Honor has officially introduced striped down variant of Honor 9, which company is calling it as Honor 9 Youth Edition (LLD-AL00). It is also largely known as Honor 9 Lite as well.
In terms of specifications, it has 5.65-inch IPS LCD screen with Full HD+ resolution. It is powered by octa-core Kirin 659 SoC and comes with 3GB RAM with 32GB ROM and 4GB RAM with 32GB / 64GB internal memory.
The Honor 9 Youth Edition specs include a total of four cameras, a 13MP + 2MP camera at the front and 13MP + 2MP main camera at the back (rear one with LED Flash.
The hardware is powered by 3000 mAh Li-Po battery. The Honor 9 Lite runs on Android 8.0 Oreo OS with EMUI 8.0 on top. It has fingerprint sensor at the back for quick unlocking.
Usual connectivity options like 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Hotspot, Bluetooth, GPS and 3.5mm Audio jack are present as well.
Honor 9 Youth Edition (Honor 9 Lite) Specifications
- Dimensions: 151 x 71.9 x 7.6 mm
- Hybrid Dual SIM slots (Nano + Nano / MicroSD)
- Android 8.0 Oreo OS with EMUI 8.0
- Fingerprint sensor (rear)
- 5.65-inch IPS display, 2160 x 1080 pixels resolution, 428ppi pixel density, 18:9 aspect ratio, supports multi-touch
- Octa-core (2.36GHz x 4 + 1.7GHz x 4) Kirin 659 processor with Mali-T830 NF2 GPU
- 3GB / 4GB RAM options
- 32GB (about 22GB user available) / 64GB Internal storage options, expandable up to 256GB using MicroSD card
- 13MP + 2MP front camera with 1080p video recording
- 13MP + 2MP rear camera with LED Flash, CMOS Sensor, PDAF, digital zoom, HDR, Face Recognition, 1080p video recording
- 3000 mAh Li-Polymer battery, about 20 hours 3G talk time, about 13 hours 720p video playback, up to 86 hours music playaback, up to 9 hours 4G internet, up to 24 days standby
- 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth V4.2, GPS/GLANOSS/Beidou, MicroUSB V2.0, USB OTG, 3.5mm Audio Jack
- Gravity Sensor, Light sensor, Proximity, Compass
The Honor 9 Youth Edition or you might call it as Honor 9 Lite is priced starting at 1199 Yuan ($182 approx.) for 3GB RAM + 32GB ROM model. The 4GB RAM + 32GB storage variant is priced at 1499 Yuan (US$ 227 approx.) while the 4GB RAM + 64GB storage model costs 1799 Yuan (US$ 273 approx.).
The handset will begin selling in China from December 26th. It will also land in India, Russia and U.K soon. The mobile comes in Navy, Seagull Gray, Magic Nightfall, and Pearl White colors.