HUAWEIP9 Lite UK SIM-Free Smartphone - Black

After getting completely miffed with Apple and deciding to jump ship (for various reasons including apple trying to get you to use more cloud storage for your photos and making it more difficult to actually get your own images downloaded) I decided to move to an Android. After much looking around and reading reviews i came across Huawei. I love how this company produces a 'Light' version of most of their main models, fitting the budgets of most people i would think. I checked that all apps used on my IPhone 6S were available first. I received the phone the day after ordering. I had it fully set up and did a full contact bluetooth transfer between the phones within an hour. Almost a week in now and i'm over the moon with the phone. Lighter and slimmer than the apple with a bigger screen. Great definition. The camera is also fantastic. The images produced are more vivid and sharper than i thought they would be. Sometimes the autofocus needs a little longer with cross lighting but generally very good. It was definately a learning curve switching from ios to Android but i'm already settled in. I'm still on contract hence the Sim Free option with this phone. I won't be looking back again. I really am delighted with this phone. Battery life comparison is fab also. Leaving for work at 6 in the week and getting home about 6 the apple would have about 40% charge left with moderate use throughout the day. With the Huawei its closer to 65-69% with more use (new phone novelty and all that). Looking forward to the P10 perhaps next year. :-)

It dose everything You'd expect from a smartphone and does it well. Instead of buying a phone with a fancy brand that costs more I bought a phone from a company that's honest about the fact that it's from china. Best choice I've made, even opening the box it came in feels better.It comes in a nice black box with golden writing and the phone and all the accessories are packed nicely inside in separate boxes, it looks way better than a pile of accessories in a small box with the phone squeezed on the top.The phone itself is really quick, opens and closes apps at a touch of the screen. Handles multiple apps easily too. The screen is great, beautiful colours and offers a really good view angle. It's an android so it will only have a few different options in the menu compared to other brands running on android. It was a quick and easy job to find these differences and setup the phone to my liking.On the design side all I can say is that the phone looks really good, a really elegant, classic design. Just a good, ergonomic phone with buttons placed where they should be. Good thing is that it has a mini jack for the headphones unlike some phones now.Overall I'm very happy with the phone. It was money well spent and I'm glad I went for the P9 Lite.

I bought a phone and unfortunately, my experience with it has been extremely disappointing. The phone is incredibly slow and constantly gets hung up, making it frustrating to use even for simple tasks. Despite being a relatively new device, it seems to struggle with basic functions like opening apps or browsing the web. The overall performance is incredibly laggy and unresponsive, which makes it difficult to use as a daily driver.I've tried all the usual fixes like clearing the cache and restarting the phone, but nothing seems to improve its performance. Even after uninstalling most of the apps, the phone still takes a long time to load and freezes up frequently.Overall, I would not recommend this phone to anyone looking for a reliable device. While it may seem like a good deal at first, the poor performance and constant hang-ups make it frustrating to use on a daily basis.

I bought this phone to replace my Galaxy S7 - which after a year of heavy usage was on its last legs - and I'm very pleased with the product.For about £200 I couldn't ask for more. The build quality is excellent with a pleasant weight in the hand, and despite the back being made of plastic it has a premium feel.The UI leaves something to be desired, but after installing a custom launcher (Nova launcher is a must for those who appreciate the feel of stock Android) I was pleased with the little quirks and niceties that MIUI has to offer. While not as feature heavy as the flagship Galaxy S7, you do get a lot for your money here.The camera is serviceable, and can produce very attractive shots for those who know how to navigate the innards of a phone camera. Low-light seems to be a bit of an issue, producing grainy images, but when the lighting is good this camera can hold up as above average. The front camera is fine, but I'm not one for selfies.On the bottom we have the speakers which I'd personally prefer to be front facing, but they are loud enough. And I use headphones more often than not, so it is not a huge issue.3GB of RAM is plenty, and never experienced slowdown on my time with it, but time will tell how this holds up. The Kirin 650 processor, whilst mid-range, is competent enough to allow me to do all the things I need without issue.The display, whilst not amazing, is good. It's a 1080p IPS display - while most flagships are 1440p at this stage, the reduced resolution helps with battery life and cost - the colours are accurate and images are sharp, so it is good enough. Obviously AMOLED is superior, but when balancing cost/benefit, Id say this is the right choice.With the mid-range processor, and large battery, you can expect about a day and a half or moderate to heavy usage with no problems - great for people who use their phone almost constantly.It operates on Android Marshmallow out of the box, but Android 7.0 Nougat is available to download right now. Hopefully we will receive the update to 7.1 and get all the nice battery optimisations that come with that.If you're in the market for a mid-range phone, and don't want to shell out for the more up to date models (such as the P10 lite, or the Honor 9) then you can't go wrong with the P9 lite.Build: 5/5 (Though I would have preferred USB-)Sound: 4/5Camera: 4/5Performance: 4/5Display: 4/5Software: 3/5 (without a custom launcher) or 4/5 (with a custom launcher)