Phone Comparison - Honor 9 vs Honor X8

Honor 9
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Honor X8
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general General Info

Manufacturer Honor Honor
Announced June 2017 March 2022
Status Available - June 2017 Coming Soon - March 2022
Price Rs. 32,750 ($510.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Blue, Amber Gold, Gray, Black Titanium Silver, Midnight Black, Ocean Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 147.3 × 70.9 × 7.45 mm
(5.8 × 2.79 × 0.29 in)
163.4 x 74.7 x 7.5 mm
(6.43 x 2.94 x 0.3 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
SIM Type Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM)
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE (unspecified)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- Metal and glass Build
- Dual Cameras
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
Notification LED Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 11, Google Play Services
User Interface EMUI 5.1 Magic UI 4.2
Processor Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53), HiSilicon Kirin 960 [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Kryo 265 Gold & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 265 Silver), Qualcomm SM6225 Snapdragon 680 4G (6 nm) [Similar]
GPU Mali-G71 MP8 [Similar] Adreno 610 [Similar]
RAM 4/6 GB [Browse Similar] 6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64/128 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 2.5D Cruved Glass FHD+ IPS LCD Screen
90Hz Refresh Rate
Colors 16M Colors 16M Colors
Size 5.15 inches [Similar] 6.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (428 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 2388 pixels (391 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 89.17%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio FM Radio No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 20 MP + 12 MP [Similar] 64 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) LED Flash
Features Phase detection autofocus, Monochrome + RGB Sensors, Laser AF, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama, Beauty Mode 64 MP, f/1.8, (wide), PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide)
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 8 MP, f/2.0 [Similar] 16 MP, f/2.5
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No
USB OTG Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 22.5W
Capacity 3200 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -