Thanks to a new Mr. Anonymous we recently got some hands-on time with what appears to be the Honor V9. Featuring a premium metal build like the Honor 8, it was running on Maxis, had NFC, dual rear cameras, an infrared universal remote controller, 3.5mm audio jack, USB Type C port and had a hybrid Dual SIM slot. Other tech specs revealed in the status screen shows a Kirin 960 processor, 6GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, a 2K or 1440 x 2560 pixel resolution display and Android 7.0 + EMUI 5.0 right out of the box.

A new Honor smartphone teaser was just announced today by Huawei on Facebook, we don’t know what device it would be but we can confirm that the official date is 5 April 2017 and a live event launch (perhaps a livestream?) will start at 10.30 GMT.

Today, the Honor announced in China the new Honor V9, alongside the Honor 8 Lite. With specs rivalling that of the Huawei Mate 9, it comes at a lower price, but, not without some cut-down specifications, such as retaining last year’s dual 12MP rear camera instead of the newer 20MP+12MP combo.

Prices start from 2599 Yuan (around RM1685) for the 4GB/64GB upwards to 3499 Yuan (around RM2266) for the top end 6GB/128GB model.

While Huawei is preparing to launch their P10 series soon, Honor on the other hand is also busy with their own thing, with a plan to release a new device on 21 February 2017 in China. An official poster was seen in Weibo and the device called the Honor V9 is planned to be held in Beijing.