Huawei P9 Unboxing & First Impressions: Dual Leica Cameras

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

2016 is turning out to be a year for interesting camera experiments.Huawei is the second company this year to use dual rear cameras on a flagship phone. Unlike the LG G5, which has a standard camera and an extreme wide angle shooter, the P9 has two cameras with the same view, but with different tasks for color and light. The primary camera takes color photos just like any other smartphone might, but the second sensor only shoots in black and white. This monochrome sensors is designed to maximize light and detail. ...

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Huawei Mate 9 tipped for late 2016 release with Kirin 960, dual 20MP rear cam

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Forget one or two flagship phones. Huawei appears to want to break some sort of record, working on a high-end Mate 9 phablet even after recently unveiling the premium P9 and P9 Plus, and gearing up to announce the equally top-notch Honor V8 on May 10.It’s market flooding at its best, but chances are the P9 duo and yet-to-be-introduced V8 ...

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Huawei Honor V8 exposed in full by Tenaa, with so much more going on than just a dual cam

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

It’s about time everyone took Huawei seriously, from Western flagship phone buyers to Apple and Samsung. The Chinese company has its sights set on mobile industry domination in the long haul, with the Honor sub-brand an integral part of these ambitious but increasingly feasible plans.And ...

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Flagship-grade Huawei Honor V8 with dual camera confirmed for May 10 debut

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

In its quest for Apple-contending global smartphone sales numbers, Huawei seems to be taking a page from undisputed champion Samsung’s playbook, flooding the market with more intriguing low to mid to high-end models than we can count.A large part of the OEM’s forecasted 2016 growth hinges on the commercial success ...

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Huawei P9 camera may not have had Leica hardware involvement

Posted on by Jules Wang

The Huawei P9 is out with this unique dual-camera module and it has some neat glass from Leica — Leica calls those lenses the “Summarit H 1:2.2/27 ASPH” — as a naming convention, Panasonic has an interchangeable lens authorized by Leica named the “DG Summilux 1:1.4/25 ASPH.”As is Leica’s wont to make

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Huawei P9 and P9 Plus are expected to exceed combined 10 million unit sales this year

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Think Huawei is mad to aim for Apple’s second spot in global smartphone sales in the not-so-distant future, and subsequently, Samsung’s crown by 2021? Perhaps, but if the Chinese company keeps growing at the alarming pace of late, the sky will truly become the limit for its ambitions.Recently, the OEM broadcasted a seemingly random box-office achievement which however goes to prove its sales competence in more than one area. The mid-end, somewhat low-key

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Huawei P9 Max possibly benchmarked with 6.9-inch screen, 16MP cam in tow

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Unlike in spring of 2015, when it unveiled three versions of its P8 flagship phone, Huawei surprisingly only launched two P9 flavors last week. But a third one is practically confirmed and slated to start shipping on the old continent soon enough, with a fourth one also probably in the works.What, you didn’t really think the “tiny” 5.5-inch ...

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Huawei VR headset joins the low-cost scene with LG 360 VR-like functionality

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Cheap, entry-level virtual reality devices requiring smartphone pairing for immersion into an artificially built environment can’t target the profit margins and net earnings of their PC and console-compatible counterparts, but in terms of shipment numbers, they’re expected to comfortably rule this year.As such, it should come as no big surprise Huawei is joining the likes of Samsung and LG today, trying to find yet another successful marketing angle for

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Huawei P9 Lite prematurely goes on sale in Europe at $300+

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Well, this is weird. Even weirder than last week’s full Huawei P9 Lite exposé, which was probably not authorized by the manufacturer, since the mid-ranger skipped the P9 and P9 Plus announcement event.Technically therefore, the single 13MP rear camera-sporting 5.2-incher is not official yet, which didn’t stop a Romanian retailer from… kicking off online sales. Of course, we highly doubt Cel is in possession of actual stock ...

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Could a Huawei 7P help the company make 140 million shipments this year?

Posted on by Jules Wang

HTC is rumored to have the next few Nexus phones down for a lock. So, what’s going on with the news that Huawei has filed for trademark protections of the term, “Huawei 7P”? Like, what?Sure, Huawei had a terrific time with the Nexus 6P — it stretched the company’s high-end footprint by providing a high-end, stock Android mobile experience to 

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Superman meets Black Widow in Huawei P9 advertising campaign

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

To paraphrase the end of one of the most uplifting, hilarious and least effective presidential speeches in Hollywood history, why can’t all superheroes just get along? That’s especially rich coming from the original Tim Burton Joker, and it’s truer than ever these days, as the Man of Steel and Caped Crusader battle each other instead of Lex Luthor, Zod or Doomsday, while Captain America and the Iron Man are themselves gearing up for an epic face-off.Ironically, in a world where the central characters of the ...

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Kirin 955 benchmarks show Huawei P9 marginally better than Mate 8

Posted on by Jules Wang

The Huawei P9 has had a full day to stand out on its own. You might still be intrigued about those two Leica cameras and how they perform. But it’s about time that the phone got compared with its kindred on a different scale of performance. In this case, we’re talking about a bucket of benchmarks.As ...

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Leica Phone Cameras, LG G5 build woes, and Blackberry death knell? | Pocketnow Weekly 195

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

We finally have the full scoop on those dual Leica cameras found on the Huawei P9! We’ll try to figure out if LG’s build quality criticisms will sink the G5, and is the end near for the Blackberry brand?We’ve been hard at work covering news stories and producing the next generation of phone reviews. We recently started a new series of videos delving deeper into camera performance and comparing mid range phones, but of course we’ll be ...

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Vodafone UK throws in free Huawei Watch with Huawei P9 pre-orders

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Gone are the days you needed to wait for months on end to see premium new Android smartphones discounted by a pithy $50 or $100, as 2016 appears to be the year of launch-coinciding deals.The Samsung Galaxy S7 and its Gear VR freebie got the ball rolling, and LG had little choice but to offer the G5 bundled ...

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