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[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] gavinfabl:
Will embed this later. But this shot I took made Flickr Explore.

https://flic.kr/p/S87Jpm
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] worldsoutro:
I have both.

The mate 9 has a bigger battery but the 3t has a smaller screen and doesn't push as many PPI. The 600mah difference is negligible.

The 3t is a much better value for what you are getting(6gb ram) plus has better app support and supports Google voice. Also faster charging with dash charge.

The camera isn't a slouch although I think the mate 9 may be a little better.

Just giving a fair assessment
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
Some with wide aperture mode:

:)
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] jan.ringas:
That's a really nice picture, but was that one actually shot with the Mate 9? Metadata (at least according to Flickr) says "Apple iPhone 7 plus"...
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Looserke:
Oneplus PPI is better but thats a pentile matrix screen so its worse than a RGB IPS in resolution. 6GB or 4 GB ram is something you not feel in real daily use. The much better value for 3T is not true on me. I bought the Mate 9 from my phone carrier (T-mobile) for 495 eur, dual-sim, unlocked. The 64GB oneplus 3T is 439 eur. Not so much difference for me, and i got 1 more year warranty.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] gavinfabl:
Sorry about that. I've just checked as well and I've uploaded the wrong version to Flickr.

Later tonight I will upload the Mate 9 version which is much better.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
Thanks. What do you mean by better app support ?

From the reviews I have seen, Huawei Mate 9 has much better camera results than OP3t, specialy day time shots. Is your experience different ?

I guess Fast Charging is available on both, and reviews are saying M9 is quicker to 100%.

Price aside, which phone is better ? Although, Huawei Mate 9 is a much better price proposition, compared to eg Note 7 (while It was available for sale). Or even Note 8, when it eventually arrives, wont be available in similar price range.

Where I am (in Saudi Arabia), I am getting 128GB OnePlus 3T model and standard 64GB Huawei Mate 9 in similar prices. The difference is about US$50 (M9 is slightly more expensive). Althought M9 may come lower in prices in a couple of months.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] aknotts415:
Dash charging and super charging are pretty much the same speed wise. 6GB or ram isnt really utilized still a ton. Most dont need or will ever have tons of games open.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] worldsoutro:
But to be fair you are getting more for less with the OP 3t. Also emui has some application compatibility issues.

Understandable Huawei has more overhead to cover than op does but they should have tried to be more competitive with their prices and gone for a 499 price tag
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] aknotts415:
True for some features. You do get more more with the mate 9 tho. Much larger screen, better external speakers, SD card slot, high quality screen that gets much much brighter, better camera, it blaster.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
To be fair, the M9 is a competitor to the now defunct Note 7, so comparing its price with OP3t is a bit unfair (pardon the pun). I know I know its happening all over the world because they stand out as the best to come out of China, but I dont think the devices are really in the same league.

OP3t is a flagship device competing with SG7, iPhone 7 etc and Huawei M9 is a phablet competing with Note 7, iPhone 7 plus etc.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] sobelixtus:
Based on what criteria? OP3T and iPhone 7Plus both have 5,5" display and they really are not in the phablet-categoria anymore. 5,5" size is beginning to be more like "mainstream" size and displays over that are categorized as "phablet".

So Mate 9 and Note 7 are devices which should be put against and as we know now, there is only one winner [emoji6]
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] samson09:
Its about photo quality no about which phone is better... Someone should clean this thread.

Wysłane z mojego XT1072 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bonamarzius:
Hi! I'd like to have a technical evaluation about the quality of these pics taken in night mode with tripod stand. Thanks in advance.

http://i.imgur.com/rDw3FCp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2Csyo94.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mlMDDOI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/sg9d2LE.jpg
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] ekerbuddyeker:
They look like you took them in night mode with a tripod.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] kopkiwi:
Does anyone have a guide they can post outlining how to get the best out of the camera, there are so many setting it's hard to know what does what and which settings to change.

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What tripod you using?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bonamarzius:
Manfrotto table tripod
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] kopkiwi:
Do you have a link please mate?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bonamarzius:
You can search on Amazon it
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
Couple of indoor clicks tonight.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
Last night dining out at PF Chang's
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] cd993:
I managed to ascertain the cause of this particular mode crashing....

After many reflashes, trying different boot.img's etc atfer all this it was simply down to me having the Animator Duration Scale disabled/set to 0. I always turn off all animations and on this phone strangely this is the consequence. Window/Transition Animator scale can be happily set to 0 however with the Animator scale set to 0 it crashes Night Shot mode - set to 0.5x allows it to work again...!

