Honor 9X

Excellent battery life;Good camera;Strong performance

No IP rating;No NFC

Durable pop-up camera Has a headphone jack Long battery life

Rather big build Cameras are okay, not great Slow charging speeds

The Honor 9X is a fine phone for its price range, and while it won't blow you away with its performance, cameras or display, it still works perfectly well as your day-to-day smartphone.

Eye-catching design ; Large screen ditches the notch ; Great battery life ; Good value for money

Poor wide-angle camera quality ; No processor boost for EU model ; The compelling competition

The absence of a notch on that large screen, the eye-catching Dynamic X design and the great battery life all make for a solid affordable handset. However, the processor isn't a bump over last year's and the cameras aren't all that. Nonetheless, it's a...

Pop-up camera means no notch or hole punch ; Flagship-style looks ; Loads of storage

Performance only average for a cut-price handset ; Ultrawide camera a big step down from main snapper ; Rivals do more for the same cash

This fashionista phone is dressed to impress, but what’s underneath can’t keep up the pace with similarly-priced rivals

Large display with no notch and minimal bezels ; Big 4,000mAh battery keeps the phone going for ages ; Great to have pop-up camera on a budget device ; Plastic back is less fragile than glass

Last year's chipset reduces performance potential ; Pop camera is slow to activate/deactivate ; Plastic finish doesn't look as good as glass ; Lack of OIS hinders camera performance

The Honor 9X is a cool-looking smartphone with a good camera that also has a good battery and, what we expect to be, an excellent price-point. There are some negatives that let the Honor 9X down a bit such as bokeh effects clipping your subject, the...

Stunning design, excellent dual-glass build.

It poses as a Huawei P Smart Z as a workaround to get Google Play certification and this might have negative implications down the line.

So, the 9X is a decent smartphone but not the best you can buy for its asking price. And unless it's discounted, we won't recommend it over the phones we mentioned above. But even then - until it gets an all-clear from Google in some way - we'd still...