Huawei's P9 passes 9 million in sales
Just after showing off the Mate 9, the Chinese electronics giant revealed just how well the P9 has done.
Despite not being as recognisable as Apple and Samsung , Huawei once agains proves itself to be a big player in the mobile game.
On Friday, the Chinese company announced the P9, a premium phone released in April, has sold over 9 million units worldwide.
Those sales helped Huawei retain its position in Q3 2016 as the global No. 3 phone brand, according to IDC Research, behind only Samsung and Apple. However, the gap between it and the top two spots is considerable -- Apple sold 13 million iPhone 6S units in one weekend last September, and Samsung's Galaxy S7 range hit a whopping 26 million in sales after 3 months.
The phone, more expensive than many of the company's midrange offerings, was sold around its Leica-branded dual cameras , a feature Apple has adopted in the iPhone 7 Plus.
Huawei's next big release will be the Mate 9, a 5.9-inch phablet the company announced earlier this month. It'll have dual cameras, 4GB of RAM and Huawei's new Kirin 960 processor.