SpecEagle review · Honor

Honor X9d review: The drop-and-water-proof X-series, now with an 8,300 mAh cell.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2025·$330
Overall
72/100
Class rank
#2 of 8
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Three-day battery, drop-proof glass.

X9d pushes the X-series' durability pitch further with an enormous 8,300 mAh silicon-carbon cell — three days of real use — plus IP68/IP69 and anti-drop glass, in a body still only 8 mm thick. The mid-tier chip and single useful camera are the trade. For battery and toughness per dollar, it is hard to beat.

01Display

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2025.

TypeAMOLED, 120 Hz, quad-curved, 4,000 nits peak
Size6.79 inches
Resolution2,700 × 1,224 px (1.5K)
Durabilityanti-drop certified

02Camera

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 68-point average for mid-range phones of 2025.

Main108 MP, f/1.75, OIS
Depth2 MP
Selfie16 MP

03Performance

64/100

64/100 puts it above the 62-point average for mid-range phones of 2025.

ChipsetSnapdragon 6 Gen 4 (4 nm)
RAM8 / 12 GB
Storage256 / 512 GB

04Battery

96/100

At 96/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among mid-range phones of 2025 — 9 points above the cohort average.

Capacity8,300 mAh (silicon-carbon)
Wired80 W

05Build

82/100

82/100 puts it above the 76-point average for mid-range phones of 2025.

06Value

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 75-point average for mid-range phones of 2025.

What works
  • 8,300 mAh — one of the biggest cells in any phone, in a slim 8 mm body.
  • IP68/IP69 + anti-drop glass.
  • 108 MP OIS main, 80 W charging.
  • 4,000-nit curved AMOLED.
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 is mid-tier.
  • 2 MP depth filler, no ultrawide.
  • MagicOS duplicates apps.
  • 202 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 8-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .