HUAWEI just announced Nova 8 and Nova 8 Pro 5G smartphones in China. The Nova 8 packs a 6.57-inch FHD+ OLED screen with 90Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate and houses a 32MP camera inside the punch-hole, and the 8 Pro pack a 6.72-inch FHD+ OLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate and 300Hz touch sampling rate and houses a 32MP ultra-wide camera along with a 16MP portrait camera inside the punch-hole. These are powered by Kirin 985 SoC with 8GB of RAM.
The phones use AG anti-glare glass technology on the back that reflects light at certain angles. These feature in-display fingerprint scanner, run Android 10 with EMUI 11 with HMS, pack 3800mAh and 4000mAh battery, respectively with 66W SuperCharge fast charging via USB Type-C.
HUAWEI Nova 8 specifications
- 6.57-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) FHD+ OLED 90Hz curved display
- Kirin 985 5G (2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.56 GHz + 2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.40 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 1.84 GHz) processor with ARM Mali-G77 GPU, Big Core + Tiny Core NPUs (Neural-network Processing Unit)
- 8GB RAM with 128GB / 256GB storage
- Android 10 with EMUI 11
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 64MP camera with f/1.9 aperture, 8MP ultra-wide camera with f/2.4 aperture, 2MP depth and 2MP macro camera with f/2.4 aperture
- 32MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 160.12 x 74.01×7.64mm; Weight: 169g
- USB Type-C Audio
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, USB Type-C
- 3800mAh (typical) / 3700mAh (minimum) with 66W SuperCharge fast charging
HUAWEI Nova 8 Pro specifications
- 6.72-inch (2676 x 1236 pixels) FHD+ OLED 120 Hz curved display
- Kirin 985 5G (2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.56 GHz + 2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.40 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 1.84 GHz) processor with ARM Mali-G77 GPU, Big Core + Tiny Core NPUs (Neural-network Processing Unit)
- 8GB RAM with 128GB / 256GB storage
- Android 10 with EMUI 11
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 64MP camera with f/1.8 aperture, 8MP ultra-wide camera with f/2.4 aperture, 2MP depth and 2MP macro camera with f/2.4 aperture
- 32MP ultra-wide front camera with f/2.4 aperture, 16MP portrait camera with f/2.2 aperture
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 163.32 x 74.08×7.85mm; Weight: 184g
- USB Type-C Audio
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ax, 2 x 2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.2 LE, GPS (L1 + L5 dual frequency), NFC, USB Type-C
- 4000mAh (typical) / 3900mAh (minimum) with 66W SuperCharge fast charging
The HUAWEI Nova 8 and Nova 8 Pro come in Midnight Black, Silver, Forest Green and Midsummer Purple colours. The Nova 8 is priced at 3299 yuan (US$ 504 / Rs. 37,165 approx.) for the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version and the 8GB RAM with 256GB storage version costs 3699 yuan (US$ 565 / Rs. 41,680 approx.).
The Nova 8 Pro is priced at 3999 yuan (US$ 611 / Rs. 45,060 approx.) for the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version and the 8GB RAM with 256GB storage version costs 4399 yuan (US$ 672 / Rs. 49,570 approx.). These are available for order from today and will go on sale in China from December 30th.