**The Honor 9 Light: A Phone with Great Potential**
After extensive testing over several weeks, we can confidently say that the phone does not seem to be slowing down in our experience, which is a good thing. Benchmarks however speak a different language and we saw low scores on benchmark throughout Antutu and Geekbench. However, when it comes to gaming, the phone enjoys a good gaming experience, with games like Asphalt 8 being enjoyable to play.
While the gaming experience is not the best that you can get, it's definitely up there with devices available in this price bracket. What I would have liked to see from the device is slightly better performance. Another downside to the Honor 9 Light is the fact that the phone does not have a USB Type-C connector and instead uses Micro-USB. Despite having fast charging technology, the phone does not support Quick Charge 3.0, which means you'll be stuck to the charger for a slightly longer time.
However, battery life on the phone in general is great. You should find yourself using the 3000 milliamp hour battery throughout the day and lasting towards the end of the day without requiring a charge easily. Getting 5-6 hours of screen-on time while watching video or playing games is a good indication of how battery life will be on this device.
Phone calls and network capability seem to be consistent with several other devices that we have tested. Networks remain strong in areas where networks are strong, and we found call drops to be low. The overall call quality on the earpiece and microphone is great, making this a good communication device and the primary tool for a phone.
**The Dual Cameras**
One of the highlighted features of the Honor line Light is the fact that there are dual cameras on the back and front with a combination of a 13 megapixel primary sensor and a 2 megapixel depth sensor. The Honor 9 Light manages to give you really good bokeh mode and really good portrait shots, both on the front as well as the back. It does manage to give you a good amount of isolation of the corners of your subject, allowing you to blur out the backgrounds really well.
This is primarily software-based, and we found that it works really well in most scenarios. However, if you're in a low light environment, you'll see a lot of noise and grain on your pictures, whether you're taking it from the front camera or the back. Video quality is also consistent, but it's not the best that we've seen. There is no optical or electronic image stabilization, so if you have shaky hands like mine, you'll find that video is shaky.
**The Design**
One thing that stands out about the Honor 9 Light is its new design. The phone has a glass back and front, which makes it slightly more brittle than some other devices. However, this also gives it a sleek and premium look that's sure to turn heads. It's not for everyone, though - if you're prone to dropping your phone a lot, this might not be the device for you.
**Comparison to Other Devices**
The Honor 9 Light is similar to the OnePlus 7X, with both devices lacking a USB Type-C port and instead using Micro-USB. The phone does have Android 8 out of the box, which is a good thing. Overall, it seems like a really good package for the price of about $10,000. Considering that major competition from companies like Xiaomi and Motorola is still weeks or even months away, the Honor 9 Light fits into a price bracket that will be the sweet spot for many people.
**Conclusion**
In conclusion, the Honor 9 Light is a phone with great potential. It's not perfect, but it has some amazing features like its dual cameras, good battery life, and sleek design. However, there are some downsides to consider, like the lack of USB Type-C port and limited video quality. Despite this, I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a phone in this price bracket.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys what's up this bad you're watching igon and today we're going to be reviewing the new on a nine light so let's quickly get started the honor line light has been launched in India for a price of ten thousand nine hundred ninety nine rupees now this is an extremely busy market for the smartphone buyer there are so many options available in this price bracket that the buyers getting confused honor themselves have launched several phones in this price bracket and with the nine light they are basically undercutting their own on a 7 X which was launched in December let's do a quick roundup of specifications for the owner 9 light which in theory are identical to the Yana 7 X so you get the Kiran 659 chipset which is an octa-core chipset with 4 2.3 gigahertz goes and for 1.7 gigahertz goes you also get 3 or 4 gigabyte ram options with 32 or 64 gigabyte storage respectively and you also get a micro SD card expansion up to 256 gigabyte the battery on this phone is a smaller 3000 milliamp hour battery and also the display is a 5.6 5-inch display it is an IPS LCD display with a resolution of tu-160 by 1080 it is an 18 is to 9 aspect ratio and has impressive 428 pixels per inch and thanks to the form factor of the honor 9 light and the overall size which makes it slightly more compact and easier to use with one hand even if you have large or tiny hands in general larger phones are slightly difficult to use with this 5 point 6 5 inch display in an 18 is to 9 aspect ratio the size of this phone is a lot more easier to handle versus most of the phones that are available in this price bracket with a metal unibody design which was a really important thing in last year's design aspect most companies