Huawei has announced its latest flagship smartphones today, not in China this time but in London, the P9 and P9 Plus. Both wrapped in a full metal body, they sports a full-HD AMOLED display with 2.5D curved glass, but the P9 has a screen size of 5.2-inch while P9 Plus maintains a slightly larger 5.5-inch screen size. The P9 Plus display is further enhanced with Press Touch technology that sense different level of pressure apply when tapping the screen. This is useful in activating and enabling certain features depending on pressure apply on the screen when operating the phone.
Both device runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow out-of-the-box topped with the company’s Emotion UI. Diving in, a 64-bit octa-core Kirin 955 processor clocked at 2.5GHz powered the device on the inside, paired with Mali-T880 MP4 GPU. The Huawei P9 comes in two variants, 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version and 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version, both of which are expandable up to 128GB via MicroSD. The P9 Plus however only packs 4GB of RAM and 64GB of built-in storage with external storage support as well (up to 128GB).
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These smartphones has hybrid dual SIM slots that enables the secondary SIM slot to be use as MicroSD card slot. Also, they both sports fingerprint sensors at the rear for smart security and authorization. The most attractive feature of P9 and P9 Plus is the camera. Both bears dual 12-megapixel cameras with Leica optical lens at the rear that promise great photo capture in an extreme low-light environment. The cameras has f/2.2 aperture and Laser Auto Focus, and there is a dual-tone LED flash placed at their side. Sitting at the front is another 8-megapixel camera for taking selfie. Notably, these phones have full manual control and RAW support.
Connectivity options included on both device are 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.1, Wifi 802.11ac (dual band), 3G, 2G, GPS/A-GPS, NFC and USB Type-C. The Huawei P9 packs a 3000mAh battery while P9 Plus is fuelled by a larger 3400mAh battery with fast charging.
Regarding pricing and availability, the 3GB RAM version of Huawei P9 is priced at £449 ($630 USD) while the pricing of 4GB RAM version is not yet known. The Huawei P9 Plus is priced at £549 ($770 USD). Both smartphones will go on sale in multiple color options starting from 16th of April in selected markets.
