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Huawei Mate 9 Hands-on: The New Phablet to Beat?

2016-11-03
after a few leaks Huawei is an anthem 8/9 here in Munich Germany sporting a design that's familiar to previous make devices the main tonight brings a series of improvements but is it the handset to fill the hole left by the galaxy note 7 what's going on everybody is narrow and this is our hands on with the huawei mate 9 the mate 9 doesn't have a curved screen and it isn't quad HD with Huawei instead opting for a flat 5.9 inch display a Full HD resolution which meets 96% of the NTSC color standard and has a high contrast ratio of 1500 to 1 although qHD resolution would have helped the displays still quite pleasant to use and offers deep blacks and vibrant colors like most other flagships the handset also comes with a blue light filter which is designed to protect your eyes from harmful blue light that's most apparent in dark conditions under the hood the mate 9 is powered by Huawei snooker in 960 chipset which is made up of the latest cortex a 73 architecture along with Molly's latest G 71 GPU and a nice 6 code process of a better sense of Management which Huawei says allows you to play pokemon go for longer occur in 9 60s partnered with 4 gigabytes of RAM and 64 gigabytes of storage in the regular version and while we can't yet confirm Huawei's claims at the Kiran 960 is the fastest processor in a smartphone right now the mate 9 certainly shows no signs of lag to ensure smooth performance even after several months of use the main tonight uses a machine learning algorithm to analyze user behavior optimize the user experience and allocate resources according to the way you use your phone as a result while we claims the handset is up to 50 percent faster than previous devices and after 16 months of simulated usage it is up to 80 percent faster than rival devices the mate 9 is powered by a four thousand milliamp hour non removal battery that comes equipped with Huawei supercharged which has an intelligent charger that combined with constant battery monitoring on the device itself is designed to avoid any unwanted overheating situation although it's not compatible with Qualcomm quick charge the maintenance free trial did in 90 minutes and can be charged to 50 percent in just 30 minutes while you get a car charger included the box there are no plans to launch a supercharged compatible battery pack however the camera picks up from where the wipey nine left off with the second generation like a dual camera array that's made up of 12 megapixel RGB sensor and a 20 megapixel monochrome sensor the camera features optical image stabilization in the color sensor f20 aperture hybrid autofocus and 50% smaller file sizes for 4k video like other dual camera devices there's the ability to capture images with a bach effect but the mate 9 also allows you to take a picture and then change the focus after you've taken the image rather than the other way around the ability of the dual camera to capture depth information allows you to set the aperture to as little as f dot zero-nine-five or as high as f 13 and making these changes either before or after you've taken the shot is really straightforward the camera also comes with a series of other filters and options including a pro mode that offers enough manual controls to keep almost all users happy the mate 9 is the first handset to run Huawei's new emui 5 interface and although it is visually similar to previous devices Huawei says it is their biggest refresh ever a lot of previous features such as nocknock customizable home screens and fingerprint gestures also return but there's a few differences as well the first is that there's finally the option to add an app drawer in the settings which is ideal for those who prefer the familiar Android experience as we know it the second is the ability to switch accounts by involving different fingerprints to each account and coupled with a new privacy space it means that your entire family could use the phone but data would remain secured to each individual a feature that aims to solve a long-standing problem is apt to in which duplicates one account apps such as whatsapp WeChat and Facebook so you can use them with two different accounts on the same device Mui 5 is based on Android 7.0 new go multi window is supported using nougats native feature but you can also swipe your knuckle across the screen to access the spirit screen although this doesn't always work the emui 5 essentially seems to be a compromise where while we is tweak the pots of Android it feels necessary rather than aiming to overhaul everything like other OEMs do alongside the make 9 while we also announced the limited-edition posh design make 9 hero munich and while we are bringing you a separate look at that I can say it's the curbed qHD handset with six gigabytes of RAM that we were all hoping to make 9 would turn out to be what do you think of the mate 9 and emui 5 and do you plan to buy one let us know in the comments below don't forget to subscribe give 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