Huawei releases Mate 9 Black Edition and launch date for P10 and P10 Plus

If the current crop of colours for Huawei’s Mate 9 phablet don’t pique your interest and your wallet, you’ll be glad to know that they’re launching it in a new shade of black. Currently, the only Mate 9 you can get in black is the Mate 9 Porsche edition that retails for a whopping RM6,999.

While it’s hard to tell from the official shots, the finish looks to be a matte black while the edges remain trimmed in a darker shade of aluminium. In terms of specs, the Mate 9 in black is similar to its siblings – a 5,9-inch 1080P display, a Kirin 960 processor that is also powering the upcoming Mate 8, Android Nougat 7.0 overlaid with their latest EMUI 5.0, 4GB RAM and 64GB of expandable storage with a rear Leica 20-MP colour and 12-MP mono dual camera array and a front-facing 8-MP F/1.9 selfie camera. Fortunately, you don’t have to fork out a similarly mind boggling about to get it as it retails for a more reasonable RM2,699. The Mate 9 black is available in limited numbers at Huawei Experience Stores nationwide tomorrow on March 3 onwards, on Maxis Zerolution Plans or on Lazada Malaysia.

At MWC 2017, Huawei also announced that Malaysia would be in the first wave of releases for the new P10 and P10 Plus but they’ve certainly exceeded expectations as an invite has reached us that an official product briefing on both phones will be taking place next week on Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur. By extension, the launch date should not be that far behind. Stay tuned folks as the P10 and P10 Plus may just hit stores this month end or even earlier!