After Tencent Digital (Zhong Wenze) Mate 8 was released in November last year, it did not generate a huge market sensation like Mate 7. Instead, another P9 that Huawei released this year in the first half of the year has received a lot of attention from the market because of the dual cameras designed by Leica.
After nearly a year in the market, Mate 8’s successor, Mate 9, has also exposed the back cover photos. In the exposed models, we can see that Mate 9's design style is basically the same with Mate 8: the overall metal body, up and down the plastic material sprayed metal paint to ensure smooth signal. At the center of the back is a Huawei fingerprint identification button.
The most noteworthy thing is lens design. Mate 9's rear-view camera uses a double-lens that was highly acclaimed on the P9, but the double-lens arrangement was changed from the P9's horizontal row to the current vertical row. At the same time, we can see that there are two holes on both sides of the lens, which should be a reserved position for a dual-color temperature flash and laser focus sensor.
Another point worth paying attention to is whether Huawei will be equipped with a Leica-designed lens on Mate 9. In the first half of the 5.2-inch flagship P9, Huawei in addition to the use of black and white dual cameras to increase the quality of light under the dark, in addition to cooperation with Leica, Leica photo tones added in the photo mode, but also a very eye-catching performance . The rich colors make P9's proofs look great.
However, Huawei's current product line positioning is very clear, Mate 9 main big screen life business market, and P9 is relying on dual cameras + Leica to attract mainstream users. If you also join Leica dual lenses on Mate 9, it will undoubtedly make consumers have a blurred position between the two product lines.
In terms of configuration, Mate 9 is likely to use a 5.9-inch 1080p screen, and the next-generation Huawei processor on the processor, the name may be Unicorn 960, with 4GB of memory and 64GB of storage space. The rear dual lens is 12 million pixels, and the front lens is 8 million pixels.