Huawei P9 review

Dual cameras worthy of a double take

Huawei P9

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Camera samples

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The autofocus performs really well in clear light.

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This dark day showed how the Huawei P9 camera can struggle without lots of light. But there's still a lot of detail here.

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This photo shows exactly how vivid the colors come out with good lighting on the Huawei P9.

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Now for the bad lighting - this shot struggled to do well in artificial lighting.

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With poor lighting the Huawei P9 struggled again here, but the light parts of the photo came out well.

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You can see the detail all the way up until the top of this tower. This is using both sensors.

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This photo is just using the monochrome sensor - note there's no drop in quality of the image.

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Here's how the wide aperture effect came out focusing on the foreground.

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I then fiddled with a similar photo to put the wide aperture focus on the tower in the background of this shot.

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This is possibly my favorite wide aperture effect as it kept the color of the green while looking interesting.

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James Peckham

James is Managing Editor for Android Police. Previously, he was Senior Phones Editor for TechRadar, and he has covered smartphones and the mobile space for the best part of a decade bringing you news on all the big announcements from top manufacturers making mobile phones and other portable gadgets. James is often testing out and reviewing the latest and greatest mobile phones, smartwatches, tablets, virtual reality headsets, fitness trackers and more. He once fell over.