HUAWEI has announced nova 10 and nova 10 Pro, two new smartphones in the Nova series and the successor to last year’s nova 9 series, in China. Both the phones feature a 6.67″ / 6.78| 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, and 2MP depth-of-field cameras. The nova 9 has a 60MP ultra-wide front camera inside a punch-hole, and the pro version has an additional 8MP portrait camera.
These pack a 4,000mAh and 4,500mAh batteries, respectively. The Pro model supports 100W wired charging that can charge the phone fully in just 20 minutes, and the other Nova 10 has 66W fast charging power.
HUAWEI nova 10 specifications
- 6.667-inch (2400×1080 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 camera with f/2.4 aperture, 4K video recording
- 60MP front camera with f/2.4 aperture, 4K video recording
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 162.18×73.91×6.88mm; Weight: 168g
- USB Type-C Audio
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ax (2.4GHz/5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, USB Type-C
- 4000mAh battery with 66W SuperCharge fast charging
HUAWEI nova 10 Pro specifications
- 6.78-inch (2652 × 1200 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/1.8 aperture, 8MP ultra-wide camera with f/2.4 aperture, 2MP depth camera with f/2.4 aperture, 4K video recording
- 60MP front camera with f/2.4 aperture, 8MP portrait camera with f/2.2 aperture, 4K video recording
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 164.24× 74.45× 7.88mm; Weight:191g
- USB Type-C Audio
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ax (2.4GHz/5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, USB Type-C
- 4500mAh with 100W SuperCharge fast charging
Pricing and availability
The HUAWEI nova 10 and nova 10 Pro come in Silver, Forest Green, Violet and Obsidian Black colours. The nova 10 is priced at 2699 yuan (US$ 403 / Rs. 31,860 approx.) for the 128GB model and the 256GB model costs 2999 yuan (US$ 448 / Rs. 35,410 approx.). The nova 10 Pro 128GB model costs 3699 yuan (US$ 552 / Rs. 43,685 approx.) and the 256GB model costs 3999 yuan (US$ 597 / Rs. 47,225 approx.). These are available to order and will go on sale in China from July 8th.