have followed and switched from plastic or polycarbonate to all-metal design honor has gone a different route by adding a glass front and a glass back this definitely does a good job for making the phone look premium but it is also that much more brittle and if you drop it you have chances of breaking two pieces of glass instead of just the one on the and the overall design is also premium to look at is extremely glossy and as a sapphire blue color that I have over here is one of the better colors between the midnight black and the glacier gray now because the displays in IPS LCD display the edges of the display are squared off and not rounded off as you'll see on AMOLED displays the colors are also slightly more accurate and you don't see any blue tint which is again thanks to the LCD display but then because it's an LCD display the levels of black and the saturation that you get with the AMOLED screens is something that you will not get on this device viewing angles are fantastic and visibility indoors as well as outdoors on the honor 9 light is pretty good now most apps will run at full screen and you do have the ability to scale apps that are not supporting the 18 is to 9 aspect ratio at this moment to take the full advantage of the display you can also hide the buttons at the bottom while you are using the phone in certain areas again utilize the full view of the display giving you a lot more screen real estate this also comes in handy to do multitasking so if you have constant need to watch a YouTube video while browsing the internet you should be able to do that with multitasking enabled on this phone another great thing about the honor 9 light which sort of sets it apart from the competition in this price bracket is the fact that it does come with the latest version of emui with Android 8 out of the box which is something that a lot of other companies including honors some devices are struggling with in getting so the update has not yet fully rolled out for many manufacturers the honor 9 light comes with Android 8 out of the box which is definitely a good thing now with that you also get honors own customizations and features of emui so a lot of people who do like those customizations will continue to enjoy them you do have the ability to duplicate apps that you would use on the frequent with dual sim so whatsapp even Facebook you can have several accounts things like snapchat that don't support several accounts you can enable dual accounts of those now day to day performance from the phone jumping between applications multitasking and things that you would use on the device on a daily basis work really well the phone is fast and responsive thanks to a mixture of the latest version of emui and the fact that the phone runs Android 8 out of the box it seems that RAM management is really good but only after extensive testing over several weeks we'll be able to tell you definitely if the phone does slow down or not but for now it doesn't seem that the phone is slowing down in our experience and that's a good thing benchmarks however speak a different language and we saw low scores on benchmark throughout antutu and Geekbench gaming on the other hand was good we enjoyed gaming on games like asphalt 8 I wouldn't say that the gaming experience is the best that you can get but it is definitely up there with the devices available in this price bracket I would have liked to see slightly better performance from the device another downside to the honor 9 light is the fact that the phone does not have a USB type-c connector and it still uses micro USB granted that they do have owners fast charge technology so the phone does charge up relatively quickly but it does not support things like quick charge 3.0 to give you a full battery life in about an hour and a few minutes so you'll be stuck to the charger for a slightly longer time sometimes upwards of one and a half to two hours battery life on the phone in general is great you should find yourself using the 3000 milliamp hour battery throughout the day and lasting towards the end of the day without requiring a charge easily getting 5 to 6 hours of screen on time watching video or playing games which in itself is a good indication of how battery life is going to be on this device now phone calls and network capability seems to be consistent with several other devices that we have tested networks remain strong in areas where in general networks are strong we found curl drops to be low and at the overall call quality on the earpiece and the microphone to be great making this a good communication device and the primary tool for a phone now the highlighted feature of the honor line light is the fact that there are dual cameras on the back and dual cameras on the front with a combination of a 13 megapixel primary sensor and a 2 megapixel depth sensor on both the front and the back the honor 9 light manages to give you really good boquete mode and really good portrait shots on the front as well as the back it does manage to give you a good amount of isolation of the corners of your subject allowing you to blur out the backgrounds really well now this is primarily software based and we found that it works really well in most scenarios but if you're in a low light environment you'll see a lot of noise and grain on your pictures whether you are taking it from the front camera or the camera video quality is also consistent it's not the best that we've seen there is no optical or electronic image stabilization so if you have shaky hands like mine you'll find that video is shaky also