Huawei just present the Mate 9 On a very special day for this brand that continues to be the third-largest seller on the planet, waiting for the new figures that will place us before the truth of the moment with regard to those who distribute the most smartphones around the world.
A Mate 9 that to be a terminal that reaches the 5,9 inches on screen, has a design that does not offer that feeling of being in front of a terminal of large proportions, which allows you to play in your favor. A phone that uses a metal finish for a 5,9-inch IPS screen with Full HD resolution.
An attractive Mate 9 for several reasons
We are talking about a terminal that we can say that stands out for that dual setup on rear camera, but we must not forget some details that manage to make it a more attractive device. I'm talking about a screen with 2.5D glass, a thickness of 7,5 mm and a weight of 169 grams.
Inside it mounts a Kirin 960 chip that offers a potential in the processing of data and calculations with its octa-core in which half are Cortex-A73 at a clock speed of 2,4 GHz and another four Cortex-A53 cores at a speed of 1.8 GHz. This Once we can talk about a great increase in the GPU by having the ARM Mali-G71 MP8 under its belt. It is accompanied in RAM with 4 GB.
What is special about the camera with Leica
Now we are talking about the photography of the Mate 9 with your second generation Leica camera. It is a dual-camera configuration with two sensors: one with 20 MP f / 2,2 monochrome and the other with 12 MP f / 2.2 color. Those two lenses are enhanced through optical image stabilization and are capable of utilizing 4-in-1 hybrid autofocus that includes laser, phase detection, depth and contrast detection. It also has a dual-tone dual-LED flash.
Where Huawei wants to step up a bit is in a kind of hybrid zoom, which is supposed to allow zooming without loss of quality. This, logically, will have to be seen in the next tests that will be made with the camera and photography of this new flagship of the Chinese manufacturer.
In the front camera the Mate 9 has a 8 MP sensor with f / 1.9 aperture and autofocus, which gives it a good ability for selfies and video calls.
Your specs
- 5,7-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS LCD screen
- Kirin 960 HiSilicon chip
- 4 GB of RAM
- 64 GB of internal storage with micro SD slot
- 20 MP monochrome and 12 MP RGC rear camera with OIS, 4K recording and dual-tone LED flash
- 8 MP front camera with auto-focus, f / 1.9
- Battery 4.000 mAh
- USB Type-C, stereo bottom speaker
- Android 7.0 Nougat with EMUI 5.0
- Dual SIM, NFC, Bluetooth 4.2 LE, WiFi 802.11 b / g / n / ac, fingerprint scanner, WiFi Direct
- Dimensions: 156,9 x 78,9 x 7,9 mm
- Weight: 190 grams
- Colors: gray, silver, champagne gold, brown, white
Another detail to keep in mind about this terminal is that launches with Android 7.0 Nougat, which is an advantage if we look back at the latest releases of Xiaomi Mi Note 2, Mi Mix and many others that have stayed on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Nor should we forget its 64 GB of internal storage, its dual SIM capacity and LTE connectivity, without missing the appointment that is a 4.000 mAh battery with fast charge. It has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner with gesture support just like the Pixel and soon the Nexus 6P and 5X.
We finish with its price, 699€. It will be available in these countries: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Spain. A high-end terminal from one of the important manufacturers of the moment that almost does not lack anything.