Huawei Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro shown off in ‘official’ images

What appear to be official product images for Huawei’s two upcoming flagship smartphones have appeared online, and they have us salivating. The Huawei Mate 9 is expected to come in two variants: the Mate 9, known internally as Manhattan, and Mate 9 Pro, known as Long Island, which will have more premium specs compared to the regular Mate 9.

• Huawei Mate 9: Specs, release date and everything else we know so far

There’s also expected to be some design differences between the two, with the Mate 9 coming in a flat-screen design, shown by Evan Blass on Twitter, while the Mate 9 Pro will have curved edges, much like the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. An official image for the Mate 9 Pro has apparel on Venture Beat. 

Venture Beat reports that both phones with have a 5.9-inch screen, but the Mate 9 will settle for full HD resolution while the Mate 9 Pro will bump it up to 2560 x 1440 Quad HD resolution so it can work with Google’s Daydream VR headset. However there are reports saying the Mate 9 Pro will only be sold in China, while the Mate 9 will be released globally.

Both phones are expected to be powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 960 processor with 4GB RAM and onboard storage ranging from 64GB up to 256GB. As also speculated before, both phones will come with a similar dual-lens camera system as the one found on the Huawei P9.

Huawei will be unveiling the Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro at an event next week on 3 November and Pocket-lint will be there to bring you all the latest announcements and hands-on reviews.