Huawei P9/P9 plus

podgeandrodge

Huawei P9/P9 plus - coming out shortly.

Anyone considering this over LG G5 or Samsung Galaxy S7 etc?

http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p9-7972.php

biebiebie

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Huawei P9/P9 plus - coming out shortly.

Anyone considering this over LG G5 or Samsung Galaxy S7 etc?

http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p9-7972.php

Yeah looks good. But for such a heavy emphasis on the camera and it doesn't even have OIS.

I think the HTC 10 might be a better bet. Let's wait and see this time next week.

MoodeRator

Same here. I am waiting to see what the HTC 10 has to offer, it will then be a battle to choose P9 Plus, S7 edge or the HTC 10. For me it will come down to pricing mainly, but the P9 PLUS is winning for me so far

podgeandrodge

P9 if preordered in France off the Huawei site is €549 including a 128gig microsd card.

P9 plus - no news yet.

MoodeRator

Vodafone in the UK have a great offer for the P9 pre order HERE.

Ii would be great if I could set up an account from Ireland using my UK Debit Card!

podgeandrodge

MoodeRator wrote: »

Vodafone in the UK have a great offer for the P9 pre order HERE.

Ii would be great if I could set up an account from Ireland using my UK Debit Card!

I saw that. But you'd have to go on a monthly plan so that put me off. But now I'm thinking you're saying that you simply sign up and don't use the service?

Still better to hold out for the P9 plus I think. Ir blaster, bigger screen, super amoled vs ips, bigger battery with quick charge unlike P9...

MoodeRator

I am out of contract on HRE here in Ireland, so I could get an S6 free on upgrade and then sell that to help finance the vodafone UK option. I do like the look of that "free" watch! But I also agree that the P9 plus would be the better phone for me.
Does anyone know if you can take up a UK contract just with a UK debit card and DPD Parcel wizard or a friends uk address?
A long shot i know!

podgeandrodge

MoodeRator wrote: »

I do like the look of that "free" watch! But I also agree that the P9 plus would be the better phone for me.

You're in danger of letting the watch (and I agree it's nice) overwhelm your better judged opinion on getting the better phone! Good things come to those who wait!

podgeandrodge

Amazon France saying P9 PLUS for €699 for May 15th

https://www.amazon.fr/Huawei-Plus-Smartphone-d%C3%A9bloqu%C3%A9-Ecran/dp/B01DWEG21G

Vodafone Ireland confirmed that P9 and P9 PLUS will both be offered in next while...

Keith186

What are Huawei like with software upgrades? Would you get Android N and the one after that?
Never had one before.

Sir Oxman

Keith186 wrote: »

What are Huawei like with software upgrades? Would you get Android N and the one after that?
Never had one before.

Very slow with updates.
Little to zero 3rd party development as well.
No doubt you would get N but going on previous, you could be waiting. Wouldn't be 100% on O!

podgeandrodge

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Amazon France saying P9 PLUS for €699 for May 15th

https://www.amazon.fr/Huawei-Plus-Smartphone-d%C3%A9bloqu%C3%A9-Ecran/dp/B01DWEG21G

Vodafone Ireland confirmed that P9 and P9 PLUS will both be offered in next while...

Now saying 1st June. ****!!

podgeandrodge

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Now saying 1st June. ****!!

Amazon Germany now in stock ...eur742.

Might wait a bit:)

podgeandrodge

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Amazon Germany now in stock ...eur742.

Might wait a bit:)

Very little interest on here in the Huawei's...I'm settled on the P9 plus but looks like noone else is!

ham hock

Picked up a P9 on VDF upgrade last week. Happy enough so far. Getting a full day out of the battery and love the picture quality from the dual camera. Interesting enough the sales guy mentioned that Huawei offer a 3 year warranty and 3 month screen replacement from date of purchase if you register via an app. Overall pretty happy so far...

podgeandrodge

Amazon Germany now over 800 for some reason. Anyway , price has settled at 699 on Amazon France, Spain and Italy.

My dilemma is whether to wait for Vodafone and see what/when they offer...

podgeandrodge

Orange in Spain are doing the P9 plus for €649 with a free Huawei Smartwatch. That would be sweet if offered here.

leemaree

Found this site with the P9 Plus http://www.simplyelectronics.net/mainproduct.php?pid=37047&currency=eur&gclid=CPmd_e2k180CFSSK2wodHxIHvQ

Is this site trustworthy?

