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[REVIEW] HONOR 9X Hands-On Review (Part 4 - Software, Benchmark and Performance)
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The 9X comes with EMUI 9.1 (based on Android 9 Pie) out of the box. For more about the OS, you can refer to my earlier post on it HERE. Pre-loaded 3rd-party app is kept to the minimum but it can be fully uninstalled from the 9X to get a clutter-free home screen
Home screen
Settings menu
A notable security feature absentee on the 9X is face recognition or unlocking, which HONOR probably removed due to the lack of a permanent front camera. Hopefully a future update is pushed to enable the pop-up selfie camera to do the bidding just like the Mi 9T
Software update
Security & privacy
Overall, you won't be disappointed with EMUI 9.1 and the 9X is scheduled to receive the EMUI 10 update (based on Android 10) soon
Benchmark and performance
The 9X is powered by a familiar HiSilicon Kirin 710F chipset (also seen on last year's 8X) with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. While it isn't the 810, performance of the 710F is to a great extent on par with competitors like Qualcomm's Snapdragon 665 on the Redmi Note 8
While the 9X feels snappy in day-to-day usage, the niggling default animation scale (read: speed) takes just a tad too long but once I reduced them from 1x to 0.5x in the developer options (tap the build number 7 times), the 9X will give The Flash a run for his money
Using the 9X was a delight after that little tweak. Apps open and switch quickly plus scrolling was effortless thanks to the generous 6GB of RAM. The merger of a power-efficient 710F chipset with EMUI's optimization is formidable and makes using the 9X a walk in the park
Gaming performance is good with an AnTuTu v8.0 score of 196k placing it ahead of the Realme 3 Pro, Samsung Galaxy A50s and Mi A3. It's a misfortune that the Kirin 810 isn't present due to the Google ban or else it will outscore every other chipset in the mid-range segment
AnTuTu 8 result
AnTuTu 8 ranking
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Software
The 9X comes with EMUI 9.1 (based on Android 9 Pie) out of the box. For more about the OS, you can refer to my earlier post on it HERE. Pre-loaded 3rd-party app is kept to the minimum but it can be fully uninstalled from the 9X to get a clutter-free home screen
A notable security feature absentee on the 9X is face recognition or unlocking, which HONOR probably removed due to the lack of a permanent front camera. Hopefully a future update is pushed to enable the pop-up selfie camera to do the bidding just like the Mi 9T
Overall, you won't be disappointed with EMUI 9.1 and the 9X is scheduled to receive the EMUI 10 update (based on Android 10) soon
Benchmark and performance
The 9X is powered by a familiar HiSilicon Kirin 710F chipset (also seen on last year's 8X) with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. While it isn't the 810, performance of the 710F is to a great extent on par with competitors like Qualcomm's Snapdragon 665 on the Redmi Note 8
While the 9X feels snappy in day-to-day usage, the niggling default animation scale (read: speed) takes just a tad too long but once I reduced them from 1x to 0.5x in the developer options (tap the build number 7 times), the 9X will give The Flash a run for his money
Using the 9X was a delight after that little tweak. Apps open and switch quickly plus scrolling was effortless thanks to the generous 6GB of RAM. The merger of a power-efficient 710F chipset with EMUI's optimization is formidable and makes using the 9X a walk in the park
Gaming performance is good with an AnTuTu v8.0 score of 196k placing it ahead of the Realme 3 Pro, Samsung Galaxy A50s and Mi A3. It's a misfortune that the Kirin 810 isn't present due to the Google ban or else it will outscore every other chipset in the mid-range segment
---> HONOR 9X Hands-On Review (Part 5 - Camera)
<--- HONOR 9X Hands-On Review (Part 3 - Display, Battery Life, Audio)