SpecEagle review · Honor

Honor X9c review: Ultra-durable curved-AMOLED mid with a 6,600 mAh battery.

Item: Honor X9c
Rating: 70
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2024·$330

Overall

70/100

Class rank

#2 of 4

Tier

Mid

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

A big-battery durable mid-ranger.

Honor X9c pairs a huge 6,600 mAh silicon-carbon battery with a curved 4,000-nit AMOLED, OIS and anti-drop durability at $330. The SD6 Gen 1 is the performance limit.

01Display

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2024.

TypeCurved AMOLED, 120 Hz

Size6.78 inches

Resolution2,700 × 1,224 px

Peak brightness4,000 nits

02Camera

68/100

68/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2024.

Main108 MP, f/1.75, OIS

Depth2 MP

Selfie16 MP

03Performance

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2024.

ChipsetSnapdragon 6 Gen 1 (4 nm)

RAM8 / 12 GB

Storage256 / 512 GB

04Battery

90/100

At 90/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among mid phones of 2024 — 8 points above the cohort average.

Capacity6,600 mAh (silicon-carbon)

Wired66 W SuperCharge

05Build

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 78-point average for mid phones of 2024.

06Value

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2024.

What works

Huge 6,600 mAh + 66 W at $330.
Curved 4,000-nit AMOLED + OIS.
Anti-drop + IP65M durability.
108 MP main, slim 7.98 mm.

What doesn't

SD6 Gen 1 is entry-mid.
No telephoto.
Only 2 OS updates.
MagicOS quirks.

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 4-phone cohort of mid devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .