Huawei Mate 9 release date, specs news: Phablet's features revealed

The highly anticipated release of Huawei's Mate 9 has recently been spotted on a benchmarking site, which revealed significant information about the phablet's specs.

Previous rumors suggested that the Chinese tech manufacturer has been working on the successor of its popular Mate 8 handset. According to reports, the upcoming device will be launched at the IFA 2016 event. The company also has a scheduled Sept 1 event, in which many have speculated that Huawei might provide concrete details about the new phablet.

The new reports appeared to have contradicted the statement from Huawei's Mobile Product manager Bruce Lee, who confirmed that the September event is too early for the Huawei Mate 9 launching.

Nevertheless, the recent revelation of its specs through a benchmarking site indicates that the release of the device will happen anytime soon.

Dutch publication Telefoonabonnement first spotted the GFXBench listing of the Huawei Mate 9.

If rumors prove to be true, the new Huawei smartphone will come out with a 5.9-inch Full HD display with a 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution. The benchmarking site allegedly revealed that the device will run on an octa-core HiSilicon Hi3660 processor with a speed of 2.6 GHz. The new processor is said to be more powerful than the Kirin 955.

The powerful processor will be paired with 4 GB of RAM. It will also carry a 64 GB of internal storage capacity.

Other features include an 11-megapixel rear camera that has 4K recording capabilities. The front facing snapper of Huawei Mate 9 will be at 7 MP. According to earlier speculations, the device will carry a dual 20 MP main camera.

Meanwhile, there are rumors suggesting that the device may run on Google's latest operating system, the Android Nougat. However, this has yet to be confirmed by the smartphone manufacturer.

As of the moment, no release date has been reported yet. However, tech observers expect the company to provide an official announcement anytime soon.