Huawei has already shipped 2.6 million P9 and P9 Plus units worldwide

15 June, 2016
This has happened in just six weeks of availability for the two handsets.

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  • AnonD-550630
  • TmQ
  • 19 Jun 2016

As a person who has bought three phones in the past two months(don't ask), one of them being Samsung galaxy s7 edge and another being huawei p9, I have to say that I like p9 much more. S7 edge looks much better but that's basically only thing it it's better than p9 and also p9 isn't a bad looking phone.

Benchmarks I couldn't care less, they are both fast and daily tasks.

Camera I am surprised to say but something in my eyes is very off with the s7 camera. Everything just seem to lack detail if you crop in even a little bit. And don't get me even starting with the front facing camera which is one of the worst in s7 edge.

Well, eventually I went back to (huawei) Nexus 6p. Yeah on paper it's maybe the slowest of these all but in real life it just is the best one there is.

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    • AnonD-442781
    • JiB
    • 19 Jun 2016

    [deleted post]Which has nothing to do with the review of the p9.

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      • AnonD-522397
      • nXF
      • 17 Jun 2016

      P9 User, 16 Jun 2016for those who hasn't used Chinese brand smartphone, please ... moreTrue. Haters could not accept the fact that It is not the same Huawei they've heard a long ago. Huawei is doing grear advancements and have a better plan for future. They are not fools to avoid higher graphics performance, they are smart to save some penny here.Just wait a few more years to appreciate their strategy. P9 is just gorgeous. Some who are dependent on benchmarks are either jealous or could not accept their position they are now. Benchmarks are just numbers and useless until the real performance is compared or matched.

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        • AnonD-528998
        • tV0
        • 17 Jun 2016

        why all the fuss about this phone. just enjoy every competition on this hardware stuff. I like it. more and more innovations are made. and yes there will be no dual camera on the iPhone 7 because 1 reason. ois will not be able to control them or in them. if iPhone 7 has a dual camera I better stay on 6s plus.

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          • P9 User
          • MWW
          • 16 Jun 2016

          for those who hasn't used Chinese brand smartphone, please go get one and try it first. In these 2-3 years, they have improved a lot and a lot (no matter it's just a copy cat or whatever).

          If you are those die-hard fans of Samsung or iPhone, this comment is not for you.

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            • Bakta1
            • pg3
            • 16 Jun 2016

            AnonD-442781, 16 Jun 2016What nonsense is this? The camera is worse than the one in ... morePoor build quality ? Are you jocking ?

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              • Anonymous
              • 4%j
              • 16 Jun 2016

              Huawei has already shipped 2.6 million P9 and P9 Plus units worldwide.
              They can claim has already shipped 2.6 million worldwide, but we did not have any prove. Still not coming or will not coming to US.
              It just war of claim with other cellphone makers.
              For sure P9 and P9 Plus is good cell phone, but unfortunately without worldwide aggressive marketing strategy. Sell the cake immediately when it's hot.

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                • AnonD-442781
                • JiB
                • 16 Jun 2016

                okcnaline, 16 Jun 2016Dang it Huawei... Bring the P9 to the US!!! And to the h... moreWhat nonsense is this? The camera is worse than the one in the s7. The CPU is worse, the gpu is so much worse its not even funny. The build quality is poor.

                You do realise gsmarena have a review of it right?

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                  • Ofentse
                  • fX1
                  • 16 Jun 2016

                  I'll be buying a P9 Lite next week, I cannot wait to move away from Samsung S4mini with its issues. Huwaei has done good for itself, it's highly accepted in South Africa ;-)..it's no longer that "no quality" Chinese brand but it's on another level now.

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                    • AnonD-127292
                    • t7X
                    • 16 Jun 2016

                    you must be kidding man:;)

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                      • AnonD-549538
                      • XNt
                      • 16 Jun 2016

                      When Will this land in INDIA?

