Honor 9X review: Above average phone with excellent design, long battery

At Rs 16,999 (6GB RAM), the Honor 9X is a good buy if you are wowed by its full-screen display and characteristic design. Not so much if performance and user experience are your top priorities

It's so much easier to pick a flagship phone. Most of them have discernible characteristics and one is not easily mistaken for the other. In contrast, the sub-Rs 20,000 category of smartphones is a muddled marketplace. Major players such as Xiaomi, Samsung, Huawei and BBK Electronics (Oppo, Vivo and Realme) have flooded the market beyond recognition. You get more to choose from, but it is also considerably harder to zero in on that one phone. And there isn't that one phone anymore unless you know what you want from it exactly.

The Honor 9X makes that choice a bit easier.