Anyone else encountered this or able to replicate?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] cambotodd:
2017-02-15_10-12-18 by Cam todd, on Flickr

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2017-02-22_08-45-52 by Cam todd, on Flickr
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
Beautiful bud!
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] gavinfabl:
Camera is fab -

The Clapper Bridge #Postbridge #dartmoor - long exposure shot on the Huawei Mate 9 by Gavin Fabiani-Laymond, on Flickr
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
Fresh click from Makkah.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] eddmecha:
sunset
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bonamarzius:
http://i.imgur.com/RmOkt9W.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/aEOTyoy.jpg
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] kalios:
both using wide aperture
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Maxuellll:
Absolutelly awesome pictures, congrats!

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Hi guys, i have been using my mate 9 from 2-3 weeks now and i dont know why the p9 i had before took better pictures, specially on front facing camera but on rear camera too (not that big difference except for some pictures that are awful) I think the white balance is messing, have any of you having trouble with the white balance? Im on 111 build version, and im hopping that a software update improves camera pictures.

Excuse my poor english
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] kalios:
thanks mate
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
Really cute kitty. The pictures are cool too!

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Beautiful shots taken in low light.

Were you on a tripod?

What settings did you have to go to, to obtain these results ?

Thanks.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] gm007:
Yes i think the camera software is more optimized on P9,hope future updates make mate 9 camera better.

Ps: I have both phones.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bonamarzius:
I was on a table tripod with night mode with ISO auto and S auto
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] kalios:
thanks mate ??
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
Awesome, must try this.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] gm007:
Not bad :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Swan Princess:
Such a beautiful flower! How is your experience of Mate's Macro abilities? I do enjoy doing flower / plant macros now and then. Or used to, on my old Note 4. Do you have to tap several times for proper focus, like I used to have to?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] gm007:
The autofocus is very fast and precise,you can take macro shots easily.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] tkalfaoglu:
The sharpness of the images taken by this phone makes me weep.. It's just incredible.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] ekerbuddyeker:
It makes you weep?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
Took my daughter to the Kkds in Motion show on Friday, and took some low light shows. Bere are some samples.

There are some horrendous light shades due to wierd yellow lights, or whatever they had going.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Peculiar05:
The quality is cool

The picture quality is off the hook.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Governa:
Do you mean off the charts? ;)
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] toystor:
Huawei Mat 9 - imobilephonex

The quality of photo is stunning :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] nhattanla:
The quality of BW is very good :good:
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] microhaxo:
I did a comparison between the s7 edge and the mate 9.

Enjoy:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/49slxdy3c6aba96/AACfRg1Iq57GjXxP1JVJ_0dYa?dl=0
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Sammath:
Loving spring time here in the Netherlands.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] ekerbuddyeker:
i think all the s7 ones come out just fine. The M9 ones in daylight are fine, perhaps a little more interesting, but the darker shots are poorer.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] btblue:
Took this whilst on holiday. Brilliant quality but I'm so sad 4K won't work with YouTube etc. Wouldn't have got the phone had I have known... So it's up for sale.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Governa:
Probably won't help much but FYI Vimeo supports h265.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] D1G1TE:
1st without zoom, 2nd somewhere in between 6-10x zoom, 3rd after 15 seconds of post procesing, added sharpness, contrast and saturation. [emoji108]

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Post processing done directly in gallery on phone with edit button. Originals in attachments. Check out how much additional imaginary detail you can squeeze out of original photos from camera app.http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/58f395c341065/IMG_20170416_175027.jpg?

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/58f395c5f0b64/IMG_20170416_174703.jpg?

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/58f395dd8c131/IMG_20170416_174926.jpg?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] tboy2000:
Love this camera ...
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
I noticed the colours are overly saturated at times in my camera. Do you feel the same way ?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] webos4ever:
That's really good. Were you shooting handheld or with a tripod?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] GaT7:
The inclusion of a dedicated monochrome camera is explained very well in this article with plenty of examples (P9 monochrome camera reviewed, but the principle is the same): A Full Monochrome Image Sensor Implemented in Huawei P9
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] fesar:
Some pictures from my garden and terrace.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Swan Princess:
I'd say the quality is quite high! I just got the phone recently and been doing tons of nature photography with it. Really like how it's sharp throughout and keeps the fine details. A shame it's not supported in DXO Optics yet :( Enclosed a simple image I took in my garden today around sunset. Look at the small details on the leaf and branch!

A strange thing that I mentioned is that exposure values in tap and hold mode go down to 1/15000th! of a second (sic!) While manual exposure are limited by 1/4000. How could we unlock the full exposure range I wonder? Would make for a superb HDR tool!
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] toystor:
wow...so gorgeous !

:)
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] aboalghool:
Black dot on camera

Hey guys ..

Mate 9 user with camera taking weird shots having black spot in same place ..

(Hardware/software)?

What may be the cause of it?

