Android phones, apps and tablets

I have a P9. In may ways it's really good (screen, radio performance, size, USB-C, fingerprint reader, etc.). Battery is decent/OK. The fancy camera (it has two cameras) is a bit over-rated and my photos don't come out as well as on other phones I've had. Since I've had it, the phone has not frozen, or rebooted, or crashed itself. The bezels at the side of the screen are very thin. Overall, it's noticeably better device than, say, the Nexus 5X which I had before. It feels higher quality in general.

You get a Huawei interface, which is, um, interesting. You can set it to make it more like standard Android. My device is from China and now and again I come across some Chinese writing deep in the interface. UK versions may not have this. It includes a lot Huawei apps you can't delete and special Huawei ways to do things like sharing, or connecting to bluetooth and WiFi, etc., but these work fine, so not such a big deal. Because it uses the Huawei processor, you can't put Lineage or other open source OS on it. You're stuck with the Huawei bloatware and UI oddities.

The biggest problem I have is I can't sync Google contacts over-the-air. This would have been a deal-breaker if I had paid full retail price. It may not apply to UK versions, but I'd be careful of that.

With those caveats, I would say, if you can get a good deal, it's a good phone and I'd recommend it. I'm happy enough with mine and not rushing to change it.

That's the longest phone review I've written in years.