The Huawei P Smart Z is a mid-range smartphone from the "P" series, announced by Huawei on May 8, 2019. Its main feature is a motorized pop-up camera mechanism, which is Huawei's first pop-up front camera and allowed for a full-screen design with slim bezels and no notches.
On August 1, 2019, the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 was introduced, differing from the Huawei P Smart Z by the inclusion of an ultra-wide-angle lens and the absence of NFC.
It was initially launched in June 2019 in international markets. The Huawei Y9 Prime was launched in Philippine markets on July 1, 2019. Preorders runs from July 5 to 12.
Technical specifications
Design & Build
The back panel and frame are made of glossy plastic, while the front is covered with 2.5D glass.
It measure the dimensions at 77.3 mm of width, 163.5 mm of height, 8.8 mm of thickness, and weights at about 196.8 g. Aspect ratio is 19.5:9.
The bottom houses a 3.5 mm audio jack, microphone, USB-C port, and speaker. The top features the pop-up front camera, a hybrid slot for 2 SIM cards or 1 SIM and a memory card (depending on the model), and a second microphone. The right side contains the volume rocker and power button. The fingerprint scanner is located on the rear panel.
The smartphones were released in three colors: Midnight Black, Emerald Green, and Sapphire Blue.
Hardware The smartphones are built on the octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 710F, which includes four Cortex-A73 cores (64-bit) at 2.2 GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores (64-bit) at 1.7 GHz. The GPU is the ARM Mali-G51 MP4. Internal storage for the P Smart Z is 64 GB, while the Y9 Prime 2019 offers 64 GB or 128 GB depending on the configuration. Storage is expandable up to 512 GB. It features 4 GB of RAM.
The devices are equipped with a 4000 mAh lithium-ion battery with standard USB Type-C 2.0 10-watt charging.
The display is a 6.59" LTPS IPS LCD, Full HD+ (2340 × 1080) with a pixel density of 391 ppi and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio.
The Huawei P Smart Z features a dual rear camera system with a 16 MP main lens ( aperture, PDAF) and a 2 MP depth sensor (). The Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 adds an 8 MP ultra-wide lens (). Both smartphones have a 16 MP motorized pop-up front camera (). Both the front and rear cameras can record video at 1080p@30fps. Wireless interfaces include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth 5.0 (A2DP, LE), and NFC. Navigation systems supported include GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, and BeiDou.
Software & UI updates The smartphones were launched with Android 9 Pie and the EMUI 9.0 User Interface. It received multiple UI updates: +Software updateDateOSUIDecember 2019Android 10EMUI 10 betaFebruary 2020EMUI 10 officialAugust 2022EMUI 12 (latest)
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