{"id":34740,"date":"2018-05-04T16:46:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T11:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/?p=34740"},"modified":"2018-05-10T15:55:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T10:10:36","slug":"huawei-y9-2018-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/huawei-y9-2018-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Huawei Y9 2018 Review: Best Camera Phone on Budget?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huawei<\/a> is one of the largest smartphones manufacturers and recently it has been creating quite a buzz in the smartphone market. Especially after the release of Huawei P20 Pro<\/a>, this has become a company worth paying attention to. Huawei is marketing its latest smartphone, the Huawei Y9 2018<\/a>, as a phone with a featured pack cameras, due to its dual sensors on the rear and front. Like the previous release Nova 2i<\/a>, it has a quad camera setup and similar hardware specification.<\/p>\n

How good is the Huawei Y9 2018?\u00a0How does it fair as a smartphone in daily use? Find out in our Huawei Y9 2018 review.<\/p>\n

Huawei Y9 2018 Review<\/h2>\n
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Design<\/h3>\n

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The Huawei Y9 2018 borrows resemblance from Honor’s smartphone when it comes to the design, but has similar specs to the Huawei Nova 2i. Y9’s body is mostly made of metal coated with a matte finish, at a glance it may look like a fingerprint magnet, but it’s not. The phone is light at 170 grams. It feels very sturdy and surprisingly feels premium, despite the sub 25k price tag. The Huawei Y9 2018 also has curved edges and rounded corners, which make the phone comfortable to hold.<\/p>\n

The rear cameras are laid out in a horizontal orientation. The display has a 76.7 percent screen-to-body ratio. Unlike the infamous notch, it features a slight bezel at the top that houses the dual front-facing camera, earpiece, and standard\u00a0sensors. Meanwhile, the bottom bezel doesn’t feature any buttons.<\/p>\n

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The Y9 2018 includes a normal MicroUSB port. Flanking the MicroUSB port is a single speaker, which provides adequate audio in terms of loudness and clarity but is an average speaker at best. It does have a headphone jack and an impressively quick fingerprint sensor on the back.<\/p>\n

The Y9 2018 looks like any other Honor smartphone and maintains a premium build quality, even for a budget smartphone. Face unlock is available as a secondary method of unlocking and works equally as fast if you’re inadequate lighting.<\/p>\n

Display<\/h3>\n

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Huawei Y9 2018 features a massive 5.93 inch IPS LCD display. The screen has a resolution of 1080 x 2160 and an aspect ratio of 18:9. The screen is slightly taller than the normal displays but it’s enjoyable to use. The screen looks great, with good viewing\u00a0angles, rich contrast, and vibrant color. And, it performs very well under direct sunlight as well.<\/p>\n

The taller 18:9 display does make a noticeable difference, especially while you’re watching videos. As Huawei likes to market it as a full view display, it is very good considering the price tag. There are no issues and it’s an enjoyable experience while watching videos, and playing games.<\/p>\n

Performance<\/h3>\n

The Y9 2018 is Huawei’s mid-range budget smartphone with similar specs as of the Nova 2i. Inside the Y9 2018 is Huawei’s Kirin 659 processor and 3GB of RAM. For storage, the Y9 2018 comes with 32GB of internal storage and supports microSD expansion up to additional 256GB. It’s not the most exciting spec sheet, but it’s powerful for most tasks. In my week of usage, the phone was quick and responsive to ordinary tasks like navigating through the UI and launching applications. The 3GB of RAM was plenty for a smooth multitasking experience. Games also ran well, PUBG and Asphalt run smoothly on medium graphics. Very rarely did the Huawei Y9 2018 ever feel laggy or slow. But there was one instance where it lagged in the camera app.<\/p>\n