Huawei Mate 9 review: Mighty Mate

14 November 2016
With Huawei announcing the Mate 9, the manufacturer has been following the well-established game plan of releasing a 'mainstream' pocketable flagship in the spring, only to slap us with the phablet come fall time, thus staying relevant throughout the year. In this case, the Huawei Mate 9 we now have in our hands, comes 7 months after the P9.

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  • AnonD-611530
  • tue
  • 18 Nov 2016

Good..

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    • AnonD-209065
    • q{e
    • 17 Nov 2016

    AnonD-105795, 16 Nov 2016Mate 8 is better than Mate 9. More battery and cheaper, per... morePerformance of the 960 is double what the 950 puts out.

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      • AnonD-209065
      • q{e
      • 17 Nov 2016

      I laugh at how the review says it's GPU performance was disappointing. It's only an 8 core version of the G71 here, and the G71 is available in up to 32 cores ? according to its website.

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        • AnonD-607949
        • v0q
        • 17 Nov 2016

        Why, how!, 15 Nov 2016Short and quick conclusions: -Audio quality & battery ... moreWhy, you own it already?? if not, then don't bother because you're wrong

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          • AnonD-607949
          • v0q
          • 17 Nov 2016

          AnonD-454153, 15 Nov 2016still better than iphone 7 , edge 7 still best phoneseriously?? you're joking right?

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            • Anonymous
            • sUw
            • 17 Nov 2016

            Anonymous, 15 Nov 2016is this smartphone affected by the kryptoware discovered?? ... moreapple sales in the US are decreasing and brands like Huawei are eating marketshare.
            This is use to counterattack those excellent but low cost chinese phones.
            The NSA has a backdoor in every US smartphone....get over it.

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              • Kutu
              • Kxa
              • 16 Nov 2016

              All features are really very good. I wanna know the Price of Huawei Mate 9.??

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                • AnonD-127292
                • t7X
                • 16 Nov 2016

                AnonD-105795, 16 Nov 2016Mate 8 is better than Mate 9. More battery and cheaper, per... moremate 9 is better than mate 8 . thats why theres #

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                  • oli
                  • 95m
                  • 16 Nov 2016

                  how much are we looking at for the phone? , heard the battery life is good .

                    Jose, 15 Nov 2016Hello there, I was just wondering when you changed the batt... moreWhen they changed the procedure they said that 50% brightness is average of 200 nits for most of the phones. So don't expect the results to be much different than what it got now.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 0UZ
                      • 16 Nov 2016

                      Average display and battery for 700€?
                      Thanks,but no thanks

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                        • Rbq
                        • 16 Nov 2016

                        Mate 8 is better than Mate 9. More battery and cheaper, performance is not much different, 16nm Kirin 960 is not efficiency.

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                          • Nyj
                          • 16 Nov 2016

                          AnonD-470557, 15 Nov 2016I have received my Mate 9 yesterday in UAE. The camera on N... morekindly share with us ur battery results especially the screen on time results for one charge
                          this is very important to me as it will determine whether I buy the phone or not.

                          thanks

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                            • AnonD-392652
                            • Nyj
                            • 16 Nov 2016

                            Mohamed Abd-Elfatah, 15 Nov 2016if u know any explanation plz inform me urgently sure brother no worries. I am like u, waiting for this confirmation coz no other phone really impressed me with the battery. let's wait, hopefully we get a good explanation

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                              • Anonymous
                              • iJe
                              • 16 Nov 2016

                              Mohamed Abd-Elfatah, 15 Nov 2016plz can u tell me the battely life exactly thanks in advancebattery life on highest stands and excessive use is still 1 day.. So with lower use and brightness, would mean longer battery life. Only video playback, is kinda on the mate 9's battery.. But hey the quick charger does wonders ;).

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                                • AnonD-610483
                                • 3nr
                                • 15 Nov 2016

                                Mate 9 has 2 speakers,one is at the bottom while the other is at the earpiece.You are not very well informated.

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                                  • Hdom
                                  • k9h
                                  • 15 Nov 2016

                                  I would have bought this instantly had it a 1440p screen. Dissapointed that the pro is only 5.5"

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • SH4
                                    • 15 Nov 2016

                                    is this smartphone affected by the kryptoware discovered??
                                    zte and huawei phones use this company... :(

                                    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/china-phones-software-security.html

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                                      • AnonD-588313
                                      • 3E@
                                      • 15 Nov 2016

                                      Yeap.Huawei Honor Note 8.The 6.6 screen is real addictive, you get used to it in a few days, no problem to hold it.GPU and CPU is slower and camera is worse as well but its quality enough, Iam demanding, trust me.Camera excells at night with tripod, you wouldnt believe.Play games, no problem.Battery 2 days is normal. Sound quality top notch - headphones and repro as well. My previous phone was Samsung Note 4. And the price is really low for this beast...

                                        AnonD-470557, 15 Nov 2016I have received my Mate 9 yesterday in UAE. The camera on N... moreplz can u tell me the battely life exactly
                                        thanks in advance