Early today, Huawei officially launched the Huawei Y9s and announced the Band 4 smartwatch series. Huawei recently announced they’ll be bringing these two devices, the Huawei Y9s and the Band 4 to the Kenyan market and now they’re finally here.
The Huawei Y9s is the company’s first phone in Kenya to rock a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.
Here at the official launch of the #HUAWEIY9s and #Band4Series smartwatch. Follow this thread to stay updated. pic.twitter.com/giJMTVQYUn
— Techweez (@techweez) November 14, 2019
Continuing its trend of ditching the notch for a full-screen experience, the Huawei Y9s comes with a pop-up selfie camera to give that almost bezel-less design. The 6.59″ LCD display is stunning and comes with a resolution of FHD+ at 2340×1080 and in a 19.5:9 aspect ratio.
That large display of the Huawei Y9s will offer you enough screen real-estate to consume multimedia content or for mobile gaming.
The back looks elegant too with he colour-gradient back and the Huawei Y9s comes in two colours – Midnight Black and Breathing Crystal. The back is curved to give a good grip for easy one-handed use.
For optics, the Huawei Y9s features 4 cameras: triple AI-powered rear cameras and a pop-up selfie camera. The main cameras include 48MP, an 8MP wide-angle camera and a 2MP depth sensor for bokeh shots.
There’s a dedicated night mode with the Huawei Y9s that won’t fail to impress you if you like going out and enjoying the nightlife. You’ll have to stay still though to capture shots in low light sceneries.
The 48MP sensor on the Huawei Y9s uses Quad-Bayer technology to combine four pixels into one for better low light performance.
For selfies, you get a 16MP camera that uses a pop-up mechanism that retracts the camera back into the phone’s body when the sensors notice a sharp and fast decline. Modes you can play around with include bokeh and beauty for those perfect selfies.
For assurance, the retractable camera has been tested thoroughly and can sustain up to 100,000 pop-ups.
Powering the Huawei Y9s is a 2.2Ghz octa-core Kirin 710F chip coupled with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. You can still expand the storage using an external micro-SD card. For gamers, the Huawei Y9s also rocks GPU Turbo 3.0.
The #HUAWEIY9s promises to have no issues dealing with multitasking and resource intensive tasks.
— Techweez (@techweez) November 14, 2019
The Huawei Y9s packs a 4000mAh battery plus feature smart power-saving options to increase its efficiency and give users extended battery life – It also sports a Type-C USB port. A 10W charger is provided.
The #HUAWEIY9s also has plenty of well-loved features to go around. There a headphone jack for audiophiles and Type-C charging port. The 4000mAh battery will definitely last two days with regular use. For charging, you get 10W charger. pic.twitter.com/exaneuO3XA
— Techweez (@techweez) November 14, 2019
A side-mounted fingerprint sensor and Face Unlock are present for biometrics.
The Huawei Y9s comes with Android Pie 9.0 and EMUI 9.1 skin with intelligent functions to help you be more efficient in your everyday tasks.
Powering the #HUAWEIY9s is a 2.2Ghz octa-core Kirin 710F chip coupled with 6GB of RAm and 128GB of onboard storage. You can still expand the storage using na external micor-SD card. For gamers, the #HUAWEIY9s also rocks GPU Turbo 3.0. pic.twitter.com/9XeQ71y8XX
— Techweez (@techweez) November 14, 2019
There are Google services included so you don’t have to worry about missing out on Android apps.
Pricing and Availability
The Huawei Y9s will start selling from Ksh 31,999 and you can pre-order it from today November 14th until the 28th of November to get a gift hamper that includes free wireless headphones.
The #HUAWEIY9s starts selling from Ksh 31,999/= pic.twitter.com/g1oabIsSaJ
— Techweez (@techweez) November 14, 2019
Preorders are taking place in retail stores across the country
| TOWN | STORE NAME |
|---|---|
| Nairobi | |
| Nairobi Airtel Sarit centre westklands store | |
| Nairobi African Retail Traders Moi Avenue Store A and B | |
| Nairobi Makarim Hilton Arcade store | |
| Nairobi Dixons Kenyatta Avenue Store | |
| Firi Communications | |
| Nairobi Tricom Ronald Ngala store | |
| Nairobi Photohive Moi venue store | |
| Ropem cinema | |
| Nairobi Smart Hub | |
| M store | |
| Nairobi Dixons Tom mboya | |
| Click Electronic | |
| 3C Hub Moi Avenue | |
| Trends Moi Avenue(Ropem) | |
| Kenwire | |
| Embu | |
| Ideal quality | |
| Jamii telecommunications | |
| Generations Embu | |
| Maua | |
| Winners Maua | |
| Nanyuki | |
| Mobile Trends | |
| Nelpet | |
| Senford Computers | |
| Nyeri | |
| Comstar | |
| Neno world | |
| Decent One | |
| One to One Samrat | |
| Kitui | |
| Tinda Enterprise | |
| Mambo B | |
| Machakos | |
| Airtel partner shop | |
| Generation Machakos | |
| Image Connections | |
| Militech Communications | |
| Tricom Machakos | |
| Trioluck | |
| Thika | |
| Old Orchards | |
| Phone Matt | |
| @Pesa Point | |
| Mersons Brand shop | |
| Eastern | |
| Thika Orchards Communications | |
| Phone Matt | |
| @pesa Point | |
| Tricom Machakos | |
| Eldoret | |
| Dhaval 1 | |
| Anand Rupa mall | |
| Kisii | |
| Keromatt Kericho | |
| Fone Fun Kisii | |
| Kisumu | |
| Kenshop | |
| Star mobile | |
| Mombasa | |
| Wireless Netzone | |
| Snaap connection | |
| Mt Kenya | |
| Nyeri Decent one | |
| Ideal Quality | |
| Nakuru | |
| Davi Stationary | |
| 3C Hub Nakuru |
Band 4 series
Huawei also took the stage to launch their smartwatch devices – the Band 4 series. The smartwatch is targetted at young consumers and features an ergonomic design and offers a couple of fitness-focussed features plus on the go alerts for incoming calls and message notifications from a connected phone.
Huawei also launched the #Band4Series smartwatch that boasts of:
– 0.5" OLED screen
– Two wearing modes
– Basketball mode support
– Professional running guidance
– Phone companion
– 14 days working time pic.twitter.com/vAdMxvptLz— Techweez (@techweez) November 14, 2019
You get a 2.5D colourful touch screen and charges via a built-in USB plug for easy charging. There are also multiple workout modes that range from outdoor and indoor run, walk, cycle, elliptical to free training.
When you connect your device to the Band 4, you get other features such as Find My Phone and Remote Shutter.
For customization, you get to play around faces of different styles from the Huawei Watch Face Store.
The Band 4 and the smaller Band 4e start selling from Ksh 4,999 and Ksh 3,199 respectively.
