Huawei / Huawei is a leading Chinese smartphone manufacturer. At the end of 2017, Huawei accounted for 9.6% of global smartphone sales, second only to Samsung (22.8%) and Apple (15.3%). Considering that Huawei's share in the global market is constantly growing, and Apple's share is gradually falling, it can be predicted that in the coming years, Huawei will overtake the apple company in sales and become the second largest in the world. Unlike many Chinese brands that have relied on budget models, Huawei is not afraid to compete with the same Apple and Samsung in the premium segment. To increase its brand appeal, Huawei is partnering with established Western companies: Google (jointly launched Nexus 6P), Leica (flagship cameras), GoPro (exclusive mobile app Quik for fast video processing).

The following review will help you choose the best Huawei model for buying in 2019 best smartphones from Chinese brand. The top 10 is based on reviews in Yandex Market, technical specifications and the price-quality ratio.

10 Honor 5A

average price in Russia - 8,000 rubles. The model of August 2017 scored 68% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications models: 5 inch 1280x720 pixel screen, operating room android system 5.1, 16 GB permanent and 2 GB random access memory, support for two SIM cards, support for memory card up to 128GB. Battery capacity - 2200 mAh. Main camera 13 MP, front camera 5 MP. 4-core processor MediaTek MT6735P.

9 Honor 5X

The average price in Russia is 11,900 rubles. Buy Huawei Honor 5X on AliExpress is available for 8.9 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). 5X is the former flagship of the Honor family. On the this moment this model has 47% of fives in Yandex Market. The smartphone is made in metal case aircraft-grade aluminum, with 5.5" Full HD 1920x1080 display, operating system Android 5.1, 16 GB of permanent and 2 GB of RAM, 13 MP main camera, 5 MP front camera, support for two SIM cards and a memory card. The model has a fingerprint scanner. The Honor 5X uses a 3000 mAh battery. At the same time, the device supports SmartPower 3.0 - a combination of software and hardware energy-saving technologies and a number of work scenarios that can save up to 30% of battery power. According to laboratory tests, Honor 5X will be able to function non-stop for up to 1.5 days in moderate mode (in intensive mode - one day). Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 octa-core processor.

8 Huawei ShotX 16Gb

The average price is 15,000 rubles. This model scored 56% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: 5.2-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Android 5.1 operating system, 16 GB of permanent memory (available to user 9) and 2 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards, the slot for the second SIM card is combined with the slot for a memory card. Battery capacity - 3090 mAh. Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 octa-core processor. There is a fingerprint scanner.

13 MP camera with autofocus and dual LED flash performs the functions of both the main and the front due to the fact that it is installed in a folding module that can be moved from the back to the front. This makes Huawei ShotX one of the best selfie phones in the world. The front camera on most smartphones is of much poorer quality than the main one and lacks flash and autofocus.

7 Huawei Nova

The average price in Russia is 18,850 rubles. Buy Huawei Nova on AliExpress it is possible for 11.3 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). This model, which went on sale in September 2017, scored 73% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: 5-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Android 6.0 operating system, 32 GB of permanent memory (22 available to the user) and 3 GB of RAM, a slot for a second SIM card is combined with a slot for a memory card. Battery capacity - 3020 mAh. Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 MSM8953 octa-core processor. There is a fingerprint scanner. Main camera 12 MP with autofocus and LED flash, front camera 8 MP.

6 Huawei P9 32Gb Dual sim

The average price in Russia is 23,000 rubles. Buy Huawei P9 32Gb dual sim on AliExpress you can for 21.5 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). The flagship of Huawei, which appeared in April 2017, scored 74% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: 5.2-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Android 6.0 operating system, 32 GB of permanent and 3 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards, the slot for the second SIM card is combined with the slot for a memory card. Battery capacity - 3000 mAh. HiSilicon Kirin 955 octa-core processor. Metal case.

There are two main cameras. They use 12-megapixel sensors (Sony IMX286), one of which captures the colors of the captured image, and the second reads monochrome information. The resulting data is then programmatically combined and written to the resulting files. Huawei emphasizes that the famous German camera company Leica took part in the creation of the camera (for example, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev uses a Leica camera). Front-camera received a sensor with a resolution of 8 megapixels.

