Huawei P9

The Huawei P9 is an Android smartphone produced by Huawei and was released in 2016. It is the successor to the Huawei P8 and maintains almost the same design but has a dual camera setup in the back co-engineered with Leica along with a fingerprint sensor. The Huawei P9 has a 5.2-inch Full HD IPS-NEO LCD display and runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS.

Huawei P9

Manufacturer	Huawei
Type	Smartphone
Series	Huawei P series
First released	April 29, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-04-29)
Availability by region	Romania April 29, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-04-29) Malaysia November 20, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-11-20)
Discontinued	Yes
Predecessor	Huawei P8
Successor	Huawei P10
Related	Huawei P9 lite Huawei P9 Plus
Compatible networks	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - EVA-L19 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - EVA-L29 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 20(800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), B41 - EVA-L19 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), B41 - EVA-L29 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - EVA-L09
Dimensions	145 mm (5.7 in) H 70.9 mm (2.79 in) W 7 mm (0.28 in) D
Weight	144 g (5.1 oz)
Operating system	Original: Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) EMUI 4 Current: Android 7.0 (Nougat) EMUI 5
System-on-chip	HiSilicon Kirin 955
CPU	Quad-core 2.5 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU	Mali-T880 MP4
Memory	3/4 GB RAM
Storage	32/64 GB
Removable storage	microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
SIM	nanoSIM
Battery	Non-removable 3000 mAh lithium polymer battery
Charging	Supercharge
Rear camera	Dual 12 MP, f/2.2, 27 mm Stereo camera, Leica optics, Contrast autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
Front camera	8 MP, f/2.4, 1080p
Display	5.2" 1080 x 1920 pixels IPS-NEO LCD capacitive multitouch display, 16M colors, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protection
External display	None
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependent) USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Model	EVA-L09 (Single SIM) EVA-L19, EVA-L29 (Dual SIM Full Active) EVA-AL10, EVA-AL00, EVA-CL00, EVA-TL00, EVA-DL00(China mainland edition)
Website	consumer.huawei.com/en/mobile-phones/p9/
References	[1]

Release

The P9 was released in April 2016 in London^[2] and in August 2016 in India.^[3]

New features

The P9 added a fingerprint sensor, and was the first Huawei smartphone with a camera co-engineered with Leica under a partnership announced in February 2016.^[4] The camera system integrates images from dual rear camera sensors, one monochrome, the other three-colour, which makes possible greater contrast, better low-light images, and shallow depth of field effects, and also refocusing after image capture.^[1][2] Storing two versions of images increases memory use, so there is also a microSD slot to increase storage capacity.^[2] Huawei P9 Plus became the second smartphone with a pressure-sensitive screen. ^[5]

Variants

The Huawei P9 Plus, released in May 2016, has 4 GB RAM, and storage of 64 GB.^[6]

The Huawei P9 Lite, released in May 2016 and also marketed as the Honor 8 Smart, has 2/3 GB RAM and storage of 16 GB.^[7]

Reception

Main camera, developed with Leica

It was globally well received. Some regarded the P9 as a copy of the design of the iPhone 6, since it also uses pentalobe screws.^[8][9][10]