Huawei P9 deals and reviews

MobileTechTalk | Domenico Lamberti

...I can tell you to buy this without a shadow of a doubt. It's fast, has a great screen, has great cameras, has stellar battery life, uses the new type of USB and it built in such a way that if I threw it at someone I'm worried it'll cause them more damage than the phone.

Australian PC World | Nick Ross

The P9 is a decent mid-range phone with best-on-the-market fingerprint reader and potentially the best camera of any phone (including many compact cameras).

Techweez | Emmanuel Chenze

Huawei has upped its game this year and the P9 is sufficient proof. The most interesting bit? It's done that without making the user spend so much more.

Android Central | Abhishek Baxi

The Huawei P9 is a top-notch smartphone, but alas, it's not a 'value for money' device like the Xiaomi Mi5 or OnePlus 3. The P9 is expensive but also a really impressive smartphone, and Huawei is within its rights to charge the premium for it.

Ubergizmo | Hubert Nguyen

The design and the camera are the best assets of the Huawei P9. Although Huawei has been making astonishing progress in both product design and brand recognition, the Huawei P9 remains confronted to formidable competitors.

Tested Technology | Chris Bidmead

... more than any other phone, this is one I really want to keep with me, if only for the camera.

Mobile Choice | Sunetra Chakravarti

Beautifully built, seamless juxtapositioning of metal and glass and the slim and light body cloak a superfast processor, one of the best fingerprint sensors I have seen, great RAM and expandable memory... Huawei have hit the ball out of the park with the P9.

International Business Times | Alistair Charlton

Overall, the P9 is a very good handset with great design and an impressive camera, which is let down by mediocre software. Thankfully, loading up Google's launcher and keyboard fixes most of this.

Recombu | Alex Todd

Huawei is growing up fast and the P9 represents the best that the company can bring to the table right now. It's not a perfect phone, taken in some very specific directions in certain areas, but the end result is pleasing to look at and pleasing to use.

Coolsmartphone | Leigh Geary

It's bloody brilliant. The handset feels premium and it acts premium. No fingerprints got stuck on it, the phone operated quickly, it has a great camera and a great battery life.

TechAeris | Alex Hernandez

The P9 is a really nice phone, the UI is not for everyone and those who don't know how to use custom launchers will be stuck here. But if you can get used to the iOS like skin, then this is a great phone choice.

Android Authority | Gary Sims

The Huawei P9 certainly ticks a lot of the right boxes. It's thin, has a decent sized battery, and is a good improvement over its predecessor. However all this goodness comes at a price, and it remains to be seen whether it offers enough to challenge the competition.

Pickr | Leigh Stark

If you're after something thin with a lovely and capable camera, Huawei's P9 is a surprise stand-out smartphone. Recommended.

What Mobile | Manny Pham

The P9 really is worthy of your consideration. It faced assumptions that with a powerful camera, will come with a sacrifice to overall performance. That is not the case at all. The P9 performs like a champ with a chipset that is looking to dispel the bad reputation Huawei devices have.

NotebookCheck | Manuel Masiero

With the P9 Lite, Huawei has a strong mid-range smartphone in its lineup that does many things better... Huawei's solid P9 Lite only has to accept a few points of criticism. The plastic back could provide more grip and the camera could offer a bit more quality... The very good battery life rounds off the bundle.

The Verge | Vlad Savov

The Huawei P9 is a major stride forward from a smartphone maker on its way to competing with the very best.

Gadgets Now | Rajat Sharma

If you're a fan of stylish-looking smartphones and don't mind shelling out some extra money to have a phone that takes amazing images, the P9 is a no-brainer. On the other hand, if you would rather have a device that offers the most bang for your buck, better go for the OnePlus 3 or the Xiaomi Mi 5.

Firstpost | Nimish Sawant

The Huawei P9 offers a complete package in terms of excellent looks, slim form factor, great camera, good battery life, fast finger print scanner, fast performance and more.

AndroidPit | Eric Ferrari-Herrmann

The Huawei P9 is a great smartphone for photography buffs, with image post-processing being some of the best you'll find in any phone.

TechSpot | Tim Schiesser

There's a lot to love about the Huawei P9. It's no budget flagship like the OnePlus 3, but the Huawei P9 has enough standout features -- the camera and ergonomic design in particular -- to justify a marginal premium price tag.

TechRadar | James Peckham

The P9 is another accomplished smartphone from Huawei, with an innovative camera setup and plenty of power under the hood. But it's not perfect, and there are still issues with the heavy Emotion UI.

Know Your Mobile | Richard Goodwin

VERY GOOD. I've been consistently impressed with Huawei for a good 12 months now. The company appears to be going from strength to strength and is beginning to build a very solid brand appeal here in the UK, helped in no small way by the popularity of the Nexus 6P.