5 Huawei Mate 8 32Gb is the most popular Huawei phone in China

The average price in Russia is 33,000 rubles. You can buy Huawei Mate 8 32Gb on AliExpress for 20.5 thousand rubles. This tablet phone is today the model with the most big screen from Huawei, as well as the most popular Huawei model in China in 2017 (data from antutu.com). The model scored today 72% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: 6-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Android 6.0 operating system, 32 GB of permanent memory and 3 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards, support for a memory card up to 128 GB. Battery capacity - 4000 mAh (this is the most powerful battery in our ranking). Main camera 16 MP, front camera 8 MP. 8-core processor HiSilicon Kirin 950. There is a fingerprint scanner.

Mate 8 is Huawei's best different parameters, including the price: it is the most expensive, which prevents it from claiming first place in terms of price-quality ratio.

4 Honor 6X 32Gb

The average price in Russia is 14,900 rubles. You can buy Honor 6X 32Gb on AliExpress for 10.4 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). The novelty of the most popular Honor family appeared in Russia in January 2019 and today scored 59% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: 5.5-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Android 6.0 operating system, 32 GB of permanent (23.40 GB available to the user) and 3 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards, the slot for the second SIM card is combined with the slot for a memory card . Battery capacity - 3340 mAh. At the same time, the phone is equipped with the latest HiSilicon Kirin 655 octa-core processor, so Honor 6X is able to work longer without recharging than many competitors with a comparable battery capacity. The manufacturer promised up to 11.5 hours battery life when watching a video, up to 70 hours of listening to music, up to 8 hours of games. There is a fingerprint scanner. New fingerprint features let you view photos (just swipe left or right on the scanner), turn off the alarm (press and hold the scanner), take a selfie or make calls with a single tap.

Metal body with curved glass. Eye protection mode reduces harmful UV radiation from the screen, preventing eye fatigue.

The main thing that attracts attention in Honor 6X is the dual main camera. Huawei was the first to equip its flagships with a dual camera, last year the 7th iPhone took over the baton, but among the mid-range models price segment can only boast of a dual camera Xiaomi Redmi Pro. Returning to the Honor 6X, we can see that the top sensor is a 12-megapixel Sony IMX386 sensor with phase detection autofocus and LED flash, with a focusing speed of just 0.3 seconds. This sensor also features an increased light-sensitive pixel size of up to 1.25 nm with Prim ISP single pixel isolation technology. This results in surprisingly little color noise and very natural color reproduction. The lower monochrome sensor has 2 megapixels. At first glance, this is very little. Even Xiaomi Redmi Pro has a 5MP auxiliary module, not to mention the flagship Honor 8, where the second module has the same resolution as the first - 12MP. However, Huawei explains that a 2 megapixel lower sensor is enough, because. his task is to capture as much as possible more light, since monochrome matrices are much more sensitive than color matrices. The camera adds the light from the lower sensor with the color of the upper one and the result is very high quality photos even in low light conditions. In addition, thanks to double chamber Honor 6X can do the same thing that the creators of the 7th iPhone boasted about - bokeh (that is, the ability to beautifully blur the background in the photo). There is one more interesting feature- selective color fill will allow you to place color accents on black and white photos.

The 8 MP front camera is equipped with a 77° wide-angle lens and a Prim image processor. There is a face detection function. Without autofocus, at the same time, according to reviews, it takes selfies of very high quality.

3 Honor 8 Pro 6GB / 64GB

The average price in Russia is 34,000 rubles. You can buy Huawei Honor 8 Pro 64Gb on AliExpress for 27.2 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). When buying in China, you should pay attention to the different model names in different markets: in China it is Honor V9, while in Russia and Europe the same model is sold as Honor 8 Pro.

The new flagship of the Huawei sub-brand went on sale in April 2019. To date, the model has scored 57% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market.

Specifications of the model: 5.7-inch screen with a resolution of 2560x1440 pixels, Android 7.0 operating system, 64 GB of permanent and 6 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards, the slot for the second SIM card is combined with a slot for a memory card up to 128 GB. Battery capacity 4000 mAh. Battery life 16 hours talk time, 3 hours 15 minutes gaming, 6 hours 45 minutes video playback, 453 hours standby time. As we can see, despite the impressive battery capacity, the huge screen plays its role, draining much faster than with standard screen sizes. So this smartphone cannot be called long-playing. Kirin 960 octa-core processor own design with graphics accelerator Mali-G71 MP8. Fingerprint scanner on the back.

