Honor 9 vs Honor 10 - does it make sense to change?

After the release of Honor 10, many users wondered whether it was worth buying a newer device, or when Honor 9 was released not so long ago, it is not much inferior to the new product. This text compares Honor 9 and Honor 10, and also makes a conclusion about their differences and similarities.

Specifications

It is logical that the comparison of phones should start with the characteristics of devices, they are listed in the table below.

Huawei Honor 9

Comparison of Honor 9 and Honor 10 according to the characteristics shows that the older model received a newer chipset, a coprocessor, an increased battery capacity, the best front camera. In addition, the device is larger, has a modern aspect ratio of the display screen - 19: 9. It is logical that the device has a newer firmware and a version of Android. The last thing that is the difference between Honor 9 and 10 is memory. The older model Honor 10 is available in 4/64 GB or 4/128 GB, later there was a version with 6 GB, the youngest is only available in the first version.

Huawei Honor 10

Important! At the same time, Honor 9 has the ability to expand memory with a memory card, the second device does not have such an option.

Huawei Honor 9

Design

Huawei is actively keen on its latest phones. using glass. The devices are beautiful, only each new device is very similar to the previous one.

Important! One of the company's chips is a glass of several nanolayers, which can reflect about 36 spectra of sunlight. At the exit, the buyer receives a device that is very beautiful shimmers in the sun. It looks really impressive.

If you compare Honor 9 and Honor 10 by design, you can see that the phones here do have differences. Obviously, this was largely influenced by the new aspect ratio in Honor 10.

Honor 9

The front panel of Honor 9 is a familiar look.Small frames on the side and quite a serious distance to the edge of the case above and below. Above the display you can see the standard camera, sensors, speaker. Under the screen, touch buttons - back and menus that can be swapped. They are not visible and just highlighted when working. In the middle oval button with integrated scanner. It is highlighted, but not sensory. Also performs the function of home.

The display cover of Gorilla Glass 3 is an oleophobic layer. All quality and shows itself well. The display has rounded edges. The side faces are made of metal. At the top there is an infrared port and a microphone. At the bottom end of the connector for power type-C, speaker, headphone jack. On the left side there is a slot for sim cards, it is a combined one - 2 sim or sim + memory card. On the right side are two buttons - power and volume. The reverse side is a nice, rounded back made of glass that does not slip in the hand and lies very well. The camera module is located on the top left. Unlike many dual camera devices, here each peephole is located separately. Next to them is a double flash of cold and warm light, as well as laser focusing.

Honor 10

At Honor 10, the differences are noticeable immediately.What looks like is a metal frame around the perimeter and rounded edges of the display and the back panel. Further, the differences begin.

Important! Due to the fact that Honor 10 has a larger display, it should have been logically larger than its predecessor. However, the physical dimensions of the device are almost the same, the difference is in the fraction of millimeters. But the thickness of 10-ka is even thinner.

It was possible to achieve almost identical dimensions due to the installation of a display with a 19: 9 aspect ratio, and this affected the exterior. The front panel of the model has thinner frames, especially it is striking against the background of Honor 9. At the bottom of the screen, the buttons are located exactly the same, only the fingerprint sensor is not so noticeable, and its bezel is highlighted less. At the top of the device, the elements had to be heavily assembled in order to give the remaining space for the display. As a result, there is a top middle a small “eyebrow” or “bang”, where the camera, sensors and very compact speaker were located.

From the point of view of placing the elements on the ends, everything remained completely the same. The difference is that SIM card slot not combined. It is designed only for SIM cards. There is a difference from the back, and it lies in the fact that the cameras are combined into a common element. It is convex and extended over the body. Moreover, regardless of the color of the case, this element is black, which is very striking. The flash remained in the same place, but laser autofocus disappeared.

Screen

If we turn to displays in two models, here we get the following - the screens are almost the same. Honor 9 vs. Honor 10 loses in resolution, but the latter also has larger screen sizes. The matrices are exactly the same - LTPS. Color rendition, brightness and contrast at an excellent level.

Important! An interesting fact is that the Honor 9 users a little scolded the change in the temperature of the flowers, it didn’t work too well. In Honor 10, this nuance has been eliminated.

If you just look at the phones, then many buyers have complaints about the “eyebrows” of the phone. It is too similar to what Apple did, and even if they have this “eyebrow” is longer, but at least there was the work of designers. In this case, Huawei just borrowed. Many people do not like the appearance of the display, but the problem is solved by settings. There you can choose the resolution so that these gaps with the notice on the sides of the front camera are darkened. That is, visually it seems that there is a frame on top, not a display. Many people prefer just such a scheme of use.

