HUAWEI just announced nova 9 and nova 9 Pro, two new smartphones in the Nova series, in China. Both the phones feature a 6.57″ / 6.72″ FHD+ AMOLED screens with 120Hz refresh rate and are powered by Snapdragon 778G SoC, but these only come with 4G support. These feature a 50MP main camera, 8MP ultra wide-angle, 2MP macro and 2MP depth-of-field cameras. The nova 9 has a 32MP front camera inside a punch-hole, and the pro version has an additional 32MP ultra-wide camera.
These pack a 4,300mAh and 4,000mAh batteries, respectively. The Pro model supports 100W wired charging that can charge the phone fully in just 20 minutes, and the other Nova 9 has 66W fast charging power.
HUAWEI nova 9 specifications
- 6.57-inch (2340×1080 pixels) FHD+ OLED 120Hz curved display with 300Hz touch sampling rate, 1.07 billion colors, DCI-P3 wide color gamut
- Octa Core (4 x 2.4GHz + 4 x 1.8GHz Kryo 670 CPUs) Snapdragon 778G 6nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 642L GPU
- 8GB RAM, 128GB / 256GB storage
- Harmony OS 2
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 50MP RYYB 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× 73.7× 7.77mm; Weight: 175g
- USB Type-C Audio
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ax (2.4GHz/5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, USB Type-C
- 4300mAh battery with 66W SuperCharge fast charging
HUAWEI nova 9 Pro specifications
- 6.72-inch (2676x 1236 pixels) FHD+ OLED 120Hz curved display with 300Hz touch sampling rate, 1.07 billion colors, DCI-P3 wide color gamut
- Octa Core (4 x 2.4GHz + 4 x 1.8GHz Kryo 670 CPUs) Snapdragon 778G 6nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 642L GPU
- 8GB RAM, 128GB / 256GB storage
- Harmony OS 2
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 50MP RYYB 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, 32MP ultra-wide camera with f/2.4 aperture
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 163.4× 74.4× 7.97mm; Weight: 186g
- USB Type-C Audio
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ax (2.4GHz/5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, USB Type-C
- 4000mAh with 100W SuperCharge fast charging
Pricing and availability
The HUAWEI nova 9 and nova 9 Pro come in Blue, Violet, Green and Black colours. The nova 9 is priced at 2699 yuan (US$ 417 / Rs. 30,800 approx.) for the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version and the 8GB RAM with 256GB storage version costs 2999 yuan (US$ 464 / Rs. 34,235 approx.).
The mova 9 Pro is priced at 3499 yuan (US$ 541 / Rs. 39,940 approx.) for the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version and the 8GB RAM with 256GB storage version costs 3899 yuan (US$ 603 / Rs. 44,515 approx.).
These are available to order from today and goes on sale in China starting from September 29th.