Before you think I have more money than sense, you're probably right but no other phone that I am aware of offers all that the Porsche variant of the Mate9 does.
It's good no question but after an afternoon of playing around/setting it up these are the quirks I've found so far:
1. The way it handles the 2 SIM cards is odd. Samsung & HP have this licked and on first using the Mate 9 I kept seeing a recording logo in the top left of the display. I thought (incorrectly) it was an O2 recording. It wasn't - it was Sim no. 2 - on EE. How the hell so you get the message? There is no way of toggling between the Sims. I found a way, turn off making one sim or another being a default. That way you can (if you have bionic eye balls) see which SIM has a voice message waiting and select sim 1 or 2 accordingly to dial 901. Check out how simple (and obvious) it is on a Samsung Dual SIM Note 5 for example.
2. The auto-brightness just doesn't work. It jumps up and down like a yo-yo and scrolls right back to minimum brightness in a low lit room. It is far too aggressive.
3. Call Recorder Pro doesn't work. I'm hoping its a Nougat thing as the m9 is running Android 7. Let's hope so.
4. Total finger magnet. I hate black phones but there is no choice with the Porsche Design version.
6. The flimsy cheap looking case is poor. And because the PD Mate9 is relatively unique, there is no choice for others bar a Tonka-toy looking one from EBay/Mobile Fun if you want to pay quadruple from the latter supplier.
Is it otherwise good? So far yes superb, but totally overpriced and lacking in wireless charging....
It's good no question but after an afternoon of playing around/setting it up these are the quirks I've found so far:
1. The way it handles the 2 SIM cards is odd. Samsung & HP have this licked and on first using the Mate 9 I kept seeing a recording logo in the top left of the display. I thought (incorrectly) it was an O2 recording. It wasn't - it was Sim no. 2 - on EE. How the hell so you get the message? There is no way of toggling between the Sims. I found a way, turn off making one sim or another being a default. That way you can (if you have bionic eye balls) see which SIM has a voice message waiting and select sim 1 or 2 accordingly to dial 901. Check out how simple (and obvious) it is on a Samsung Dual SIM Note 5 for example.
2. The auto-brightness just doesn't work. It jumps up and down like a yo-yo and scrolls right back to minimum brightness in a low lit room. It is far too aggressive.
3. Call Recorder Pro doesn't work. I'm hoping its a Nougat thing as the m9 is running Android 7. Let's hope so.
4. Total finger magnet. I hate black phones but there is no choice with the Porsche Design version.
6. The flimsy cheap looking case is poor. And because the PD Mate9 is relatively unique, there is no choice for others bar a Tonka-toy looking one from EBay/Mobile Fun if you want to pay quadruple from the latter supplier.
Is it otherwise good? So far yes superb, but totally overpriced and lacking in wireless charging....
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