A classy and desirable phone let down by some surprising and not so surprising problems

Sleek and classy casing; Lengthy battery life; High quality screen; Generally excellent camera

Camera issues; Annoying interface overlay

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.

Dual rear-cameras offer a unique; fun; smartphone photography experience; Great price; Good battery life

Bland design; Heavy Android overlay

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.

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...

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...

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 .

Excellent, ergonomic design; The dual-camera system is unique and produces wonderful photos; Decent system performance with a blazing fast fingerprint sensor

EMUI is a heavy, lackluster software skin; Poor GPU performance; No 4K video recording

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.

Huawei's P9 is ready to rumble with it's incredible Leica camera tech and sleek metal body.

Amazing camera; Beautiful design; Compact metal frame; Strong battery life; High performance processor; Smooth software

Quite slippery; Some UI niggles; No software update to EMUI 5.0

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

Sleek design; Interesting camera set up; Good battery life

Nothing innovative; Screen lackluster; Camera could be better

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...