Thumbnail down for clearance of shot
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Sammath:
Love the bw images.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] HellRoot:
I am having the mate 9 pro, but camera is the same I guess. The photo quality is great but the video is being compressed a bit too much, would be nice with an option to choose quality and not only resolution. It even has problems maintaining 30fps, how is yours when filming without fps drops?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Sammath:
Don't know, I rarely use the camera to film stuff. I'm more interested in still images. Imo, that's where this camera good at.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] gurita:
my beautiful girl
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Silver Wx:
Hi,

I would like to buy a mate 9 but I'm a little perplex about day and night shot compared to lg g6 and s7/s8, Are night shot with moving object good ?

thanks :D
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] golastic:
One thing I have realised is the mate 9 capture pictures as it sees it without adding and saturation or whatsoever to it.

So applies to pics taken in the night.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] ekerbuddyeker:
Great photo.

You see, this is why i miss my Mate 9. I now have the s8 plus (which I think has much better software and screen) but it doesn't allow such creativity, especially post shot.

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The problem is that while the lens is good, the lens needs more light than the s8. So in strong light, there is enough light to take a fast shot with a small aperture, but its always going to be slower than the s8. That becomes a real issue when its dark as the shutter needs to stay 'open' long enough to get the correct exposure, and as it requires more light it stays open longer, and hence the blur (i think?). But I still think its a more creative camera. One just need to learn how to use it to the best of its abilities.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] kolembo:
Sometimes the Mate 9 takes extraordinary pictures.... Far better than anything else out there.

And sometimes it doesn't. This is the problem. The Samsung's you just take out and shoot... And you get above average all the time.

Learn to use the Mate 9 though, and you can get spectacular! Only problem is - the shot's gotten away from you before you can take it.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] kolembo:
These are on a very cloudy day...
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] MKShiro:
Yeah, that's the Leica trademark look.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] mjoshi123:
Hello all, brand new to Huawei as a brand. Coming from Axon 7 to here. Axon 7 was okay in terms of camera but Mate 9 intrigued me more because of its Leica branding.

What is your favorite feature in Camera ? Any special tips for Mate 9 camera ?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] mjoshi123:
Hello from bit rainy upstate NY. No post processing, shot straight from phone.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] @Peterrrrr:
Is thereany difference in camera quailty on Mate 9 compared to Mate 9 Pro?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Fred98TJ:
Botfly
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] toystor:
very good quality photo
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Bamsyerty:
Good , :cool: the higher the quality of the higher pixel pictures
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Fred98TJ:
Barbed wire and sitaw vine interacting.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Fred98TJ:
Low light photo.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] kris1975:
Good quality, but why only 4:3 format at max resolution??? Only 9Mp on 16:9 format???
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] itsjustmeagain:
It has to be this way. A 16/9 picture is a cropped down 4/3.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Fred98TJ:
Because it's a 4:3 aspect ratio sensor. As already mentioned, when in 16:9 it's a crop of the 4:3 sensor.

Why the size concern ?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] kris1975:
Most of nowadays devices are 16:9 or 16:10 format. Too much black bezel occurs while showing pictures.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] itsjustmeagain:
I would really like to shot 3:2 ratio if this option only existed. It would be perfect for my slip-in photo albums.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] marxu:
This is amazing! How did you mate the Leica logo on the pic? Is it direct from the phone or did you do any MOD?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] shong84:
png downloaded from internet and added into the photo.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] marxu:
Thanks! So it's post work.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Sammath:
Just a random picture.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] itsjustmeagain:
Cute little flowers.

The pictures in this forum get so terribly compressed - it is a pity.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] strifek:
Some pics from me :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Sammath:
Love this cam, it's so nice.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] leabradley:
It is a great phone. I used that phone before. Its camera quality is very great and front camera is better than many other phones in same price range.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] qrtnielsen:
Hi,

as Mate 9 is not just Mate 9 but is a lot of areamade firmwares and different firmwares for each area, it is quite difficult to decipher the photos that you guys present here?

Have a look at the very best homepage for testing mobile cameras:

https://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles/Mate-9-camera-review-A-big-step-up-for-Huawei

I am on MHA-L29C636B181 and I take generally reasonable good pictures and the Mate 9 takes better photos than my Mate 8 that takes better photos than my Mate 7. However, Mate 9 is giving me various problems, i.e. bad focus and deteriorated details in shaded areas.

Kurt (MHA-L29C636B181)
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] itsjustmeagain:
My MHA-L29C432 luckily doesn't show these effects. Focus is perfect to the point and a little less details in too dark areas is a very common problem of all kind of cameras.

