Huawei held an event in China where it announced the Honor 9 Lite - a more affordable variant of the Honor 9. The Honor 9 Lite will arrive with 5.65” 18:9 screen with FullHD+ resolution. It has dual cameras on both sides and comes with the latest Emotion UI, based on Android Oreo.
Huawei Honor 9 Lite official renders
The Honor 9 Lite runs on a Kirin 659 chipset with octa-core CPU, clocked up to 2.36 GHz. It has either 3 GB or 4 GB RAM that respectively come with 32 GB or 64 GB storage, expandable by up to 256 GB via the microSD card slot.
There are 13 MP + 2 MP camera combos on the front and on the back and both of them record video in 1080p. The battery cell is Li-Polymer with 3,000 mAh capacity and support for Super Charge.
Pricing starts at CNY1,199 ($182) for the 3/32 GB variant. The 4/32 GB goes for CNY1,499 ($227) and the most expensive option of 4/64 GB costs CNY1,799 ($273). Offered in Navy Blue, Seagull Gray, Magic Nightfall (read Black) or Pearl White, the Honor 9 Lite will arrive in China on December 26. India, Russia, and UK will also get the device soon.
Source (in Chinese)
They bought huge bundles of those chipsets in order to get better deal (lower price per chip) so they can make phones cheaper too. And now they're stuck with tons of those chipsets, so they flood the market with cheap phones in order to make some pro...
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