Hands-on review: Huawei P9

By John McCann

The Huawei P9 is the latest flagship smartphone from the Chinese firm, which is steadily improving with every handset it launches. The P9 then, is looking to be its best phone to date.

Huawei recently joined forces with photography giant Leica, so it’s no surprise the focus of the Huawei P9 is firmly placed on the two cameras bolted to the rear.

Taking over from the Huawei P8, which lacked any real unique selling point, Huawei has ensured this time around it has something to really shout about.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen two cameras on a smartphone, with HTC, Honor and LG all having previous with the setup, but Huawei has done something a bit different on the P9.

First up, both of its 12MP lenses are “Leica certified”, as the two firms have worked together on the engineering of the camera hardware and software of the P9.

Then there are the lenses themselves. While both boast 12 million megapixels – like the single sensors on the iPhone 6S and Samsung Galaxy S7 – one of the two on the P9 is monochrome. Yep, black and white.

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Source:: techradar.com – Phones