HONOR X9c 5G now official: gets a stronger IP65M water resistance

The HONOR X9c 5G is now official as the brand’s newest tough mid-range offering.

One of its key highlights is the stronger ingress protection, now with IP65M that provides ‘360-degree protection’ from water jets according to Honor. That’s a significant jump from the X9b’s IP53 rating.

It also comes with wet touch control technology for its 6.78-inch 1.5K AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate. The phone is equipped with the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 — the same one found on the HONOR X9b 31.

For optics, instead of three, the X9c now only comes with dual rear cameras: a 108-megapixel main and a 5MP ultrawide. Gone is the 2-megapixel macro sensor but the main shooter now supports optical image stabilization.

The battery also gets bigger, thanks to silicon-carbon tech, the phone packs a whopping 6600mAh of battery paired with 66W of fast charging.

HONOR X9c 5G specs:
6.78-inch 1.5K AMOLED display
2700 x 1224 pixels, 120Hz refresh rate
4000-nit peak brightness (HDR), wet touch control
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
8-cores, up to 2.2GHz
12GB RAM
256GB, 512GB storage
Dual rear cameras:
– 108MP f/1.75 main, OIS, EIS
– 5MP f/2.2 ultrawide
16MP f/2.45 selfie shooter (pill-shaped notch)
5G, 4G LTE
Wi-Fi 5, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 5.1
GPS/ AGPS/ GLONASS/ BeiDou/ Galileo
USB Type-C (USB 2.0)
NFC
Under-display fingerprint sensor, face unlock
IP65M dust and water resistance, SGS 5-star drop resistance
Dual stereo speakers
MagicOS 8.0 (Android 14)
6600mAh Si/C battery
66W charging (wired)
162.8 x 75.5 x 7.98 mm
~189g
Titanium Purple, Titanium Black, Jade Cyan (colorways)

Price and availability

The HONOR X9c 5G is now available for pre-orders in Malaysia, starting at MYR 1,499 for the base variant 12+256GB. That’s approx. Php20USD 0.34INR 29EUR 0.32CNY 2.1K in today’s rates (no taxes and duties).

The 512GB option goes higher at MYR 1,699.

No word yet on its local availability in the Philippines, but the X9c’s budget sibling, the HONOR X7c 99 arrives tomorrow, November 6th in the Philippines.