Expert Reviews | Christopher Minasians

For many people, camera quality is right up there with battery life as one of the most important considerations when choosing a new smartphone. In both regards, the Huawei P9 acquits itself well, and its camera performance in particular is very good indeed.. Huawei's Emotion UI still proves to be a sticking point, however, and the P9's general performance isn't particularly stellar, especially around gaming.

ZDNet | Steve Ranger

The P9 gets a lot of things right: solid design, decent performance and good battery life, a great fingerprint sensor and an ambitious camera system. It's remarkable how over the last couple of years the difference between the flagship smartphones and the rest of the market has narrowed, and a company like Huawei is well positioned to take advantage of that with a device like this.

Digital Trends | Andy Boxall

Huawei's P9 is ready to rumble with it's incredible Leica camera tech and sleek metal body.... The P9 is a great phone, and it's a true flagship. It's got a great camera, sexy design, and lots of power.

NDTV Gadgets | Ali Pardiwala

The Huawei P9 is a good phone with great looks and an excellent camera, but it isn't quite the all-rounder that other current flagship phones have proven to be. The display and software aren't even among the best we've seen, and the phone is indeed a bit overpriced in our opinion

T3 | Spencer Hart

I like the Huawei P9, but I think it's a bold claim to say it'll change the way you see the world. It's well made, it's a really solid performer, but that camera isn't as good as they promised.

Trusted Reviews | Alastair Stevenson

The best phone Huawei's ever made, but it repeats old mistakes.... The phone's nippy performance, robust build quality, and solid battery life mean it will meet most users' needs.... Were it not for the reappearance of Huawei's EMUI Android skin I'd happily recommend the P9 as a great choice for any smartphone buyer looking for a good deal.

Alphr | Thomas McMullan, Sasha Muller

This is a huge leap forward for Huawei, and on this evidence the other big-name manufacturers should start to worry – it's not perfect, but the P9 is a force to be reckoned with.

IT PRO | Alan Lu, Adam Shepherd

The Huawei P9 is an attractive phone with good battery life at a very reasonable price, but it's let down by camera niggles and the continuing irritation that is EmotionUI.

Mashable | Stan Schroeder

The Huawei P9 is a great phone that looks fancy and feels great. If only it were a little cheaper.

The Inquirer | Matt Farrington-Smith

The camera really is the main draw here and Huawei knows it. You're not going to pick up the Huawei P9 on the merits of its specs. It looks nice, and competes with the grunt of its competitors, going on our test results at least.

Pocket-lint | Mike Lowe

It's got cleaner software, ample power, decent (albeit sometimes quirky) cameras, the best fingerprint scanner on the market, and a variety of features that successfully place it in among the flagship runnings... There's still some questionable software additions, the cameras are over-reaching in terms of software, the battery life still isn't that great and the P9 just lacks those design nuances that set the current flagship contenders apart.

V3 | Matt Farrington-Smith

The Huawei P9 rolls powerful Leica camera tech into a well-made, attractive handset. The specs won't set the world on fire, but there's more than enough to admire.

Stuff | Andrew Williams

No part of the Huawei P9 is bad, but annoyances such as the sometimes frustrating software and somewhat derivative design count against it.... the fact that the dual-camera star of the show is more Celebrity Big Brother than Ryan Reynolds means it doesn't do enough to challenge the absolute best smartphones out there

Engadget | Jamie Rigg

Considering its price, the P9 ultimately fails to strike an appropriate balance between feature set and cost.

CNET UK | Andrew Hoyle

It might take fancy photos, but the Huawei P9's high price means it's not a good choice over the similarly priced Samsung Galaxy S7.

The Journal

Huawei's flagship has a camera that rivals the best, but its software undermines it. It's still too much like Apple and too needy for it not to get on your nerves. It's disappointing as the smaller, unique ideas do work but are undermined by the core. Add to that average battery life and the flaws might be a step too far for some.

phoneArena | Nick T.

Ultimately, is the Huawei P9 a worthy pick? Well, we did enjoy the time we spent in its company, but there's one thing we wish its maker could improve on – battery life. The phone is an average performer at best, as confirmed by our battery benchmark and real-life experience. Honestly, we we were expecting better results given the P9's price point.

Android Headlines | Tom Dawson

Considering its price tag and all the features it brings to the table, the P9 is worth recommending, so long as users are willing to put in some work to circumvent some of Huawei's poor software choices.

Tom's Guide | Philip Michaels

A Leica-engineered rear camera that produces crisp, colorful images highlights Huawei's P9, but the phone's lackluster battery life keeps it from being a top pick.

Brighthand | Dragan Petric

The Huawei P9 gets the important stuff right. Its main draw is the exceptionally creative and high-quality rear camera, while the solid battery and build also add to its appeal. The poor GPU, display contrast, and video output hinders the overall experience.

Wired UK | Matthew Reynolds

The Huawei P9 is almost a fantastic smartphone – it looks great, has one of the best cameras around and comes with plenty of power and storage. But its software isn't quite up to scratch and that makes for a phone that's too often awkward and frustrating to use.