Huawei P9 lite review: On a diet

08 July 2016
Whether it's "soda lite" or "flagship lite," people are more sensitive of the list of ingredients than ever before. So, what’s a Huawei P9 made of and will it taste the same without the secondary black & white camera and with less metal on the body?

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  • meyer
  • f3g
  • 10 Aug 2016

I am so afraid to change. Had blackberry since the first phone came out and wanted to upgrade to blackberry Priv but no whatsapp... so looked at the Huawei P9 light please give advice

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    • AnonD-570491
    • uQ{
    • 09 Aug 2016

    iqra, 10 Jul 2016Huawei P9 lite using 3 day ago it's amazing phone. Batteryl... moretell me about back camera is it good ? as i have to buy it

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      • Zen
      • 0Nn
      • 08 Aug 2016

      has anyone tried the latest update? I am trying to hold back just incase there are some bad things about the update....i am quite happy with the phone as is at the moment. Camera is very good really as long as there is good lighting. Battery is awesome, been playing pokemon go on it, its the only purpose of the phone haha and i have no bad things to say.

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        • Robin
        • mIg
        • 07 Aug 2016

        good.But Partial internal memory is reserved.

        if memory card insert, can use only one sim

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          • Anonymous
          • iBb
          • 06 Aug 2016

          Jake, 27 Jul 2016Which looks better? White or black. Pls don't give me the g... moreYou should go for black

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            • Tear
            • Sac
            • 01 Aug 2016

            I've had the P9 Lite for just 3 days and looks like I'll be returning it. Why? Well, in every other mobile I've owned for the last 10 years, I've been able to change the "Region" independently of "Language". That means that if I am English (UK) and I live in Germany, then my locality can be fixed to Germany (time, daylight saving, local traffic, news, restaurants etc,etc) while still using English as the base language! Not with the P9 Lite you can't! Set the language to "English (UK)" and the stupid thing sets the region to "UK" without any other option. Impossible to select "English (UK)" with any other region at all! If anyone knows a workaround please let me know as Huawei don't bother answering any query!

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              • Suzie
              • CAg
              • 01 Aug 2016

              How does it compare to the Samsung S4 Mini ?

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                • Ratul
                • ubI
                • 28 Jul 2016

                This phone is also water proof. And this is greater than Samsung galaxy j7 2016.

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                  • Jake
                  • v0q
                  • 27 Jul 2016

                  Which looks better? White or black. Pls don't give me the gold answer cause I'm not into it.

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                    • Jake
                    • v0q
                    • 27 Jul 2016

                    Can't wait to buy this phone! So far... All reviews I've read about this are all good. :D

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                      • Mal
                      • uC4
                      • 26 Jul 2016

                      Good phone but still not satisfied with the internal memory & sim 2 shared with sd card (either one). One more, did anyone here having bubble on tempered glass (on huawei logo)?

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                        • abomena
                        • 6vQ
                        • 25 Jul 2016

                        bad camera because red color is high .yellow color is low ..p8 .p9 .p8 light .is better in camera good in color

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                          • AnonD-541274
                          • th1
                          • 18 Jul 2016

                          AnonD-531500, 13 Jul 2016that's bullcrap saving space.. absolutely irrelevant.. just... morePardon the very late reply. The 'saving space' alibi actually works in the smartphone world.

                          In a miniaturised version of internal hardware in a phone, a few mm squared of an area and a few mm of thickness is actually a significant space. This is another reason why they can't put too much mAh of a battery's worth without sacrificing the phone's thickness. And weight.

                          But you are half-right. It is a smart move (for them) and at the same time unwise (for us, the consumers).

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                            • Eee
                            • N6x
                            • 17 Jul 2016

                            Does it have ir blaster for remote control

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                              • Evan
                              • swe
                              • 16 Jul 2016

                              There is no gyroscope sensor on this phone. Forget 360 videos, VR.

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                                • AnonD-559729
                                • r3H
                                • 14 Jul 2016

                                Wow I don't know Huawei phone is also dope but why is the battery 3000mAH

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                                  • AnonD-531500
                                  • mxx
                                  • 13 Jul 2016

                                  AnonD-541274, 09 Jul 2016The SDcard-SIM2 hybrid was created for cost productivity an... morethat's bullcrap saving space.. absolutely irrelevant.. just stupid

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                                    • ert
                                    • BtG
                                    • 12 Jul 2016

                                    Camera 13mp good display is good battery timing is good.

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                                      • saaf
                                      • BtG
                                      • 12 Jul 2016

                                      Huawei worlds no. 1 company.

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                                        • Criz
                                        • 9Lb
                                        • 12 Jul 2016

                                        How can you make the pro camera focus out when taking pictures?