SpecEagle review · Honor

Honor 9X review: Notchless pop-up mid-ranger with Kirin 710F.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2019·$200
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#3 of 5
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

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

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2019.

TypeIPS LCD, notchless
Size6.59 inches
Resolution1080 x 2340 px

02Camera

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2019.

Main48 MP, f/1.8
Ultrawide8 MP
Depth2 MP
Selfie16 MP pop-up

03Performance

60/100

60/100 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.

ChipsetKirin 710F (12nm)
GPUMali-G51 MP4

04Battery

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 74-point average for mid-range phones of 2019.

Capacity4000 mAh
Charging10W

05Build

66/100

66/100 trails the 70-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2019.

What works
  • Notchless display via pop-up at $200
  • 48 MP triple cam
  • 4000 mAh + microSD + jack
What doesn't
  • 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? .