Honor 9 Lite comparison: Huawei's latest smartphone faces off against the Redmi Note 4, Moto G5S Plus and others

Honor India, a sub-brand for Huawei has launched its latest smartphone, the Honor 9 Lite in the Indian market. [caption id=“attachment_4307467” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Huawei Honor 9 Lite[/caption] The company has launch two variants, one with 3 GB RAM and 32 GB internal storage and the second with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB internal storage. The lower-end device is priced at Rs 10,999 while the top end smartphone is priced at Rs 14,999. This pricing and hardware pit the device directly against a number of offerings from its competition, including Motorola, Xiaomi and even one from, its own stable. To recap, the Honor 9 Lite packs in a 5.65-inch Full HD+ display (2,160x1,080) in an 18:9 aspect ratio and 2.5D glass. The phone is powered by a Huawei-designed HiSilicon Kirin 659 chip. The interesting thing to note here is that the device packs four camera sensors, two on the front and two on the back of the device. In terms of configuration, both dual camera setups sport a 13 MP sensor paired with a 2 MP sensor for depth measurement. [caption id=“attachment_4301041” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Honor 9 Lite. Image: tech2/Nimish Sawant[/caption] With the launch of Honor 9 Lite , we thought that it is a good time to pit the device against its competition. So, we selected the  Honor 7X , Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 , Moto G5S Plus , and the 10.or G. The reason we selected these smartphones is that almost all of the devices belong to the same pricing segment and pack similar hardware (or the custom-made equivalents). All these smartphones are considered mid-range devices from competing smartphone makers. Bear in mind that we’re still not done testing some of these smartphones, so we’re currently comparing them going only by their specifications on paper. A real-world test should follow soon.