Honour 90 announced in India: three reasons to buy and two to avoid
Honour 90 has been introduced in India at an initial price of Rs 27,999. Is it worthwhile to purchase?
Ankush Pandey
After months of anticipation, the Honour 90 has been released in India, marking the Honour brand's return to the nation after a three-year absence. Of course, the Honour 90 is an intriguing phone with a slew of fun and useful features. What's more, the pricing is intriguing. That, too, for a startup attempting to carve out a position in the competitive Indian smartphone industry.
While the Honour 90's launch pricing of Rs 27,999 is reasonable given its feature set. My issue is that after the "introductory price" period expires, the phone will revert to its regular price of Rs 37,999. Nobody can predict what will happen tomorrow. What counts now is the price, and at Rs 27,999, the Honour 90 appears to be a fantastic buy. But should you purchase it? So, here are three reasons why you should buy the Honour 90 and two reasons why you shouldn't.
Honor 90: 3 reasons to buy
— The Honour 90 has the safest smartphone display, not just in terms of visual quality, but also in terms of safety. To begin, Honour has employed an LTPO AMOLED on the Honour 90, which means it offers a variable refresh rate of up to 120Hz. There's FHD+ resolution, 10-bit colours, and HDR10+ video playback, but the most notable feature is undoubtedly the 3840 Hz PWM dimming. For those who are unaware, a function such as PWM dimming is extremely significant on smartphones, and it is past time that smartphone manufacturers take it seriously and began included it in their devices.
As a result of the screen flickering, using our phones in the dark with low brightness might induce headaches and eye strain. The screen flickering occurs with the PWM dimming feature, but at such a quick rate that the human eye cannot comprehend. This reduces eye strain when using your phone in the dark, which is why PWM Dimming is so vital on phones. The Honour 90 currently has the safest smartphone display for the eyes. For comparison, today's top flagships, such as the S23 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro, offer 240Hz and 480Hz PWM dimming, respectively, so you can picture the difference here.
— Ergonomic and attractive: The Honour 90 is a slab phone with a large screen. Despite its size, the fact that this phone is ergonomically designed sets it apart from its competition. Despite having a 6.7" canvas, the Honour 90 has unusually narrow bezels, implying that the firm has packed a huge display in a smaller body than its competitors. A light-weight body. At the back, the body is curled on both sides. In reality, the display is quad-curved at the front, and as a result, I never felt any harsh edges while touching it. To top it all off, the Honour 90 lacks the range of a Nord 3 or iQOO Neo.
7 Pro, which is why, despite its huge display, the Honour 90 is a very pleasant phone to use on a daily basis. Finally, the glass back with the green finish is both beautiful and gripping to handle. Overall, Honour has nailed the design with the Honour 90, and this is one large phone that never gives the impression of being used by a large phone!
— 200MP camera captures Instagram-worthy photos: Despite the lack of OIS, the 200MP primary camera shoots some pretty beautiful images in broad daylight, with decent colour reproduction and excellent dynamic range. In fact, the camera does an excellent job of precisely exposing varied colours in images. Human skin tones are also nicely caught, with acceptable details and exposure for images taken with a mid-range smartphone. As previously said, the 200MP camera lacks OIS, but with EIS, the 4K films taken from the back camera are among the finest available on any smartphone right now.
Honor 90: 2 reasons to skip
— Honour might have benefitted from a better chipset: The Honour 90 has some pretty great features, but the enthusiast in me wishes it had a better processor. The one it has — the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 — may not be able to keep up with all of the new things we do on phones. Phones are getting better and better all the time. The Honour 90 would be ready for the amazing things we'll do in the future if it had a better chipset. A faster processor would make the phone run faster, making games smoother, applications open faster, and multitasking easier. If they used a more powerful chipset, like the Dimensity 9000 in the Nord 3 or the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 in the iQOO, The Honour 90 and the Neo 7 Pro are both excellent phones.
Original cost is rather high: Given that the phone is powered by the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 CPU, and features like OIS in the camera, an official IP certification, and stereo speakers are absent on the Honour 90, the asking price is quite high. Because, as we all know, the Rs 27,999 pricing is just temporary. The Honour 90, by the way, only supports up to two years of Android OS upgrades, and with Android 14 on the way, it's a bit depressing that the phone won't get official support until Android 15. In comparison, the e is equally as excellent as other top phones.The OnePlus Nord 3 provides up to three years of Android OS upgrades, while the Galaxy A54 provides up to four years of Android OS upgrades.
