Huawei just announced Nova 2 and Nova 2 Plus, its latest smartphones in the ‘Nova Series’ and the successor of last year’s Nova and Nova Plus in China, as it had promised. The Nova 2 packs a 5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, while the Nova 2 Plus comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display. Both the phones are powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 659 SoCs, run Android 7.0 (Nougat), have a 12-megapixel rear camera with 1.25μm pixel size, f/1.8 aperture and a secondary 8-megapixel camera for capturing depth information, optical zoom and also has portrait mode.
These also have a 20-megapixel front-facing camera, unibody metal design and are just 6.9mm thick. There is also a fingerprint sensor on the back on both the phone and these come with AK4376A Hi-Fi audio chip for 3D surround sound experience.
Huawei Nova 2 specifications
- 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD LTPS 2.5D curved glass display
- Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor (4 xA53 at 2.36GHz + 4 x A53 at 1.7GHz) with MaliT830-MP2 GPU
- 4GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.1
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD)
- 12MP rear camera with LED flash, PFAF, 1.25μm pixel size, f/1.8 aperture, secondary 8MP camera
- 20MP front-facing camera
- Fingerprint sensor
- 3.5mm audio jack, AK4376A Hi-Fi audio chip,3D surround sound
- Dinemsions: 142.2×68.9×6.9mm; Weight: 143g
- 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS / Glonass, USB Type-C
- 2950mAh (typical) battery
Huawei Nova 2 Plus specifications
- 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD LTPS 2.5D curved glass display
- Octa-CoreKirin 659 processor (4 xA53 at 2.36GHz + 4 x A53 at 1.7GHz) with MaliT830-MP2 GPU
- 4GB RAM, 128GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.1
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD)
- 12MP rear camera with LED flash, PFAF, 1.25-micron pixel size, f/1.8 aperture, secondary 8MP camera
- 20MP front-facing camera
- Fingerprint sensor
- 3.5mm audio jack, AK4376 audio chip
- Dinemsions: 153.9×74.9×6.9mm; Weight: 169g
- 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS / Glonass, USB Type-C
- 3340mAh (typical) battery
The Huawei Nova 2 and Nova 2 Plus come in Aurora Blue, Grass Green, Gold, Obsidian Black and Rose Gold colors. The Nova 2 is priced at 2499 yuan (US$ 364 / Rs. 23510 approx.) and the Nova 2 Plus is priced at 2899 yuan (US$ 423 / Rs. 27275 approx.). These smartphone will be available for pre-order from today and goes on sale in China from June 16th.