video is only at 1080p which is something that you should be considering image quality out of the portrait and bokeh mode is really good you get good amounts of saturation and accurate color reproduction on the images focus is also really quick and even with the bokya mode and portrait mode turned off you'll see a good amount of depth of field in your images and you can get really good blur within natural shot which is something that I was surprised by with the camera of the on a 9 light so to conclude the honor line light is a good looking phone with a great new design but it makes it slightly more brittle with the glass back and the glass front you have to be doubly safe with your phones so if you are prone to dropping your phone a lot this may not be the device for you the cameras work great because of the dual camera setup in the front as well as the back but they do not work great in low-light environments also video is only kept at 1080p now because the phone is quite identical to the ona 7x also just like the honor 7x it's lacking a USB type-c port and is instead using a micro USB port which is something that I personally dislike the phone is more compact and easier to use with one hand it does have Android eight out of the box which is a good thing and overall seems to be a really good package for the price of about ten thousand 999 now with major competition for companies like Xiaomi and Motorola still weeks or even months away the online light fits into a price bracket that'll be the sweet spot for a lot of people even though for a little bit mode you can get devices like the Xiaomi me a won the Moto G 5s plus and even the honor 7x which was launched last month that's it for this video guys if you liked it don't forget to smash that like button hit that subscribe button if you're not already a part of TMI again to check us out on Facebook Twitter Google+ this is Ben Barrett I'll see you in the next one take youhey guys what's up this bad you're watching igon and today we're going to be reviewing the new on a nine light so let's quickly get started the honor line light has been launched in India for a price of ten thousand nine hundred ninety nine rupees now this is an extremely busy market for the smartphone buyer there are so many options available in this price bracket that the buyers getting confused honor themselves have launched several phones in this price bracket and with the nine light they are basically undercutting their own on a 7 X which was launched in December let's do a quick roundup of specifications for the owner 9 light which in theory are identical to the Yana 7 X so you get the Kiran 659 chipset which is an octa-core chipset with 4 2.3 gigahertz goes and for 1.7 gigahertz goes you also get 3 or 4 gigabyte ram options with 32 or 64 gigabyte storage respectively and you also get a micro SD card expansion up to 256 gigabyte the battery on this phone is a smaller 3000 milliamp hour battery and also the display is a 5.6 5-inch display it is an IPS LCD display with a resolution of tu-160 by 1080 it is an 18 is to 9 aspect ratio and has impressive 428 pixels per inch and thanks to the form factor of the honor 9 light and the overall size which makes it slightly more compact and easier to use with one hand even if you have large or tiny hands in general larger phones are slightly difficult to use with this 5 point 6 5 inch display in an 18 is to 9 aspect ratio the size of this phone is a lot more easier to handle versus most of the phones that are available in this price bracket with a metal unibody design which was a really important thing in last year's design aspect most companies have followed and switched from plastic or polycarbonate to all-metal design honor has gone a different route by adding a glass front and a glass back this definitely does a good job for making the phone look premium but it is also that much more brittle and if you drop it you have chances of breaking two pieces of glass instead of just the one on the and the overall design is also premium to look at is extremely glossy and as a sapphire blue color that I have over here is one of the better colors between the midnight black and the glacier gray now because the displays in IPS LCD display the edges of the display are squared off and not rounded off as you'll see on AMOLED displays the colors are also slightly more accurate and you don't see any blue tint which is again thanks to the LCD display but then because it's an LCD display the levels of black and the saturation that you get with the AMOLED screens is something that you will not get on this device viewing angles are fantastic and visibility indoors as well as outdoors on the honor 9 light is pretty good now most apps will run at full screen and you do have the ability to scale apps that are not supporting the 18 is to 9 aspect ratio at this moment to take the full advantage of the display you can also hide the buttons at the bottom while you are using the phone in certain areas again utilize the full view of the display giving you a lot more screen real estate this also comes in handy to do multitasking so if you have constant need to watch a YouTube video while browsing the internet you should be able to do that with multitasking enabled on this phone another great thing about the honor 9 light which sort of sets it apart from the competition in this price bracket is the fact that it does come with the latest version of emui with Android 8 out of the box which is something that a lot of other companies including honors some devices are struggling with in getting