The Huawei Mate 9 is one of the most anticipated smartphones, and even though there's still no official word out yet, its already rife with rumors about the possible specs, features and whatnot.

One of the latest talks in town is that the Mate 9 along with the Huawei Mate S2 will get a rear-facing dual-camera setup with Leica optics. Other features include optical image stabilization or OIS, analog zoom and laser autofocus.

This particular bit has a good chance of turning out to be true, as Huawei and the camera maker share a history together with the Huawei P9.

Last month, the Mate 9 paid a visit to GFXBench, revealing a Kirin 960 chipset, 64 GB of native storage and a 5.9-inch display with a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution that clocks in at 373 ppi. To top them all off, it's expected to run on Android 7.0 Nougat skinned with EMUI 5 on top out of the box.

At the time, the benchmark said that it will get a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera and an 8-megapixel front snapper, but based on the abovementioned rumor, it appears that Leica is beefing up the shooters.

What's more, while the results showed 4 GB of RAM, it seems that there's a chance the handset in question will sport 6 GB worth of RAM under the hood instead.

Now, this goes without saying, but without an announcement or confirmation from Huawei, it's advised to take these bits of news with a good old-fashioned grain of salt. Nevertheless, these do paint a somewhat clear picture of what to expect from the Huawei Mate 8 successor.