I don't give a dime on dxomark. Too often I found their results questionable, especially regarding smartphone cameras.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] qrtnielsen:
Hi I,

I am Danish living in Spain and bought the Mate 9 in Britain and received it in a shabby bag from China and nobody told me about a choice of areas. So I ended up with an Asian model, C636. However it is my own fault as I have, at that time, not yet found xda.

Re. DXOmark you are probably right as they dont consider mobile cameras as their prime area. In this case the review was made in December, and now after half a year you still have some of the same problems with the Mate as they point at.

Kurt
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
Just took this image a few minutes ago sitting in my office...

Sharp or not you decide..

Mate 9 on L181
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] @Peterrrrr:
Is there a difference in camera performence between the EU and europe version?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] qrtnielsen:
Hi B,

hmmmm. it is good, but not sharp, maybe because of a very narrow dept of field?

Kurt
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
Any better ?

(Also feel there is some compression going on, while attaching to the forum).
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] bym007:
Perhaps, it will show now.

https://goo.gl/photos/G4mY7q7bk9Gpd74a6

https://goo.gl/photos/dmwHCakh1cQJmbah6

Or here,

https://goo.gl/photos/U9F7CTze3CVgGi2fA
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] qrtnielsen:
Hi b,

it is much better, and you are probably very right about the compression.

In my opinion the Mate 9 is a very good and able camera in a mobile phone, actually the best I have had since the first HTC phones came out more than 10 years ago.

But when I compare the Mate 9 photos with pics taken on my Nikon D810, there is a heavy difference. Just take a look at the enclosed pic from the big temple in Trichy.

However; both cameras has ups and downs, just imagine that the Nikon weighs nearly 2 kilo and that you can not have in a pocket as you can with the Mate. So the conslusion is that both give me great joy and good pictures!

Kurt
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] golastic:
Dont think there's any different in camera hardware.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] @Peterrrrr:
One thing that making me a bit worried is that Mate 9 seems to have heavy noise reduction, it is very visible on indoor and night shots, just look at the sandstones and the water in this picture.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4293/35964186712_727e8c4eba_k.jpg

But aslo in daylight, look at the grass middle to right in the this picture, it looks really greasy/blury

http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/reviews/16/huawei-mate-9/camera/gsmarena_040.jpg

The same thing is in the whole of this picture, it isnt sharp like on other phones like Oneplus 3T, Pixel, Nexus 6P....

http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/reviews/200232-image/Huawei-Mate--9-sample-images.jpg

So my question is:

1) is it possible to turn of noise reduction in the camera or does it get better in Professional Mode?

2) are there any guide on the web that compares Pro Mode to Auto mode with Mate 9?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] i root SGH i777:
Picture quality is great. Much better than my previous phones the Note 4 and Nexus 6P. Picture taken with Mate 9 last night as sun was going down.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] @Peterrrrr:
Could you upload this picutre on the original resolution? :) Do you have anymore pics from evening and indoor?

Do you still have the 6P? I would love to see and comparsion between those two :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] i root SGH i777:
Sorry, sold my Nexus to buy this phone.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Your friends are never going to believe what you did. The only way to prove it to them is with that video you took. Rate this thread to express how videos shot on the Huawei Mate 9 come out. A higher rating indicates that videos are smooth (and not choppy) and that auto-focus works very well, and that the camera adjusts quickly to different lighting conditions while recording.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] ravennyc:
Anyone else notice a jitter in video recordings? I have several recordings where I see jitter.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] aknotts415:
what firmware are you on?
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] ekerbuddyeker:
it is jittery. not like iPhone
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] D1G1TE:
Haven't noticed any jitter recording 4k videos. In fact they are much better than my Samsung S7 edge ones. Thanks to h265 codec used and much more portable and storable. :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
A video of my dog by night. Original video is at 1080@60fps, but it seems the preview doesn't support it:

https://goo.gl/photos/6fgmiYijYDDVs7Yb6

:)
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] numernumer:
yes, my phone jitters when playing recorded videos. it looks like its very sensitive to movement or no stabilization?

***jitter is gone after recent firmware update tho***
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] MOH@Nd3S:
I have jitter in 4K video recorded with my mate 9 , too

Huawei can fix this problem with next update ?

I think its software problem.
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're beautiful and everyone knows it. That's why you take selfies. Rate this thread to express how the front-facing camera of the Huawei Mate 9 performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Huawei Mate 9 Real Life Review] Maxuellll:
Hi everyone! I have this phone for a week now and it's beautiful, my previous Android phone was a p9 and I have noticed that selfie quality was better on p9, a lot better. Mate 9 makes my selfie too white, even if I disable beauty mode. I have touched every setting but pictures seems worse than p9 and I actually hope better quality. Have you noted the same thing? My mate 9 model is Latin America (c605 I think)

Any info would be appreciate than you.