Huawei Mate 9 & Mate 9 Porsche Design: First look

03 November 2016
The Mates are the dance partners of the Huawei P series - the P9 leads with a Leica dual camera, now the Huawei Mate 9 follows with an improved version. Thanks to the next-generation chipset, that camera now records 4K 2160p video as well.

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  • 06 Nov 2016

Anonymous, 06 Nov 2016Wish I could agree with the Xperia-part, but just no. :/ Th... moreEveryone is entitled to their own opinions.

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    • 06 Nov 2016

    Anonymous , 06 Nov 2016I agree. Not even the iPhone, galaxy, or the mate can match... moreThe camera of the iPhone 7 It's much better than galaxy s7 in my personal experience , I own both.

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      • 06 Nov 2016

      Someone Else, 04 Nov 2016Isn't it wiser to buy 2x iPhone 7 Plus or 2x Galaxy S7 edg... morewaiser?
      well, tell that to all of those who is buying f.e. S7 and not 5 Redmi phones instead.
      tell that to all those whoo is buying Porche cars, mercedes, BMW, Audi...
      there is no smartnes in this things.

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        • 06 Nov 2016

        Anonymous, 06 Nov 2016Wow, your folks appear really biased. You do an unbelievab... moreBecause that's the Porsche one, if you didn't realise. The pixel xl costs €300 more the the normal huawei mate 9, which offers much better battery life, better performance, etc.

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          • 06 Nov 2016

          Anonymous , 06 Nov 2016I agree. Not even the iPhone, galaxy, or the mate can match... moreWish I could agree with the Xperia-part, but just no. :/ The first part of your message looked so promising and it all fell flat at the end.

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            • 06 Nov 2016

            Anonymous, 06 Nov 2016Wow, your folks appear really biased. You do an unbelievab... moreThen you simply don't understand the market. The people who buy Google Pixels ARE NOT the same people that would be a luxury product from Porsche Design (or any other luxury brands).

            The price-tag is not the issue here, it's actually "affordable" for a luxury product. The real problem is, what makes this a luxury product? Porsche Design should be known for (*drum rolls*) their design, and they've just made a faux-pas: their product looks a lot like something else of a "lower" market (yes even a S7 Edge is lower here), only adding a super-sized logo and higher price-tag.

            It's anyone's guess as to this phone's success. Maybe the *affordable* price-tag (for that market) will still save it.

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              • 06 Nov 2016

              Wow, your folks appear really biased.
              You do an unbelievable amount of complaining about the pricing of the pixel but we get, maybe, two mentions of the 1395€ tag for a phone that doesn't appear to have microsd, ip68, stereo speaker, a tremendous camera, but comes without the guaranteed updates, a rather fun system to unlock, and a proprietary fast charging method.
              Definitely seems reasonable to not make as big of a deal about price as you did with the pixel...

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                • 06 Nov 2016

                Onyxia, 04 Nov 2016I agree. Even the iPhone 7 camera can't compete with a 7 mo... moreI agree. Not even the iPhone, galaxy, or the mate can match the accuracy of Xperia.

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                  • 06 Nov 2016

                  Anonymous, 05 Nov 2016Now question is: Porsche or Huawei is thief here about the... morePorsche didn't copy. European invested in Samsung a lot. Eversince Brexit took place, Samsung has suffered a lot with their Note 7.

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                    • 05 Nov 2016

                    AnonD-599944, 05 Nov 2016Huawei ftw, and I do like my main p8max phone. (particallyt... moreexample to previus question? (do the smaller handset in huaweis smaller display-handset got landscape on home & desktop?
                    http://dl-1.va.us.xda-developers.com/3/9/1/2/4/3/0/DSC_0168.jpg?key=80Z62U3MCKGku0QA9YzdJg&ts=1478384960

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                      • 05 Nov 2016

                      Huawei ftw, and I do like my main p8max phone. (particallyt the landscape feature hence thump management that is a must on 6.8inch thin phone (will EMUI5.0 be on the table for Huawei 3GB Pseries.(hopefully this Kirin860fellow doesnt seem that strong)

                      but ewen the new phone, that is intended as secondary and back-up for the main, performs better then this 700euro phone from Huawei (than in my country aka worlds most tax'ed (Denmark) - will cost close to a little above 1k US when moms (25%) & tax is effected and ewen more if you import., hence handling-fee

                      but lets hope its actually faster when the SW in final release evolves, as to an 37.7k score in Basemark x is ewn lover the the new budget phone i just got 222US dark grey phone from LeEco X822 with 2k screen 5.7 ..
                      tjahh on a little over 200US-phone im getting scores around the 42.639 mark in Basemark and Mate9 (37.716) and in High im getting 36.557..(no score for Mate9)

                      "High 36.557" - not to shabby for an low-end budget phone.

                      http://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/how-to/antutu-scores-guys-getting-t3423770/post69417492#post69417492

                      same with other scores, Qualcomms Vellamo std Chrome browsermark 5950 and Webview 6121 but yeah its is blazing fast on web, but on the end of the day, ewen my old P8max64gb is sufficient for my speed-demands, so often other factors that you find vital for ones need.
                      I for one do cherise my p8max and are impressed with its capablelity to catch the nighsky/stars on different shutter-settings, and I cherise the 4colored sensor, RGB+W in cacthing light quite a lot better then other mobilecams i have got my hands on and am a succer for the landscape-features in p8max 6.8.
                      is that also valid in the smaller Huawei-handset, to adjust for landscape-mode in general use.. not the case in my latest X822 also pretty big 2k 5.7...

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                        • 05 Nov 2016

                        Now question is:
                        Porsche or Huawei is thief here about the design?
                        Certainly one/one copy of Edge models :)

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                          • 05 Nov 2016

                          The Porsche design (front) looks like a child took one of the Samsungs or Xiaomis with the curved edge screen and slapped an horribly suped-sized lettering!

                          They should have made the font even *bigger*, 'cause that logo is what people will be paying for (design obviously not being it).

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                            • 05 Nov 2016

                            Porsche edition looks great.. Many porsche owners DEFO gonna buy this phone !

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                              • 05 Nov 2016

                              Petty impressive!

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                                • 05 Nov 2016

                                Prosche design is a lousy idea, it's just a smartphone for goodness sake.

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                                  • 05 Nov 2016

                                  And the longer you stay with the old technology the more removed you are from the possibilities of a new world of connectivity.

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                                    • 05 Nov 2016

                                    Porche design? More like Samsung Note 7, Vivo Xplay5 Elite, Xiaomi Mi Note 2, design. Add the price in all that, fail.

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                                      • 05 Nov 2016

                                      That is some fast charging! Hey, Samsung!

                                        UnbreakableAli, 04 Nov 2016All this camera hype and still , it doesn't match that of t... moreNonsense, look at the comparison posted here. Mate 9's high ISO sample is as good as iPhone's low ISO. That's 6 stops difference!

                                        http://i.imgur.com/0yVtu6K.png