Huawei Y9 (2018) goes official: 2 cameras front and back, 4,000mAh battery and Oreo
Huawei has announced the Y9 (2018) midranger in Thailand - a phone that shares a lot of bits with the Mate 10 Lite and puts them in a redesigned package.
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There's a 5.93-inch IPS LCD on the front, naturally in an 18:9 aspect, because who still makes 16:9 phones. Resolution is 1,080x2,160pixels - the new FullHD.
Inside it, the Kirin 659 is in charge of things, Huawei's own chip now dominating the company's mid-tier lineup (for example, Honor 9 Lite, P smart, and the Mate 10 Lite, of course, have it). In this case it's paired with 3GB of RAM, while storage is 32GB (expandable via microSD).
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The camera department appears to be coming straight from the Mate 10 Lite - a 16MP primary shooter on the back, and a 13MP selfie cam, each of them with an extra 2MP camera for depth sensing.
At least a couple of things the Y9 (2018) does better than the Mate - it launches on Android Oreo, while the 10 Lite is still on Nougat, and battery capacity is a more generous 4,000mAh (3,340mAh on the older phone).
Availability and pricing remain to be detailed.
Source (in German)
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- Geric.770
- 29 Mar 2018
- uSQ
Like Samsung`s EXYNOS, Huawei`s KIRIN midrange chipsets are not as good as Snapdragon series. Hope they will change their mind next year... (I just don`t like their Kirin 659, SERIOUSLY.)
- AnonD-743635
- 12 Mar 2018
- KnM
One model per year, amongst dozens and dozens, it's almost symbolic. Have faith, maybe this year Huawei will launch another phone with snapdragon, I will like that.
- AnonD-597762
- 12 Mar 2018
- pk0
so why HUAWEI use snapdragon chipset in these models https://m.gsmarena.com/huawei_y7_prime-8632.php https://m.gsmarena.com/huawei_nova_plus-8312.php https://m.gsmarena.com/huawei_nova-8284.php