Unlike the Huawei P9 or Huawei P10, the flagship of the Honor family does not have the Leica logo, but also uses a combination of two sensors: a monochrome one that captures information about light, and color RGB. Color resolution is 12 mp, monochrome is also 12 mp. Dual LED flash, laser focusing and phase comparison focusing. Aperture f/2.2. The front camera has an 8MP sensor.

Portal hi-tech.mail.ru in June 2019 held comparative test cameras 7 flagship smartphones 2019, as well as professional SLR Canon camera 5D Mark II. According to the results of blind tests (when people do not know what device the picture was taken with and vote for the photo they like), Honor 8 Pro won, he was ahead of the runner-up samsung galaxy S8 plus. Next up are the LG G6, Sony Xperia XZ Premium, ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom, Canon 5D Mark II DSLR, HTC U11, and Xiaomi Mi 6 in last place. Honor camera 8 Pro to second place (which it shared with the HTC U11 and LG G6), giving the first place to Samsung's flagship. Such an impressive result of Honor 8 Pro suggests that lovers mobile photography you can take this model without hesitation. And not only them, because. as much as 6 GB of RAM and new processor guarantee excellent performance, which will be useful for fans of heavy mobile games.

2 Huawei P10 64Gb - Huawei smartphone with the best reviews

The average price in Russia is 34,000 rubles. You can buy Huawei P10 64Gb on AliExpress for 30.3 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). P10- new flagship Huawei presented at Mobile World Congress at the end of February 2019. To date, the model has scored 80% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market (see reviews of Huawei P10), this is the best indicator in the Huawei smartphone catalog.

Specifications of the model: 5.1-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Android 7.0 operating system, 64 GB of permanent memory and 4 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards, the slot for the second SIM card is combined with the slot for a memory card. Battery 3200 mAh. Kirin 960 octa-core processor with Mali-G71 MP8 graphics accelerator. The fingerprint scanner is built into a slightly recessed body touch button on the front panel. Huawei P10 is made from a single piece of aluminum.

The cameras on smartphones of the leading Chinese manufacturer Huawei are developing by leaps and bounds: in 2016, the company introduced the world's first smartphone with two main cameras (now this technique is used by Apple and other manufacturers), in 2017, Huawei began cooperation with the famous German camera company Leica ( a Leica camera worth 5 million rubles is used, for example, by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev), and in 2019 Huawei did everything to make the cameras on their smartphones the best in the world, namely, they connected Leica not only to work on the dual module of the main camera, but also to work on the front camera. But that's not all: starting with the P10, Huawei has partnered with iconic American camcorder maker GoPro. As part of the collaboration, GoPro will release an exclusive Quik mobile application for quick video processing for Huawei P10. The video editor will be built into the standard gallery of the EMUI shell. The essence of the Quik application is to combine photos and videos with music in the background to create a beautiful memorable video. It is worth noting that GoPro has not previously released applications for either Android or iOS.

What happened in the end? The Huawei P10 uses a combination of two sensors with an f/2.2 aperture: a monochrome sensor that captures light information and an RGB color sensor. Color resolution is 12 mp, monochrome - 20 mp. This combination provides the following benefits: Camera Huawei P10 has a 2x lossless zoom, it also allows you to take pictures with a blurred background - the so-called bokeh effect. There is a special mode developed by Leica specialists, in which you can take high-quality portrait photos using a monochrome sensor. Bottom line joint work Leica and Huawei put an 8MP sensor on the front camera of the P10, with which selfies are twice as bright and with a wider dynamic range, even in low light conditions.

The Huawei P10 achieved a Dxomark score of 87, down 3 points from the leader HTC U11, in 7th place. At the same time, in a blind test by hi-tech.mail.ru in April 2019, the Huawei P10 camera took first place, beating models that scored higher in Dxomark, for example, the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Google Pixel. The editors of hi-tech.mail.ru commented on the readers' choice as follows: "The majority appreciated bright and contrasting pictures, not paying attention to details" and put Huawei P10 in 4th place after Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy S8 and LG G6 (however, the difference Huawei P10 and LG G6 accounted for only one point).

