The Huawei P8 is a beautiful phone, one of the most attractive of 2015, and a sequel is almost inevitable. Rumors have been gathering about a phone called the Huawei P9 for a while, along with a mystery enhanced edition, as well as its larger spin-off sister device the P9 Max, and a P9 Lite. Nothing is official yet, but here’s what we think we know about the new P9 range so far.
Huawei P9 design
In keeping with tradition, we expect the Huawei P9 to look fantastic. Huawei’s pushing the design and creative drive behind the P9 with its official teaser website, which in addition to various arty pictures, has three images showing three key design aspects of the device itself. We see, in close up, a fingerprint sensor, the surround to the expected dual-camera lenses, and a chamfered edge with a cool textured front or rear panel.
In keeping with tradition, we expect the Huawei P9 to look fantastic. Huawei’s pushing the design and creative drive behind the P9 with its official teaser website, which in addition to various arty pictures, has three images showing three key design aspects of the device itself. We see, in close up, a fingerprint sensor, the surround to the expected dual-camera lenses, and a chamfered edge with a cool textured front or rear panel.
A video is also posted on the site, along with various local Huawei
YouTube accounts, promoting the #OO hashtag. We’d previously seen it on the April 6 event invitation, and it’s presumably a reference to the camera lens setup that is likely to be the P9’s standout feature.
Less official pictures have been circulating too. The most recent from MyDrivers.com show what could be the phone in much more detail than before, and it bares considerable resemblance to the live spy shots published in early March.
The all-metal body houses a fingerprint sensor on the rear, dual-camera lenses, a dual-LED flash and what may be a laser-autofocus unit. Around the front, the selfie cam and the ambient light sensor are placed to the left side of the speaker. The location of these has changed in many leaked images. A USB Type-C charging port is seen, along with a headphone socket and a speaker grill.
A few days before the launch of Huawei’s teaser site, a Huawei official — said to be the president of the company, Zhiqiang Xu — was pictured using what could be the P9 in public. The following cheeky spy shots were published by Chinese site MyDrivers, and show a device with dual camera lenses, a fingerprint sensor, and a stacked dual-LED flash and autofocus unit on the rear of a sleek phone.
A few days before the launch of Huawei’s teaser site, a Huawei official — said to be the president of the company, Zhiqiang Xu — was pictured using what could be the P9 in public. The following cheeky spy shots were published by Chinese site MyDrivers, and show a device with dual camera lenses, a fingerprint sensor, and a stacked dual-LED flash and autofocus unit on the rear of a sleek phone.
Previously, and looking very similar to the photos seen above, a set of images leaked by Mobile-Dad.com may also show the P9, accentuating the phone’s metal chassis, neatly chamfered edges, and that unusual dual camera setup on the rear. There are a few differences to other leaked pictures, which could indicate this is one of the spin-off phones — the P9 Max perhaps — or that we’ve been seeing a variety of test devices, with the final design yet to be agreed.
For example, the pictured phone has a circular rear fingerprint sensor, rather than a square one, and the flash next to the camera lenses is vertical not horizontal, and doesn’t come with what we presume to be a laser-autofocus unit. A USB Type-C charging connected can be spied at the bottom of the phone, while around the front, the camera lens and ambient light sensor flank the speaker.
These differences are compared to the last ‘live’ leak, published by VentureBeat. The pictured phone’s shape is very similar to the P8, with hints of the Nexus 6P, but the rear is now host to a fingerprint sensor and a dual-camera lens. The front shows a large touchscreen with thin bezels. Both pictures show a phone that’s almost identical to previous leaks, but this was the first time we saw a ‘real’ phone, rather than rendered images. The main difference is the front camera and ambient light sensor are to the side of the speaker, rather than flanking it.
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