Honor Play 9A

Honor Play 9A is an entry-level phone and also the successor of the Honor Play 8A. Honor Play 9A sports dual rear cameras, a MediaTek P35 chipset, and is assisted by a 5000mAh battery. This entry-level phone comes with some noticeable upgrades to tackle the existing affordable like Infinix S5 Pro and Realme 5. Let’s read more about this Honor phone and see if it is worth buying.

Design and Display

Honor Play 9A is solidly built and has a polycarbonate finish in the back with plastic side frames. The phone has an ergonomics body which is rare for the most entry-level phones these days. It measures(159.07x74.06x9.04) and has a lightweight of 185 grams. For biometrics, it sports a rear fingerprint sensor and face unlock. It is available in three different colors Jasper Green, Black, and Blue.

Honor Play 9A includes a 6.3-inch color IPS LCD display with a waterdrop notch. The panel is HD+(720x1600) and amounts to 278PPI, based on this, buyers may struggle to view clear contents in the direct sunlight. The aspect ratio of the phone is 20:9 which is a fair size for watching movies or gaming.

Performance and Camera

Honor Play 9A is driven by MediaTek’s Helio P35 chipset which is assisted with 4GB of RAM. The phone has 8-performing cores and has an entry-level PowerVR GE8320 GPU for rendering the graphics. Useful sensors like Accelerometer, Light Sensor, and Proximity are present.

Honor Play 9A sports a dual rear camera setup. A 13MP primary sensor is coupled with a 2MP depth sensor with autofocus. You can snap portrait shots and decent pictures using the camera, but expecting high-quality pictures might disappoint you. For selfie and video calls, it houses an 8MP camera. As far as the recording is concerned, the rear cameras can shot FHD 1080p videos @30fps. Features like Digital zoom, Auto-flash, Face detection, and Touch-to-focus are present to better the camera app.

Battery and Storage

Honor Play 9A is backed by a 5000mAh battery to juice up. This might be an advantage for this Honor phone and could draw buyers who likes phone with bigger batteries. Also, it includes a 10W fast charger out of the box for fast charging.

Honor Play 9A has 64GB of internal storage capacity. This storage can be used for storing apps, games, documents, movies, photos, music, etc. Also, it has an extra card slot which expands the internal memory up to 512GB.

Connectivity

The connectivity options of Honor 9A include 3G, VoLTE which enables HD voice calling and video calls for supported Jio users, the latest Bluetooth v5, WiFi, and USB Type C connectivity. For online navigation, it has GPS with A-GPS.

Honor Play 9A is an affordable offering from the house of Honor. This phone features average configuration that is suitable for people who are looking for an entry-level phone. This phone is going to have a tough competition against the Galaxy M30.