Honor 9X review: Notchless pop-up mid-ranger with Kirin 710F.
Pop-up budget all-screen.
Honor 9X brought a notchless pop-up design and a 48 MP triple camera down to $200, giving budget buyers an uninterrupted screen. The slow 10W charging was the main concession to the price.
01Display
74/10074/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2019.
02Camera
64/10064/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2019.
03Performance
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2019 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
78/10078/100 puts it above the 74-point average for mid-range phones of 2019.
05Build
66/10066/100 trails the 70-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2019.
- Notchless display via pop-up at $200
- 48 MP triple cam
- 4000 mAh + microSD + jack
- No fast charging (10W)
- Kirin 710F modest
- Heavy 197 g
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 5-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .