Vodafone’s change in the way they do plans has led to a little more clarity in handset pricing and it looks like the Huawei P10 and Mate 9 are both excellent value, dropping down to a mere $699.
The Huawei Mate 9 launched here in Australia back in January for $999 outright, while the P10 hit our shores back in May for $899 – so a drop to $699 for both is fairly significant.
Vodafone now sells phones on interest free plans if you want to sign up for a plan with them. You can also purchase them outright from their Phones Website .
The handsets are the top end of their classes with the P10 aimed at the high-end consumer, while the Mate 9 is more aimed at the high-end business users. They both have a fresh, individual design and high-end specs and impressed the pants of both Chris when he reviewed the P10, and Scott when he checked out the Mate 9.
Specs for the phones include:
| Huawei P10 | Huawei Mate 9 | Release date | March 2017 | November 2016 | Screen size | 5.1-inch | 5.9-inch | Screen technology | IPS LCD | IPS LCD | Resolution | 1,920 x 1,080 | 1,920 x 1,080 | PPI | 431 | 373 | Rear camera | 20MP mono + 12MP RGB | 20MP mono + 12MP RGB | Front camera | 8MP | 12MP | Chipset | Kirin 960 | Kirin 960 | Core config |
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| Ram | 4GB | 4GB | Storage | 64GB | 64GB | MicroSD | Yes, up to 256GB | Yes, up to 256GB | Battery | 3,200 mAh | 4,000 mAh | Battery removable | — | — | Connector | USB C | USB C | Headphone Port | Yes | Yes | Headphone Location | Bottom | Top | Speaker Configuration | Bottom | Stereo | NFC | Yes | Yes | Android OS | Android 7.0 | Android 7.0 | Vendor skin | EMUI 5.1 | EMUI 5.0 | Dimensions | 145.3 x 69.3 x 7 mm | 156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm | Weight | 145g | 190g | Colours |
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If you’ve been holding off for a new handset, the P10 and Mate 9 are both great options to check out. There is rumours that the Mate 10 is being announced in October, but we’re still waiting on an invite for that event.
