Reviewers Liked
- All-screen design
- Great battery life
- Lots of storage
Reviewers Didn't Like
- No Google app support
- App Gallery missing key apps
- No time of flight camera
- Front camera is slow to respond
Huawei Honor 9X Pro
68
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Expert reviews and ratings
By TechAdvisor
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70
The Honor 9X Pro has a high-end design and a decent camera set-up for a great price, but the lack of Google features do make this phone inaccessible for the everyday user.
By Phone Arena
on
60
Summary The Honor 9X Pro is an impressively affordable smartphone aimed at those looking for great hardware without the typically high price tag. Looking at the spec sheet, it almost seems too good to be true: you get a good-looking screen, plenty of...
By Stuff
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40
It's affordable, looks the part and has decent hardware for the money - but the 9X Pro is seriously flawed without Google Play Services onboard. It's hard to think of anyone that genuinely wouldn't need a single one of Google's apps, never has the...
By zdnet.com
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79
The Honor 9X Pro is a well built handset whose glass back, while slippery, is attractive, and whose side-mounted fingerprint scanner will please some people and disappoint others. The pop-up selfie camera makes for an uninterrupted screen, which is...
By androidheadlines.com
on
60
Huawei-owned Honor has been around since around 2013, making relatively brilliant budget-friendly and mid-range smartphones but its latest device, the China-only Honor 9x Pro, may still require some introduction.Aimed squarely at the lower-cost segment...
By Neowin
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70
At around $324, this is one of the best smartphones you can buy, if not the best. But then there's the elephant in the room, which is that there are no Google apps. I come from a background of Windows phones, so this is a struggle that I'm all too...
By techadvisor.co.uk
on
80
If we're focusing on just the design and main camera, the 9X certainly delivers. The aesthetic is fantastic, the camera quality in daylight use is rather impressive and the notch-free display gives a bright and clean finish to the phone, making it a...
By SlashGear
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70
The Honor 9X Pro is a great phone that transcends the definition of what a mid-tier smartphone can do. With is dependable specs, full-screen display, serviceable cameras, and accessible price, it straddles the fine line between mid-range and premium...
By GSMArena
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Huawei's AppGallery is expanding, sure, but the tempo is far from rapid and it will take some time before it even begins to feel like a proper app store. But, if you are fine with sideloading stores and apps, the Honor 9X Pro will work for you just...
By PCMag IN
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Mobile World Congress was canceled, but that didn't stop China-based Honor (a subsidiary of Huawei) from revealing a range of new products for the global market: the 9X Pro smartphone, the V30 Pro smartphone, and the MagicBook 14 and 15 laptops. The V30...
By TechRadar
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There's not a whole lot in the Honor 9X Pro that's different to the original device, but the few new and improved features and specs are warmly welcome. However, the lack of Google apps, and their replacement with Huawei Mobile Services, does mean not...
By Expert Reviews
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As tech launches across the globe are begrudgingly cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus threat, Honor has not only been able to push out its first laptop, but another mid-range smartphone called the Honor 9X Pro. Specification-wise, the Honor 9X Pro...
By digitalcameraworld.com
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Would we recommend picking up the Honor 9X Pro? Not just yet - wait to see how the lack of Google apps affects western reviewers and users. Having said that, if the price is right, and you want a bit less Google in your life, then it could be a great...
By Trusted Reviews
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An otherwise tempting device that packs in performance power for the price - despite this, the lack of Google Mobile Services is very off-putting.Key Specifications206g163.5 x 77.3 x 8.8 mmAndroid 9; EMUI 9.1Kirin 810 chipset6.59-inch, 1080x2340p LCD...
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