A week with Huawei Nova 9. And it could have been so beautiful

Huawei postanowił — przynajmniej na razie — nie wprowadzać do Europy flagowego smartfonu P50.Instead of it, the Nova 9 model appeared, except for the higher average price shelf.Let's take a closer look at him.

Huawei Nova 9 inherited from the flagships a super felt camera

Huawei used a 50-megapixel camera with an unusual Ryyb subpixel system.Replacing green points with yellow points is designed to increase the sensitivity of the sensor to light.And it actually works.

Here is a photo taken with Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra with night mode in a hotel room, in which my eyes saw nothing at all:

And here more than twice cheaper Huawei Nova 9 without (!) Night mode:

... and I took a photo without night mode, because the one in 9 out of 10 cases does not make any difference.Which is by no means a complaint, because the machine simply copes with photographing after dark without any additional functions.

Of course, such a photo taken in complete darkness still remains unusable, but you understand the difference.Huawei Nova 9 is even satisfied with a microscopic amount of light.

Below is a photo taken in a place where I saw only a delicate outline of trees and a bright point in the distance.

Of course, not everyone has to like such a change of night during the day. Trzeba jednak oddać Huaweiowi nova 9 to, że potrafi zrobić użyteczne zdjęcie w warunkach, w których wiele smartfonów — nawet znacznie droższych — kompletnie by wymiękło.

Paradoksalnie Huawei nova 9 radzi sobie gorzej, gdy światła jest więcej

In dark alleys, parks and rooms, Nova 9 sweeps, but this does not translate into the condition of the camera in more friendly conditions.

First of all, Huawei used very, very aggressive algorithms that process photos.When after taking the pics they are immediately displayed in the gallery, the software had them for a few seconds and only after a long time shows the final effect.

Late evening, I walk around the amusement park and see a colorful statue.I pull out the phone, take a picture, enter the gallery and see it:

Pay attention to how extremely the photo was processed.The claims have been completely minimized, and the shadows, structure and saturation maximally conquered.The final effect looks like after processing in the editor.

Is this effect desirable?The issue of preferences, but I believe that many people can like so aggressively embellished photos.There is only one problem.

Huaweia Nova 9 software has been optimized for photographing specific scenery.When an unusual shot is shooting, which the manufacturer did not foresee, it happens that the photo is completely massacred.

Walking around the Central Station in Warsaw, I turned the camera slightly down and immortalized boards with a timetable.Here are shots from the ultra -ultra -angle and main apparatus:

Huaweia Nova 9 main camera in such a scenery clearly stupid.

And how does all this look like in everyday use?I took almost 200 photos during the week's week.Several dozen are very good, several dozen just correct, a few very bad.So, though Huawei Nova 9 shows a claw in some circumstances, he lacks a bit of repeatability and predictability known from competition phones.

Although Huawei is trying to convince that Nova 9 has a camera straight from flagships, this applies to at most the main module.This ultra -ultrazerocial (only by name, because the angle of view is much smaller than the competition) is poor, and there is no telephoto lens.

The big advantage is Huaweia Nova 9 is the display

The 6.57-inch OLED 1080P screen refreshes the image in 120 Hz and touch in 300 Hz.In addition, there is a 10-bit color palette (generates over a billion colors) and has curved edges.

Not everyone is a fan of edge displays, but the facts are that at a price up to PLN 3,000 it is difficult to find a new phone with parameters comparable to the NOVA 9 panel.

Jakość wyświetlanego obrazu jest doskonała, a dzięki malutkim ramkom — zwłaszcza bocznym — smartfon wygląda na droższy niż w rzeczywistości jest.

Do kompletu brakuje jednak głośników stereo

The display is great, but nothing after that, because the impression of watching movies or games spoils the speaker.This one is not only monophonic and easy to cover with a hand, but also flat and quiet.

If Huawei Nova 9 cost PLN 1,500, the lack of stereo speakers could be swallowed, but at a price of well over PLN 2,000 it is a crucible and incompatible with today's standards.

Huawei Nova 9 may be liked

The phone is light and very slender, which is further enhanced by curved edges. Tył pokryto przyjemnym w dotyku chropowatym tworzywem, które — w niebieskiej wersji kolorystycznej — efektownie odbija światło.

The great vibration engine is also noteworthy, which makes using the phone more pleasant.

It is true that I miss a metal frame for full happiness, but Huawei Nova 9 inherits from flagships for PLN 4,000 more than most smartphones of this price class.

Huawei trochę namieszał w kwestii oprogramowania

The Chinese version of the phone works under the control of Harmonoos.The European one contains information that the software used is EMUI 12.External applications indicate that Android 11 watches under the overlay.

There is a problem here, because both platforms are only Android modifications.I have a tablet with harmonos on hand and basically I do not see functional or visual differences between EMUI 12.

So where does this change come from?I was not able to get information from Huaweia other than "smartphones from Harmonyos will go to Europe in the future".Perhaps for now, the company prefers to stick to a more recognizable brand, which is EMUI.

And the Huaweia Nova 9 software itself is light, very useful to use and nice to the eye.The biggest downside is, of course, the lack of Google services.

The advantage is 66-watt charging, which allows you to fill in just over half an hour.This is not a record in this segment, but there is no shortage of slower smartphones.

Huawei Nova 9 is unfortunately absurdly expensive

The smartphone was priced at PLN 2299.It is true that as part of temporary promotion, headphones worth PLN 500 are added to it, but even they do not make this offer attractive in my opinion. Konkurencyjne smartfony — Samsung Galaxy A52s czy Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G NE — kosztują 1900–2000 zł.

The premiere of Huaweia Nova 9 was organized with a large pump, probably the largest since 2019. Skoro firma chce rywalizować z telefonami za 2000 zł, ale — z powodów licencyjnych — została odcięta od usług Google'a i łączności 5G, naiwnie liczyłem, że jakoś to klientom zrekompensuje, by wykorzystać nowy telefon do rozbudowy ekosystemu.At the price of a few hundred zlotys, this smartphone would have something to defend itself.

Meanwhile, Nova 9 is not only more defective than rivals, but also more expensive. Dodatkowo nie za wszystkie braki winę da się zrzucić na amerykański rząd, bo brak głośników stereo — będących dziś rynkowym standardem — wynika najpewniej z czystej oszczędności.

Choć więc Huawei nova 9 wyróżnia się z tłumu superczułą matrycą aparatu czy ekranem z zakrzywionymi krawędziami, to — patrząc na całokształt — jest po prostu za drogi.

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