The third member of the new Huawei P9 family of smartphones is now official, as the rumored P9 Lite just made its debut in Germany.
Not too long ago, the purported Huawei P9 Lite was spotted in the wild, indicating that it would hit the scene soon enough. Fast-forward to the present date, and the handset officially breaks cover, rocking neat specs and an attractive price tag.
Just as the previously-leaked images showed, the Huawei P9 Lite rocks a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and features a 5.2-inch display with the same full HD resolution of the flagship P9.
On the other hand, unlike the flagship Huawei P9, the new P9 Lite variant doesn't boast the Leica dual 12 megapixel camera combo. Instead, the Lite model comes with a regular 13 megapixel main shooter.
Under the hood, the Huawei P9 Lite packs a less powerful Kirin 650 octa-core processor, compared with the octa-core Kirin 955 of the P9.
Other specs include dual-SIM support, 16 GB of storage, 2 GB or 3 GB of RAM (depending on region), and a decent 3,000 mAh battery to keep things up and running.
On the software front, the Huawei P9 Lite rocks Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box, with the OEM's own EMUI 4.1 user interface on top.
As German site Teltarif reported (translated), the Huawei P9 Lite will go on sale in Europe starting in May, sporting a price tag of €299 (around $336). The site even offers the option to order the smartphone in black, white or gold color options. It remains unclear for now whether the smartphone will also make its way to the U.S., but if it does, it should cost roughly $300 unlocked.
Lastly, it's worth pointing out that the P9 Lite may not be the last model to grace the Huawei P9 family. Just last week, a Huawei P9 Max version was spotted on GFXBench, boasting a massive 6.9-inch display that would basically make it a small tablet with smartphone functionality.
Huawei offered no official information regarding the purported P9 Max, but the giant phablet is expected to debut in the coming weeks and cost roughly $700, although it may be bound for China only.
We'll keep you up to date as soon as we learn more, so stay tuned.
