Huawei P9 and P9 Plus hands-on: First look

06 April, 2016
Huawei's charge towards becoming a global brand continues with the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus. Both are sleek metal phones with a powerful chipset and a unique dual-camera setup, the duo is all set to tackle the global flagships.

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  • AnonD-506180
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  • 07 Apr 2016

Like the configuration of the evening series P9 is a good. But can not compare with LG G5, S7, HTC 10.
This series P9, addresses those who want a configuration of the top, but at a lower price.

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    • SDKforLumia
    • KIA
    • 07 Apr 2016

    Both are really good phones let down by their prices only.

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      • Jason melling
      • 7vh
      • 07 Apr 2016

      Same tired old interface though, they need to upgrade this emui interface. Also Huawei phones do not play well with 3rd party launchers so beware. If you use Apex, Nova, etc… launchers you will have problems with all Huawei phones.

        Camera definitely feels gimmicky.

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          • AnonD-362909
          • fXu
          • 06 Apr 2016

          fusk, 06 Apr 2016Don't really care about 4k recording on a phone tbh. I'd ra... moreI agree all this 4k nonsense is only to prove how quickly a device can devour a battery. 1080p is more than enough for me IMO also 4k video uses way too much from my note 4 and QHD screens also useless to me. You sir are 100% correct.

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            • Raj Kapour
            • RX4
            • 06 Apr 2016

            Who wouldn't want such a phone, like this, the P9 three variants.They did a good job folks at HUAWEI.

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              • Novage
              • pg3
              • 06 Apr 2016

              AnonD-494168, 06 Apr 2016Woow Huawei P9 NICE ... But am bit disapointed :( With ... moreAnd also amoled screen, stereo speakers, press Touch

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                • AnonD-494168
                • mxx
                • 06 Apr 2016

                Woow Huawei P9 NICE ...
                But am bit disapointed :( With P9 Plus (MAX) no 2k screen .. Basically no difference btw P9 at all .. just screen size..

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                  • margelatu
                  • 84x
                  • 06 Apr 2016

                  In the category that fits this series P9, now, momentary is superior to other phones.

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                    • nickarad
                    • r2Z
                    • 06 Apr 2016

                    And Huawei makes better phones as Samsung, Apple. They will see results soon.

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                      • fusk
                      • n2V
                      • 06 Apr 2016

                      Don't really care about 4k recording on a phone tbh. I'd rather have really good 1080p recording. I've never been in a situation where the 4k recording abilities in my phone was of any use to me.

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                        • kris
                        • IY6
                        • 06 Apr 2016

                        "basically what the Exynos 8890 would have been if Samsung didn't switch to custom "big" cores."

                        Not really. The Kirin has a 4 core Mali T880 the Exynos has a 12 core Mali T880. Also clock for clock the Mongoose cores have 15% higher IPC.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • AL$
                          • 06 Apr 2016

                          Im sorry but a phone taking RAW images where the hell is all this memory going to be put cause RAW images they are quite big :P

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                            • AnonD-518137
                            • Bw%
                            • 06 Apr 2016

                            Nice phone P9 (Plus and Max). And.... girls from image..:)
                            I can purchase together?. ..:)

                              AnonD-468210, 06 Apr 2016"Change the way u see the world" Looks like Huawei has bo... moreLet's face it, none of the Asian manufacturers are good at Belsander management or marketing, with the exception of maybe Xiaomi who follow Apple's recipe to the letter.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • pP0
                                • 06 Apr 2016

                                "The Huawei P9 is the first to offer a live bokeh preview (usually, phones render it after the fact, which takes a few seconds)."
                                There is no other smartphone that can offer realistic DSLR-like bokeh. This is supposedly the first phone with very realistic DSLR-like bokeh. Most of the time the results of the Google camera app are not realistic and useless.

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                                  • Elfyanlied
                                  • 6rn
                                  • 06 Apr 2016

                                  Lead2XL, 06 Apr 2016I think you'd have to be a camera buff to pay so much for t... moreNot agree with you. According to review mi5 has 4hours of Sot. Not incredible. Moreover sd 820 is not knowned for being incredible for battery life. Look at Samsung S7 with sd820 vs exynos 8890

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                                    • Gibby
                                    • Ixj
                                    • 06 Apr 2016

                                    Anonymous, 06 Apr 2016Where is the stereo speaker grill in the P9 plus located?Bottom
                                    Seems to be the common trend right now.
                                    I'm happy with it here - I just need to hear the thing ringing in my front pocket. Most people put their phone in head first so it makes sense.

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                                      • AnonD-518139
                                      • GA8
                                      • 06 Apr 2016


                                      First look and first number one in sales,(for this category of phone segment) for HUAWEI.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • uwm
                                        • 06 Apr 2016

                                        Where is the stereo speaker grill in the P9 plus located?