Huawei is one of the Chinese OEMS that has a strong reach in the mid-range smartphone category. The new Huawei Y9 (2018), is a similar model to the Honor 10 Lite smartphone sharing a number of features with it. The Chinese giant have been doing quite well releasing a number of nice smartphones both in the mid-range and high-end smartphone category. Let’s have a look at the Huawei to see if it follows in the same vein.
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Huawei Y9 (2018) is a definition of what you call modern design, coming with bezel-less display, 18:9 aspect ratio and a metallic unibody. The top bezels have been trimmed down so that the much of the display can be accommodated. This gives you a smartphone that has a large screen without the phone being unnecessarily large. However, am not really a fan of having a logo on both the front (below the display) and centrally at the back.
From a mid-range smartphone you don’t expect more than what you have on the Huawei Y9 (3018). It fits perfectly if you are a fan of large display towering up to 5.93-inch and has a crisp and decent colour representation. Featuring a 2160 X 1080 pixels resolution, you have a 407 ppi pixel density and decent viewing angle.
Battery and CameraIt also ticks the box for enough battery power with a 4, 000mAh which is quite sufficient to last a day of normal usage which include chatting, surfing the internet, wi-fi connection and watching clips etc. Also, it charges through a MicroUSB port using a quick charge feature that delivers more charge in a relatively short time.
As for taking pictures, you are provided with a not too common quad camera arrangement. Which means you have a dual camera at the back and another at the front making it four cameras in total. There’s a 13MP and 2MP dual front camera and a 16MP plus 2MP dual camera on the rear panel. The small pixel camera is meant for background detail to make a better picture.
Hardware and SoftwareThings can only get better with an impressive engine powering the Huawei Y9 (2018) on the inside with a quite powerful Huawei’s own Kirin chipset. Sporting an 8 core HiSilicon Kirin 659 SoC with the lesser cores clocking at 1.7GHz and the other at 2.36GHz. Also, there is an ARM Mali-T880 MP2 GPU for graphics munching.
It doesn’t end there as you also have a 3GB and 4GB variant. This is accompanied by a 32GB and 64GB internal storage space respectively. With these, the smartphone will run smoothly alongside the EMUI 8 based on Android 8.0 Oreo.
Pricing and AvailabilityThe Huawei Y9 (2018) is not available for sale and information concerning the price is still scarce but the price would be around 90, 000 naira.
Here are a few specs of the Huawei Y9 (2018):
General Features Platform: EMUI 8 (Android 8.0) Processor: Octa-core 4 x 2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4 x 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 (HiSilicon Kirin 659) GPU: Mali-T880 MP2 Memory: 3GB/4GB Colours: Black, Gold, Blue Dimension: 75.3 X 157.2 X 7.89 mm Weight: 170g SIM Type: Nano sim SIM Count: Dual sim Display Display: 5.93-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 2160 X 1080 pixels (407 ppi) Screen Protection: – Camera Rear Camera: Dual 16MP + 2MP camera, 2160p Video@30fps Rear Camera Features: Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR Front Camera: Dual 13MP + 2MP camera, 1080p Video@30fps Storage Built-in Storage: 32GB/64GB Memory Card Support: Yes, up to 256GB Bundled Cloud Storage: – Network Support 2G GSM: Yes 2G CDMA 1X: – 3G WCDMA: Yes 3G CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: Yes Internet & Connectivity GPRS: Yes EDGE: Yes 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes HSPA+: Yes, 42.2/5.76Mbps CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: Yes, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes Bluetooth: Yes, v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX NFC: – Infrared Blaster: – USB Port: MicroUSB 2.0 Messaging SMS/MMS: Yes Instant Messaging: Yes Push Emails: Yes Email Protocol: – Entertainment Music Player: MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player Video Player: MP4/H.264 player FM Radio: Yes Loudspeaker: Yes 3.5mm Jack: Yes Navigation Navigation: Yes, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS Maps: Yes Sensors & Control Digital Compass: Yes Accelerometer: Yes Proximity Sensor: Yes Light Sensor: Yes Barometer: – SpO2: – Pedometer: – Heart Rate Monitor: – Gyroscope: Yes Fingerprint Scanner: Yes, (rear) Iris Scanner: – Face Unlock: – Intelligent Digital Assistant: – Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: – Voice Control: – Other Features Video Streaming: Yes Active Noise Cancellation: – Wireless Charging: – Built-in Mobile Payment: – Water Resistant: – Dust Resistant: – Image Editor: Yee Video Editor: Yes Document Viewer: Yes Document Editor: Yes Battery Battery: 4, 000mAh non removable Li-Po battery Talktime: – Standby Time: – Fast Charging: YesThe post Huawei Y9 (2018) Specs and Price appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