1 Honor 8 32Gb

The average price in Russia is 20,600 rubles. You can buy Honor 8 64Gb on AliExpress for 13.8 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). The flagship of the Honor family went on sale in China at the end of July, and in Russia at the end of August 2017 and today it scored 78% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. In just over 2 months of the third quarter of 2017, Honor 8 entered the top eight popular smartphones in China and ranked second among the entire catalog of Huawei models (after Huawei P9).

Specifications of the model: 5.2-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Android 6.0 operating system, 32 GB of permanent and as much as 4 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards, the slot for the second SIM card is combined with the slot for a memory card. 3000 mAh battery and energy saving technology smart power 4.0 provides up to 1.77 days of operation with normal use and up to 1.22 with intensive use. For example, on Honor 8, you will be able to watch online videos for 11 hours straight. 8-core processor HiSilicon Kirin 950. There is a fingerprint scanner.

The model has a dual main camera with laser autofocus, which received two 12-megapixel Sony sensor IMX286 (like Huawei P9), color and monochrome. The camera allows you to change the focus point after shooting. Professional mode offers a full set of shooting options like in SLR cameras. The front camera received a sensor with a resolution of 8 megapixels.

Separately, it is worth noting the design of the smartphone. Without a doubt, this is the most beautiful Huawei smartphone: glass with a mirror effect and 2.5D rounding is used on the front and back sides, the sides are made of metal, and there are also several bright colors.

Honor 8 is slightly inferior to the new flagships Honor 8 Pro and Huawei P10 in terms of technical characteristics, however, its cost is one and a half to two times (depending on whether you buy a model in Russia or China) lower, therefore, in terms of price-quality ratio, Honor 8 remains the best in the catalog of Huawei phones. However, the upcoming start of sales of Honor 9 in July 2019 may change the situation.

• smartphone, Android 5.1
• dual SIM support
• screen 5.5″, resolution 1920×1080
• camera 13 MP, autofocus
• memory 32 GB, slot for memory card

Price

from 25589 rub. up to 27600 rub.

Reviews about Huawei G7 Plus 32Gb

Advantages

Stylish, beautiful, EMUEI shell, glass does not get dirty with fingers.

Flaws

As in the previous XTS 700, the connection on the first SIM card is dull, that is, it disappears immediately after someone has dialed a number for you - a couple of words - and a break (that is, it is impossible to talk); inconvenient application "contacts" - in the XTS 700 it was fantastically convenient - here there is no search in the dialed contacts, in general the search is primitive and crooked, contacts for sending to someone are copied through one place.

A comment

I have been using it for less than a month, I took it in the market on Argyle Street in Hong Kong, it seems that not even a week has passed since the release. Very beautiful: the design and functionality are quite strong, apparently close to Apple (and not annoying, while Apple itself is wildly annoying, since I started using android from the very beginning). The set of applications is not Baidu, but specifically under Google, i.e. normal version for free countries. The sound is normal. Let's see further. The Chinese in the PRC consider it the No. 1 brand, while Xiaomi is sort of like for “children”.

• smartphone, Android 6.0
• camera 12.30 MP, autofocus
• memory 64 GB, without slot for memory cards

Price

from 46100 rub. up to 54350 rubles.

Reviews about Huawei Nexus 6P 64Gb

Advantages

camera, battery, design, fingerprint scanner, Android 6.0 OS, system operation in general

Flaws

ergonomics (soft sound and on buttons, which are not located in the best way), display, oleophobic coating, sound in headphones - the display has terrible color reproduction (amoled), hype and comparisons with the note 5 display are infuriating, because the note 5 display is much better. glare occurs in people, I have 1/3 of the display on top of the pink with a white, gray background, but only at minimum brightness. very weak oleophobic coating. the soft buttons on the right will be permanently hired.

