A little over two months have passed since Huawei unveiled its Mate 9 flagship and it’s about time that Huawei makes up for a little drawback that was the ‘sparse’ RAM on its flagship model.
4 GB is likely most for most people out there but ever since OnePlus 3 started offering its mouth-watering 6 GB variant under $400, it is understandable that more expensive offerings such as Huawei’s are feeling the heat.
Welcome then, the new Huawei Mate 9 variant with a tempting 6 GB LPDDR3 memory, accompanied with a 128 GB storage module, bumped up to fit well alongside the upgraded RAM. Do note that the Mate 9 Pro variant isn’t being offered the same treatment.
Huawei is also charging an exuberant amount for the 6 GB version: around $880, which is considerably more than the regular version that retails for around $600.
It is also much more than the OnePlus 3 and the 3T, which I feel it necessary to mention as those phones are so effectively breaking the mold of the high-end smartphone with an equally-high price-tag to boot. The a new 3T model with the same RAM and storage offering comes in $480.
Anyhow, not much else is changed. The display is still, quite sadly, 1080p while the Leica-backed dual-camera setup and the cool metal design is retained.
Huawei Mate 9 (New Variant) Specifications
- CPU: 2.4GHz quad-core Cortex-A73 + 1.8GHz quad-core Cortex-A53
- GPU: ARM Mali-G71 MP8
- Chipset: Huawei Kirin 960
- OS: Android 7.0 Nougat with Emotion UI 5.0
- Supported Networks: 2G, 3G, 4G LTE; Dual-SIM
- Display: 5.9-inch IPS with 1080p resolution
- Memory: 6GB RAM, 128GB Internal storage
- Camera:
- Primary: Dual-lens (20 MP monochrome + 12 MP color sensor), Hybrid Zoom, OIS, f/2.2, 4-in-1 hybrid autofocus, dual-tone LED, 4K video recording
- Secondary: 8MP
- Fingerprint scanner with gesture control
- Connectivity: USB Type-C, Wi-Fi
- Battery: 4,000 mAh, Super Charge supported
- Price: $770 (approx. Rs. 80,700)
One plus 3t all the way :)
Camera is the only department the OnePlus still needs to improve, but in the battery department it is the first Android that impressed me in comparison with Plus sized iPhone.
Yup bt there pricing is still less than 500 dollars, if the oneplus 4 is priced around 500, it will compete with flagships in terms of cam as well
There will be no OnePlus 4 (the 3t is the fourth), Chinese number 4 sounds like their word for death, many buildings omit the 4th floor as well in China. Others are already using ‘S’ so OnePlus chose S+1 = T ;)
Whatever the name is, lets say there next flagship coming up this year should have a better cam on par with samsung or an iphone
One plus 3 or 3t Owns !!