Despite current global crisis with smartphone giant Huawei, the phone maker has launched its latest device, the Huawei Y9 Prime in Ghana indicating their determination to ensure they provide customers with satisfaction while achieving their aim of becoming the number one phone brand worldwide.
Beating Apple to claim number two spot with Samsung holding on to number one, Huawei has gained amazing growth in the sale of both mobile and non mobile devices with shipment of over 206 million units in mobile devices and over 100 million units in non mobile smartphone devices in 2018 alone.
Marketing Managing for Huawei Ghana, Mr Dennis Fixon Laryea said that the launch of the Y9 Prime, which comes a few months after the launch of the Y7 Prime 2019, is a result of demand from consumers who want a better, faster device at an affordable price. He noted that with the Y9 Prime "You are not using just a device, you are using an experience".
He described Huawei as a customer eccentric company hence the need to give consumers what they want . “We are a customer centric company and so we listen genuinely to the customer; once they demand, we give them” he stated.
Country Manager for Huawei West Africa, Mr Simon Liu said that they have achieved amazing brand recognition worldwide with these achievements reflecting in the launch of the Y9 2019, Y7 Prime 2019 and now the Y9 Prime 2019.
He said that the new Y9 Prime is the first of its kind because it uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology “Huawei is the first company to launch the AI technology in this industry. We will constantly invest in the Ghana market no matter the infrastructure he added.
The device offers a 6.59-inch TFT LCD Huawei Ultra Fullview Display of 2340x1080p resolution (391 ppi) with no notch on the top as it allows the front camera to pop-up in selfie mode. It has a retract feature in case the phone drops whilst taking a photo.
The Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 has a triple camera setup comprising a 16-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture and a 2-megapixel secondary sensor which blurs scenes that are not needed . The third lens is the 8-megapixel ultra wide-angle sensor . On the front, users now have a 16-megapixel camera lens. The AI feature allows the phone to recognize several scenes and stores enough light during the day for clearer and sharper night photos.
(It has two storage variants offering 4GigaByte(GB) Random Access Memory(RAM) and 128GB ROM (Random Access Memory) and an expandabel memory of up to 512GB.
The phone’s battery does a 4000mAh (milli-Ampere-hours) allowing users to go for a long period before the next charge. It runs on Encrypted Mobile User Identity (EMUI) 9.0 based on Android 9.0 Pie .
Though it has a larger body, it has been designed to fit into a smallpalm for easy navigation. It also Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, Near Field Communication(NFC ) and Universal Serial Bus (USB) Type-C and has a privacy mode to prevent intruders from accessing specific functions or apps.
The phone comes in three colors ; Sapphire Blue, Midnight Black and Emerald Green.