Design and Display
In its "Space Gray" color scheme (sound familiar?) the Mate 9 has a typical monolithic appearance with dark glass and a large display. Things start to change when you turn the phone over, however.
The Mate 9's Leica Dual Camera system sits atop a fingerprint reader, and the rest of the phone's rear panel is smooth metal.
Now a look around the perimeter of the handset:
Display
Specifications from Huawei:
- 5.9" FHD Display
- 1080p (1920 x 1080), 373 ppi
- 16.7M colors, Color saturation (NTSC) 96%
- High contrast 1500:1 (typical)
The display in the Mate 9 is actually slightly smaller than its 6-inch predecessor, with a 5.9-inch IPS panel that is still sporting an FHD (1080×1920) resolution. The reduction in size gives the Mate 9 a slight edge in pixel density (373 vs 368 ppi). I could detect no difference in the clarity of text or other content on the screen, but I do appreciate the slight reduction in size from a usability standpoint. For instance, the 5.9-inch Mate 9 is smaller than the 5.5-inch display-equipped iPhone 7 Plus, though Apple’s industrial design choices (home button, symmetrical top and bottom bezel) call for a taller form-factor.
Mate 8 on the left, Mate 9 on the right (screen brightness 100% for both phones)
Subjectively, the display looks very good; with good color saturation and fairly deep black levels for an IPS panel. And this is (apparently) a standard IPS panel, rather than the IPS-NEO display in the Mate 8. Does this make a difference? My impression (an example of which you can see in the above photo) was that this new display does not look quite as good the Mate 8, which seems to offer deeper black levels and better color – but it is very close. Without proper measurement equipment I will defer to the stated specifications, which list the Mate 9 as having a the same native contrast ratio as the Mate 8 (1500:1) and 1% greater color saturation (96% vs. 95%).
It’s a sad day (and it has
It’s a sad day (and it has been for awhile) when the only company vaguely trying to innovate in the android market is Blackberry. Everyone else is content with copying Apple, but with a gimmick or two added on.
It would be nice if someone tried to make a phone with a decent interface instead of just throwing more cores, more pixels, and more cameras at it.
The Mate 9 is also one of the
The Mate 9 is also one of the first smartphones that support the Galileo satellite systems. Which in theory can do 1m for public accuracy. Do you know if the accuracy is any better then the usual 3m or 5m of the american GPS satellites?
Weird WiFi battery results,
Weird WiFi battery results, the anandtech review is complete opposite with mate 9 dominating mate 8 in all battery tests.
Still thanks for the info on the sound I didn’t notice it and I have both phones.
Battery results were
Battery results were surprising to me as well, considering both phones have the same 4000 mAh capacity, and same screen res. I measured both displays at 180 lux with my light meter before each test, and the phones were in exactly the same spot (I did the tests one at a time) so they should have had the same signal strength. However, it is possible there was some sort of issue at play, so I can revisit the tests, and help eliminate wi-fi concern by positioning them closer to the base station.
I was told my phone huawei
I was told my phone huawei was a great phone by three and i have to say its brilliant i love the camera and the storage and its sinple to use the extra apps are top . i wont be changing to any other make again . brilliant keep it up . juliette a sheeri
webrtc is not supported by
webrtc is not supported by huawei mate 9. If you want to use video conferences in browser, you must buy Samsung, Google Pixel s.o.
I think the highlight of Mate
I think the highlight of Mate 9 is Leica camera and battery, my mate 9 can be last 12 hours, the ROM is test score is only 580, from this teardown guide https://www.laptopmain.com/huawei-mate-9-teardown/, the RAM should be UFS2.0.
Huawei Mate 9 is a good
Huawei Mate 9 is a good Smartphone which I know from this article. Octa Core processor, RAM and memory size is very good for this Smartphone making it as Flagship. I like this and hopefully, purchase it soon.