Huawei Mate 9 Brings VR Support, New Kirin 960 Chipset

Following the Samsung Galaxy Note7 demise, competing device makers are ready to offer alternatives. It’s the case of Huawei which pulled the veil off a monster phone this week. Welcome the Mate 9, a powerful phablet that has been rumored for quite some time.

Right from the get-go we’ll tell you the Huawei Mate 9 is compatible with Google’s Daydream VR platform which became available only yesterday. But it’s not the thing that’s interesting about this phone. Here’s what it offers:

• 6.96-inch display with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution
• new Kirin 960 processor with four 2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A73 CPU cores and four 1.8GHz ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores and Mali G71 octa-core graphics; optimized for Vulkan graphics and Android 7.0 support
• 4GB of RAM with either 64GB or 128GB UFS 2.1 storage
• dual-lens main camera co-engineered with Leica, combining 12MP RBG sensor with 20MP monochrome sensor; it features optical image stabilization, 4-in-1 hybrid autofocus with laser, phase detection, depth and contrast
• 8MP selfie camera
• USB 2.0 Type-C port
• 11ac Wi-Fi
• NFC
• 4,000 mAh battery said to last up to two days
• global connectivity with dual-SIM support
• Android 7.0 Nougat with EMUI user interface

Huawei will sell the phone for €699 ($CAD 1,037) in Europe, but the Chinese device maker with probably bring it across the pond to the US and Canada too.

[BBC News]