Honest Review of Honor X9d: Do You Need This Phone

Intro:

Honor is all about durability,y and for the Honor X9D, they’re all in. With a massive jump in battery and a way tougher exterior, this might be the most stress-free phone ever. Here are some reasons why the Honor X9D is worth the upgrade from the Honor X9C. First things first, the Honor X9D is much tougher than its predecessor, the Honor X9C, boasting a 2.5 drop resistance.

Design:

In fact, Honor’s pretty confident in how tough this phone is that they’ve even got you covered with 365D front and back crack protection, liquid damage protection, and a 1-year extended warranty, all included for free. For how tough it is, the Honor X9D is actually pretty thin and lightweight. Doesn’t feel like a brick in hand. The phone features a new flat screen design, making it tougher and easier to protect with a screen protector.

It’s reinforced with ultra deep tempered glass and a shock-absorbing layer that acts like a cushion for the screen,n so it can handle a clumsy drop without shattering. The 6.79-inch OLED display is absolutely gorgeous. It’s incredibly bright, ht hitting a peak of 6000 nits compared to the Honor X9C’s 4000 nits.

Build:

The Honor X9D is a bit heavier than its previous iteration at 193 grams. However, it is somehow slightly slimmer, clocking in at 7.76 millimeters. Obviously, the build quality of this device is one of the things that makes this smartphone special. It is equipped with the Honor Ultra Bounce Anti-Drop technology, which is a mouthful to say, as well as Ultra Tough Tempered Glass. The device can withstand drops up to 2.5 meters.

Camera:

The device makes use of a dual camera setup featuring a 108MP main shooter and a 5MP ultrawide. The main camera can also shoot videos up to 4K at 30fps. OIS on the main camera minimizes blur, while EIS provides for more stable video recording. Under good lighting conditions, the camera captures a good amount of detail and color. Photos taken in low light are also quite decent, not with a passable amount of detail capture, although it does make use of some enhancement to fill in some of the gaps in detail. The front camera is a 16MP shooter that can shoot videos up to 1080p at 30fps. Furthermore, the device comes with a suite of AI editing tools to further enhance the experience.

If you enjoy taking pictures, the Honor X9D doesn’t disappoint. It has a powerful 1080 megapixel ultra-sensing camera that captures tons of light so you can take sharp, clear photos even in low-light environments. Thanks to both optical image stabilization and electronic image stabilization, your photos will be super steady,y and your videos will be smooth and shake-free even if your hands are a little shaky.

And for editing, the phone comes with a full suite of AI tools that make editing a breeze. You can use AI eraser to magically remove unwanted objects from your photos, AI cutout to easily crop a subject, and AI face tune to perfect your selfies.

Performance:

The Honor X9D has also been upgraded to a Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 chipset, boasting a 29% better GPU and 11% better CPU than its predecessor, the Honor X9C. The phone runs on Magic OS 9,0 based on Android 15, and it’s packed with AI features. From AI call translation, which will be available soon to break down language barriers in real time,e to AI Honor Notes to automatically transcribe recordings and sort your notes.

The dual bass speakers on the Honor X9D are also a huge upgrade. Thanks to the 400% Ultra Volume Mode, your audio on the phone’s built-in speakers is seriously boosted for everything from incoming calls and voice conversations to music, video,s and games.

Battery:

Let’s talk battery, right? Because what’s the point of a tank-light phone if it dies halfwaythrought the day? The Honor X9D has a massive 8300 mAh battery,y which is the largest capacity in any smartphone right now. That’s a huge jump from the Honor X9C’s 6600 mAh and can last you up to 3 days of uninterrupted usage.

On a single charge, it supports up to 52.5 hours of music streaming, 23.8 hours of online video playback, 16.8 hours of gaming,g and 12.3 hours of video calling. When you do need to charge, the 66W Honor Super Charge gets you ready for extended work or play with minimal downtime. But the best part? The battery is so big, it can reverse charge other devices, es acting as a portable power bank for your friends in need. And if you’re really running on empty, the ultra power saving mode can keep your phone running for up to an hour of continuous calls even with just 2% battery left. Honor’s Magic OS 9.0 power-saving technology maximizes the battery, so you can binge-watch all day, game all night; this phone won’t die on you quite so quickly.

But here’s the kicker: the Honor X9D costs the same as its predecessor. You get the 12GB 256GB storage model for just RM1,499 and the 12GB 512GB storage version for RM1,699.

Ai Features:

You get a lot of AI features over the phone andwith friends. For example, if you want to edit any video or photo inside its own gallery, you will be able to do it easily. The timeline is available. You can do whatever you want to create an effect on them. By the way, you get all the support from Google. Mostly, while people bid goodbye to Honor’s phone, their happy times come to mind. It’s not like that. Full Google support is available. GMS is supported. There should be an option like Google Circle to Search. Whether Google becomes Gemini. AI Edit Magic Retouch is what you get. You can upscale within this. Aicutoutt is available. Ai’s painting can also be seen.

Lots of AI features like Magic Text, Magic Portal, AI Subtitle,s and AI Translation are available inside this phone. But interestingly, there is another thing in its display, like the PWM dimming that you see inside it, the one of 3840 Hz, which affects your eyes. You get a dedicated option with which you can balance the colors,s and if you are a person whose eyesight is a little weak, then after turning on that option, the colors will look better to you,u and it will not affect your eyesight much.

IP 69K:

So in terms of the rating, it does have a nice 6ix9ine rating, but not only that, it does have a 69K first-ever rating for a smartphone, which, of course,e is amazing. So it’s able to withstand more water pressure up to 6 m. It can even be submerged in about 1 meter of water for about 30 days,s and it won’t give you much damage in terms of just dust removal, al or that you don’t have to worry about it.

One really cool feature about this X9D is this which is the water and dust removal. So all you need to do is just click on this,s and you can start cleaning up, and it will remove all the water and dust particles from the speakers and also from the top as well. You can hear the sound on that, and it will just vibrate out all the water particles and also the dust particles that come with the X9D.

Internal Specs:

Under the hood, we do have the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 processor, which does use a 4-nanometer processor over here. So, expect the performance to be really good because it’,s of course the Snap Dragon processor. In terms of RAM, we do have to 12 gigs with your Honor RAM turbo feature,e and you do get the 256 or 512 gig storage option.

Conclusion:

So that is it with our final review here of the X,9D, and coursecourse the ultimate question, should you buy it or not? You don’t have to worry about it breaking. And of course, they do give you, in most countries, a kind of one-year, one-to-one exchange or a one-to-one screen protection care plan here. So do check it out with your local suppliers. And when it comes to display speakers, they do give you pretty good, decent sets over here. And when it comes to cameras, again, that’s where they have to make some corners to be cut. Overall phone is good for your daily use.