Huawei Maimang 5 / Huawei G9
The Huawei Maimang 5 has become official today. This is the successor
to the Maimang 4 - and since that model went on sale outside of China as the
Huawei G8, we assume the new handset might be known as the G9 in other
countries. A G9 lite has already been outed, so this would complement that
nicely in the company's international portfolio.
The Maimang 5 has a 5.5-inch 1080p IPS
LCD touchscreen, a 16 MP rear camera with dual-LED flash and 4K video recording
support, an 8 MP selfie cam, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 625 at the helm (with a 2
GHz octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU), 3 or 4 GB of RAM, 32 or 64 GB of expandable
storage, 4G, and a 3,340 mAh battery.
It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Huawei's
EMUI 4.1 on top. Its dimensions are 151.8 x 75.7 x 7.3 mm, and it weighs 160 gr.
It's got a metal construction, and a fingerprint scanner on the back. It will
be offered in the three color versions portrayed above.
The first to go on sale will be the gold
one with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage. This will be available on July 21
through Huawei's own online store in China, priced at CNY 2,599 (that's US$ 388 or
€ 349 at the moment).
