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Huawei P9 is a 5.2-inch smartphone that was unveiled in April 2016 together with the larger P9 Plus model.


What are the differences compared to its predecessor P8? One of the main differences is the camera optics. Huawei has partnered with the well-renowned camera manufacturer Leica to improve the camera performance based on Leica's Summarit lens design. P9 sports two dual rear cameras that increase light sensitivity and improves contrast by up til 50% by employing a monochrome camera sensor that lacks RGB filter. The front camera has a resolution of 8 MP, which means that your selfies will look bright and crisp under a wide range of light conditions.


The Kirin 955 processor with 8 cores and 3 GB RAM memory ensures that the phone handles a great variety of processing tasks with impressive speeds. The phone has 32 GB storage.


Huawei P9 is one of the first phones to run Android 6.0 Marshmallows. The UI is customised by Huawei and is called EMUI. The phone is available in six different colours: haze gold, mystic silver, titanium grey, prestige gold, rose gold and ceramic white.


The battery can be recharged quickly and has a capacity of 3,000 mAh.


What about the weight with such sophisticated camera optics, fast processor and high battery capacity? This phone is remarkably light given its advanced specs and weighs only 144 gram.


Do you like the P9, but don't want to spend $700 on a phone? Then the budget version Huawei P9 Lite might be worth having a look at. It retails for less than half the price of P9.

Manufacturer: Huawei
IT PRO
10 years ago

Huawei P9 review

A classy and desirable phone let down by some surprising and not so surprising problems
Pros:
  • Sleek and classy casing
  • Lengthy battery life
  • High quality screen
  • Generally excellent camera
Cons:
  • Camera issues
  • Annoying interface overlay
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Cybershack
10 years ago

Huawei P9 - The camera phone, revitalised

Huawei's P9 is quite possibly the most interesting high-end alternative to the likes of Apple and Samsung currently on the market. On top of a more than reasonable AUD$799 asking price, the P9 is the first phone born out of Huawei's partnership with luxury camera manufacturer Leica.
Pros:
  • Dual rear-cameras offer a unique
  • fun
  • smartphone photography experience
  • Great price
  • Good battery life
Cons:
  • Bland design
  • Heavy Android overlay
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Geekzone
10 years ago

Huawei P9 review

Huawei is quickly becoming one of the largest smartphone presences in the markets and this year's blitz marketing campaign focusing on the new Huawei P9 is just evidence of how much the company is investing on this.
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techguide.com.au
10 years ago

The Chinese company has cleverly partnered with Leica – a company with more than 100 years of experience in photography – to create the impressive dual lens camera on the P9. It is fair to say that smartphones are judged by customers more on the merits of the camera than on their ability to make...
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fortressofsolitude.co.za
10 years ago

T he Huawei P9 has also taken a few giant leaps forward in terms of smartphone cameras. While many OEMs have spent copious amounts of time and money within their R&D departments to reduce costs and increase capabilities of their cameras, it wasn't until the release of Nokia's 808 PureView, and a...
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TechSpot
10 years ago

Huawei P9 Review

Huawei has come from nowhere over the past few years, from its humble beginnings producing uninspired budget devices to having a full complement of Android handsets, including impressive flagships that are not limited to Google's well-regarded Nexus 6P .
Pros:
  • Excellent, ergonomic design
  • The dual-camera system is unique and produces wonderful photos
  • Decent system performance with a blazing fast fingerprint sensor
Cons:
  • EMUI is a heavy, lackluster software skin
  • Poor GPU performance
  • No 4K video recording
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Engadget
10 years ago

If there's one feature that will convince you to buy Huawei's P9, it's the clever camera. Two separate sensors let you take gorgeous, native monochrome images and play around with depth of field, not to mention other fun and useful shooting modes.
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Digitaltrends
9 years ago

Huawei P9 Review

Huawei's P9 is ready to rumble with it's incredible Leica camera tech and sleek metal body.
Pros:
  • Amazing camera
  • Beautiful design
  • Compact metal frame
  • Strong battery life
  • High performance processor
  • Smooth software
Cons:
  • Quite slippery
  • Some UI niggles
  • No software update to EMUI 5.0
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T3
9 years ago

Huawei P9 review: a solid smartphone - but it won't change the way you see the world

I like the Huawei P9, but I think it's a bold claim to say it'll change the way you see the world. It's well made, it's a really solid performer, but that camera isn't as good as they promised. Liked this
Pros:
  • Sleek design
  • Interesting camera set up
  • Good battery life
Cons:
  • Nothing innovative
  • Screen lackluster
  • Camera could be better
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gadgets.ndtv.com
9 years ago

Huawei has kept a low profile in the Indian market this past year, deciding not to launch its previous flagship phone, the Huawei P8 . Although sister brand Honor has been active in the market all this while, the only significant Huawei-branded device to launch in India recently was the Google Nexus...
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