Huawei now has a solid base in Europe mainly because of its P8 and P9 smartphones. The Huawei Mate 9 was announced in the month of November and the handset is expected to be released to the market in few EU countries and China before Christmas. However, US will get the handset in January 2017.

Huawei is without a doubt most well known in China and has maintained a fair name in Europe. Right now it is focusing on the US. The Huawei Mate 9 has a 5.9-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with a screen resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, reports GSMArena. The screen is big, quite big.

The Huawei Mate 9 is multi-touch empowered and runs on Android 7.0 Nougat operating system. It is fueled by a Hisilicon Kirin 960 processor and Mali-G71 MP8 GPU. It has 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage, expandable up to 256GB with the help of microSD card opening. Other noticeable elements of the handset are quick battery charging, fingerprint scanner and a non-removable Li-Po 4,000 mAh battery. These specs give the Mate 9 a big yes.

With regards to Huawei Mate 9's camera specs, it brandishes a fantastic double 20 MP + 12 MP primary cameras with OIS, 2x zoom, Leica optics, and laser autofocus and double LED (double tone) flash. Different components in the camera include geo-tagging, touch focus, and HDR. The front camera of the smartphone is of 8MP.

According to the IDC report, Huawei's accomplishment in Europe is in comparison with two other tech biggies, Apple and Samsung. Huawei may make the Mate 9 accessible to the US through AT&T as it is facing a patent issue with T-Mobile. The Huawei Mate 9 costs €699 (US$750) in Europe. Apple and Samsung won't make it simple for Huawei Mate 9 in US regions.