[Honor 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] ceciliahey:
Received the Honor 9A yesterday in Midnight black and on first impressions very impressed.

The box was nice with details of the phone on it. Inside the box there was a European plug and micro Usb charging cable, a set of earphones, the SIM tray removal pin and all the instruction manual and warranty card.

When I removed the phone I thought the screen was a very nice size for my big hands and the back was a nice shiny midnight black with the triple camera setup & fingerprint sensor.

On the right hand side was the power button and volume rockers and on the left the SIM tray which can hold 2 SIM cards & a micro SD card up to 512gb.

On the top was what looks like a microphone hole and on the bottom micro usb charging port, the sound speaker and a 3.5" headphone jack. The sides felt ok but was very plasticy and has that budget feel but still felt nice to hold.

On the screen was the teardrop selfie camera.

I found the phone itself was very light but nice to hold.

The phone has 3gb of Ram and 64gb of storage so if you put in a 512gb micro SD card you will have more than enough storage. I have put in a 128gb card which to me is plenty. I haven't taken any pictures as yet but that I will post later.

Once I had setup the phone it was surprisingly quite responsive and the LCD screen was bright and very clear.

What I was very happy with is that this budget phone has Android 10.1 & Magic Ui 3.1, something my Honor 20 or Honor 9X Pro doesn't have as of yet and looks great, can't wait for it to come on my Honor 20 and 9X Pro.

The Honor 9A also has face unlock and the fingerprint scanner and password to protect the phone something you wouldn't expect on this price range phone.

I also found not having Google apps and services nothing to worry about as most can be found on the App gallery and APK pure, but Petal search is fantastic and will find most apps you need.

I charged the phone to full and used it all day yesterday and most of today so far and still on 50%. So that 5000mAh battery is brilliant and definitely makes it last longer, depending on use.

I have not used the phone for gaming as yet as use the Honor 20 and 9X Pro for gaming. But I'm sure you will be able to play most games but probably on a lower setting.

Overall my first impression on this great budget phone is good and anyone who wants a good phone for a certain price range then this will make them very happy. What you get for £129.99 is a lot for the price.

I will use the phone over the next week and give an update on battery, the camera and gaming. So to finish if your thinking about getting the Honor 9A for a certain budget then do it as you won't be disappointed. A further update to follow.

Updated 29th July

Some pictures I've taken today in my garden with the Honor 9A. There's not as many functions like the Honor 20 or some of the more expensive phones have. But it does the job. For a 13mp, 5mp and 2mp camera setup the pictures are not to bad. But what do you expect from a phone at this price range. But you get a better camera setup than some other phones at that price range.

Something I love on this phone and on Android 10.1 is the new Celia Voice assistant which after playing with it found it better than Google and Siri.

Update Gaming on the Honor 9A 31st July 2020. The Honor 9A done quite well playing call of duty mobile but settings are set to low which doesn't help the quality of the display but still playable. However it did play the game well with with no lag and it loaded the game quite quick. To play this game anyway is really good again for the value and specs of this phone.

Source: https://community.hihonor.com/uk/topicdetail/%5BHonor-9A%5D-Received-from-Honor-Yesterday!/topicId_21599/