Huawei’s new flagship smartphone has been announced last week. Its biggest announcement is probably a pair of Leica-certified cameras. With a 5.2-inch screen, Huawei P9 features a traditional 12-megapixel camera with an other, right to next, monochrome 12-megapixel module. When working together, Huawei announces that the two sensors can improve contrast in photos by 50 percent and triple the light information taken by the smartphone.

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Huawei P9 is well built, performs well and is slim. Its specifications are those of a high-standard flagship with Android. It features a 3000mAh battery, a USB-C port and octa-core Kirin 955 processor made by Huawei. Its design is elegant and feels premium. Whereas it features two camera modules and sizable battery, Huawei P9 is only 6.95 mm thick !

European version will have a microSD card slot, which will be swapped for a second SIM slot in China and other Asian markets. Main specifications are :

  • 5.2” screen with 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution
  • 423 ppi pixel density
  • HiSilicon Kirin 955 chipset
  • Quad-core 2.5 GHz Cortex-A72 & Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
  • GPU Mali-T880 MP4
  • 12 MP Dual camera with Leica optics
  • 8 MP secondary camera
  • 4 GB RAM
  • Up to 128 GB Memory
  • microSD card slot in Europe, US
  • 3000 mAH Li-Ion Battery (Non-Removable)
  • Single SIM for Europe, US and Dual SIM for Asian markets
  • 145 x 70.9 x 7mm dimension for 144 g
  • Android 6.0 Marshmallow
  • Fingerprint reader, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, …

Announced price is 599 euros which is a very attractive price for a smartphone with a big display, high pixel density screen, lots of RAM, small dimensions and an elegant premium design.

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Note that Huawei has also unveiled a 5.5-inch Huawei P9 Plus with a 3400mAh battery. It also switches the display technology to Super AMOLED from the regular P9’s IPS, although both have a 1080p resolution. Announced price is 749 euros.