Huawei Technologies has continued to sell their phones and other gadgets despite the US ban.
The Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 was launched in Kenya on Wednesday, 26th June, 2019 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi to pomp and color, but who will buy?
Sometime last week, Huawei announced that it is ready to roll our its own operating system as soon as the Android OS ban is fully effected.
Huawei was reportedly in the process of potentially launching its “Hongmeng” operating system (OS) to replace the U.S. Android OS, this is according to an executive.
Reuters had reported that the company had applied to trademark the OS in various countries.
Other choices for Huawei new OS were Russian made, tested Sailfish or Aurora OSs.
Specifications of the new phone.
Color
The phone comes in 3 different colours. Midnight black, sapphire blue and emerald green.
Key features
Screen size: 6.59 inches
Front camera: 16MP
Rear camera: 16MP+8MP+2MP
Screen resolution: 2340 x 1080
ROM: 128GB
RAM: 4GB
Other exciting features
Automatic pop-up camera that slides up on the top part of the phone.
The phone uses Kirin 710 processor. It also rocks 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage plus the ability to expand it via a microSD up to 512GB.
A 4000mAh battery plus feature smart power saving options to increase its efficiency and give users extended battery life. It will also rock type-C USB port. A rear fingerprint sensor and Face Unlock are present for biometrics
The phone comes with Android Pie 9.0 and EMUI 9.0 skin with intelligent functions which makes it more efficient.
The phone retails ar Kshs. 24,999.
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