Entry-level · 2020

Honor 9A

Name: Honor 9A
Brand: Honor

Our Take CPU benches near recent entry-level phones like the Xiaomi Redmi A1+

A basic entry-level phone with all-day battery — but slow 10W charging and an HD+ display show its age.

Best for Daily driver · WhatsApp · calls

Strength All-day battery (5000mAh)

Watch out 10W charging (slow), HD+ display, not Full HD

Skip if You watch a lot of video or play demanding games

6.3″ IPS LCD · 60Hz

Helio P22 3 / 64 GB

5000 mAh 10W charging

13 MP 2 rear · 8 MP selfie

4G LTE NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.3″ · IPS LCD · 720 × 1600 · 60 Hz · HDR

Basic

A standard LCD panel. Fine indoors, watch out for sunlight legibility.

Screen size

6.3"

Panel type

IPS LCD

Resolution

720 × 1600 px

Refresh rate

60 Hz

Slow for 2026

Brightness

546 nits

HDR

Supported

Performance

Mediatek MT6762R Helio P22 (12 nm) · 8-core 2.0 GHz · PowerVR GE8320

Basic CPU

Best for messaging, calls, and light browsing. Avoid heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Mediatek MT6762R Helio P22 (12 nm)

Current CPU tier

Entry-level

AnTuTu

95,000

CPU

8-core, 2.0 GHz

GPU

PowerVR GE8320

Process

12 nm

RAM type

LPDDR4X RAM

CPU layout

4x Cortex A53 2.0 GHz + 4x Cortex A53 1.5 GHz

Camera

13 MP f/1.8 main · 8 MP selfie

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

13 MP f/1.8

Ultrawide

5 MP f/2.2

Front camera

8 MP f/2.0

Slow motion

No, 30 fps

Video

1080p @ 30 fps

Battery

5000 mAh · 10 W wired

All-day

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5000 mAh

Wired charging

10 W

Slow for 2026

Removable

Audio

Good (-26.2 LUFS)

Loudspeaker

Good (-26.2 LUFS)

Memory

3 GB RAM · 64 GB · expandable

Tight

RAM

3 GB

Tight for 2026

Storage

64 GB

Fills fast

Storage type

eMMC 5.1

Expandable

Yes

Connectivity

4G LTE · NFC · Wi-Fi 4

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 4

Bluetooth

5.0

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

USB

Micro-USB

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

Yes

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

185 g · 9.0 mm

Height

159.1 mm

Width

74.1 mm

Thickness

9.0 mm

Weight

185 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (rear-mounted) · accelerometer · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity

Specifications sourced from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

Apple iPhone 12

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

78% larger battery capacity

5,000 mAh vs 2,815 mAh battery

Lower-resolution screen

IPS LCD vs OLED panel · 720 × 1600 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution

Lower benchmark score

95k vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Entry-level vs High-end tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 1080p @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 8 MP vs 12 MP selfie

No 5G

No 5G vs 5G

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Samsung Galaxy S20

Loses on most 5 losses

Less smooth display

IPS LCD vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · 60 Hz vs 120 Hz refresh · 720 × 1600 vs 1440 × 3200 resolution

Lower benchmark score

95k vs 623k AnTuTu · Entry-level vs Mid-range tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 1080p @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 24 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 185 g vs 163 g

Starts with less storage

64 GB vs 128 GB baseline

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