Honor keeps up its campaign that aims to improve its presence in the smartphone segment. Since its independence from Huawei, Honor has been aiming high in the smartphone market with important releases. The company launched a couple of foldable smartphones in a bid to compete with the big ones in the segment like Samsung. However, the mid-range segment still is one of the most important ranges for brands that want to be successful. Therefore, Honor is gearing up to introduce a new device dubbed Honor X9b.
Honor X9b’s Design Revealed in All Glory
The Honor X9b will be a direct sequel for the Honor X9a that was announced in January this year. The new variant appeared on Honor’s Malaysian website, showing the design of its back. Once again, we have the disc camera, which is one of my favorite’s designs ever.
In fact, the design is very reminiscent of the Honor X9a. The predecessor has the same circular camera island, although with the X9b the phone seems thicker and it’s protruding a bit more. The obvious change is the color itself. The Honor X9b will come with vegan leather in at least one of its variants.
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The company also posted an official teaser image on its X account. It shows part of the front panel, and it reveals a curved display with a centered punch-hole image for the selfie shooter.
The Honor X9b could be a rebadged Honor X50 which is available in China since July. The reason behind it is that the X9b was spotted with the same chipset, RAM, and Android version as the X50 in Geekbench benchmark.
Honor X9b Specifications
The Honor X9b might come with a 6.78-inch AMOLED screen with 2,652 x 1,220 pixels of resolution. The panel offers a 19:5:9 aspect ratio, and an in-screen fingerprint scanner. The device will run Magic OS 7.1 based on Android 13. Under the hood, it will have the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 with up to 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of Storage. It packs a 5,800 mAh battery with 35W charging. The camera setup includes an 8 MP selfie snapper, ands a 108 MP rear camera paired with a 2 MP macro lens.
Conclusion
The phone is touted as coming soon, so we can expect more teasers to appear in the due time. Considering the teaser, the Honor will likely hit Malaysia first, but other markets in the region should receive it as well. Details like the processor in the phone are still unclear, but Honor will likely share more details in the next few days.