Gatling

Meteor have the P9 for free on certain tariffs picking one up next week myself ,
only last week they were €250 on bill pay

podgeandrodge

Ok I have bitten the bullet and purchased the P9 Plus international dual sim version (about €630) and awaiting delivery from Wonda mobile. That's about same price as normal single sim version from Amazon at moment.
Only available in gold so hoping it doesn't look too tacky! But thought dial sim could be handy.

podgeandrodge

leemaree wrote: »

Found this site with the P9 Plus http://www.simplyelectronics.net/mainproduct.php?pid=37047&currency=eur&gclid=CPmd_e2k180CFSSK2wodHxIHvQ

Is this site trustworthy?

Mixed reviews. But beware anyway...that's the AL10 Chinese version which requires a little work to get Google play etc . Also NO NFC. Also
no "pressure push" function unless getting 128gb version.

Bacchus

Got the P9 at the weekend with Eir (reception is miles ahead of what Three were managing btw). This is my first non-HTC phone in about 8/9 years and it's great. Style wise it looks great, the screen is sharp and has great vibrant colours. The fingerprint sensor on the back is so handy. A big selling point was the camera and so far it's not disappointing. The external speaker is decent, not as good as HTC but it's fine. I don't really have anything negative to say about the P9, great phone.

Oh actually, one minor annoyance. To get to the quick settings, I'm normally used to just swiping down from the top and there they are. On the P9 swiping down gives you two tabs (notifications tab and quick settings tab). The notifications tab is displayed first so you have to swipe left to bring up the quick settings.

Hellrazer

Im still considering a p9.
Have an upgrade sitting waiting and the loyalteam offered me the free p9 or an s6 edge free if I go for another 24 months on meteor.

Cant seem to decide.edge is older and slower and ive been using a p8 for over a year now....actually closer to 2.
One of the best phones I owned but is the p9 a decent upgrade???

Anyone upgrade from a p8 to a p9?

podgeandrodge

Hellrazer wrote: »

Im still considering a p9.
Have an upgrade sitting waiting and the loyalteam offered me the free p9 or an s6 edge free if I go for another 24 months on meteor.

Cant seem to decide.edge is older and slower and ive been using a p8 for over a year now....actually closer to 2.
One of the best phones I owned but is the p9 a decent upgrade???

Anyone upgrade from a p8 to a p9?

Stay off contract and bite the bullet and purchase the plus!
Still waiting for mine...lost somewhere en route...:o

leemaree

Any news on the P9 Plus does anyone know?

podgeandrodge

Got my L29 (international dual sim) version of the P9 Plus.

Very happy with this. Currently running it on a Vodafone sim and a Lycamobile sim (more to test it out than having a current need).

So the Lycamobile sim (20gig limit) is set to 3G for data and the Vodafone set to 2G calls. Works very well, though Lyca is a little slow despite a H+ 3G signal.

The sound out of this phone (using Spotify) is fantastic.

Any questions let me know.

Paid €630 for this dual sim version from Hong Kong, so about same as European version but I think the dual sim will come in handy.
You can see the two phone signal bars in the picture attached.

leemaree

Anyone know when the P9 Plus phone is coming to Ireland?

podgeandrodge

leemaree wrote: »

Anyone know when the P9 Plus phone is coming to Ireland?

Other than coming to Ireland via the post, it isn't being carried by any operators as of yet. Vodafone have said they won't do it.

Mars Bar

Went in to Vodafone and they said they had €100 off the P9 so got it on the €40 contract and €50 up front! Happy with it so far. Now to find a case!

Gatling

Mars Bar wrote: »

Went in to Vodafone and they said they had €100 off the P9 so got it on the €40 contract and €50 up front! Happy with it so far. Now to find a case!

Carphone warehouse have a flip /book style case for €20 at the moment it's the only one I've seen available here for the p9

brevity

Mars Bar wrote: »

Went in to Vodafone and they said they had €100 off the P9 so got it on the €40 contract and €50 up front! Happy with it so far. Now to find a case!

I did the same but on Meteor. Also looking for a case... plenty of good ones on Amazon it seems.

It's a lovely phone to use but still getting to grips with it. I'd recommend using Google Now Launcher and the Google keyboard.