Huawei Y9s is one of the latest mid-range budget smartphone from Chinese OEM, Huawei. The smartphone features a 48MP triple rear camera, a pop-up selfie camera, 128GB storage, side-mounted fingerprint sensor, 4,000mAh battery and more.
Let’s find out more about the smartphone in this article.
Huawei Y9s Features (Preview)
Unlike the commonest smartphone design trend, Huawei Y9s comes out with an attractive notch-less design. Also contributing to its aesthetics is a fingerprint sensor placed under the power button on the phone’s right side & below the volume rocker. Another key beauty on this smartphone is the pop-up 16MP camera that handles sleek selfies.
Moving backwards, a triple camera array is seen at the top left corner of the smartphone. The camera comprises of 48MP wide shooter with f/1.8 aperture, 8MP ultra-wide shooter with f/2.4 aperture and 2MP depth shooter. There is also a LED flash support for adding brightness in low light conditions.
The device packs a large 6.59-inch IPS LCD display that works with Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels resolution and 391 ppi pixel density. More so, the display boasts of 91% screen-to-body ratio and 19.5:9 aspect ratio.
Under the display, Kirin 710F SoC serves as the key controller of the smartphone’s actions. Found on the SoC is an octa-core 2.2GHz CPU and Mali-G51 MP4 GPU. A 6GB RAM is attached to the chipset to deliver smooth multitasking and running of apps. You can store various forms of files on the 128GB internal storage that’s expandable to 512GB via a MicroSD card.
Android 9.0 Pie OS and EMUI 9.1 skin runs on the smartphone out of the box. The phone’s long-term durability rests on the shoulders of the non-removable 4,000mAh battery. The phone supports Fast Charge 10W, hence, the phone spends barely 2 hours to get refilled from 0% to 100%.
Key Specs
Here are the Huawei Y9s key specifications…
| KEY SPECS | |
| Display | 6.59-inch IPS capacitive touchscreen, 1080 x 2340 pixels, 391PPI |
| OS | Android 9.0 Pie (EMUI 9.1) |
| Processor | Octa-core 2.2GHz Kirin Processor |
| Storage | 128GB ROM + 6GB RAM (MicroSD card up to 512GB) |
| Camera | Triple 48MP + 8MP + 2MP Rear/16MP Front (With LED light) |
| Battery | 4,000mAh |
| Price | N75,000 – N85,000 |
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Price and Availability
The Huawei Y9s was launched in October 2019; it is available in colours Midnight Black, Breathing Crystal. You can order the smartphone from any of the online shopping markets using the links below.
Huawei Y9s retails at $220 (₦75,000 – ₦85,000 in Nigeria). (CLICK TO BUY HUAWEI Y9S)
Huawei Y9s Full Specifications and Features
General Features
- Platform: EMUI 9.1 (Android 9.0 Pie)
- Processor: Octa-core (4×2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4×1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) (Hisilicon Kirin 710F SoC)
- GPU: Mali-G51 MP4
- Memory: 6GB RAM
- Colours: Midnight Black, Breathing Crystal
- Dimension: 163.1 x 77.2 x 8.8 mm
- Weight: 206g
- SIM Type: Nano SIM
- SIM Count: Dual SIM
Display
- Display: 6.59-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1080 x 2340 pixels (391 PPI)
- Screen Protection: –
Camera
- Rear Camera: Triple 48MP wide + 8MP ultra-wide + 2MP depth camera, 1080p Video@30fps
- Rear Camera Features: Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
- Front Camera: 16MP front camera, 1080p Video@30fps
Storage
- Built-in Storage: 128GB UFS 2.1
- Memory Card Support: Yes, up to 512GB
- Bundled Cloud Storage: –
Network Support
- 2G GSM: Yes
- 2G CDMA 1X: –
- 3G WCDMA: Yes
- 3G CDMA EVDO: –
- 4G LTE: Yes
Internet & Connectivity
- GPRS: Yes
- EDGE: Yes
- 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes
- HSPA+: Yes, 42.2/5.76Mbps
- CDMA EVDO: –
- 4G LTE: Yes, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes
- Bluetooth: Yes, v4.2, A2DP, LE
- NFC: –
- Infrared Blaster: –
- USB Port: 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Messaging
- SMS/MMS: Yes
- Instant Messaging: Yes
- Push Emails: Yes
- Email Protocol: –
Entertainment
- Music Player: MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player
- Video Player: MP4/H.264 player
- FM Radio: Yes
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- 3.5mm Jack: Yes
Navigation
- Navigation: Yes, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
- Maps: Yes
Sensors & Control
- Digital Compass: Yes
- Accelerometer: Yes
- Proximity Sensor: Yes
- Light Sensor: Yes
- Barometer: –
- SpO2: –
- Pedometer: –
- Heart Rate Monitor: –
- Gyroscope: Yes
- Fingerprint Scanner: Yes, side-mounted
- Iris Scanner: –
- Face Unlock: Yes
- Intelligent Digital Assistant: Yes
- Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: –
- Voice Control: Yes
Other Features
- Video Streaming: Yes
- Active Noise Cancellation: –
- Wireless Charging: –
- Built-in Mobile Payment: –
- Water Resistant: –
- Dust Resistant: –
- Image Editor: Yes
- Video Editor: Yes
- Document Viewer: Yes
- Document Editor: Yes
Battery
- Battery: 4,000mAh non-removable Li-Po battery; Fast Charge 10W
Where to buy Huawei Y9s
CLICK HERE TO BUY THE HUAWEI Y9S in Nigeria.
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I can’t find the device on jumia
It’s still pretty new, kindly give it at least a month before checking back.