A comment

I still gave it a 5 because I've never had so much fun using an Android smartphone. Yes, he is one of the best on the market, despite the very significant shortcomings. 1st thing I personally like is the beautiful, futuristic design. 2nd thing that will please everyone is the camera. the photos have wonderful detail, it shoots very clearly indoors, but it does not capture objects in motion in the best way. the camera itself is not the fastest in terms of launching and shooting, but there is a whole year of updates ahead. much better than 6s, Sony z5.3e, it's battery. When turned on synchronization of whatsapp, mail inbox, and a couple of others social networks(without facebook), with a brightness of 0 to 50C gives a minimum of 5:30-6:30 hours of display. I don't think about charging during the day at all. a lot of whining on the net, which is no more than 3 hours, and so on. this is directly related to very crooked handles. 4e, the system, it flies. here you can spoil everything, go to xda, unlock the bootloader and have fun.

Advantages

Non-marking body.
The new revision of the Snapdragon 810 does not heat up.
Pure Android.
Perfectly working fingerprint scanner. Instant unlock on touch.
Autofocus is very efficient and fast.
240 frames at 720p shoots decently.
Against the background of all previous nexus, the battery holds better.

Flaws

In Android 6, when using Exchange, Smart Lock support is disabled, and the fingerprint scanner is on the back, as a result, you have to remove it from the holder to unlock it in the car.
Price.

A comment

It charges in less than an hour and a half from scratch from a 3A charger. In Russia, it is still difficult to find chargers and cables that hold such currents, but I think it can be fixed. QI charging is not. Better signal than Samsung S6 Duos. I took to replace the above-mentioned Samsung, with whom I never managed to make friends after the nexus. Huawei did not notice any disadvantages of production, the build quality does not raise questions.

• smartphone, Android 6.0
• screen 5.7″, resolution 2560×1440
• camera 12.30 MP, autofocus
• memory 32 GB, without slot for memory cards
• 3G, 4G LTE, LTE-A, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, GPS, GLONASS

Price

from 41990 rub. up to 53990 rub.

Reviews about Huawei Nexus 6P 32Gb

Advantages

- Pure android, exactly the way Google intended it without unnecessary chips. Frequent and stable updates to new versions of android, nexuses always get all the updates the very first, unlike the phones of all other companies. - Exceptional performance, any applications or heavy games run without a single lag. Multitasking is also on top.- Great camera 12 MP, but this is not the main thing, there is a Sony sensor here, which was originally intended for digital cameras, and not for smartphones, so the shooting quality is exceptional, especially in low light levels. It shoots video in 4K and slow motion at 240fps (720p). In addition, the front camera is 8MP. - The front stereo speakers cannot be compared with the speaker located at the back or bottom, like on many phones, very loud and high quality. - The fingerprint scanner on the back is actually very convenient, it scans so fast that while you take the phone out of your pocket, the finger itself rests on the scanner and while you bring the phone to your face it is already unlocked. - 2K display, it may seem that this is not so necessary, but you just have to look at it and immediately change your mind, very juicy and clear, watching videos on it is a pleasure. - The battery lasts a whole day on average, but I use the phone very actively, I do something on it almost all the time, with less active use it can work for about two days. In addition, thanks to new feature Doze in android 6.0 battery practically does not sit down in standby mode. - Glass with an oleophobic coating is practically not covered with prints and is very smooth and pleasant to the touch. - USB-Type C port instead micro USB google is installed here new standard, in a few years all smartphones will be with this connector. In addition, it can be inserted in any direction. - Fast charging, from 0 to 50% charged in 20 minutes to 100% in exactly 1.5 hours. (3450mAh)

Flaws

- The size, after all, it is not for everyone, it’s hard to use with one hand, but this is a necessary measure, because somewhere you need to put all the stuffing and a large battery - USB-Type C port, although this is a new standard, but all adapters to it’s still hard to find it on old connectors in Russia and some are quite expensive. - It looks very fragile: the weight is not very small, and the screen is very large, it feels like with any small fall it will be covered with cracks, although judging by the test video, it withstands falling onto the front panel from the height of the pocket. - Price: in Russia the price is too high, 50k for the minimum amount of memory is too much, but the exchange rate should be blamed for this. If you take from America, taking into account delivery through forwarding services, you get 36k and the difference is only 20 LTE bands, which not everyone has Russian operators and there is. - The camera lacks Optical stabilization, so the video is obtained with a little shaking.

