HomeHomtom S9 Plus Review – The 5.99″ Tri-Bezelless 18:9 Full Display Smartphone

Homtom S9 Plus Review – The 5.99″ Tri-Bezelless 18:9 Full Display Smartphone

Homtom series S smartphones makes their stance as Homtom’s full display smartphones. We’ve seen the likes of Homtom S8 and Homtom S7 with their full display nature. The Homtom S9 Plus is an absolutely fresh never before seen design from Homtom. Homtom S9 Plus features a tri-bezelless full display that grants the smartphone a beautiful outlook. Let’s look closely at its design and other interesting specs.

DESIGN AND DISPLAY

The Homtom S9 Plus features a tri-bezelless design that makes the smartphone have the ergonomics and sleek properties at the same time. The smartphone also makes history as the pioneer phone to use the Nano-composite material for its battery cover. This Nano-composite material was designed by Japan’s Mitsubishi Electronics and its properties include – toughness, breakage-proof and scratch resistant. This also gives the smartphone’s rear a highly bright presence. The fingerprint scanner appears in the bottom bezel at the fore. The front camera is also located in the bottom bezel, unusual, innit? Its colour options are Silver, Black and Blue.

Its screen display has 5.99 inches approximately 6.0 inches with an aspect ratio of 18:9. Its resolution is duly placed at 1440 * 720 pixels with a pixel density of 268 ppi. Its display is the HD+ type and comes along with a 2.5D Curved Glass. 78.53% is what the screen-to-body ratio of the smartphone reads.

HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND MEMORY

MediaTek MT6750T is the chipset on the device. The smartphone is powered by an Octa core 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A53 CPU. It is a 64-bit processor that makes use of the 28nm process technology. Homtom S9 Plus runs on the Android v7.0 Nougat OS. Fluid multi-tasking is taken care of by a 4GB RAM while a 64GB ROM handles the storage of files. Also bear in mind that it has an expandable limit of 128GB if a micro SD card is used.

CAMERA AND BATTERY

The front camera of the smartphone has 13MP shooter that takes selfies. The camera has the f/2.2 aperture and beauty effect mode. At the rear region, a dual camera setup with 16MP primary snapper and 5MP secondary snapper is available. A dual-LED flash is what brightens the occasion.

The power station of the smartphone is a powerful non-removable 4,050 mAh battery. It is a Lithium Ion battery type and has the Fast Charging technology incorporated in it.

Homtom S9 Plus Full Technical Specifications

General

Device Type Smartphone
Model Homtom S9 Plus
Announced 22nd September, 2017
Released Yes
Status Available

Network

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network WCDMA – B1 2100MHz / B8 900MHz
4G Network FDD-LTE B1 2100MHz / B20 800MHz / B3 1800MHz / B7 2600MHz
SIM Type Nano SIM
SIM Count Dual SIM

Data

2G GPRS Up to 32 to 48 kbps; EDGE – up to 236.8 kbps
3G Up to 42.2 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps;(HSUPA)
4G Up to 300 Mbps
Speed HSPA 42.2 Mbps
Web Browser Yes, HTML5

Design

Type Smartphone
Dimensions 158.8*724.5*8.2mm
Weight 207 g
Body Material Full Metal Body
Colours Black, Blue, Silver

Display

Display Type IPS LCD Capacitive touchscreen
Size 5.99” HD+
Resolution 1440 * 720 pixels
Colors 16M colors
Pixel Density ~268 ppi pixel density
Touch Screen Yes
Protection Yes
Features Multi-touch input, Scratch Resistant, 2.5D Curved Glass
Secondary Display No

Camera

Primary 16 + 5 MP
Image Yes
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@30fps
Features HDR, autofocus, Geo-tagging, ISO, bokeh, panorama camera with LED flash
Flash Yes, Dual-LED flash
Secondary 13MP

Software

Operating System Android OS, 7.0 Nougat OS
User Interface Yes
Java Support No
Skype Yes
Whatsapp Yes
Facebook Yes
Youtube Yes

Hardware

Chipset MediaTek MT6750T
CPU Octa core 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU ARM Mali-T860 MP2
RAM (Memory) 4 GB RAM
Internal Storage 64 GB
Card Slot Expandable to 128GB
Sensors Fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, proximity, compass, ambient light sensor
Controls Lock Button, and Volume Key

Connectivity

Bluetooth Yes, Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP (Advance Audio Distribution Profile), LE Profile
Infrared n/a
Wi-Fi Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
USB Type Micro USB v2.0 with OTG
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC n/a
HDMI n/a
Wireless Charging n/a

Battery

Battery Type Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4,050  mAh Battery
Placement Non-removable
Standby Up to 281 hours
Talk Time Up to 10.2 hours
Music Play Up to 14.8 hours

Messaging

SMS Yes (threaded view)
MMS Yes
Email Yes, IMAP4, POP3, SMTP
IM Yes & BBM

Media

Audio Playback Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC
Video Playback Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player
Video Out n/a
FM Radio Yes, Stereo FM radio with RDS
Alert Types Vibration, Ringtones
Ring Tones MP3, WAV
Loudspeaker Yes
Handsfree Yes, 3.5mm Jack

Other Features

– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player
– DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer

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PRICE

Homtom S9 Plus is priced at $179 that’s about NGN64,500.

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