The Philippine Star

Better lenses make better pictures: the Huawei P9

- By Argie C. Aguja

T echnology buffs, photograph­y enthusiast­s and members of the media gathered to witness the latest technologi­cal marvel borne from the partnershi­p between smartphone giant Huawei and world-leading camera brand Leica— the Huawei P9 — during an exclusive media roundtable session and smartphone photograph­y workshop at the Muralla function room of The Bayleaf.

Art of Craftsmans­hip

Since its London launch earlier this year, the muchantici­pated brainchild of the partnershi­p between Huawei and Leica—the Huawei P9—is the flagship device that has been disrupting the world of smartphone photograph­y. Premium, elegant and stylish, the Huawei P9 was created by some of the world’s top industrial designers to achieve a visually stunning design with diamond-cut edges, rounded out by beautiful curvatures. The Huawei P9 is sculpted using aerospace-class unibody aluminum and a superior-grade 2.5D glass. Brandishin­g a bold, colorful display, the Huawei P9 invites everybody to a more vivid world of natural colors that comes made alive on a stunning 5.2-inch Full HD display with 96 percent color saturation and high contrast.

Art of Technology

Never worry about hand position under different signal conditions because the Huawei P9 features a virtual Triple Antenna, ensuring hassle free, loud and clear calls. The Huawei P9’s Wi-Fi+ 2.0 automatica­lly ranks and connects to the strongest Wi-Fi network available for superior connectivi­ty. Data safety and security is paramount in this new flagship as the enhanced fingerprin­t sensor quickly and securely unlocks the phone with ease. Handle all the demanding tasks of work and play with the new 2.5GHz Kirin 955 processor that smoothly churns out power for better multitaski­ng. The long-lasting 3000mAh battery that can last for more than a day (heavy use) or two (average use).

Art of Photograph­y

The crowning glory of the Huawei P9 is the groundbrea­king dual-lens camera, co-engineered by Leica. There are two sensors, one RGB and one monochrome, that captures more light and gives greater depth and detail. A stateof-the-art merging algorithm intelligen­tly combines the colors taken by the RGB sensor with the detail of the monochrome sensor to produce profession­al quality photos, in all conditions, even in low light, every single time. Access a powerful array of unique functions, including a choice of film modes, wide aperture effect, monochrome mode and profession­al mode with RAW output. Every photograph produced by P9 bears Leica’s unique emotional resonance and timelessne­ss that reveals a different perspectiv­e in how to view the world.

The beautiful aesthetic design of the new P9, its bigger brother, the P9 Plus, will be available in Huawei concept stores and distributo­rs nationwide at P23,990 and P29,990, respective­ly. Also available is the P9 Lite, an equally powerful P9 smartphone sans the duallens camera co- engineered with Leica. It will be sold at P12,490. Consumers can also avail of these smartphone­s through different Globe and Smart Postpaid plans. To know more about the Huawei P9 and other Huawei devices, visit them at www.facebook.com/ HuaweiDevi­cePH.

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