Earlier this year, Honor debuted the Honor X9a 5G that came with a signature curved OLED display that was so strong, they showed it off by cracking open nuts and more. This time round, Honor is following it up with the Honor X9b 5G, that takes things up a notch with not just superior strength in the display, but also an ‘all-angle, ultra tough’ chassis.
Honor X9b 5G Malaysia pricing and availability
The Honor X9b 5G will be available from the 10th of November onwards from the Honor Malaysia eStore, their official stores on Shopee, Lazada, TikTok, their telco partners as well as their partner retailers nationwide. It’ll come in just one configuration with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, priced at RM1,499.
You can pre-order it already from now till the 9th of November, and all pre-orders of the Honor X9b 5G will come with free gifts worth up to RM978 too, which include a pair of Honor Choice X5 true wireless earbuds, a Honor Choice MOECEN band and a one year front-and-back crack replacement.
Honor X9b 5G specs
The most unique selling point of the Honor X9b 5G has got to be its new ‘ultra bounce, anti-drop’ 6.78-inch curved display. Honor says that this display uses a three-layer structure to provide buffered protection around the screen, along with a low-modulus cushioning material giving it better impact absorption than before with drop resistance from a height of 1.5m. It’s even been given the first ever five star overall drop resistance certification by Swiss firm SGS for its toughness and durability.
The AMOLED panel itself is pretty decent too, pushing a 2652 x 1200p resolution with a peak brightness of 1,200nits, a 120Hz refresh rate, full coverage of the DCI-P3 colour gamut and 1920Hz PWM dimming to make the display be more comfortable on the eyes.
Under the hood, The Honor X9b 5G comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, a 4nm midrange processor that debuted late last year; it’s the first smartphone in Malaysia to be powered by the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1. That gets mated to 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage, and comes with Android 13 out of the box skinned with MagicOS 7.2 over it.
In the camera department, the Honor X9b 5G features a triple rear camera setup, with a main 108MP, f/1.75 camera using a 1/1.67-inch sensor flanked by a 5MP, f/2.2 ultrawide and a 2MP, f/2.4 macro lens all housed in a circular camera bump, while in front is a 16MP selfie shooter. Honor says that they’ve added their ‘Falcon Capture’ and motion sensing capture features to the Honor X9b 5G too, which were previously exclusive to the Honor Magic 5 series.
Elsewhere, the Honor X9b 5G has a large 5,800mAh battery with 35W SuperCharge fast charging that Honor says will be good for up to three days of use. There’s also an under-display fingerprint sensor, an IP53 dust and water resistance rating and support for WiFi 5, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, 5G wireless connectivity. Available in Sunrise Orange, Titanium Silver and Midnight Black colour options, the Honor X9b 5G weighs in at 185g and measures 7.98m thick.