Huawei / Huawei is the largest Chinese smartphone manufacturer. In the third quarter of 2016, Huawei accounted for 9.1% of global smartphone sales, second only to Samsung (22.3%) and Apple (12.9%). Such popularity is due to the fact that Huawei is successfully operating both in the segment of budget models and in the elite segment. It was Huawei that was chosen by Google to release the joint flagship Nexus 6P, which successfully competed with the 6th iPhone.

The following review of the best smartphones from the Chinese brand will help you choose the best Huawei model for buying. Top 7 is based on reviews in Yandex Market, technical specifications and price-quality ratio.

7th place.

Honor 5A

average price in Russia - 8,000 rubles. The model of August 2016 scored 68% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. Technical characteristics of the model: 5-inch screen with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, Android 5.1 operating system, 16 GB of permanent and 2 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards, support for a memory card up to 128 GB. Battery capacity - 2200 mAh. Main camera 13 MP, front camera 5 MP. 4-core processor MediaTek MT6735P.

Honor 5X

Medium price in Russia - 11,900 rubles. Buy Huawei Honor 5X on AliExpress you can for 8.9 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). 5X is the former flagship of the Honor family. At the moment, this model has 47% of fives in Yandex Market. The smartphone is made in a metal case made of aircraft-grade aluminum, with a 5.5-inch Full HD display 1920x1080, Android 5.1 operating system, 16 GB of permanent and 2 GB of RAM, a 13 MP main camera, a 5 MP front camera, support for two SIM cards and memory cards. The model has a fingerprint scanner. The Honor 5X uses a 3000 mAh battery. At the same time, the device supports SmartPower 3.0 - a combination of software and hardware energy-saving technologies and a number of work scenarios that can save up to 30% of battery power. According to laboratory tests, Honor 5X will be able to function non-stop for up to 1.5 days in moderate mode (in intensive mode - one day). Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 octa-core processor.

Huawei ShotX 16Gb

The average price is 15,000 rubles. This model scored 71% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: 5.2-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Android 5.1 operating system, 16 GB of permanent memory (available to user 9) and 2 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards, the slot for the second SIM card is combined with the slot for a memory card. Battery capacity - 3090 mAh. Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 octa-core processor. There is a fingerprint scanner.

The 13MP autofocus camera with dual LED flash doubles as both the main and front-facing camera in a flip-out module that can be moved from the back to the front. This makes Huawei ShotX one of the best selfie phones in the world. The front camera on most smartphones is of much poorer quality than the main one and lacks flash and autofocus.

Huawei Nova

The average price in Russia is 18,850 rubles. You can buy Huawei Nova on AliExpress for 11.3 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). This model, which went on sale in September 2016, scored 73% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: 5-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Android 6.0 operating system, 32 GB of permanent memory (22 available to the user) and 3 GB of RAM, a slot for a second SIM card is combined with a slot for a memory card. Battery capacity - 3020 mAh. Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 MSM8953 octa-core processor. There is a fingerprint scanner. Main camera 12 MP with autofocus and LED flash, front camera 8 MP.

Huawei P9 32Gb Dual sim - the most popular phone Huawei in China

Medium price in Russia - 23,000 rubles. Buy Huawei P9 32Gb Dual sim from AliExpress you can for 21.5 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). The flagship of Huawei, which appeared in April 2016, scored 63% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. This model is the most popular Huawei model in China in the third quarter of 2016 (data from antutu.com). Specifications: 5.2-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Android 6.0 operating system, 32 GB of permanent and 3 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards, the slot for the second SIM card is combined with the slot for a memory card. Battery capacity - 3000 mAh. HiSilicon Kirin 955 octa-core processor. Metal case.

There are two main cameras. They use 12-megapixel sensors (Sony IMX286), one of which captures the colors of the captured image, and the second reads monochrome information. The resulting data is then programmatically combined and written to the resulting files. Huawei emphasizes that the famous German camera company Leica took part in the creation of the camera (for example, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev uses a Leica camera). The front camera received a sensor with a resolution of 8 megapixels.

Perhaps the only drawback of this model is the rather high price by the standards of China.

