Honor X9a Launch Date Set for January 4; Design, Specifications Tipped Ahead of Debut: Details

Honor X9a is confirmed to sport a curved OLED screen with a hole-punch cutout for the selfie camera.

Written by Himani Jha, Edited by David Delima | Updated: 22 December 2022 17:20 IST

Honor X9a Launch Date Set for January 4; Design, Specifications Tipped Ahead of Debut: Details

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Honor X9a (pictured) is expected to debut as a rebranded version of the Honor X40

Highlights

Honor X9a may be a rebranded version of the Honor X40
Honor X9a will be the third phone in the Honor X9 lineup
Honor X9a is tipped to come with Magic UI based Android 12 OS

Honor X9a launch date has been confirmed by the company. The handset is just a couple of weeks away from its launch in Malaysia. The Chinese smartphone company has announced that the Honor X9a will be launched at 7 pm (local time) on January 4 next year. It will be the third Honor X9 series phone to be launched by the firm, after the Honor X9 and Honor X9 5G. The company has also revealed the design and some of the key specifications of this handset.

According to the landing page shared by the company, the Honor X9a will be unveiled on January 4 in Malaysia at 7 pm local time (4:30 pm IST). The handset will feature a curved OLED screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate. The handset is shown in a white shade with a hole punch display cutout for the selfie camera and a large camera ring on the back with multiple sensors and an LED flash.

The Honor X9a is tipped to be a rebranded version of the Honor X40 for global markets. The Honor X9a is expected to arrive with similar features including a like 6.67-inch AMOLED curved-edge display with a centrally aligned punch-hole, full-HD+ support, and 1,080 x 2,400 pixels resolution. It is likely to come equipped with an under-display fingerprint scanner.

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The Honor X9a is said to run on Android 12, with the company's Magic UI running on top. It is likely to come equipped with the Snapdragon 695 chipset paired with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB or 256 GB of storage.

On the optics front, it could pack a 50-megapixel primary camera, a 2-megapixel macro snapper, and an LED flash on the back, and an 8-megapixel camera on the front for selfies. It will ship with a 5,100mAh battery that supports 40W wired charging.

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Honor X40

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Display 6.67-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 695

Front Camera 8-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 2-megapixel

RAM 6GB

Storage 128GB

Battery Capacity 5100mAh

OS Android 12

Resolution 1080x2400 pixels

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