Huawei Honor 9 launched with dual camera; here are specifications, price

Key highlights:

• Honor 9 was launched in the UK and European market
• It has dual rear cameras include 12 megapixel and 20 megapixel
• Huawei's own octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 960 processor is in the Honor 9

Huawei's launched its successor to the Honor 8, the Honor 9. The smartphone was launched for the UK and European market on Tuesday after it was released recently in China.

In terms of the specifications and design it has a curved glass and metal design with dual cameras like the Honor 8. It has dual rear cameras include a 12 megapixel and 20 megapixel camera with dual LED flash.

One camera takes monochrome shots, the other takes photos in colour. The phone's software algorithm then merges both the images into one and creates the final photo.

In addition, the Honor 9 comes with a 8 megapixel front camera for selfies.

Besides this, the Honor 9 has a 5.15 inch full HD resolution display and Huawei's own octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 960 processor. It has a 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage, which is also expandable.

The Kirin 960 processor is also present inside Huawei's recently announced P10 and P10 Plus launched recently.

The Honor 9 has dual sims and runs on Android Nougat-based Emotion UI 5.1 and also supports 4G LTE. It also has a front-mounted fingerprint scanner for security and comes with a 3200mAh battery which support fast charging.

Like the Honor 8, the Honor 9 also has an all-glass and metal body.

In the UK the Honor 9 was launched for at a starting price of 379.99 pound (roughly Rs 31,298) and in Europe the phone will start at Euro 449.99 (roughly Rs 32,743).