4x optical zoom on the Huawei Mate 9, the top-spec Pro to cost $1300

24 October 2016
How exactly Huawei's achieved the zoom feat is yet unclear.

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$1300 !!!! Might as well priced it $2000 . Who cares . Will be sold few hundreds . Makes no difference.

    Anonymous, 26 Oct 2016Xperia x is not overpriced Here in India, it was launched at a price equal to the launch price S7 !!

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      • Anonymous
      • 7qx
      • 26 Oct 2016

      nik.007, 24 Oct 20162016- the year of exorbitant & ridiculous pricing (X... moreXperia x is not overpriced

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        • rich watarious
        • fsT
        • 26 Oct 2016

        Wow! what a price! it seems those first hand information we had was wrong at all. The price tag the leaks stated was up to 750 dollars. how come this is now so high. don't destroy our expectations. The lower variants let the price be normal. We still wait for the phone. 4x optical zoom is a great implementation that I have being hoping for for some time now. GREAT STAFF THERE.

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          • Anonymous
          • XP8
          • 25 Oct 2016

          Anonymous, 25 Oct 2016- Huawei (low quality brand) - Android (free, and lower qu... more- Huawei (low quality brand)
          ---> huawei placed the third in the world.. right after samsung and apple

          - Android (free, and lower quality than iOS or Windows)
          ---> android is the most dominant os in the world

          - 4x zoom = useless
          ---> for those who loves taking picture, this will be a nice feature

          - $1300
          ---> hefty price tag, but still better than gold-plated iphone or samsung, right?

          Why would someone even be interested in such a device?
          ---> perhaps more than you know would be interested..

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            • Anonymous
            • pv@
            • 25 Oct 2016

            - Huawei (low quality brand)
            - Android (free, and lower quality than iOS or Windows)
            - 4x zoom = useless
            - $1300

            Why would someone even be interested in such a device?

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              • Anonymous
              • 3DR
              • 25 Oct 2016

              1ns0mniac, 25 Oct 2016256GB & than if you put a 256GB microSD... Wow! This is... morethat's $1300 please.

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                • Anonymous
                • 3DR
                • 25 Oct 2016

                Anonymous, 25 Oct 2016if apple have 99$ phone also people will said expensive af ~not really. They are currently overpriced for sure but at $99 not even a moron would say that. Be realistic, the hate apple get is justified at their current prices.

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                  • james
                  • Trn
                  • 25 Oct 2016

                  Better I will just buy a samsung galaxy s7 and one dslr camera. Sounds better than having a a phone that offers 4x optical zoom for 1300$. That's crazy

                    Cool down guys.. Please wait until 3rd November..

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                      • AnonD-397942
                      • tu6
                      • 25 Oct 2016

                      Why people getting mad......this thing never be official.....this price maybe for bundle pack....maybe huawei will include mate 9 pro vers,smartwatch,vr,various cases and screen protection....

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                        • Anonymous
                        • X{3
                        • 25 Oct 2016

                        Wake up HUAWEI, wake up.

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                          • 2Au
                          • 25 Oct 2016


                          want everyone to notice your phone?
                          make a rumour that your phone is a premium phone and set price ridiculously high.
                          now everyone is searching for the answers why this phone is priced that high.
                          now everybody is on the hype.
                          yes some will overhype about this...
                          hype means a lot of chance people will be this for the hype.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • IV$
                            • 25 Oct 2016

                            random access ONE, 24 Oct 2016People say that Apple products are over priced.... if apple have 99$ phone also people will said expensive af ~

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                              • Anonymous
                              • gNa
                              • 25 Oct 2016

                              Don't bite more then you can chew, there's still quality control issues with huawei phones and devices, they aren't exploding but as someone who sell them, their failing rates are alarmingly high, with this kinda of quality and want a $1300?

                                256GB & than if you put a 256GB microSD... Wow! This is HUUUGE (Trump HUGE).

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • sG$
                                  • 25 Oct 2016

                                  Can you guys just calm down before making hysterical comments?

                                  It's a rumor!!

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                                    • Davood
                                    • p}J
                                    • 25 Oct 2016

                                    A phone with two hundred optical zoom which helps you with your cooking even washing and all the chores itself and it costs two million dollars then who will buy that?

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                                      • ramiro.gz
                                      • Bcu
                                      • 24 Oct 2016

                                      Definitely doing 'zoom' in a Nokia fashion. I first was skeptical about the 20mp+12mp rumor but now this makes sense and sounds actually very promising... The 20mp image has enough pixels to crop a 12mp picture and provide at least 2-3x zoom. 4x sounds too much for me. In general phones this should always mean "smaller pixels" more noise, less quality. Because at the end is still a CROP. But in this, huawai has a separate 12mp pixel to fix all those imperfection, provide all the sharpness, shadow and light data while de 'cropped 12mp' image provides color information. All this is speculation of course, but given all the renders leaks, I don't think we will see a 'true' optical zoom here.

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                                        • AnonD-558092
                                        • cWE
                                        • 24 Oct 2016

                                        1300$?!!???!?!?!? Whaaaat? Ok this is not a real rumor. Huawei's phones (like most Chinese brands) are cheap. That's what makes them popular. Now If you need a camera, I'll suggest you a 500$ camera that will take amazing pictures, many times better than this phone will. Now, 500 bucks camera + 500 bucks Huawei phone = 300$ savings.