i bought the gold model recently £200 unlocked awesome phone love it heat added

Is it worth roughly £100 more for the full P9?

Good phone, writing from it :smiley:

the title needs amending as you need to purchase a goodybag with the phone not unless you already have one and are using giffgaff, the cheapest one is £10

The P8 is way better than that, it was £150 at some point as I remember.

When you put it like that I guess the extra is justified ha. P9 for me then I think

Possibly best current P9 deal: Brand New Huawei P9 Titanium Grey 32GB - o2 Refresh - £288

all reviews say p9 doesn't have fast charging, USB type-c connector is no guarantee of fast charge.

​same 9v/2a charger works fine on my moto g3 and does charge faster, but it's still not 'fast charge' as in 60-80% charge of battery in minutes rather than hours

Possibly, that's why I used the word "better" to imply that's what it is over the standard charger.

​All good points but my P8 hasn't even got Marshmallow yet and my gf's Honor 7 has, I'm not sure what their updating strategy is but I'm not sure their flagships get the best treatment like other OEMs.

I cant get broadband and rely on EE 4G.
Last year the local EE mast was upgraded to 4G double speed up to 60 mb DL when asked what hardware the engineers were installing on the mast "Huawei" is what they said.
My modem is also Huawei - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013P15G4K/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Heat.

does this phone accept 256GB micro sim for Google Play Music offline listening?
thanks

Download the hicare app from Google play and request the update. I have been running it for over a month without issue.

There's another good deal around but depends on either the user of the phone being a low data user or needing a plan with low data for a someone in your family.

MobilePhonesDirect, http://www.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk/contract-mobile-phones/huawei-p9
£16/month £19 Upfront with 300 Mins and 500MB data. £403 over 24 Months (excluding RPI increases).

Possible £30 Quidco.

You can update the P8 yourself http://huafirmware.com/huawei-p8

can it run pokemon go?

Be a bonus if it can't....

Buy it from three for £21.50 a month first 6 months then £43 per month with 30gig internet with 30gig of tethering and 12gig per month internet abroad. Internet is 4g sometimes dips to 3g

not long before the recently announced honor 8 should be available, pretty much all the specs of the p9 and expected at the £250/£300 point (dependant on value of the £) might be a better option?
http://www.androidauthority.com/honor-8-announced-702806/

I'm stuck between this and the google nexus 5x, any advice?

Is P9 better than Xiaomi Redmi 3 3GB RAM 32GB ROM 16MP CAMERA £147?

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Smartphone-Processors-Benchmark-List.149513.0.html?&64bit=1&architecture=1&codename=1&cores=1&cpu_fullname=1&deskornote=3&geekbench2=1&geekbench3_multi=1&geekbench3_single=1&mhz=1&or=1&passmark_cpu=1&showBars=1&sort=&sunspider=1&threads=1&turbo_mhz=1&type=

its just below a 801 processor

​I got P9 a couple of weeks ago direct from three. £50 quidco, £11 for 6 months, £22 for 18 months, £99 upfront. Considering I was paying £10 month on giffgaff, phone works out at £271 for me. I like it a lot, very nice camera, good battery life, charging speed is fine. Just make sure you get a screen protector and rear camera protector.

​Upgraded from an LG G2. Fingerprint scanner is very good and installed Nova Launcher.

I purchased one of these in gold last week. It's an awesome phone for the price. Well built, great screen and camera, no lag at all and no app issues. And yes the screen has scratch resistant glass and oleophobic coating too. Very very good phone no issues at all

Does this support adaptive storage?

Posted about the P8 MW update with full details on how to get it, including direct from the Huawei site, 4 months ago in your own deal thread:
Huawei P8 (not Lite) - Sim Free £149.99 @ Carphone Warehouse Clearance

P9 lite is much quicker,has a decent camera and rapid finger print scanner.BUT!You can have the Nexus 5X now for only £129 which an awesome deal for a stock android device.As far as I know the Android 7.0 will have a big improvement for the issues the Nexus 5x is facing now.Still there is no dubt i would go for the huwei p9 lite or the new honor 8 coming to UK next month.BUT at the carphone warehouse the deal for £129 with an o2 sim upgrade on pay as you go is unbeatable.There is no such a different between those two to pay the extra hundred quid.

Note that there is a P9 & P9 Lite - 2 separate versions. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro (the model I'm assuming you're referring to - also see 2nd & 3rd links below) is definitely better than the P9 Lite in most respects.

Whichever one you refer to, the Xiaomi cannot be beaten for sheer value - but, if anything goes wrong, one is likely to get much better & local support/warranty with a UK-based retailer/Huawei. And the Huaweis support all UK 4G bands.

The 3 above compared specs-wise here to see what feature each one has or may be missing.

The 3 similarly-named Xiaomi 'Redmi 3' models compared here

Edit: The £147 Xiaomi model you refer to, was actually just £122 a few weeks ago at AliExpress - so, if you choose it, definitely worth the wait to get it at that insane price again.

Bless you.

Thanks Crossbow.

The cheapest is £132 for Gold Redmi Note 3 3+32GB here

Yes, of course, with a Huawei P9 you get 2 years warranty (vs no warranty with the Xiaomi), all 4G bands working, Gorilla Glass (the Xiamomi doesn't have Gorilla glass!), a chamce for Quick Charge, a much much better camera etc.
On a Xiaomi you will get a Chinese ROM tbat you need to fiddle with to replace and some spyware that may or not be eliminated if you have the time to instal different ROMs

It's time people face the truth, getting a phone from AliExpress 30 pounds cheaper is not worth it in the long run

​That sounds great, I had the Honor 6 and loved it. Might hold out for that over the P9

Where do you get the Nexus for £129

Car phone warehouse!

Don't you have to be an existing o2 customer to get that £129 deal?

Yes you need to be/: otherwise 159!!!Still good!!!

Can anyone confirm this is definitely the dual sim variant?

EDIT - Giffgaff have confirmed its not.

Update buddy,had to send back my phone awful performance!Wifi is just what can I say,burnt my finger,display problems,freezing!Worst phone!Go for p9 Lite!!!!!

How did you burn your finger?! Oh and have you tried the P9 lite? Interested to hear people's reviews or hands on experience

The phone is overheating from boxing out,wifi is very slow and by the camera it gets very hot,the phone is very very very slow.You would expect more from a nexus!I tried the p9 lite:decent display,nice fp scanner and nice thin style,the new update is close to the Google stock,nice looking op!Expendable storage,battery is over average!Wish could be a bit cheaper around £160!The new honor 8 will come soon,but not confirmed that yet which is also a decent handset!

What I would say avoid nexus 5x,worst phone from LG!
If you can your hands on p9 lite for a nice price get it!Still I think a bit overpriced by £200!
Also I think a nice try and look for the p8(bot lite) if you can grab one for the price of p9lite!

This is not a deal when one considers it was available on Vodafone PAYG for just £150 a few weeks ago:

Huawei P9 Lite Black on PYG £150.00 Vodafone

Vodafone will probably charge £20 to unlock it, but unlock codes on eBay can be had for just £5-6 (or even lower sometimes:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231527383277

​that's great but where can we get this phone for that price or less than the one listed here now?

You can't.

Plus, this is the 3GB RAM version. Vodafone (confirmed with them) have the 2 GB RAM only.

Keeps popping up at £150-160 every few weeks:

Huawei P9 Lite £159 (149 + 10 top up) @ Vodafone· HotUKDeals

Absolutely no point paying more.

Also, people with better bargain sense voting a similar deal as this cold, as it should be:

Huawei P9 Lite, sim free at Carephone Warehouse is £199!

Quoted from the £150 thread: