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Honor 9 Lite review: Glass-back budget 2017.

SpecEagle Editorial·Dec 2017·$200
Overall
65/100
Class rank
#6 of 74
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Honor 9 Lite.

9 Lite brought quad dual-cam + glass back to $200 — Honor's 2017 popular budget.

01Display

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2017 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeIPS LCD
Size5.65"
Resolution2160 x 1080

02Performance

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2017 — 9 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetKirin 659
RAM3 GB
Storage32 GB

03Camera

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2017 — 13 points above the cohort average.

Main13 + 2 MP dual
Front13 + 2 MP dual

04Battery

72/100

72/100 puts it above the 69-point average for budget phones of 2017.

Capacity3,000 mAh

05Software

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.

What works
  • Quad dual-cam at $200.
  • Glass back budget.
  • 18:9 FHD+.
  • 149 g light.
What doesn't
  • Kirin 659 mid.
  • 3 GB RAM.
  • 32 GB storage.
  • 3,000 mAh modest.
Cross-shop it against
LeEco Le 2
$180 · score 67/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 74-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .