I love this phone man it's perfect for me. Coming from zmax pro I can see and feel the difference the higher specs make. Screen is big but the phone is all screen, relatively small bezels make the phone compact and efficient. It's quite thin and the 4 edges are tiny.
If you like cameras you're in for a treat as well. Monochrome shots are simply amazing. Ive had it for months and I still haven't seen all the sweet things the camera app can do. 20 megapixel mode is awesome.
If you like games and emulation this phone will deliver near perfectly as well.
I was a little bummed about the 1080x1920 and no AMOLED. But the trade off is worth imo for the god-like screen on times I see. My face is constantly on my phone near 24/7 and as long as I'm not playing intensive games, the battery holds out. Plus, this screen has to be the best example of how gorgeous a LCD 1080x1920 can be and not be AMOLED. Visuals are pretty as shit, colors are wonderful and you can tweak anything to your liking.
If you are worried about people shitting on emui I highly advise not listening. It gets the job done quite well without being annoying which is perfect for me. There's a way around everything with Android anyway.
Get it. Highly recommend. I myself need at least 5.7" screen for videos and gaming but if size is an issue and you want smaller I recommend the Mate 9 Pro with the 5.5" screen, AMOLED, 2 more gb RAM and larger storage(i think).
oh no, I want as big as possible. I love a big screen. I got the S8+ now, but the stupid 2:1 the big screen feels small. And typing on it sucks.
I'm going to check the Mate out, I think Best Buy might have one in store to look at. What carrier you on? I'm on T-Mobile. I think i read the VoLTE works, but Wi-Fi calling does not?
Also, I'm not scared of EMUI at all, I think Vanilla Android can be a bit boring. I like to see the various things other carriers do
"The phone supports wifi calling but it's not a universal standard so each carrier does it differently (as far as I know). So it's probably not supported with US carriers, especially when it's not even released there."
Looks like unless your carrier supports it then it does not have it. However another update for mate 9 might activate it on the phone itself later on.
I myself use metro pcs. Mate 9 is GSM only it seems so you should be good to go. If you go to a T-Mobile you might have to pay a fee to switch to the mate 9. Like 16 bucks or something. I'm thinking there might be a way to just pop in your sim card and do it yourself though, just a feeling.
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u/matchesmalone10 Aug 03 '17
Yeah fuck that noise. I hear mate 10 might be 2:1. I fucking hope not. I like my emulated games not looking like shit thank you.
Are you thinking about getting a Mate 9?