Huawei Honor 9

Very good value ; Striking high-quality design ; Lots of storage and features

Camera just OK in low light ; Unremarkable battery life

The Honor 9 has dua cameras on the back linked together as a team, and as usual there’s a single selfie camera on the front.

Beautiful design ; Superb camera ; Fast processor ; Compact body

No U.S. 4G LTE bands ; No water resistance ; Slippery

Why pay more for a flagship cameraphone, when the Honor 9 takes pictures just as well, sometimes even better, for less? That’s before seeing the great looking screen, and swooning over the stunning design. Give it an official U.S. release, and we’ll be...

Attractive design ; Affordable price ; Great performance

One speaker driver ; No optical image stabilization ; Heavy bezel

The Honor 9 offers a lot of what the high-end flagship phones do right now, but for a much lower price. There’s no exciting, headline-grabbing feature here, but a great design, fantastic performance and lots of nice touches make this an all-round...

Eye-catching design ; Responsive performance ; Expandable storage ; Multi-functional dual cameras ; Excellent feature set

1080p screen looks overly sharp ; Music lacks finesse ; No waterproofing ; Shiny finish is all too easy to scratch ; EMUI Android customisations are a little cumbersome

With features you’d expect from a more expensive phone, the Honor 9 has usurped OnePlus as the de facto high-end smartphone for anyone on a budget - even if overall performance is good rather than great.

Brilliant price ; Premium in every way ; Solid software

UI still not 100-percent ; Low light camera performance

A striking design makes it standout from the crowd for the right reasons ; Great performance given the price point makes it the mid-range phone to buy

Graphics aren’t always 100 per cent smooth ; Some repeat alerts can get annoying ; Finish can scratch too easily

The Honor 9 is a siren in the mid-range phone market. Its eye-catching design is paired with highly capable performance for a price point that, in the context of 2017, undercuts the OnePlus 5 by a sizeable enough margin to leave the Honor in a field of...

very good price-performance ratio ; very pretty, stable case ; fast operation with many options ; dual-SIM capable ; USB-OTG ; extensive configurable software ; fast WLAN ; accurate GPS ; sharp camera images ; bright display ; high system performance ;...

slow eMMC flash only ; quite a lot of preinstalled bloatware ; relatively few LTE bands ; quite high heat development ; throttling under longer loads

Yes, that is life with beautiful daughters: sometimes the mother can become jealous. At least, Huawei does not make it easy for its P10 flagship to stand up against the slightly slimmed down Honor 9. For over 100 Euros less (~$118, depending on the...

Also the Huawei Mate 10 is expected to arrive soon. Huawei's CEO already confirmed that Huawei's upcoming smartphone will feature a full-screen display.

Top performance ; Flashy design and quality build ; Outstanding price

Ordinary battery life ; Camera struggles in poor light

High-end hardware at a middleweight price makes the Honor 9 one of the best phone deals around