Huawei Mate 8 32Gb - the most popular Huawei phone in the world

average price in Russia - 33,000 rubles. Buy Huawei Mate 8 32Gb on AliExpress possible for 20.5 thousand rubles. This tablet phone is Huawei's largest screen model to date, as well as the most popular Huawei model in the world in terms of sales in the third quarter of 2016 (data from antutu.com). The model scored today 70% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. Specifications: 6-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Android 6.0 operating system, 32 GB of permanent memory and 3 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards, support for a memory card up to 128 GB. Battery capacity - 4000 mAh (this is the most powerful smartphone in our ranking). Main camera 16 MP, front camera 8 MP. 8-core processor HiSilicon Kirin 950. There is a fingerprint scanner.

Mate 8 is Huawei's best in terms of various parameters, including price: it is the most expensive, which prevents it from claiming first place in terms of price-quality ratio.

Honor 8 32Gb

Average price in Russia - 20 500 rubles. Buy Honor 8 64Gb on AliExpress you can for 16.4 thousand rubles (delivery to Russia is free). The flagship of the Honor family went on sale in China at the end of July, and in Russia at the end of August 2016 and today it scored 77% of fives according to reviews in Yandex Market. In just over 2 months of the third quarter of 2016, Honor 8 entered the top eight most popular smartphone sales in China and ranked second among the entire catalog of Huawei models (after Huawei P9).

Specifications of the model: 5.2-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, Android 6.0 operating system, 32 GB of permanent and as much as 4 GB of RAM, support for two SIM cards, the slot for the second SIM card is combined with the slot for a memory card. The 3000 mAh battery and Smart Power 4.0 energy-saving technology provide up to 1.77 days of use with normal use and up to 1.22 with heavy use. For example, on Honor 8, you will be able to watch online videos for 11 hours straight. 8-core processor HiSilicon Kirin 950. There is a fingerprint scanner.

The model has a dual main camera with laser autofocus, which received two 12-megapixel Sony IMX286 sensors (like Huawei P9), color and monochrome. The camera allows you to change the focus point after shooting. Professional mode offers a full set of shooting options like in SLR cameras. The front camera received a sensor with a resolution of 8 megapixels.

Separately, it is worth noting the design of the smartphone. Without a doubt, this is the most beautiful Huawei smartphone: glass with a mirror effect and 2.5D rounding is used on the front and back sides, the sides are made of metal, and there are also several bright colors.

The Chinese manufacturer of mobile gadgets Huawei never ceases to please us not only budget smartphones but also elite mobile devices, which are expensive to look at for connoisseurs of performance and High Quality. As usual, such devices fall into the Honor line, and in the summer of 2017 we were pleased with the latest Huawei Honor 9 - a gadget that seems to have everything that even the most demanding users need.

First, let's say a few words about what the Huawei Honor line is. It appeared, as usual, to increase sales of Huawei, because, as you know, the more names and brands, the higher the profit. Advertising of these gadgets usually takes place without too much gloss, the stars of show business and sports are not invited. But the most important thing for us is not even this, but the fact that, not inferior to other flagships of the manufacturer in terms of “stuffing”, Huawei Honor smartphones are often cheaper.

Therefore, we can say that we have a budget flagship. It's time to find out what characteristics this mobile phone is going to conquer the market with.

Frame Huawei phone Honor 9 is made of glass, and this distinguishes it from the "older" flagships, where, as we know, metal is used. If we evaluate the last Huawei model Honor from a constructive point of view, there is no particular novelty in comparison with the P10. For some reason, there is a similarity with the competitor Xiaomi Mi 6. For example, the rounded back cover is very similar to Mi. But the scanner is located on the front panel, and here we draw a parallel with the P10.

But of course, we will not blame the manufacturer for plagiarism. At least for the reason that Honor had a glass blue case back in the days when a competing company released Mi5s in metal. And you, perhaps, will agree that the main thing in this case is not who did what first. What is more important for us is what impressions there are from using a smartphone.

In this regard, everything is in order. The case is beautiful, and although a little slippery, holding the phone is quite comfortable. If we continue to compare with the same Mi 6, then Honor 9 seems a little easier. Comparison with the much more expensive Galaxy S7 gadget also withstands, moreover, with success. It is not so easily soiled, and more durable. According to the manufacturer, the case consists of 15 layers of heat-treated glass.

