The Best Smartphone You Haven't Heard of...#Helpful Post

yo guys johnathan here when you think of

a great smartphone camera most people

might think of Samsung and the galaxy s7

Apple in the iPhone 7 or 7 plus LG's v20

was great but what you might not think

of or maybe even heard of for that

matter is the huawei mate 9 now with it

being 2017 the mate 9 was announced late

last year but it officially launches

here in the US this week at CES so huge

shout out to why away from not only

sponsoring this video and kicking off my

CES coverage early but also sending this

my way

so I could get a hands on pretty early

in the game I would immediately set out

to me with the mate 9 is the build

quality is phenomenal it's solid

aluminum super premium and absolutely

nothing about this phone set is cheap

it's got a wicked fast fingerprint

reader which is located on the back it's

packing great specs with four gigs of

RAM 64 gigabytes of storage and microSD

card expansion now on top of that the

mate 9 is priced pretty competitively at

$5.99 and because it's gear to compete

with the iPhone 7 plus in Google pixel

XL if you were considering one of those

this could potentially save you almost

200 bucks so next one I want to do is

break it down into the top three most

compelling features of this phone and

first is hands down the camera just like

we saw in hallways p9 once again they've

teamed up with Leica for the glass on

the smartphone and the end result is a

really good freaking camera now within

the camera are two sensors a 12

megapixel RGB sensor that's going to

capture the color and the bulk of the

photo and then a 20 megapixel monochrome

sensor that's going to work together to

capture the finer details now this thing

is jam-packed full of features and

software including a pro mode which is

going to give you not only tons of

control but also flexibility what

surprised me most and what maybe my

favorite feature about this camera or

software rather is actually how you

control exposure when you're not in pro

mode instead of dragon exposure up or

down what you can do is tap select your

focus point and then from there actually

drag an exposure tracking point we can

use a specific part of the image to

balance exposure so in this case instead

of using the wood to balance exposure I

was able to drag the point over to a

brighter area and with that I was able

to find a pretty solid middle ground and

the end result was surprisingly good and

taking a deeper look some of the photos

I took this one in particular really

impressed me it's sharp there's great

dynamic range and surprisingly this

shallow depth of field is real and not

simulated this one here is also a really

great

example of natural shallow

depth-of-field no simulation here either

then hopping over to some indoor shots

this one in particular is also one of my

favorites because of how it handles the

highlights the shadows the color is also

really well-balanced not too saturated

it's just a nice mix of everything

now with that monochrome sensor comes

the fun of taking true black-and-white

pictures yes you could take a normal

photo and desaturate it or apply a black

and white filter but there's something

special about taking a true

black-and-white picture now this is by

no means a game-changer I understand

completely that the majority of you out

there want most of your photos in color

what it does do though is give you a

creative spin on the pictures you do

want in black and white it almost forces

you to think of the picture of the

composition the framing differently in

the end result is really nice there's

tons of detail and the flexibility being

able to take really great black and

white photos and really great color

photos is awesome now everything we've

seen up until this point in terms of

depth of field has been completely

natural but because there are two

sensors there is also a simulated depth

mode and again like most simulated depth

software out there it's not going to be

perfect every time but when you get it

right it looks really good the advantage

that you might have with this over

something like the iPhone 7 plus is that

really only truly works well with people

and portraits like the name implies but

with this you're able to utilize it with

objects as well instead of just people

on top of that it's also rocking an 8

megapixel camera on the front that is

equally impressive and overall I could

talked about it is a really fantastic

camera that competes with the best of

the best now next the second most

compelling feature of the Mait 9 it's

got to be battery life because inside

this guy is packing a 4000 milliamp hour

battery most Android phones these days

Teeter between 2500 and 3500 milliamp

hour range so the fact this jumps in the

4000 is awesome now as far as the

display goes this thing is packin a 5.9

inch 1080p display so you are

sacrificing some pixels in terms of

battery life myself personally as much

as I do love pixels 1080p still looks

really good on a smart phone if you're

used to 1440p you're probably going to

notice difference but really it comes

down to what you prefer a lower

resolution screen and better battery

life or the maximum amount of pixels

rounding out the battery and battery

life is thing charges and connects via

USB C which in my opinion is the better

route there's an ever growing list of

USB C devices peripherals chargers so

the fact that the mate 9 includes USB C

is a

now last up the third most compelling

feature of the mate nine is the fact

that it ships with Android 7.0 new get

as far as software and updates go

sometimes Android can be the Wild West

so the fact that you get this out of the

box is reassuring for the most part the

phone feels extremely lightweight and

responsive all using it it's fast its

zippy and overall the performance of

Android 7.0 pair with the battery life

the camera the micro SD card expansion

make this a really well rounded

smartphone at a fantastic price besides

for that hopefully enjoy the video if

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and I will catch you guys later