Battery

The next question to consider when choosing Honor 9 or Honor 10 is the battery. In the 10th model, it is slightly more capacious, but the difference is so insignificant that it is hardly noticeable. Nevertheless, there is a new processor here, and it is not uncommon for the phone that it can work longer. Is it so?

Honor 10 scores:

• 20-22 hours with medium loads;
• video about 9 hours;
• you can play about 5 hours;
• fast charging - 100% in 80 minutes, 50% in 25 minutes.

Honor has 9 battery parameters:

• 30 hours of average use;
• games - 4 hours;
• films - 7 hours;
• for 30 minutes, the model will charge by 40%.

Processor and memory

Honor 9 received its own processor Kirin 960, this is an eight-core solution with a lot of buns. There is a smart coprocessor that reduces power consumption while the tracker is working and counting steps, hardware support for dual camera and 4K shooting is implemented, there is a technology for improving music in high quality. In Antutu, the device is gaining 144 thousand points. The phone shows excellent performance results and easily reproduces any games. Wherein He is not heated at all.

The Honor 10 processor is also Huawei’s proprietary processor. The company used the Kirin 970 in the P20 Pro model, and everyone knows what it is. These are the same 8 cores as in the 960 model, the frequency is slightly less, but the chipset itself is more intelligent. In the company itself it is called neuromorphic, which can be interpreted as self-learning.. Is it so difficult to verify, but what is known for sure: in Antutu 200 thousand points.

Readers may ask a question - why is 960 worse than 970. The answer is simple - the Kirin 970 without any complaints will last longer, and after a year or two it will still remain powerful. With 960 this will not happen, if it is now inferior, then later the gap between the chipsets will only increase. At the same time, those who plan to change their device in a year, may well prefer Kirin 960, since for such a period it will be more than enough.

In terms of memory, the models are similar., only Honor 10 received in addition to the 64-gigabyte version also 128-gigabyte. Given the fact that they removed the ability to add memory - this is a plus. The speed of the memory is the same.

On a note! An interesting fact, it was originally stated that Honor 10 comes with only 4 gigabytes of RAM, but a version with 6 gigabytes was later announced.

Cameras

Honor 9 - two camera modules. One color, he remained old from Honor 8, monochrome installed a new one.Two cameras are used to expand the dynamic range, which gives some output analogue of HDR technology. The color module has a resolution of 12 megapixels, black and white - 20 megapixels. You can not configure them separately. Photos in color are 12 Mp, black and white, respectively, 20 Mp. The flash is double, there is a laser autofocus. The front camera is fairly standard - 8 megapixels.

Photos during the day are of high quality, at night they make a little noise. Autofocus works very quickly, there are no complaints here. Blur background not always successful, but the procedure can be brought to mind, if over it as it should be conjured up in manual mode. With the right approach, it will turn out better than in automatic mode.

Important! The device has a new feature: a hybrid zoom with a two-fold increase without loss of quality. It is implemented by software. How the company managed to achieve really high quality images with the approach - it remains a mystery, but the technology works.

Wide-angle front cameraShe shoots perfectly. The only point: the device should be kept at a distance of at least 40 cm from the face, so that the picture is not blurred. Another new phone - live photo in fact, these are mini-rollers.There is a Pro mode where very fine tuning of the parameters is carried out, reminiscent of the capabilities of a SLR camera. Video - 4K quality. \

Despite the fact that in Huawei 10 the resolution of all cameras has increased, it is impossible to find significant differences. The only nuance that appeared in the device is artificial intelligence when the camera is working. It does not always work correctly, but this can be forgiven, as the technology is not brought to mind and will improve as updates become available. If you want, you can turn it off, then you get the same results as the Honor 9. Another strange moment of the new device - lack of optical stabilization and laser focus.

Conclusion

What is better, Honor 9 or Honor 10, is difficult to answer. Phones differ in different parameters. The victory of Honor 10 is given in the following nominations: powerful, productive, large display, keeps the charge well during games and films. There is also more memory here, and already in the version out of the box, the device has a new Android and firmware. Honor 9 is updated to the new versions of the OS and firmware. The younger model wins the cameraIt is also generally more autonomous. The processor is weaker here, but for those to whom the games are not particularly important, it is quite enough.

The price of models is 21 thousand for Honor 9, and from 27 thousand for Honor 10. Both phones are good, and the final choice solely depends on the needs of the future owner.

Huawei Honor 10