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Huawei Details Nougat Plans, Scheduled to Begin Q1 of 2017

Tim December 1, 2016 3

Huawei's latest smartphone, the Mate 9, ships with Nougat installed. From the two days I have been using it, it's quite nice. However, there are plenty of other Huawei devices that don't have Android 7.0+ yet, but the company has now detailed which phones are...

Video: Huawei P9 – A Week With the New Flagship

Kellen May 5, 2016 68

For the better part of the last week, I have had the Huawei P9 in house for testing. That may sound odd, since we don't typically give much coverage to phones that will never arrive in the US, but with Huawei seemingly on the verge of making a big splash here,...

Leica, Huawei Release Joint Statement on “Co-Engineering” of Huawei P9

Tim April 21, 2016 17

Earlier this week, it was reported by us, plus a handful of other online publications, that Leica's actual involvement in co-engineering the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus was somewhat misrepresented to potential consumers. Shortly after that story was published,...

Leica’s Involvement in the Huawei P9’s Camera Called Into Question (Updated)

Tim April 19, 2016 80

When announced, Huawei's P9 smartphone was pretty exciting, thanks to its "co-engineered" with Leica labeling and marketing. For anyone in the photography field, knowing that Leica's legendary reputation was being placed alongside a Chinese manufactured...

Huawei Unveils the Flagship P9 and P9 Plus With Leica Co-Engineered Dual Camera

Kellen April 6, 2016 41

This morning, at an event in London, Huawei announced two new P-series flagship smartphones, the P9 and P9 Plus. Neither will make its way to the US any time soon (probably never), but since they are the new 2016 flagships from a company aiming to take on...

Huawei P9 to Come Equipped With Dual Leica Shooters

Tim April 4, 2016 26

In late February, Huawei and Leica announced a partnership that would reinvent smartphone photography. Details were scarce by what was exactly meant, since smartphone photography has already matured by leaps over the years, but with the latest leak of a render...