Huawei P9 Lite review: less is more?

Introduction

Smartphone Huawei P9 was shown in early April this year in London. Interestingly, the well-known insider Evan Blass, shortly before the announcement of the P9, revealed some of the data about the device, moreover, he named the date of the presentation.

Our website has already published two materials about the flagship gadget from Huawei. Artem was the first to get acquainted with the device, and Sergey wrote a short but informative text “A day in use”. It only remains for me to give you a little more detail and summarize what my colleagues have said.

From my point of view, Huawei P9 has one main unique feature – the presence of two cameras. Moreover, unlike, for example, the LG G5 (there is one regular module, the other is wide-angle), in P9 the meaning is different: the additional camera has a black and white sensor, it collects all the light, due to this, the dynamic range and sensitivity increase.

The rest of the chips, it seems to me, are not so interesting to the end user: a powerful chipset, enough RAM for any applications, a good screen, and so on. In general, everything is like everyone else.

Price and when Huawei P9 will appear in Russia. The gadget will be available in several versions: 3 GB 32 GB will cost 600 euros, and 4 GB 64 GB – 650 euros. With a minimum configuration, the P9 goes for 45,000 rubles, and with a maximum configuration, for 48,000 rubles (the current exchange rate). Official Russian prices are still unknown, the gadget is worth waiting for in June. There will also be P9 Plus (4 GB 64 GB), it has a more severe price tag – 750 euros, that is, about 55,000 rubles.

Specifications huawei p9

General characteristics
Model	Huawei P9, EVA-L29, EVA-L19, EVA-L09, EVA-AL00, EVA-DL00, EVA-CL00, EVA-TL00
Date of announcement and start of sales	April 2020 / May 2020
Dimensions	152.3 x 75.3 x 7 mm.
The weight	162
Body colors	Haze Gold, Quartz Grey, Ceramic White
Number and type of SIM cards	Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM)
Operating system	Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Communication standard in 2G networks	850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Communication standard in 3G networks	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO / TD-SCDMA
Communication standard in 4G networks	FDD: Band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28; TDD: Band 38, 39, 40, 41
Display
Screen type	Super AMOLED, 16 million colors
Screen size	5.5 inches
Screen resolution	1080 x 1920 @401 ppi
Multitouch	yes, up to 10 simultaneous touches
Screen protection	Gorilla Glass 4
Sound
3.5mm jack	there is
FM radio	there is
Additionally	24-bit/192kHz audio
Data transfer
USB	Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
satellite navigation	GPS (A-GPS), GLONASS/ BDS
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth	v4.2, A2DP, LE
Internet connection	LTE, Cat4; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, EDGE, GPRS
NFC	yes
Platform
Processor	HiSilicon Kirin 955 Octa-core (4×2.5 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU	Mali-T880 MP4
RAM	4GB RAM
Inner memory	64 GB
Supported memory cards	microSD до 256GB
Camera
Camera	Dual 12 MP, f/2.2, 27 mm, Leica optics, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
Camera Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
Video recording	1080p@30fps
Front-camera	8 MP, f/1.9, autofocus, 1080p
Battery
Battery type and capacity	Li-Po 3400 mAh non-removable
Additionally
Sensors	3D touch, fast charging, charging other devices, fingerprint scanner, dual camera, NFC
Browser	HTML5
Email	IMAP, POP3, SMTP
Other	— Fast battery charging — XviD/MP4/H.265 player — MP3/eAAC /WAV/Flac player – Document Viewer — Organizer – Voice dialing, voice commands
Equipment
Standard equipment	Huawei P9: 1 USB cable: 1 User manual: 1 Warranty card: 1 Charger 5V/2A: 1