so the update has not yet fully rolled out for many manufacturers the honor 9 light comes with Android 8 out of the box which is definitely a good thing now with that you also get honors own customizations and features of emui so a lot of people who do like those customizations will continue to enjoy them you do have the ability to duplicate apps that you would use on the frequent with dual sim so whatsapp even Facebook you can have several accounts things like snapchat that don't support several accounts you can enable dual accounts of those now day to day performance from the phone jumping between applications multitasking and things that you would use on the device on a daily basis work really well the phone is fast and responsive thanks to a mixture of the latest version of emui and the fact that the phone runs Android 8 out of the box it seems that RAM management is really good but only after extensive testing over several weeks we'll be able to tell you definitely if the phone does slow down or not but for now it doesn't seem that the phone is slowing down in our experience and that's a good thing benchmarks however speak a different language and we saw low scores on benchmark throughout antutu and Geekbench gaming on the other hand was good we enjoyed gaming on games like asphalt 8 I wouldn't say that the gaming experience is the best that you can get but it is definitely up there with the devices available in this price bracket I would have liked to see slightly better performance from the device another downside to the honor 9 light is the fact that the phone does not have a USB type-c connector and it still uses micro USB granted that they do have owners fast charge technology so the phone does charge up relatively quickly but it does not support things like quick charge 3.0 to give you a full battery life in about an hour and a few minutes so you'll be stuck to the charger for a slightly longer time sometimes upwards of one and a half to two hours battery life on the phone in general is great you should find yourself using the 3000 milliamp hour battery throughout the day and lasting towards the end of the day without requiring a charge easily getting 5 to 6 hours of screen on time watching video or playing games which in itself is a good indication of how battery life is going to be on this device now phone calls and network capability seems to be consistent with several other devices that we have tested networks remain strong in areas where in general networks are strong we found curl drops to be low and at the overall call quality on the earpiece and the microphone to be great making this a good communication device and the primary tool for a phone now the highlighted feature of the honor line light is the fact that there are dual cameras on the back and dual cameras on the front with a combination of a 13 megapixel primary sensor and a 2 megapixel depth sensor on both the front and the back the honor 9 light manages to give you really good boquete mode and really good portrait shots on the front as well as the back it does manage to give you a good amount of isolation of the corners of your subject allowing you to blur out the backgrounds really well now this is primarily software based and we found that it works really well in most scenarios but if you're in a low light environment you'll see a lot of noise and grain on your pictures whether you are taking it from the front camera or the camera video quality is also consistent it's not the best that we've seen there is no optical or electronic image stabilization so if you have shaky hands like mine you'll find that video is shaky also video is only at 1080p which is something that you should be considering image quality out of the portrait and bokeh mode is really good you get good amounts of saturation and accurate color reproduction on the images focus is also really quick and even with the bokya mode and portrait mode turned off you'll see a good amount of depth of field in your images and you can get really good blur within natural shot which is something that I was surprised by with the camera of the on a 9 light so to conclude the honor line light is a good looking phone with a great new design but it makes it slightly more brittle with the glass back and the glass front you have to be doubly safe with your phones so if you are prone to dropping your phone a lot this may not be the device for you the cameras work great because of the dual camera setup in the front as well as the back but they do not work great in low-light environments also video is only kept at 1080p now because the phone is quite identical to the ona 7x also just like the honor 7x it's lacking a USB type-c port and is instead using a micro USB port which is something that I personally dislike the phone is more compact and easier to use with one hand it does have Android eight out of the box which is a good thing and overall seems to be a really good package for the price of about ten thousand 999 now with major competition for companies like Xiaomi and Motorola still weeks or even months away the online light fits into a price bracket that'll be the sweet spot for a lot of people even though for a little bit mode you can get devices like the Xiaomi me a won the Moto G 5s plus and even the honor 7x which was launched last month that's it for this video guys if you liked it don't forget to smash that like button hit that subscribe button if you're not already a part of TMI again to check us out on Facebook Twitter Google+ this is Ben Barrett I'll see you in the next one take you\n"
