Honor has released a new smartphone, the Honor X9c, which is touted as the most rugged phone in the brand’s history.
The novelty can withstand a fall from a height of up to 2 meters and is ranked first in the SGS Comprehensive Reliability rating. The exterior is scratch-resistant and has been tested by rubbing it with steel wool 3000 times. The phone can operate in extreme temperatures from -30 °C to 55 °C. It also has an IP65M rating, where «M» means 360° protection against water jets. Although Honor has some models with IP69 ratings, it’s the combination of all these features that makes the X9c the most rugged of them all.
Honor X9c has a 6.78-inch curved OLED display with a resolution of 2700×1224 pixels with 10-bit color reproduction and up to 4000 nits of brightness. PWM dimming is controlled at a frequency of 3840 Hz. The device is powered by the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 processor. Users can choose from 8/256 GB, 12/256 GB, and 12/512 GB memory configurations.
The rear panel has a dual camera setup. It includes a main 108-megapixel 1/1.67-inch sensor with OIS and a 5-megapixel ultra-wide-angle module. The camera supports 3x magnification without degradation of quality and 4K video recording. The front-facing 16-megapixel camera records 1080p video.
Honor X9c has a 6600 mAh battery that provides up to 26 hours of online video playback. It supports 66W fast charging. The device also has Wi-Fi 5 (ac), Bluetooth 5.1 and NFC communication modules, stereo speakers with a marketing volume of 300%, but no 3.5mm headphone jack. The new device runs on MagicOS 8.0 based on Android 14.
The Honor X9c smartphone is already on sale in some regions at a price starting at $340 for the version with 12/256 GB of memory.
Source: gsmarena
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