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Honor 90

Honor 90
R10,000
SKU: 3785
Brand: Honor
Category: Mobiles
Available
  • CPU: Octa-core (1x2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.36 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A510)
  • RAM: 8GB-16GB
  • Storage: 256GB/512GB
  • Display: AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1600 nits (peak)
  • Camera: 200MP
  • OS: Android 13, MagicOS 7.1

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

7.3
  • Display 7 / 10
  • Camera 8 / 10
  • Performance 7 / 10
  • Battery 7 / 10

PROS

  1. Large AMOLED display.
  2. Powerful Large battery.
  3. Best features under budget

CONS

  1. FM Radio was unavailable.

The HONOR 90 5G has established itself as an absolute favorite in South Africa’s premium mid-range market, highly celebrated for bringing flagship-tier photography and a massive internal storage capacity down to a more accessible budget. Starting at approximately ZAR 10,000, this smartphone hits an excellent sweet spot for South Africans who want high-end performance, an incredible screen, and immense storage without crossing over into ultra-expensive flagship pricing.

While that ZAR 10,000 baseline serves as a highly accurate national benchmark for a brand-new retail purchase, your final upfront price or monthly contract cost will naturally vary depending on localized regional store specials, the province you are purchasing from, and fluctuating distributor stock levels.

Where to Buy the HONOR 90 in South Africa

HONOR’s established supply chain ensures that you can track down this sleek device across major digital e-commerce spaces, traditional brick-and-mortar storefronts, and cellular networks:

1. Traditional Department Stores & National Retailers

If you want to handle the device physically before committing, check out the color options in person, or leverage existing store cards and flexible interest-free installment platforms (like PayJustNow), look here:

  • Makro & Game: Highly popular destinations for secure upfront cash purchases, mass-market electronic discounts, and seasonal weekend tech promotions.

  • Foschini: Ideal if you intend to buy the phone using an integrated fashion and retail group account to comfortably spread your payments over several months.

  • Mr Price (MRP Cellular), PEP, & Ackermans: These highly accessible, nationwide neighborhood chains excel at offering affordable prepaid bundles and quick cash checkouts, crossing both urban hubs and smaller towns.

2. Specialized Tech Hubs & Online Powerhouses

For immediate doorstep delivery, extensive user reviews, or dedicated face-to-face assistance with phone setups, check out these channels:

  • Takealot: South Africa’s premier e-commerce platform frequently lists the HONOR 90, where intense competition between local third-party tech sellers often sparks sudden price drops and coupon specials.

  • HiFi Corp & Hi Online: Standard stockists for HONOR’s upper-tier devices, frequently hosting flexible, structured finance plans or bundling the hardware with promotional tech gifts (like HONOR Choice earbuds).

  • Cellucity & 4U: Specialized independent cellular outlets that excel at immediate device insurance registration, custom protection plan setups, and personalized face-to-face data migration support.

3. Mobile Network Operators (Contracts & Upgrades)

If you prefer to split the cost across a 24-month or 36-month timeline while securing immediate monthly data allocations, carrier channels heavily support this device:

  • MTN & Chatz Connect: As primary mobile network partners, they feature the HONOR 90 across an array of monthly contract subscription brackets. These plans integrate predictable monthly hardware fees with everyday data and all-network calling minutes.

What Makes the HONOR 90 a Standout Performer?

Rather than navigating a complex list of raw numbers, here is a breakdown of what this smartphone actually delivers to elevate your daily mobile experience:

Massive 200MP Ultra-Clear Main Camera: The absolute headliner of this device is its ultra-high-resolution 200MP primary camera sensor. In a segment where 50MP is standard, this massive sensor lets you snap images with breathtaking detail, giving you the freedom to crop deep into a photo without losing clarity or dealing with immediate pixelation.

  • Huge Flagship-Grade Storage (512GB): Arriving with a massive 512GB of internal storage out of the box, the phone completely eliminates space anxiety. You can store hundreds of thousands of high-resolution photos, 4K videos, and heavy local apps without ever needing to clear space.

  • Risk-Free Dynamic Eye-Care Display: The gorgeous, quad-curved OLED display features an industry-leading 3840Hz high-frequency PWM dimming rate. This effectively eliminates screen micro-flicker in low-light environments, heavily minimizing eye strain, headaches, and fatigue when you are scrolling late at night.

  • Premium Selfie & Content Creation Tools: Tailored directly for content creators, the front camera features an impressive 50MP selfie lens capable of recording crisp 4K video, complete with AI-driven Vlog assistants to streamline on-the-go editing.

  • Snappy 5G Performance & 66W SuperCharge: Driven by an optimized Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition processor, it handles heavy multitasking and future-proof 5G streaming with ease. When the 5,000 mAh battery finally runs down, 66W SuperCharge technology blasts you back up to 60% in roughly 15 minutes.

Full Specifications

General

Brand Honor
Model Honor 90
Announced 29 May, 2023
Released 07 June, 2023
Status Available
Price ZAR 1,000

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. Bar
Dimensions 161.9 x 74.1 x 7.8 mm (6.37 x 2.92 x 0.31 in)
Weight 183 g (6.46 oz)
Colors Midnight Black, Emerald Green, Diamond Silver, Peacock Blue

Network

2G Network
3G Network
4G Network
5G Network
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, eSIM, dual stand-by) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1600 nits (peak)
Size 6.7 inches, 108.9 cm2 (~90.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1200 x 2664 pixels (~435 ppi density)

Media

Audio Playback
Video Playback
FM Radio No
Ring Tones
Loudspeaker

Camera

Main Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality. 200 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.4", 0.56µm, PDAF
12 MP, f/2.2, 112˚ (ultrawide), AF
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Camera Features HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Selfie Camera 50 MP, f/2.4, 100˚, (ultrawide)
Camera Features HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. Android 13
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface. MagicOS 7.1

Hardware

Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition (4 nm)
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. Octa-core (1x2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.36 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A510)
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. Adreno 644
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. 8GB-16GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. 256GB/512GB
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. No
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, compass, ultrasound proximity

Connectivity

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-fi Hotspot
USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
Positioning GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS, QZSS
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.

Battery

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable
Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device. 66W wired
5W reverse wired

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