Huawei P9

Huawei P9

Design

      It consists of 5.2 inch 1080 display and it is still thinner than iphone 6S. It has speaker at the top of the screen and it provides subtle visual alert for notifications. It has a metal finish and having fingerprint scanner on back side and functions as a programmable button that can be used to display and dismiss notifications with a swipe.It weights of about 144 grams and light and easy to handle. It has curved edges.

                                                                    

                              

                                         

Camera

      It has dual-lens Leica camera which is fantastic camera to have in your pocket. Under each lens is a 12MP sensor designed to achieve as much detail as possible in low light conditions. Having two lenses also gives the camera better depth perception with a wider focal range. The camera can shoot in manual mode. The camera has a wide aperture mode for shooting. You can return to shots taken in this mode and adjust the focus to add more or less blur at a later point through an image-editing option in gallery. Autofocus is snappy in good light and decent in low light.

      

      It lacks an optical Zoom and in very low light conditions the photos looks like an odd red hue. The rear camera has RGB and monochrome with f2.2 aperture. It has 8MP front camera with f/2.4 apperture and it performs well even in low light conditions. There are 14 modes for clicking pictures. It records video at 1080p with 60fps. It supports 4K recording.

                                      

                                               

Software

      It runs with Android Marshmallow 6.0 with Emotion UI. It has ton of features. It lacks an app drawer. There is a one-hand UI with shifting keyboard. It has a Phone Manager app which gives easy access to phone management options like system optimizations, memory clean-up, traffic manager and battery manager. It includes harassment filter which blocks unwanted calls and messages.




                                                            

Battery life

      It has 3GB RAM and an eight-core processor with battery of capacity about 3,000mAh. The battery will last for around a day with moderate use. It has a USB Type-C port, a Nano SIM and microSD card slot. The microSD will let you add a further 128GB of space to the phone's inbuilt 32Gb/64Gb. The battery is non removable with pretty good life. It supports fast charging and takes 30 minutes to charge two thirds of battery and takes over two hours to charge the phone from empty to 100%.

Overall review

      It is a fantastic smartphone and looks great with best cameras around .It has plenty of storage and power.

Pros

• Leica Glass for dual camera takes vibrant photos.
• Design is unique and outstanding.
• Super fast fingerprint scanner.
• Quite powerfull processor.
• Light weight design

Cons

• Non removable battery .
• The phone's UI is old and non-innovative.

COST: Rs39,999
RATING:4.4/5