News & Reviews:   Huawei P9 specs

Huawei recently revealed the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus with their dual 12MP camera setup, featuring Leica-certified optics. However, Leica has always been better known as a high-end digital camera and interchangeable lens manufacturer, with next to no participation in phone cameras. So who actually made the dual camera system on the P9 and P9 Plus?

The introduction of the new Huawei P9 has taken the internet by storm, most notably the two rear Leica cameras with 12MP and f/2.2 aperture for each, it's designed to take colour images and the latter for monochrome photography. But how does it exactly work on the inside? This time, not by iFixit but IT168, a China-tech base site has shared their findings by tearing down the P9.

Huawei has been on a roll recently, hitting all the right notes, resulting in a net profit of 36.9 billion CNY. While there were profits from the carrier and enterprise business groups, what should be noted was a 73% rise year on year from the consumer business group (they're the ones making the Huawei Mate 8, Huawei Nexus 6P, honor 7 Enhanced, honor 7, honor 5X, Huawei MateBook and just announced Huawei P9 and Huawei P9 Plus).

In our first weekly roundup this week at TechNave, Malaysia's Technology hub, the biggest event was quite obviously the launch of the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus where they confirmed their dual camera and LEICA partnership rumours spectacularly. In addition, the Huawei TalkBand B3 was also launched. Fans of Apple devices got an early suprise as the Apple iPhone SE got its official pricing from RM1949 while the Apple iPad Pro 9.7-inch was priced from RM2699. 

Huawei has finally unveiled the long rumoured Huawei P9 today at London, and it's not just that model alone but a P9 Plus as well which was previously rumoured to be the P9 Max. It's also confirmed that both devices have built-in Leica camera in them, this changes smartphone photography on a new level and could potentially challenge Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge's dual pixel camera technology. The P9 is priced at £449 (around RM2482) while the P9 Plus is £549 (around RM3035) and will be available on 16 April for 29 countries in Europe and the Middle East (first wave). 

It is merely a few more hours before a Huawei special event where they may reveal their latest flagship, the Huawei P9. Just before that, a 14 seconds colorful teaser video was released by Huawei Pakistan to increase publicity for the incoming phone. This short promotional video seems to emphasize the dual-camera design using LEICA lenses on the Huawei P9 in line with their slogan "Change the way you see the world".

It isn't a secret that Huawei and LEICA have made a partnership, the only question would be when or for which device. From this leaked image it looks like this could be the upcoming Huawei P9. Set for a 6 April 2016 announcement, this leaked image clearly shows the LEICA logo with a SUMMARIT and f/2.2 aperture and 27mm focal length on the strip where the camera is located, along with dual cameras, what appears to be dual laser autofocus sensors and a finger print sensor below it. But then again, these do not match with previous leaked images.

According to a recent AnTuTu listing, the upcoming Huawei P9 tech specs and features have been revealed. Confirmed tech specs according to AnTuTu include a Kirin 955 processor, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage and a fHD or 1920 x 1080 pixel screen along with Android 6.0. The camera tech specs seem to be a bit off, as earlier rumours indicate dual 12MP rear cameras (AnTuTu reports a 13MP sensor) but the front camera looks to remain at 8MP. Do bear in mind that AnTuTu listings have been faked before so take this rumour with a pinch of salt. In the meantime, stay tuned and we'll keep you updated.

There has been quite a number of Huawei P9 image leaks already, including the one with Huawei President holding “one” in public. Today, Huawei decided to release three official P9 images but it's not what you think; more like a super close up of the device. 

Huawei Honor X3 has been spotted on TENAA and according to the specification list, it's packing some power boasting a huge 7-inch display with 1920 x 1200 resolution, along with a speculated price tag of 1999 Yuan (around RM1258) for the basic model, and 2499 Yuan (around RM1573) for the high-end model.