Soon after Huawei’s Honor brand scheduled an event in India on July 24th, Huawei has scheduled an event on July 26th to launch a new Nova series smartphones – Nova 3 and Nova 3i in India exclusively on Amazon.in. Both these phones will pack a 6.3-inch FHD+ 19:5:9 aspect ratio display with a notch, run Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.2 and a 24-megapixel front camera along with a 2-megapixel secondary camera, as well as dual rear cameras. The Nova 3 is powered by Kirin 970 while the Nova 3i will come with new Kirin 710 12nm SoC, both with GPU Turbo.
These also have 3D Qmoji, which is similar to Apple’s Animoji, in addition the Nova 3 comes with face unlocking that uses infrared light to gather face information even in dark conditions.
Huawei Nova 3 specifications
6.3-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 3D curved glass display, 85% NTSC Color Gamut
Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 970 (4 x 2.4 GHz A73+ 4 x 1.8 GHz A53) 10nm processor with Mali-G72 MP12 GPU, i7 co-processor, NPU, GPU Turbo
6GB RAM, 64GB / 128GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.2
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
16MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.8 aperture, PDAF, CAF, secondary 24MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture
24MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, secondary 2-megapixel camera
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions:157.0×73.7×7.3mm; Weight: 166g
Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS, USB Type-C
3750mAh (typical) / 3650mAh (minimum) battery with fast charging
Huawei Nova 3i rumored specifications
6.3-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 2.5D curved glass display, 85% NTSC Color Gamut
Octa-Core Kirin 710 12nm SoC
4GB RAM with 64GB storage, 6GB RAM with 128GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.2
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
16MP rear camera with LED flash, secondary 2MP rear camera
24MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, secondary 2-megapixel camera
Fingerprint sensor
Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz) 2×2 MIMO , Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C
3340mAh battery
Even though the Nova 3 went official last week, its pricing will only be revealed on July 18th, and the Nova 3i is yet to go official. We should know more details in the coming days.