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                        • AnonD-454153
                        • S9u
                        • 16 Jun 2016

                        p9 lite will sell like cakes ,cheap but great phone ,already selling great at europe

                          okcnaline, 16 Jun 2016Dang it Huawei... Bring the P9 to the US!!! And to the h... moreOh yeah? Can you point me to the site where they host custom ROMs for Huawei devices?

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                            • James
                            • nxI
                            • 16 Jun 2016

                            okcnaline, 16 Jun 2016Dang it Huawei... Bring the P9 to the US!!! And to the h... moreThe difference between flagship phones nowadays is very marginal because they are all very good. As a previous owner of a Ascend Mate 7, I can confirm that Huawei makes very good phones and I think the P9 plus is an excellent proof of that. However, when you want to choose a phone, it takes a lot of research and it all boils down to your personal preferences. For example how important is it to you that your phone gets regular updates. For example, the firmware update on my Mate 7 took very very long but I think that Huawei has improved on that hopefully by now with the speed they advance in the mobile phone market. As for the cameras, I disagree to condemn the cameras of the S7 edge and the iphone 6s as bad outright in comparison with the p9 plus. Also here the difference is marginal but I think that the Galaxy S7 edge still has the upper hand over the Leica of the P9 plus. Don't get me wrong. They are both very good cameras.

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                              • Novage
                              • pg3
                              • 16 Jun 2016

                              AnonD-442781, 16 Jun 2016No it isn't, not the GPU anyway. https://gfxbench.com/co... moreBut in game the kirin 955 is as good as an S820

                              Forget thoses shitty benchmark.

                              Sorry for my english

                                Dang it Huawei... Bring the P9 to the US!!!

                                And to the haters, lemme guess: you bought either an iPhone 6S or a Galaxy S7. Both phones have a much worse camera. You're probably just jealous because your phone is not a reference phone for GSMArena to compare pictures (monochrome mode).

                                As for the Kirin 950 chip, I don't see much of a problem. Benchmark shows that it could still keep up with modern day tasks.

                                Except for the lack of IP rating, this phone is seriously a better package than S7 and iPhone for the price. It's only $500. And biggest thing yet? You can root, install custom ROM.

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                                  • Novage
                                  • pg3
                                  • 16 Jun 2016

                                  AnonD-442781, 16 Jun 2016Benchmarks say otherwise. They're about the same, on half o... moreBenchmark are shit. In game is more important and at this the kirin 955 is excellent because it does 60 fps in real racing and no one S820 can do that

                                  Source : french website FrAndroid

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                                    • Ayush
                                    • t}E
                                    • 16 Jun 2016

                                    Haters are reluctant to accept the fact that It is not the same Huawei they've heard a long ago.Huawei is in steroids and doing crazy advancements.They have a better plan for future.They are not fools to avoid higher graphics performance, they are smart to save some penny here.Just wait a few more years to appreciate their strategy (forcibly).
                                    P9 is just gorgeous.Period.

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                                      • AnonD-442781
                                      • JiB
                                      • 16 Jun 2016

                                      Novage, 16 Jun 2016Lol. Gflop means nothing, the T880mp4 destroy the Adreno 330 Benchmarks say otherwise. They're about the same, on half of them adreno 330 is higher.

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                                        • AnonD-442781
                                        • JiB
                                        • 16 Jun 2016

                                        AnonD-510098, 16 Jun 2016Kirin is a fxcking beast!No it isn't, not the GPU anyway.

                                        https://gfxbench.com/compare.jsp?benchmark=gfx40&did1=32229286&os1=Android&api1=gl&hwtype1=GPU&hwname1=ARM+Mali-T880&D2=Samsung+Galaxy+S5+%28Adreno+330%2C+SM-G900H%29

                                        Compared with the adreno 330 GPU in the snapdragon 801 from over two years ago. Manhattan is 12.8 vs 10.3. TRex is 24.8 vs 26.9. Compared to modern gpu its about three times worse.