18:9 IPS display with a resolution of FHD+. It is powered by a Kirin 659 octa core processor along with 3GB/4GB of RAM and 32GB/64GB of onboard storage. The smartphone runs on Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI 8.0 on top, which is Honor’s latest OS enabled with AI features for the camera. It also comes with a microSD card expansion of up to 256GB.

On the photography front, the Honor 9 Lite sports a quad camera setup — 13MP + 2MP dual sensor on the front and a 13MP + 2MP rear sensor, both of which enables wide aperture mode for photos. The 9 Lite is powered by a 3000mAh battery which the company claims to provide a whole day’s backup on a single charge.

With its aggressive pricing, the Honor 9 Lite falls in direct competition with Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 4, Mi A1, Moto G5 and Lenovo K8 Note. To see how it fares against the bestsellers of the segment, keep an eye out for our review of the Honor 9 Lite.

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