The difference from P10 is, of course, in the glass back cover instead of metal, as well as a little more weight and thickness. This is not entirely good, but on the ends and side faces there is a matte metal, non-staining and non-slip, and even solidly painted. Looks great and is practical to use.

One of the features of the model is the lack of keys on the front panel. The familiar "Back" and "List of applications" are located next to the fingerprint scanner. The user is given the opportunity to choose where which button will be. The decision is quite logical, because for phones with a screen diagonal of 5.15 inches, it would be impractical to use the on-screen keys.

Concerning color design models, you can choose one of three colors of the back panel - silver, black or blue. Subjectively, blue seems to be the prettiest, but of course it's up to you to choose.

Display

The new Honor 9 model received an IPS matrix with Full resolution HD. There is no graininess at all, it is pleasant to look at such a screen even for a long time. Of the minuses, we note some oversaturation of colors. The picture is very bright, so you can’t do without manually adjusting this parameter in the settings. We strongly advise you to adjust the white balance to bring the color temperature to normal. A good tool is the “blue filter” setting. With its help, the color temperature returns to normal, and the display visually turns yellow, sparing the user's eyesight.

Camera

The fact that the latest Huawei P10 received cameras co-produced with Leica, Huawei proudly announced in all possible media. This was bound to interest buyers as a unique "feature" of the gadget, which other phones cannot boast of. But here's the thing - new model Honor 9, although it does not have a nameplate on the case, apparently received the same modules. The combination of main cameras of 12 megapixels and 20 megapixels with an aperture of 2.2 is definitely like it. Perhaps the only difference from a more expensive gadget is the lack of optical stabilization. Of course, there is software stabilization, but it does not help to eliminate shaking when shooting photos and videos.

Most of the features of the P10 have been carried over to the Honor 9, only with updated icons and menus. The camera has an optical 2x zoom, it can take photos with a blurred background and demonstrates the difference in shooting quality when poor lighting. The front module inevitably produces blur at the output, but do not expect miracles from it.

The video recording function has been implemented in a new way. Quality will now automatically adjust to light levels. Automatic settings quite enough, so you only have to turn on the HDR mode and enjoy the result. The focusing of the cameras is quite fast, there are no complaints about the white balance.

Performance

Kirin processors have never claimed to be the absolute world leader, but they are not used to the rear end either. There is a gap between Snapdragon and Samsung, but it is not catastrophic. And it affects latest games requiring maximum performance. In the mode of performing everyday tasks, you will not feel much difference between the platforms.

Because Honor 9 will be quite enough, unless, of course, you are going to maximum settings test the latest games. Agree, not every smartphone today can boast 4 GB of RAM with 64 GB of internal memory.

autonomy

The 3200 mAh battery is enough to ensure that at least a whole day you do without charger. Of course, this is with balanced use, and not in test mode and when playing games at maximum settings. But the phone, in general, is not intended for this.

What is definitely pleasing is the presence of the Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging function. With its help, charging from 0 to 100% will be carried out in just 70 minutes - the figure is quite impressive.

conclusions

What do we end up with? Honor 9 is a smartphone with quite flagship features at a good price. Not a "state employee", of course, but not the most expensive option either. Comparisons with Mi 6 arise, and in many characteristics (especially in terms of processor) the competitor wins, but in terms of photo quality, Huawei has no competitors in this case. Except, of course, the seventh iPhone, which, in principle, has no competitors.

The big pluses of the gadget are an attractive design, ergonomics, a good, although not perfect, display, and above average performance.

In addition to Xiaomi, let's remember about other competitors. For example, about the Sony Xperia XZ, which is constantly getting cheaper. But his autonomy is weaker, and the camera does not stand up to comparison at all. The HTC 10 wins with stereo sound and a better screen, but in terms of cameras, again, it loses.

Most likely, the main competitor of Honor 9 in the market will be the Samsung Galaxy S7. The Korean device is definitely better in terms of video and display quality, as well as autonomy. Photos are taken by devices at approximately the same level. The processor and case quality is better from Huawei.

And most importantly, even in official Huawei stores you can buy cheaper than competitors' smartphones in the "gray" market. Perhaps this will be the determining factor for the vast majority of consumers. Therefore, we can already say that Honor 9 is one of the best phones 2017 in terms of quality and price ratio among the flagships.