Huawei P9 review: Ascension

15 April, 2016
Huawei pulled the wraps on its next flagship in London in early April. But do you know what's better than London? Shooting London with the Huawei P9. The city looks magical throughout the P9's Leica lens and the phone feel fabulous throughout your eyes. Yes, the Huawei P9 has a lot going on and all of it seems promising.

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  • Johny5
  • MAG
  • 01 Jul 2016

This phone seems to be rather nice. However the only thing that is stopping me from buying it (and yes I know its petty) is the navigation bar and the inability to hide/auto minimise it :-(

From what I can workout this has been an issue on other Huawei phones but there is a hack for them. The only hack I have found for this phone is to root the phone and permanently disable the bar

    Anonymous, 23 Jun 2016huawei is doing it the same way as apple....or almost....it... morethe p9 is simply awesome

      I disagree on gsmarena's about the P9 Audio ... it's Loud , louder than my Nexus 6P , my HTC 8/9 and oppo r7 plus. with its DTS audio , this P9 Rocks !

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        • AnonD-554463
        • ppa
        • 29 Jun 2016

        Does anyone know the audio recording quality during video recording?

        I would like to know if it can handle clearly a video recording of a live concert or loud sounds.
        (My Nexus 5 sucks so much in this)

        Thank you

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          • Anonymous
          • sS0
          • 25 Jun 2016

          AnonD-409490, 09 May 2016Hi all. is this phone dual sim active.?Yes

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            • Anonymous
            • iF$
            • 23 Jun 2016

            huawei is doing it the same way as apple....or almost....it praises usability and user friendly interface rather than huge top notch perfomance. Right now you don´t need all that perfomance.
            if huawei keeps improving this way, it will be n1 world manufacturer in less than 3 years.


            This is a fine peace of art, I would buy it if I had the money to spend. Right now, very happy with my honor 7.

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              • AnonD-550380
              • NeU
              • 18 Jun 2016

              Am gonna buy a new mobile but am really confused between huawei and iphone SE.
              Pls help :)

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                • AnonD-547263
                • 7vs
                • 10 Jun 2016

                AnonD-409490, 09 May 2016Hi all. is this phone dual sim active.?There is P9 Premium Edition which is DUAL SIM, coded as "TD-LTE EVA-AL10"
                This version supports 9 UMTS bands and 17 LTE bands, which is a lot more than the AL19.

                If I buy this phone it must be the Premium AL10 edition.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • vfD
                  • 08 Jun 2016

                  AnonD-488454, 24 Apr 2016For anyone who's interested, here are two more video compar... moreOf course Exynos 8890 will have a better real life performance than the kirin 955, however the snapdragon 820 only beat the other two on benchmarking figures, but on real life performance sd820 cannot even touch kirin 955.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • va3
                    • 28 May 2016

                    AnonD-100398, 26 Apr 2016Correct man no wonder why the most highly branded OEM's lik... morewrong man. apple now pay huge patent fee to huawei. and just this month, huawei has sue samsung for copy right.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Rx2
                      • 18 May 2016

                      AnonD-488454, 24 Apr 2016For anyone who's interested, here are two more video compar... moreactually P9 is only mid-range phone

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                        • jack
                        • Hkt
                        • 16 May 2016

                        Is cdma supported?!?!

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                          • AnonD-409490
                          • nCe
                          • 09 May 2016

                          Hi all.
                          is this phone dual sim active.?

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Trj
                            • 05 May 2016

                            Arengium, 23 Apr 2016And the reason I say it's useless because simply, there's n... morewhy r the images so bright in broad light ??...

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                              • Anynomous
                              • 61U
                              • 04 May 2016

                              If you know photography, like shutter speed, aperture, iso etc you should get P9, may be you can get a dark picture to have enough exposure without blur and noise. For the rest of us just stick to the s7 and s7 edge this year, you can never go wrong... P9 pictures tend to be underexposed

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                                • AnonD-100398
                                • g33
                                • 26 Apr 2016

                                Anonymous, 26 Apr 2016A bit disappointed the CEO said the next phones will be QHD... moreCorrect man no wonder why the most highly branded OEM's like apple samsung Lg htc sony etc launch there flagship smartphones with a huge amount of confidence cause they know that these kind of chinse smartphones will never be up to there levels.& The best part is that people still fall in there traps and fall for there fancy words.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • v0I
                                  • 26 Apr 2016

                                  A bit disappointed the CEO said the next phones will be QHD. A lot more battery drain and for what benefit?

                                  The P9 is weak in camera and video capability compared to most other flagships and for that reason I would not buy it. Next model will probably bring higher video capability.


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                                    • AnonD-396766
                                    • 6uD
                                    • 25 Apr 2016

                                    AnonD-488454, 25 Apr 2016I see what you mean now. I think that's most likely due to ... moreYou may be right. I remember now, Autosave Procedure. My P8 lite also do the same thing when autosave procedure activated.

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                                      • AnonD-488454
                                      • u}v
                                      • 25 Apr 2016

                                      AnonD-396766, 25 Apr 2016First video at (4:18), Look carefully, The car stop for som... moreI see what you mean now. I think that's most likely due to something running in the background, like checking for market updates.

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                                        • AnonD-396766
                                        • 6uD
                                        • 25 Apr 2016

                                        AnonD-488454, 25 Apr 2016I checked, I'm not sure I see any significant difference?First video at (4:18), Look carefully, The car stop for some seconds then continue. I am not sure if "stutter" is the right word for it. I use Google translator.